The World's most famous instruction manual on love and sexual technique was written in the ancient Hindu language of Sanskrit seventeen centuries ago. Long accepted as the definitive treatise upon the subject of sexual behaviour, the author of the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana succeeded in tackling this delicate theme with commendable candour and wit. From how and where to 'congress'? With whom and with how many? It is as relevant and instructive today as when it was written.