Women of India stories for pregnancy

Savitri, Gargi, Ahilyabai and other women whose wisdom and resolve shaped India.

• Day 167: Gargi and the Great Question

  Gargi shows that a curious mind and a calm voice can stand in any room. Tonight the mother can welcome her own questions and imagine the gentle wonder she will share with her baby.

• Day 225: Savitribai's Slate

  Patience is quiet strength, and the mother is already practising it as she waits for her baby. Like Savitribai, she can carry calm through each day, trusting that gentle steady love shapes everything.

• Day 261: Ahilyabai Plants a Road of Trees

  Ahilyabai planted shade for travellers she would never meet, trusting that kindness keeps growing. The mother, too, is planting quiet care for a little one she has not yet seen.