Purchasing condoms in India - Online is the way

Republishing a useful article from here. The author works for http://condomone.com .

I have spent 29 years of my life in India, so I do know a little bit about how difficult it is to go to a medical shop and ask for condoms.

Here are few possible scenarios :

1. The shop owner doesn't keep condoms, so he will refuse you and laugh on your back or pass some lewd comment as you turn around to leave.
2. If you happen to know the shop owner, you will not even go to the shop in the first place.
3. If there are other customers already at the shop, you will wait for them to leave so that you can ask for condoms.
4. You will buy some condom, any condom in a hurry and leave the shop as soon as possible.
5. You won't even check the expiry date. Or worse, you don't even know there is such a thing called expiry date for condoms.
6. If you ask the shop keeper too many questions about brands/varieties, he may get angry and ask you to leave.
7. If you are a female, you won't even think about buying a condom yourself.
8. If you want to buy condoms from a shopping mall, even there you will wait as long as possible so that the condom shelf does not have anyone standing nearby. And again, you will pick some condoms in a hurry and leave as soon as possible.

If these are the problems faced even by the highly educated people, then what would be the fate of others?

India seriously needs condom reforms and easier ways to purchase contraceptives need to be there.

Condoms are the only contraceptives without any side effects, apart from the fact that they also help in protecting one from STDs.

Apart from condoms, there are products called lubricants, which serve two purposes :

1. Enhance the pleasure during intercourse
2. Reduce the friction during intercourse, so that the chances of the condom damage are minimal.

Very few medical shops keep lubricants with them.  And again, buying them has the problems same as buying condoms.

So, what's the solution?

Buy condoms online.
At an online condom store, you can compare condoms/lubricants across different brands and categories and receive them at your doorstep.

But all online condom stores are not the same. There are few things which you should ensure before buying online.

1. The shipment/parcel should not mention the word condom or any word which gives away privacy.
2. Your bank/card statement should not mention the word condom or any word which gives away your privacy.

About the author :
Author works for http://condomone.com.