{"title":"Abbakka","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou've probably driven past her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAt a busy junction in Bengaluru, a bronze queen stands beside a cannon, pointing ahead. Most people don't know her name. It's Abbakka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMore than 450 years ago, she ruled Ullal, a small, rich port on the Karnataka coast that the Portuguese empire wanted for itself. They told her to pay tribute for the right to rule her own land. She refused. They sent a fleet. She sent it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThen one day, they broke through. They took her city and marched into her royal court.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAnyone else would have called it the end. Abbakka slipped away, took shelter in a mosque, and gathered the soldiers still loyal to her. That same night, she came back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBy morning, the general who had marched into her court had fallen, and the empire had learned her name. Her forces went on to drive the Portuguese out of the fort at Mangalore too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMore than four centuries later, Ullal still celebrates her every year and honours remarkable women with an award in her name. And at that junction in Bengaluru, she's still pointing ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery year has its hard days. The deal that falls through. The promotion that goes to someone else. The plan that falls apart at the last minute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAbbakka's story says those days don't get the final word. You do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eKnow your worth, and never pay anyone for the right to be yourself. Know your strength, and come back for what's yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSo wear the studs to the year-end review. Wear the colour to the office party. And walk into the last night of the year like a queen who came back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbbakka by Moonelle. Rise to every occasion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/moonelle.in\/collections\/gargi-collection.oembed","provider":"Moonelle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}