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...archaeologists understand the significance of this Kama Sutra in stone, but Anoop Jain, a temple guide, has his own theory. "People were becoming too holy," he explains as he directs a beam of sunlight with a heart-shaped hand mirror toward a pair of stone lovers engaged in a passionate kiss. "They were going to the forest to meditate, and no one was getting married." So the King, suggests Jain, commissioned the carving of erotic scenes into temple walls for "inspiration." It will never be known if the King's pro-family program proved fruitful. Though mighty warriors, the Chandelas...
...greeted with a decanter of brandy and enjoy the attention of a round-the-clock butler. The exotic outdoor pool area is so doused with pesticides that you can easily ignore the fact that you're vacationing in a malarial zone. Book early: both the Villa Uma and Villa Kama are often occupied. Meanwhile, a few dusty blocks away, a more frugal traveler could use the $1,900 to stay at the dumpy but popular Narin's Guesthouse?for three years...
...London or Paris, though often of lesser quality. But there are also bargains, such as the concerts in the Conservatory, in small palaces, and even occasionally in the Pushkin Fine Arts Museum or the Tretyakov Gallery. All cost pennies. If you speak Russian, the superb plays directed by Kama Ginkas at the Young Spectators' Theater are another perfect way to get under this city's skin...
...move put Nair a bit out of the loop. She followed up with cable-TV films and some lukewarmly received features, including Kama Sutra, an over-the-top costume (and often costume-less) drama. Monsoon, with five plot lines and (by Nair's count) 68 characters, feels like her first real epic, but it started small. It cost only about $2 million and the shoot took 30 days, with up to four scenes a day filmed on handheld cameras. Although it's been a smash with critics, Monsoon Wedding isn't up for a foreign-film Oscar this year - India...
...approached adulthood, my leisurely reading material progressed to Cosmopolitan and Glamour. Each month, the covers of both magazines are dominated by headlines relating to sex. Often, I have wished for a sex filter so I could abscond from the latest kama sutra special, from the array of sexual positions and sex-infiltrated list of ways to satisfy...