Imagine how much more advanced society would be today if women, who comprise half the world’s brain power, were socially & intellectually enfranchised from the beginning of civilization.
Today, I launched the Ideas of India database, which indexes the contents of 255 English-language periodicals that Indian intellectuals, scholars, and statesmen published between 1837-1947.
https://t.co/djoO045SJF
I've been passionately following since my childhood but it never came. Finally, for the first time, a gold for India! Congratulations @DuteeChand for winning the 100m sprint at the Universiade, the World University Games, in Naples🇮🇳
I sometimes wonder if these Jai Shri Ram walas have ever heard of goddess Saraswati. That is who we Bengalis worship. The goddess of learning, knowledge, wisdom. And we respect women. That is why we also worship Durga and Kali. Jai Shri Ram huh!
"I fell in love with Bengali literature. It is very popular in Czech Republic" - Zuzana Spicova, student of Indology at the Charles University speaks in fluent Bengali!
Some days it just flows and I feel like I’m born to do this, other days it feels like I’m trudging through hell. Every day I make the choice to show up and see what I’ve got, and to try and be better.
My advice: keep showing up.
#MondayMotivaton#TogetherForward