May 02 2025 to May 02 2025 6:30 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

All Our Loves: Journeys with Polyamory in India is an eye-opening book on polyamory—the practice of being in love, with or without sexual intimacies with more than one person simultaneously, with the consent of all. For anyone who has ever dreamed of love, sex, and companionship beyond the limits of traditional monogamy, this groundbreaking exploration navigates the infinite possibilities that polyamory can offer within the complex realities in India.

The discussion on the book will revolve around dispelling myths about the practice and understanding the skills necessary to live a fulfilling and responsible polyamorous life. Arundhati will also shed light on negotiating jealousy, coping with breakups and honouring boundaries. As practicing polyamorists she and the discussants will share their experiences, struggles and joys and ways to define relationships on their own terms.

If you are polyamorous, have a partner who is, or are just curious – this conversation will open up ways to foster honest intimacy without guilt, fear or shame; find supportive partners and community; enable practices of safe sex, and much more.

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Speakers

Arundhati Ghosh
Writer, Cultural Practitioner & Social Activist
Arundhati Ghosh is a writer, cultural practitioner, social activist, and traveller. With three decades of experience in the arts and culture, she served as the executive director of India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) between 2013 and 2023. She contributed on advisory boards of the Seagull Foundation for the Arts, Blind With Camera, and Toto Funds the Arts, and continues to do so for The Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Shomokaleen Protibidhan (a feminist magazine in Bangla), the Solidarity Foundation, Sangama, and Maraa. She volunteers with citizen initiatives that work towards an equitable society; speaks on the arts and philanthropy across international platforms; and writes for various publications. A poet in Bangla, publishing in little magazines since 2010, her first collection of poetry, Oshomoye Phire Esho Nodi Hoye, was published by Lastrada Prakashan in 2023. She consults and offers training programmes for the cultural and not-for-profit sector. She was raised in Asansol and is based in Bengaluru.

Basit Manham
Community Organizer, Bangalore Polycules
Basit has over a decade of experience living polyamorous. He is an organizer at Bangalore Polycules and helps build community, raise awareness, and fight stigma around polyamory.

Anu P
Solo Polyamorous, Relationship Anarchist
Anu is a branding and storytelling consultant based out of Bangalore. Since 2016, she has been involved in community outreach to overcome stigma and offer resources and support around polyamory. Her other interests include brewed beverages, music history, everyday politics, and queer identities and lifestyles.

Priya Ramani
Journalist
Priya Ramani is a Bangalore-based journalist. She is the co-founder of the award-winning India Love Project and on the editorial board of news website Article 14. She is a columnist for The Hindu Sunday magazine and Quint.