REVISED KAMA SUTRA Paperback

Richard Crasta's "The Revised Kama Sutra" is a gloriously comic and poignant coming-of-age novel that offers a unique and often irreverent insight into the Indian experience of childhood, puberty, sex, colonialism, and the pursuit of the American Dream. The story follows Vijay Prabhu, a small-town, middle-class Indian boy navigating the frustrations and longings of growing up in a culture that, in his view, stifles adolescent desires through rigid institutions like Jesuit schools. Driven by a desire for both spiritual and sexual destiny, Vijay embarks on a journey that eventually takes him to the United States, the purported land of free sex, greenbacks, and unfulfilled yearnings. Hailed as a classic and praised by literary figures like Kurt Vonnegut, the book is a multifaceted exploration of East-West cultural clashes, the comedy of sex in a repressed society, and one man's quest for identity and fulfillment amidst the contradictions of post-Independence India.