1/ How do you help Army Widows? Money? No. You need to help them in ‘living life with dignity’. Read this thread. Just now I spoke to a widow (let me call her Mona, assumed name). Her husband died a year and half back. He bought a WagonR two yrs back. Car was just six months old
2/ when he died. Mona paid complete amount and got car transferred in her name. She cannot drive and son is 16 yrs 7 months. I told her to sell off car since the value would reduce every day. Her emotional attachment to car prevents her to do it. Her son is trying for NDA and
3/ if selected will be off in year and half. I gave her a suggestion. #MonaLearnDriving Mona, LEARN DRIVING. Suggested her the best driving school (I know the place inside out), tell them to help her get licence and become independent. 1. No dependence on relatives. 2. Self-
4/ sufficient for mobility 3. Can respond in emergency. 4. Daily help for mobility. 5. Car is retained in honour of departed husband 6. Confidence. 7. Self reliant 8. Model mother to kids. And much more….. I gave her an offer…. If she wants to meet me, she has to take me in her
5/ car whenever I visit that town. You know result of this conversation? Mona was crying inconsolably on phone. After much efforts when I got her to talk about reason of crying she said, 1. No one has spoken to me like that after husband passed away. 2. No one has guided me.
6/ 3. No one has taken any interest to find what challenges I am facing. 4. No one lives and scolds they way you do. ….. see? She doesn’t require a sewing machine. She can make do without a shawl. She can live without a tag of Veer Naari. She just wants to live with DIGNITY
7/Last We deny even that because we the veterans have never cared for our men, families or children. It is below dignity to interact with soldiers and their families socially. MONA WILL LEARN DRIVING. Give them dignity, guide them and I assure you will sleep so well.
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