India's first-ever legal sex toy store opens in Goa

Crucial topics like menstruation and sanitary pads have gained momentum among millennials in the past few years, but certain things on sex and sexuality still remain a hush-hush matter and sex shops are being one of them.

So to break the silence, a businessman from Goa has taken a bold step in ending this taboo by opening India's first-ever legal sex shop in Calangute.

Kama Gizmos is a sex toy and wellness products store in Goa which also happens to be the country's first official brick-and-mortar sex shop that was launched on February 14, according to a report.

The store is established after two competing sex product retailers - Kamakart and Gizomoswala - came together for a partnership. This business has a huge chance for a quick growth because the sale of sex toys in India during the lockdown phase in 2020 saw a 65% rise. But despite the rising demands, there are still only a handful of websites that sell sex toys. As for all the shady shops, they are all operating illegally. But, not Kama Gizmos, as the store sells a wide variety of sex toys and products such as viagra-like sprays, novelty condoms, gels, vibrators, pumps to harness, and more. A customer is allowed to physically check out the products before buying them.