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'I am 28 and have never had sex'

Virginity
Shekhar is 28 and still a virgin. He has had many girlfriends and flings yet he has not had the courage to have sex. What is the reason and most importantly- what is his plan? Read this interesting chat he had with Love Matters India.

Semen: top five facts

Male body
Semen – sounds like a magic potion of sorts, eh? In some ways, it is. Only men have it and it’s essential for making babies. What's in it? Is it OK to swallow? All this and more in our Top Five Facts number 17.

I have never felt an erection or need for sex!

Sexual Orientation
I didn’t believe that a human being could live without sex. But a friend of mine convinced me that people can indeed be asexual. Let's hear what he has to say!

'My hands were shaking'

Pregnancy
Last week a friend of mine suffered major anxiety attacks – her period was late. “I thought I was pregnant. My boyfriend and I were reconsidering our whole lives,” she said as she shared her story with Love Matters India.

He made me feel very nice - but condom?

Safe Sex
A friend of mine hooked up with a guy for the first time recently. He was nice and cute and all that, but he refused to wear a condom. “All the foreplay was done and I said, ‘Come on, why don’t you wear a condom?’ And he refused to saying her does not know how to wear condoms,” my friend said.

Man on a menstruation mission

Female body
A cheap machine to make affordable sanitary pads for Indian women: it’s entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham’s greatest achievement, he says. When Muruganantham learned of the unhygienic way his wife had to deal with her periods, he helped out.

PCOS generation: the trouble with ovaries

Female body
A growing number of women in urban India are discovering that their ovaries aren't working properly. They’ve got polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Gynaecologist Dr Kanthi Bansal says 60% of the women patients at her fertility clinic have PCOS.

Savita Bhabhi: why drawn porn is a big draw

Porn
Cartoon porn star Savita Bhabhi pulls in millions of users to one of India’s 100 most-visited websites. Since the launch in 2008, the sexy housewife has become a sensation, with millions of hits per month. Why the success?