One wonders how a sex manual that’s 1,600 years old has so many readers today. The Kāma Sūtra emerged from an oral tradition even older. The Hindu Practice of Love — kāma shāstra began 3,500 years ago. The ancient Hindus believed that sexual desire formed the universe and that kāma shāstra was one of the three basic goals of life. When Vātsyāyana wrote all of the teachings down, the anti-sex Catholic church ruled Europe. Even coitus in marriage, for the sake of having a chil