The Armed Forces are the guardians of the Sovereignty of India. By their indomitable will ,indefatigable energy and a tradition of excellence both in war and peace , their service to the Nation stands out as a pinnacle of Karma; acknowledged both by the Nation and Scriptures. These men are motivated to go beyond the call of duty; they go beyond the human self, by forgetting their wife, children, parents, responsibilities, dreams and comforts and offer the Supreme Sacrifice of Life to safeguard the honour of the Nation. The Spirit of these men defies bullets, torn limbs, and bleeding hearts: it defies inclement weather and harsh conditions of service: it defies pain, human energy and the fear of death. Death can take them away, not their Spirit, not their courage and acts of conspicuous bravery. These are the man who lead, live and breathe their last in honour of their duty. These are the men we salute and whose families we pray for.
                       These honorific and brave men in their life and their act of going beyond the call of duty, going beyond the call of self have set for us values worthy of emulation. We the Family of Olive Greens have to take up their dreams where they left it, we have to think about the wife who has been engulfed by a sea of suffering, whose heart feels torn and hollow, whose loneliness knows no hope: we have to think about the child who has no understanding of death and who awaits his father to come back from leave, walk through the door and give him the hug he needs to grow with. We have to think about alleviating not only the immediate sufferings death imposes, but also the also the travesties that life impinges on them. The suffering becomes more acute when society and the organization become apathetic in dealing with them.
                       At such a time in appreciation of the supreme sacrifice of the men in uniform, who lived and breathed their last going beyond the call of duty and upheld the National Honour, the Army and the Nation needs to come forward to help, assuage, wipe the tears and enable these widows to gather their threads of life and weave a pattern of strength, courage and empowerment. We strongly believe, that these courageous women, who are the progenitors of life, also posses the acumen, strength and desire to carry the good names of their husbands forward and become positive catalysts for the society.
                       The Nation salutes and respects these martyrs. We need to do the same for the families left behind. For one, I will request we hereafter refrain from addressing the wives of our martyrs as 'widows' and start addressing them as 'Brave Hearts'. Effective realization and effort to ameliorate the sufferings and problems of Veer Naris and their families exists both at the organisational and societal level, however there exist some functional bottlenecks as well lack of empathy which causes them to face problems at many levels for prolonged periods. There is a need of channelising and collating the resources of various segments for ameliorating the cause of widows. Developing a holistic approach to identify, address and action upon their peculiar set of problems can mitigate this aspect. Each widow has a peculiar set of problems obtaining from her familial, social, educational and personal background. However at a generic level their rehabilitation and empowering process requires addressing the following areas of critical concern: