Data junkie, explorer, conversationalist, passionista, traveller and feminist - this is the ensemble that describes Devangana. With a full-time job at ThoughtWorks, a tech consulting firm, she devotes her remaining time to DataKind, a non-profit organisation that aims at harnessing the power of data in the service of humanity.
In the Indian imagination, an ‘Aunty’ is a middle-aged, usually fat woman who is married and has children. Young women, especially unmarried ones, either do not want to associate with the term or are expected to steer clear of it.
Amol Palekar's movie Anaahat (2003), a Marathi film (Anaahat means Eternity), poses several questions about Niyog Pratha and emphasises on a woman's choice to explore her sexual freedom.