The World Before Her

Curated by Promona Sengupta

Is Hindu a Gender? Hindu Nationalism and The Gender Binary in India Part 2

This documentary follows two parallel universes of contemporary Indian femininity – a Miss India beauty pageant and the Hindu Right Wing women’s organization Durga Vahini. Following two women on these two seemingly contradictory paths, the film explores the complexities of growing up as a woman under Indian patriarchy. (PG)

Bedatri Datta Choudhury is a film programmer, radio show host and the arts and entertainment editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer.