In death and in life, they chose the Army

September 30, 2016 11:40

When the new batch of women enters the Officers Training Academy in Chennai on September 30 for a 10-month rigorous course to become officers in the Indian Army, it will have among them two women who have already conquered a battle of their own.

Rediff.com's Archana Masih speaks to Nidhi Dubey and Swati Mahadik who will join the Indian Army as officers just as their deceased soldier husbands did before them. Read more

Image: Swati Mahadik with her husband Colonel Santosh Mahadik and their children. She says he would have been proud that she is donning the olive green uniform. Photograph: Kind courtesy Swati Mahadik/Facebook

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