Monday, 9 November
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What are you navigating right now?
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Today's reflection
"The questions I ask are more powerful than the answers I've been given."
— Gargi, 700 BCE
700 BCE · Videha (now Mithila), India
She walked into a hall of 1,000 male scholars and dared to debate the nature of the universe.
Her story. Your life.
Gargi walked into a room of 1,000 men and asked the question no one else dared to ask. What question are you holding back — at work, in your family, in your own life — that you have been afraid to voice?
All stories
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Savitribai Phule
1831–1897 · Naigaon, Maharashtra, India
Mirabai
1498–1547 · Merta, Rajasthan, India
Ahilyabai Holkar
1725–1795 · Chondi, Maharashtra, India
Kalpana Chawla
1962–2003 · Karnal, Haryana, India
Mary Kom
1983–present · Kangathei, Manipur, India
Sudha Murthy
1950–present · Shiggaon, Karnataka, India
Malala Yousafzai
1997–present · Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan
Wangari Maathai
1940–2011 · Nyeri, Kenya