London, Oct 24 (PTI/GNA) A N D Haksar, an Indian scholar, has
written a revised version of the ancient Kama Sutra by
adapting it to modern lives and relationships and presenting
as a ‘lifestyle guide for the modern man and woman’.
Haksar’s version to be published by Penguin in February
2011, sees the ancient text updated from a sex guide to a
lifestyle reference guide.
According to a preview in the ‘Sunday Telegraph’, gone
are the erotic drawings and sexual illustrations that
accompanied earlier translations.
Haksar’s edition will be a text-only pocket-sized
handbook, described as a “classy” manual “covering every
aspect of love and relationships”.
Previous English versions of the Kama Sutra have been
widely based on the 19th-century translation by the explorer
and orientalist, Sir Richard Francis Burton, often featuring
erotic illustrations to enhance Burton’s old-fashioned
language.
Haksar, a leading translator of Sanskrit texts, has
chapter headings such as “Making a Pass”, “Why Women Get
Turned Off”, “Girls to Avoid”, “Is he Worthwhile?”, “Getting
rid of him”, “Easy Women”, “Moves towards sex,” and “Some Dos
and Don’ts”.
Source: GhanaWeb
