Martyrdom & Widowed Wives: Is It Great To Glorify Death?

Martyrdom & Widowed Wives: Is It Great To Glorify Death?

The last few days saw many stories on the suicide attack at Pulwama and about the martyrdom of army men and their widowed wives. On a date when people exchanged vows of love, a terrorist killed more than 40 CRPF personnel, spreading what they are best in doing, hate and scare among Indian masses.   

While Jaish-e-Mohammad, a Pakistan-based Islamist militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, Pakistan washed off its hands from the involvement asking for more proof. Indian and world leaders condemned the attack and the Indian ruling party assured of a strong response to the terror attack.

Soldiers on War

The aftermath saw bashing Kashmiris at various places and protests all over. Some of these protests really turned violent while many resorted to candle-light marches. On 18th February, India took its revenge by gunning down the terrorists who had masterminded the attack. Four more Indian Army Men were killed in the gun battle.

What followed was state funerals for the personnel as Army ranks paid their last tributes and respects to the fallen soldiers. The family members of all these soldiers were grief-stricken and the widowed wives were putting up brave salutes and planting goodbye kisses to their dead husbands as tears streamed down their faces.

There were moments reported where a pregnant wife of martyred army personnel fell unconscious after the cremation of her husband, while another wife seeing her husband’s mortal remains shouted, “You lied to me, you loved the nation more!” The hour of grief brought about many such stories from the native places of the soldiers who were flown there for their last rites.

I was shocked to see many videos captured of the family members of the martyred soldiers during their weakest times and emotional moments doing the rounds of social media. As they fought hard to hide their tears and put up with strong faces, all of this was getting captured smartly on the so-called digital medium making way for some breaking news.

I mean really!! I remembered a past incident of a selfie of a daughter with her dad’s dead body doing the rounds in WhatsApp and people shaming her for her deed. It was later clarified that this pic was indeed clicked by her to send across the same to her brother who couldn’t attend the funeral as he was in a foreign country. If shaming her was justified then how can these so-called intolerant people repeat the same thing now?

Capturing dead bodies of soldiers and their loved ones crying and uttering some last good-bye notes to the loved ones they lost! Just in the name of the country and just because these men were from the army, makes them public properties with no space for privacy? People conveniently stepping in their private zones and clicking footages to be released on social media, some even selling these for hefty amounts!

Not one or two but it was a mad rat race to cover what widows did at their martyred husband’s last rites! Zooming on their faces which was devastated at the news and in shock, capturing their emotions and selling it in the name of Army Widows and their Courage for some mere news feed.

Martyrdom is the ultimate sacrifice a soldier can gift us being committed to our wellbeing, safety, and dignity. The army men martyrdom and their family members deserve the last honors, the attention, and all our respect for all that they do. But moments like these when the martyred men are being laid to rest with full military honors and their families crying over the loss should be spared the media glare.

Everything that creates views and sells is news, but please spare death, the ultimate truth. The harshest of all the truths. No one would ever want to see the funeral or cremation of their loved ones again from the captured bank of memories. Nobody would ever want to remember what they did or how they reacted at their loved one’s demise. People dread from opening up on this topic even after years of a person passing away.

Martyrdom

Imagine a martyred army officers widow having to see her last words to her love on the digital platform every day as life moves on. Does she wish for such attention? Martyrdom is heroic and martyred army wives are super-heroes. Every praise available in the books isn’t enough to praise these brave hearts enough for all that they do and sacrifice for our country. But weaving drama around and presenting things dramatically in the name of media especially at the loss of life isn’t praising them! It is in fact insulting them by stepping in their private zones.

Stop glorifying death in the name of news and entertainment. Stop this drama!

tanusri16

Mother of two (Four Legged Golden Retriever called Buddy & human child Vivaan), she feels blessed to have pursued the joys of writing leaving her career as an operations lead with an MNC. Singer, Dancer, Reader, Writer, Thinker, Believer, Day Dreamer, and now Blogger, she is her ever-smiling self always. She also writes for parenting and HR&A related topics for various other websites and dreams to write a book someday.

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