{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Kama & Karma","title":"Kama & Karma Episode. 1 | The Mother of all Erotic Texts","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8f46de3b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2419,"description":"The “mother of all erotic texts” has spent centuries behind locked doors, shut by colonial translations, or simply deemed far too taboo.\nDr Alka Pande, curator, author, art historian and one of the leading voices on the Kama Sutra today, unlocks the doors to the pleasure palace of the Indic Civilisation.\nWhat’s far less known: it’s actually an anthology of 7 books, covering the art of courtly living. Remedies for waning libido. Aphrodisiacs for men and women. Even instructions on seducing the wives of others. And beneath it all, a surprising question, what does desire have to do with liberation?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eIKijj4IK05BPswGf76FVIJsEZ3mgSSrCsqULixjJ10/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMjk3/NjFlMjg3NDE1OTI3/MDQ3Y2IwMzljMTQ1/Mjc3ZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}