The first episode of Vice India's documentary series, Sex-Rated, is about sex toys. Actor Rytasha Rathore, who shoots the show, is unfazed as she talks to a multitude of people — street vendors who sell dildos in the open, to the owners of Lovetreats, a quirky online store selling sex toys. "Log abhi bhi darte hai… par yeh sub kuch normal hai," a hawker in Mumbai's Fountain area tells her. As we watch the three episodes of the four-part series (the fourth on sex education is out tomorrow) on sex toys, BDSM, and porn, we are also amazed by just how normal talking about or living with sex is for some people in India, a country not known for its sexual forwardness.

"To be honest, just a Google search revealed how kinky we are as a nation, but finding the right people to talk was the real challenge," says assistant producer and researcher Sneha Nair. "The people we found eventually were those who didn't want to brush sex under the carpet, but have a conversation about it." She hits the nail on the head. Through the show you meet a variety of interesting, and thought-provoking characters, who all seem to know what they are talking about. There is a male masseuse who wants to be a porn star, a premier dominatrix from Kolkata and a collective from Delhi committed to people finding and enjoying their kinks.