My personal journey with the social justice movement began with a single question: Can I live in an accountable world? Where the youth are better informed to make their life choices than I was in my growing up years. I wanted the misogynist narratives that plague our culture, our society, and our collective psyche to be challenged and changed. 

Over the years, my search took me into prisons, colleges, villages, communities, and corporates. I talked to writers, artists, academics, philosophers, students, leaders, judges, prisoners, teachers, professionals, students, wives, mothers and daughters, asking them the same question, “What makes us say ‘Yes’ when we want to say ‘No’? What keeps us bound to violent structures?”

SMITA BHARTI