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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 23: After performing her son's last rites, she went to bed much to the comfort of her relatives. After a while, she came out of her house and walked slowly to a tin shed in her backyard. Out she took out a shovel and paused for a moment. She looked behind. Nobody had noticed her. She walked towards the graveyard. However little did she know that the village chowkidaar (watch man) had seen her. He followed her silently. She was heading towards the graveyard. The watch man grew suspicious. He grabbed her hand. "Leave me. I want to see my son's face." She intended to dig her son's grave to have a look at his face.
The watchman took her to her house and informed the inmates about her intentions. Frightened, they always watched her. But, she repeated the exercise three times. Fortunately every time she was prevented by her family members to reach the graveyard.
Her son, Naseer was killed by Ikhwanies in 1998 in a Ganderbal village in the vicinity of her locality. The killing affected her nerves adversely. Medicines did not help her. The sages failed to do the needful. Meanwhile, an International NGO (Name withheld at request) visited the village. The NGO sent its counselors who did a nice job. After a few counseling sessions, the counselors recommended livelihood support for her. The NGO gave her a few sheep. She looks after them and this has helped her overcome her problems.
Talking to Early Times, the old lady (name withheld) said: "Previously I would always think of my son. I felt a vacuum in my chest. My relatives did all to console me but my condition worsened with every passing day. Now I remain busy with the sheep. I spend the entire day with them. And when I return in the evening, I am too tired to concentrate on anything. After taking food, I go to bed and in a few moments I am fast asleep."
The old lady is all praise for the counselors. "But for their help, I would have taken out my son from his grave", she said.
The on-going conflict, it may be mentioned, has affected the mental health of Kashmiri women. According to sources in the Psychiatric Disease Hospital, more than sixty thousand women have visited the hospital during 2009.
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