Ishita Raj

It comes from, according to me, it comes from freedom of thought, freedom of doing what you want.

That's when you can feel powerful of accepting or owning something.

You want to own a career, you want to do something when you're not under pressure.

That's when you can feel... In control... Of yourself... You can... Feel like you can take control... Taking control... Gets you power... So... Just that freedom of... Who you can be... Who you want to be... And... You can... How do you empower others?

How do I empower others?

people who are like you or like you know people who are like in living in the slums and like you know people who need another chance how do you empower them uh by giving them means by creating a world where women specifically since you mentioned women empowerment when they cannot feel lesser

when they cannot feel deprived, when they cannot feel obligated to take permission to be who they are.

No.

I come from a place and very secure environment.

My father and my mother have given really all the wings to all three of us, my sister, my brother and I, to be exactly who we are.

I remember you know in school because I was a younger one so my sister sometimes she did not step out for films or

just with friends so often.

And my friends, we were a group of five girls and we used to make a lot of plans after school.

We'd go for coffee and Delhi had this joint called Big Chill and we'd be chilling.

So I used to get out too much and my mom used to like, you know, see your sister.

She's responsible.

And I used to get bashing every next day that you're not responsible.

I don't like this and this and that.

And I remember my dad just told my mom that she's got a different set of friends.

Her friends don't step out, so she's not getting out.