Exclusive: Kalki coup on international women's day

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In a heart-rending performance at India Today Conclave stage, actress Kalki Koechlin made a striking blow to the patriarchy that is hampering the progress of women for thousands of years.

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Anjana Das says:

You are my hero, not heroin

pranaya verma says:

those words from 11:36…!!!!! hats off.!!!!!!!👍

Sanjay Salar says:

Wow! She's so intelligent!!

JayaMohan Bhamidipati says:

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Shynesh S says:

Really nice speech!!!

jammingdudes8 says:

Like it, except the political correctness. She forgot to add that Aisha was 6 years old when Momhamed married her and just 9 years old when he raped her. And he was 50+ years old. That would be a registered sex offender today. I'm fine with beating up on Draupadi & Mary, but their stories have cultural context, and polyandry was practiced for the longest time in matriarchal societies. Mary & Kunti, what's the problem with 'virgin' birth? That today would be in vitro fertilization (IVF). That aside, what Mohamed did to Aisha was criminal, so why ignore that?

shirini100 says:

Gave me goosebumps. She is something else….

K.C. Bose says:

Thanks for the pseudo-intellectual rant Kalki Koechlin, but i’ll pass.

Kindly do not confuse older western patriarchal conventions of complete lack in women empowerment to that of India’s traditions which never had any misogynistic viewpoints in her heritage. "Matha, Pitha, Guru, Deivam", ever heard of it? Ever heard of Sri Yantra or Sri Lalita Tripurasundari? Bharat's cultural traditions were convoluted over time by the countless invasions in India over centuries. This was all in exchange for a fraction of the ancient wisdom/knowledge to find solutions for their socially degrading lifestyles & make sense of their non-existent roots, post-renaissance period. A simple example of its effects today can be seen in how they have disturbingly commodified positive spiritual practices like yoga, into forms of “self-empowerment/yoga businesses”. We now have yoga pants, pseudo-spiritual wellness centres, porn in yoga pants, Wendy Doniger’s senseless infatuation with religious sex, to all kinds of perverse subjective treatments on sacred traditions handed down from the Vedas. These values along with our women, were respected for millennia by our people, and still are to this date. 

We are rectifying our system, but that needn’t have to begin with our own people letting go of ancient traditions, cultures and wisdom/spirituality for a momentary sense of appreciation from community. The whole notion of DHARMA is a concept non-existent in western epistemological schools of thought.

Everybody including a woman, has a voice. But the last time I checked, being a woman never exempted you from the ramifications of spreading false messages.

Nobody said this would be easy.

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." – Gandhiji

Niran says:

She is just amazing! 

Jayan Divakaran says:

What a pathetic performance, kalki go to france stupid French females needs your advice not indian women. Indian males are the best in the world when it comes to respecting and loving women so we dont need your dam advice and don't stay in India to malign our heritage and culture go back that's the best thing you can do.

Terry WannaBerry says:

That was amazing

pranav kumar Mishra says:

Really nice..

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