Her husband has been missing in action for 50 years and she is still looking for him with pride and dignity. Mrs Tambey is a lady with immense grit and courage. Mrs Damayanti Tambey, wife of Flight Lieutenant Vijay Tambey, Missing-in-Action, 1971 War and President of the War Widows Association - has said in the foreword to your book that the nation needs to do much more for veer nari.s IMAGE: Swapnil Pandey with Mrs Damayanti Tambey, wife of Flight Lieutenant Vijay Tambey, Missing-in-Action, 1971 War, and President of the War Widows Association. These ladies get their pensions, but they confront stigma. The situation is not very good in cities either. There are other taboos especially in remote villages where a veer nari is not invited for weddings or other ceremonies because she is seen as a bad omen. The irony is that they are widows of martyred jawans - everyone around them is living a life of freedom because their husbands sacrificed their lives for them. She couldn't show her face to the rest of the family and would be caged in the dark room till every member of that house went to sleep. She was confined to one room and had to get up at 4 am so that she could cook and do her daily chores before the rest of the house woke up.
I came across a veer nari in her 20s from Rajasthan who had a young son. IMAGE: The Nation Cried with Her: Lt Nitika Kaul and Major V S Dhoundiyal.Ĭan you cite some instances of societal discrimination faced by the brave widows that they may have shared with you?Įven today, the situation of young widows in areas like Rajasthan and Haryana is worse.
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