A Tale of Two Veils (2016)

This short documentary explores the troubles women go through to live a normal life due to the cultural effects of misogyny in rural India. ​

Jassu Bai, 38, is a mother of five children. Her husband suffers from a medical condition that has bedridden him and cannot contribute to the families income. Jassu Bai works as a daily wage laborer and cannot afford for her husbands treatment. Her struggles worsen as a woman in a patriarchal society who has to face the socio-economic challenges. She is not allowed to take part in council meetings and her plea of getting her water pump fixed in her village is in vain. She, along with the other women from her village form a self-help group called Ujala Samooh headed by Sadana Kumar, 44, a human rights activist from a local non-profit. Even as an educated individual, Sadana struggles to have her voice heard among the men and decision makers who run the local village government. Her fight to see basic human rights exercised for people in such dire situations makes the women of the village look up to her as the "mother of mothers".