Once upon a time, even the word “sex toy” could make people squirm. It took years of conversation, awareness, and some brave candour for us to reach a point where we could talk about it for what it is (a pleasure object) instead of weighing it down with maan , maryada , and pratishtha . Sure, the conversation is still largely confined to metros, but smaller cities are catching up fast.

Now, here’s another truth bomb: sex dolls.

You’ve probably heard of them, maybe dismissed them as something that exists only in Japan or on the internet, too far-fetched to ever become our (India’s) reality. But is it, really?

When Her released in 2013, the one where Joaquin Phoenix falls for a female-voiced AI, it felt like science fiction. Fast forward to now, and we have people on Reddit and Ti

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