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Karwachauth for an Army wife
Just like last year, he did not accompany you to get mehndi applied on your hands. He did not sit with you while you ate sargi. You dressed up, wore bangles, put on a bindi, knowing well that he would not look at you and go starry eyed. When you looked at the moon through the sieve, you only had his picture to look at thereafter. All this but you hold no grudge that he was not with you on this special day which is all about him. He is where he is needed more. It is not easy being an Army wife. While people feel you are used to…
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True friendships stand the test of time…and revisits!
Friendships are awesome! You have friends at your workplace, friends at your husband’s workplace, friends around your home…basically, you are a very social person who basks in the glory of having a lot of friends-a lot! It has just been two years since you reached the place and you get the feeling that you can settle and stay there for the rest of your life. Sigh! You knock on wood and smile. Then the cycles of time take a sudden turn (as they usually do right when you think you are on the right track) and your husband gets posted out of the place, thanks to his transferable job. You…
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Dehradun- a city that feels like home!
Very few places welcome an outsider and make him so comfortable and at home that he never wants to leave. Dehradun is one such place. I came to the mesmerising city two years back with a lot of uncertainty about my future and many apprehensions about being in a new place. I am an army-wife so I must be used to it but then, I never was a conventional army wife. Misfit is the word for me, but I prefer to use ‘unconventional’. Being with my husband after three and a half years was reason enough to be happy but the city gave me many more. Three months back when…
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Freaky Friday! The post-posting ordeal!
Yes,I am an army wife and therefore yes, many of my posts are related to things I face and experience as one…trust me, they are a lot. I sound perturbed? Well,I am! I just experienced what I call as a ‘Freaky Friday of Fauj!’ All you sisters-in-arms must have understood and are possibly shaking your head in sympathy while the ‘civilian'(the term is ridiculous) ones must be scratching their heads. Let me help you out though I am so irritated right now that your confusion is giving me sadistic pleasure. It is a common routine,common I say,not a rule, that postings are released on Fridays. Last Friday, my Mr.Army-man was…
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When my soldier is gone….An Army wife writes
Wish for you as all dreams unsaid, Miss you as miss breath the dead. Desire you like flight the bound, Cherish you like a treasure found. Follow you as sunflower follows sun, Trust you the way I trust none. Need you like deserts need rain, Love you like I’ll never love again! Do I need to tell you…I am missing my hero in Olive Greens? Yes,the soldier is out and I have braved five days without him but there are still 49 more to go… Every time he leaves,it is the same…as difficult as ever…never gets easier. Stages of coping: Praying he won’t leave…. Sulking when he is leaving…. Trying…
