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desire

  • Thrilling new versions of Greek myths pulse with queer desire and feminist fury

    Thrilling new versions of Greek myths pulse with queer desire and feminist fury

    Rachael Mead, The Conversation
    · Dec 15, 2025 · 08:30 pm
  • How are sexuality, poetry and spirituality connected? Poet Hoshang Merchant joins the dots

    How are sexuality, poetry and spirituality connected? Poet Hoshang Merchant joins the dots

    Hoshang Merchant
    · Apr 01, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • Infinite Variety: A History of Desire in India

    Infinite Variety: A History of Desire in India

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 31, 2018 · 04:12 pm
  • ‘Kama’: A unique blend of theory and fiction asks what desire is and provides no definitive answer

    ‘Kama’: A unique blend of theory and fiction asks what desire is and provides no definitive answer

    Urmi Chanda-Vaz
    · Oct 28, 2018 · 07:00 am
  • Interview: ‘Desire is never straightforward. In fact, there is nothing straight about desire at all’

    Interview: ‘Desire is never straightforward. In fact, there is nothing straight about desire at all’

    Urvashi Bahuguna
    · Jun 10, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • A French novel, written by a Mauritian writer, brings home our experience in India like few books do

    A French novel, written by a Mauritian writer, brings home our experience in India like few books do

    Durba Chattaraj
    · Sep 28, 2017 · 06:30 pm
  • ‘The Lovers’ mixes fact and fiction like desire and history to create a unique immigrant novel

    ‘The Lovers’ mixes fact and fiction like desire and history to create a unique immigrant novel

    Niyati Bhat
    · Jul 29, 2017 · 07:00 am
  • Five poems of longing for the sizzling month of May

    Five poems of longing for the sizzling month of May

    Rohini Kejriwal
    · May 07, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • Immanuel Kant said sexual desire is morally wrong – he may have had a point

    Immanuel Kant said sexual desire is morally wrong – he may have had a point

    Raja Halwani
    · Dec 31, 2016 · 08:30 pm