Growing up as an Indian immigrant in Canada, documentary filmmaker Nisha Pahuja, 56, was exposed to two very distinct gender narratives. One unfolded outside her home where she encountered women who were socio-politically, economically, and sexually liberated. She was told that men and women had the same rights. But inside her house, she knew her father was in charge. Despite being a strong and independent woman, Pahuja’s mother remained a ward in her father’s care, just like she was. It was perhaps this dichotomy in gender narratives that compelled her to look inward, to India, in search of the source of these skewed gender dynamics.