Wrapped in a sea green silk saree, with a bindi and bangles, Dr (Mrs) Lutchuke is less a sex therapist, and more a cooler aunty next-door, to whom everyone is "beta". She's the kind you can open up to about "the sexuals", maybe over a cup of chai and some kothimbir vadi. While she'll patiently listen to your bedroom woes, she minces no words when giving out advice, packaging information on one of the most taboo subjects in the society with a punch of humour. Crafted in 2013 by comedian Aditi Mittal, the popular character is now fielding questions on sex, sexuality and everything in between in an Instagram series titled, Letters
to Lutchuke.

Mittal, who's been holding comedy workshops during the lockdown, tells us that with mental and physical health under the spotlight now, she felt it was the right time to have a conversation about sexual welfare. "I did two weeks of an online show as Dr Lutchuke, and realised sexual health has been on all our minds, since we're either in close quarters with our partners or separated by distance." Although the comic has been performing in this avatar for years, she no longer pounces on the obvious sex puns; instead, she consciously tries to ensure what she says comes from a place of information. "When I started doing stand-up, I realised sex jokes were hilarious, but I was shy. So, I wrapped my jokes in the garb of a 55-year-old lady, with a funny accent."