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| A `Half-widow’ who does not know about Womens’ Day | | |
Early times Report
Jammu, Mar 8: On International Womens’ Day, a `half widow’ from Kupwara is more concerned about her daughter’s future than over all welfare of the women. She does not know what this special day is all about.
“He is alive and has to come back for his daughter.” This is what a sobbing `Half-widow’ could manage when asked about her disappeared husband.
Naseema has no idea about her age. She does not know when her husband disappeared. “I am illiterate and cannot remember dates”, she said.
However, she knows the year when her husband, Saeed Anwar went missing. “It was 2000. My husband, a painter by profession would also earned a few bucks from an auto richshaw which he drove for an acquaintance. On that fateful day he went to work and never returned. The wait has not ended even now”, she said.
Naseema’s daughter, Shazia who was only a year old when her father disappeared is sharp enough to understand the realities of life. She is worried for her mother who has nobody to fall back upon.
Naseema works as a domestic aid in the old city (Srinagar) and earns Rs 1500 a month. A big chunk of this hard earned money is spent on Shazia’s education. She is now in IV standard.
The poor lady curses the lady when she and her husband decided to come to Srinagar to make a living. “We were happy at Vilgam, Kupwara. But, we eyed stars and hired a few rooms at Fateh kadal in Down Town, Srinagar. The migration did not suit us”, she lamented.
Like other `half-widows’ she is not ready to accept her husband’s death. “Something deep inside my chest tells me he is alive. He will return someday, if not for me then certainly for his daughter, Shazia”, she hoped.
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