A Study of Psychosocial Challenges of Army Personnel Widow "War Begins After Its End (original) (raw)

The history of our glorious nation has had many instances of invasions by foreign enemies, and every time, they funnelled into our country through the land of five rivers, Punjab. India after independence has gone through 4 major wars viz. In 1962, 1965, 1971 and Kargil war in 1999. The martyrdom of Indian soldiers left behind widows and orphan children. This study aims to share the pains and challenges of widows from Financial, Legal, Psychological and Social perspective. This research of 51 case studies of 'Veer Narees' (war widows), presently residing in Punjab, revealed that majority of them had to suffer because of social and family discriminations.