The Guardian announced on June that it was the summer when the vibrator arrived in Bollywood.
Provocation: two films, desire story and Veere Di Wedding, show the joy of the heroine on the screen.
The Indian Patent Office rejected the Canadian company's patent application for vibrators because sex toys "led to obscenity . . . . . . It is considered by law to be morally degrading ".
The disconnect between our laws and reality is almost as fast as the Indian adult toy market (
Currently around $0. 228 billion but is expected to grow by 34% by 2019).
If it is not an ordinary official and law, it may grow faster (Section 292(1)of the IPC)
This forces customers to shop in the gray market instead of buying something legal.
Shamnad Basheer, a law professor, highlighted the denial of the Canadian application in a blog post, noting that the Patent Office should judge the product only based on the technical attributes of the product.
"Is it prudent to give it the power of moral or immoral decisions of this nature? ” he asks.
The vibrator is always burdened with shame and mud.
The only place you can buy them is the small shop in the palicabazal market in Delhi and the Crawford Market in Mumbai, or when you travel abroad (
Don't care what the customs uncle would say if he found them on the scanner).
Of course, until the Internet makes it as easy for them to buy as a toaster.
That's what we think.
Many toys, such as dildos, are considered obscene and therefore illegal.
The adult toys website is looking for ways to get around the obstacles with items that promise a "pleasant full body massage.
"Some of our new products are disguised as general FMCG so they don't cause curiosity or doubt ,"
Founder of online adult store Imbesharam.
For example, their male solatium "max" looks like a small stick, and "female" can easily pass through lipstick.
This jugaad allows manufacturers and retailers to classify these products into the sexual health category under the Medicines and Cosmetics Act.
"As long as a product doesn't look obscene and doesn't look like any part of the human anatomy and doesn't show naked, we can sell it," said Samir Saraiya, CEO of the company.
Saraiya recalled the incident with customs officials.
"I want to buy edible body paint from abroad.
But there is a problem with classification.
Customs recommend importing according to the paint category, but the official definition of paint is what is attached to the wall.
It is also not feasible to list it as food because it is described as something that provides nutrition.
So it ended up being classified as "novelty", says Saraiya ".
Reetinder Singh of Kinkpin, an online adult store, said he gets a lot of inquiries about sex toys from customers every day.
"We have to reject all of this," Singh said . ".
Like all good things, happiness is not cheap.
Products on the Legit adult website are expensive, ranging from Rs 3,000 to Rs 25,000.
There are other creative self-solutions for those who can't afford or can't get these serviceslove.
Last year, a survey of how agents of the love, sex and desire multimedia project Ishq let women masturbate showed that older Nokia 3310 phones often proved convenient.
The AOI founder, Paromita Vohra, said: "I 've heard jokes about it because it has a strong vibration pattern, but then I really came across stories about women using it. (
Saranya Chakrapani)