Kamanapumsaka is a collection of six first hand stories of erotic encounters in India between Indian men and visitors to India (and Nepal) by men from Australia, New Zealand and England. In some cases, these are the first sexual or same-sex sexual experiences of one of the men involved.The book contains some interesting observations about the differences in the way gay men see themselves in India versus gay men in the West.It is also illustrated with a selection of erotic Indian Miniature painting depicting gay men engaged in sexual activity.