Any attempt to study the challenges faced by contemporary writers when dealing with the complex issue of homosexuality in the Indian context by contemporary writers now that the Supreme Court of India has decriminalised of what is a normal aspect of human sexuality, is most welcome. Hopefully this volume Same Sex Desire in Present India: An Anthology of Literary Texts and Contexts will break the academic silence that still lingers on this sensitive subject. -Dr. Saleem Kidwai, Medieval historian, Gay Rights Activist, Translator and Co-Editor of Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History