In this thought-provoking episode of Not Your Aunty (NYA), hosts Shunali Shroff and Kiran Manral sit down with Eika Chaturvedi Banerjee for a bold conversation on patriarchy, female agency, power, pleasure, and the ancient roots of gender dynamics. Why does society continue to fear women’s power? How did patriarchy begin?
Did ancient Indian wisdom once understand gender better than modern society?
From the psychology of fear and control to the mystery of female creation and pleasure, this episode explores why gender narratives still shape modern relationships, dating, identity, and power.
The conversation also dives into: the origins of patriarchy why men fear the unknown female pleasure and agency motherhood and ownership ancient Indian texts and mythology modern dating and swiping culture how society shames women differently from men what ancient wisdom can teach us today.
This is one of NYA’s most layered and provocative conversations yet...Watch till the end for Eika’s fascinating take on how ancient India may have been far more progressive than we imagine.