Equalist, not feminist

kalki koechlin
kalki koechlin
Kalki Koechlin

Kalki Koechlin and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap got married in 2011 and then went through a divorce in 2015 after being separated for two years. “Once I got married, I was only invited to the things that Anurag was invited to.”In marriage, a woman becomes the weaker sex, even if her husband doesn’t want her to be.

“… I found myself alone after a very long time. I had to fill up that empty space somehow. It’s only that we live in a patriarchal society, and therefore, the word feminism has to be used as a counter to patriarchy. The word used should be ‘equalist’, as it is about all humans being equal and respecting each other for that,” she added.

“I have retained my freedom and my ability to pick and choose. Of course, people have tried to stereotype me… But it’s very short-lived if you realize that you’re only as new as your newest film, you have to look beyond the period of initial reactions and recognize that there’s a bigger body of work and an effort to do something bigger,” she added.