Sivangi is a graduate in History from Ramjas College, University of Delhi. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Women’s Studies from RCWS, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. She is passionate about pop culture, intersectionality, gender-based violence, sexuality and other contemporary issues.
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.
Enjoy Enjaami intrudes on our regressive preconceptions and shows what we have turned a blind eye to. But it is not a bitter recollection, it is a call to come together.
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.