Alka Pande

I am suffering without you." This is Kalidasa in his famous epic poem Meghaduta.

Welcome back to Art Indica with Dr. Alka Pande and me, Nidhesh, uh, presented by Abirboti and this is our episode number 19.

And we have been talking in this season number two of Indian art and erotica and sex, and now we move to the part where we talk about love and longing.

So over these seasons, we have looked at erotic in Indian art from the Maithuna, Mithuna couples of Khajuraho to the divine lovemaking of Shiva and Shakti, the passion of Radha and Krishna.

But look, the self that hovers in between is neither man nor woman.

Oh, Ramanatha!" Writes the 10th century Vakkana poet Devara Desimaya.

This is from Dr. A- Dr. Alka Pandey's book, Ardhanarishvara: The Androgyne - Probing the Gender Within.

And this is our episode number 18 of Art Indica with Dr. Alka Pandey, and I'm Nidheesh.

And this is our season two.

We're talking about Indian erotic art.