Kiss Ka Kissa? What Makes Us Kiss?

About the Lecture

When did a kiss become romantic, scandalous, sacred—or political? And why has this small, intimate gesture obsessed poets, painters, lovers, and moralists for centuries?

Through art, literature, gossip, and stolen confessions from love letters, Kissa Kiss Ka traces the social life of the kiss, from divine longing to public scandal. This lecture unpacks how a simple meeting of lips became one of history’s most charged expressions of desire. No promises that you’ll leave a better kisser… but you will leave with stories charming enough to impress your next date ;)

Come curious. Leave charmed.

⋆｡°✩ Flow of the Evening

✭ 4:00 PM - Doors open! Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

✭ 4:00 – 4:30 PM - Place your orders and start a few conversations (we usually close food orders when the lecture begins).

✭ 4:30 PM - The learning begins

✭ 5:15 PM - Open Q&A

✭ 5:30 onwards- Questions, reflections, and discussion with the speaker and the room.

PS: Your ticket includes a 300/- coupon for F&B

About the Speaker

Karan Tekwani is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Delhi. He holds a Master’s degree in English from St. Stephen’s College and a diploma in Aesthetics from Jnanapravaha, Mumbai.

Fascinated by images, he spends much of his time thinking about how visual culture shapes—and quietly permeates—everyday life. His long-standing habit of buying books for their covers led him to write his Master’s dissertation on book design and its critical potential. Beyond visual culture, food remains a constant preoccupation, one he engages with not only through reading, but also by cooking with words.

About unLecture

unLecture brings experts out of classrooms and into cafés, bars and neighbourhood spaces across Delhi. Created by three friends from St. Stephen’s, Delhi who wanted learning to feel warm, social and alive. unLecture turns an otherwise ordinary evening into a conversation you may think about long after it ends.