Kalki Koechlin, The Muse and The Mother

‘Unfiltered,’ that’s the word I settled on after toying with a few adjectives to describe Kalki Koechlin. I don’t use the term loosely; Koechlin’s openness, one can imagine, is often misunderstood. But in a world where spouting cliches or riling up keyboard warriors with disparaging dialogues for views and numbers seems to be the norm, Koechlin is refreshingly honest. And her social media is an extension of that. Koechlin’s authenticity shines through when she expresses, “I don’t feel the need to put up a front on my social media. I don’t filter my thoughts too much.”