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Yesterday was International Widows Day, marked on 23rd June every year. Let's look at how widowhood has been in India through the centuries, and now.
Now through the Widow Pension Scheme, widowed women will have some financial autonomy at least, and not need to depend so much on others.
The Hindu widowing ceremony is one of the our women's special trauma making traditions for our those who are already in a traumatic situation.
It is unbelievable that even in 2021, a widow is expected to not dress up, wear colours... when will this change?
She is a harbinger of ill luck, they scorned, as Anadi Babu’s dead body was brought in from the police station. A hit-and-run case.
The widows in our society are women just like you or me. Let's understand them and not degrade them with our superstitions and discriminatory beliefs.
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