‘Perfect fauji wife’: Support pours in for Pahalgam victim’s widow

'This is a personal tribute from possibly one of the oldest Navy daughters/wives alive today ....to the newest and youngest among the special fraternity of Naval wives,' Lalita Ramdas, an activist-educationalist said.

Mumbai: You are a perfect fauji wife, activist-educationalist Lalita Ramdas tells Himanshi Narwal, whose husband, Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, was killed in the Pahalgam’ terrorist attack on tourists.

Lalita Ramdas is the wife of late Indian Navy chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas and daughter of late Indian Navy chief Admiral Ram Dass Katari.

Lalita Ramdas’ comments went viral on social media platforms a day after Himanshi said - "We don't want people going against Muslims or Kashmiris. We want peace and only peace. Of course, we want justice”.

In the letter, Lalita Ramdas introduced her as - “My name is Lalita Ramdas

I am a Navy daughter and a Navy wife…My father and my husband were both Chiefs of the Naval Staff....the first and the thirteenth.”

“This is a personal tribute from possibly one of the oldest Navy daughters/wives alive today ....to the newest and youngest among the special fraternity of Naval wives. I am so proud of you as I watch the clip of your words to the press, over and over again. Your extraordinary strength, composure and conviction when you speak out against hate and targeting of Muslims and Kashmiris after the horrific killing of so many innocent men in Pahalgam on the 22nd is truly remarkable! And so badly needed in our times,” said Lalita Ramdas, a human rights activist, an anti-nuclear activist.

“….”We only want peace", you said, and ofcourse rightly, "we want justice too".

You are the perfect Fauji wife Himanshi, true to the spirit of the service, the constitution and to our secular values. You are clearly a woman who knows her mind, and there could not have been a more courageous partner of a Navy man like Vinay. You have echoed the thoughts and feelings of every thinking citizen of this country..,And we should all take your message of love and compassion far and wide,” she said.

Lalita Ramdas signed off as “Himanshi Zindabad!, Nari Shakti Zindabad, Bhartiya Nao Sena Zindabad”.