I’ve been really interested in speaking with Deepa for a number of reasons 1st - because she is the author of the book, Chup: Breaking The Silence About India's Women, and the creator and host of What’s a Man? Masculinity in India Podcast.

She also has a TED talk called “The 7 Bad Habits Women Must Unlearn”, and in her TED talk, she shares the results of her research on what it means to be a good girl and a good man, and it was profound.

Deepa was also the former Senior Adviser at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and has written 17 books and was named one of the 100 most influential global thinkers by Foreign Policy Magazine in the USA and as one of India's 35 Great Thinkers by India Today.

Deepa Narayan’s website can be found at www.deepanarayan.com

We talk about:

✅ Her research that led to the talk, 7 bad habits women must unlearn and the beliefs used to silence women

✅ The bad habits that women must unlearn

✅ Why she has been so passionate about these topics and empowering women

✅ Where she learned her philosophy from

✅ Why she started the podcast “What’s a Man”

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