“vanita”

Dale Carnegie Was Probably The First Popular Figure To Link Communication Skills With Managerial Success. Few Employees Work According To Their Full Ability. In Fact, Studies Show That In Some Cases Workers Can Perform At Only 20 To 30 Per Cent Of Their Ability Without Being Fired And That Average E... More

‘(This) absorbing new book shows how subtly and imaginatively Indian attitudes toward same-sex unions have evolved over the centuries…and offers a marvelously global perspective characterized by profound historical understanding, impeccable scholarship, and a rare and delightful precision of fee... More

This is the first ever English translation of a book that began the first major public debate on gay rights in modern India. Pandey Bechan Sharma ("Ugra"), claimed that Chocolate (1927) would help rid the nation of "vice" but his critics argued that his book was obscene. In her Introduction Ruth Van... More

Little is known about same-sex love and eroticism in Indian culture, but this once forbidden subject is slowly receiving more attention. Here for the first time, this largely uninvestigated area of Indian culture is uncovered in Vanita's provocative collection of original essays. The topics are wide... More

Same-Sex Love in India offers an eloquent range of writings spanning more than two thousand years of Indian literature. Drawn from Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and contemporary fictional sources these writings convincingly demonstrate that same-sex love has flourished, evolved and been embraced in variou... More

Sharise Carter is a child psychoanalyst. Betrayals force her to need the therapy she usually prescribes. As she struggles to remain moral in a world where being virtuous is considered being a fool, she fears she will not recognize the right man if he comes along.... More