“Through my dance practice, I want to blur the lines between the Goddess on a pedestal and a human woman”

“We deserve to be free here as much as our male counterparts, this is my Pakistan too”

“What happened to me was not just catfishing, it was online entrapment”

“I want to give my clients permission to live outside of the confines of what it means to be a “good” Indian”

“I want victims of abuse to confront the viewer so we can no longer look away”

“My headgear is a tool, a headsapce where women can share our experiences”

“To say that there is fundamental difference between the minds of men and women just isn’t there”

“The beauty and diet industries are teaching women to hate themselves for profit”

“You should always investigate what most people deem inconvenient”

“When you have to fulfil someone else’s dream of the ideal woman, you tend to disregard what your inner voice is telling you to be”

“Men are lucky that all feminists are demanding is equality and equity, given everything we have been through”

“Every time my pen raises itself to write a verse, I hope it is in favour of the oppressed”

“In my film, I wanted to convey the real-life horrors of living as a woman in a patriarchal world”

“The act of speaking up has liberated me, it's been like shedding dead skin”

“Women have a deep need and desire to be able to express themselves, to be empowered, to live a fulfilled life, reaching their potential”

“The ideas of misogyny and patriarchy are a mindset, as opposed to a construct restricted to a gender”

“Misogyny is the metaphorical police force of patriarchy”

“Women At Leisure is a way to keep my mother’s memory alive”

“My feminism can’t help but seep into all my art - personal or professional”

“As an artist, I have the capacity to express things that most women can’t, issues that resonate with most desi women”