Women's Day Special | The Courageous Story Of A Woman In Love | Women's Day Special | Barkha Dutt
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มี.ค. 2024
- On this women's day, we bring you the stories of fearless and most courageous women. Meet Damayanti Vijay Tambay, a six time National Badminton Champion and Arjuna Awardee whose husband went missing after the 1971 war between India and Pakistan.
She, along with 53 other military families, has always believed her husband Flt Lt Vijay Tambay was alive and imprisoned in a Pakistan jail.
Though she spent less than two years with her husband before he went to the frontline, she has spent five decades looking for him.
"To have experienced even one and half years of love is worth everything to me," she tells Barkha Dutt. This is an extraordinary love story.
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My uncle Major AK Ghosh is one of the missing person from this list. All of his older brothers now dead including his own daughter,who tried so hard to find information about him believing he is still alive and in Pakistan. We need closure and decades of trying to get information has come to naught. This message needs to be amplified.
thank you for sharing.
The interview of Mrs Damayanti, had stoked emotions in me. The lady was grace, grandeur, intelligent, articulate & poise personified. I can understand how fond was her husband of her. Her picture shot in the Kashmir valley probably her honeymoon trip also made for interesting sight. I felt the GOI for so long had been most deaf to her appeal. I m thankful to God that her talent as a national badminton champion, proved useful to her in getting her a job of repute at a prestigious university. Had she only had to rely on pension, life would have been hard. I m air veteran, so I could relate to her description on trench digging and married quaters being located in close proximity to the tarmac. Her devotion to her husband and his memory is an extraordinary saga. If I were a filmmaker, I would have latched onto the story. Thank you Mojostory for bringing this interview.
I wish a miracle happens and her husband should return.My prayers are with this couple. May God bless them with healthy and happy life together on this earth.
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Living with Memories of a good charismatic person in ur life is a treasure..The few days she spent with her husband was more precious than years and years of togetherness....Only a woman can wait for this long for a man she loves ..Hats off to a woman of substance...Rare to find these days where people are waiting to degrade each other....True love needs perseverance and faith...Most often such true love remains one sided
Wouldn't it be wonderful if someone sees this and brings him back to you?
May be a person with a conscience
Madam Damayanti, they do not make people like you nowadays. And your love for your husband surpasses every emotion ever eulogised in real or in art. God Bless you 💐. God Bless you too Barkha ❤️.
No words are not enough , to express the courage of Damyanti ji. Sad that the Governments take it so lightly .
I have witnessed the War of 1971.
My Father was in BEG, posted in Airforce Cantt Pathankot.
Horrible memories of that War and 1965 War.
I can understand what You have experienced dear Ma'am.
You are Wife of a Great Soldier.
Proud of you.
You are a great inspiration to all.A great, Iron lady.
Sir is always with you.
You have given meaning to the definition of love.
Am touched, motivated to listen to your story.
It's sad that Our Government failed in searching our Heroes.
U have proved to be a true lover and Wife of a Soldier.
Stay Blessed Ma'am.
Love you.
Salute you.
Thanks Barkha for such a great, inspiring interview.
Blessings
Never heard this kind of powerful Lady and her sheer determination 😢
Yes, I have read this story on Sankrit Magazine blog years back. Those military men had a hope but Government never rescued them. Can't imagine pakistan may oonkee kya halut huee hogi. Such painful story of Ms. Damayanti. My heart cries for her.
Extraordinary love story no doubt.
But also highlights great diplomatic failures.
Returning so many p.o.w. nd could never back our soldiers.
She's such a great example of courage nd perseverance.
Salute to u mam.
Very brave lady. Our nation salutes your courage...
Remarkable woman, she is! Such poise, so much pain but not a hint of hatred or anger. Today is Mahashivratri (March 8) and International Women's Day. May the universe conspire to him Flight Lieutenant Vijay Vasant Tambay. I wish the same for the remaining 53 as well. #missing54 #IndoPakWar1971.
For all my admiration for Indira Gandhi and Sam Manekshaw,, this thing about not bothering to bring back our 54 before sending their 93000 can't be pardoned. NEVER.
I am so happy to see Damyanti ji. She was our sports officer in JNU. She encouraged us to be sports person . Regards to her ❤🙏🏽
She is a educated lady and from a affluent family so she is very sorted in her thoughts....liked her very much
Respect madam salute from Pakistan I can feel pain god give u healthy life and happy a women like u does not exist any more
Very touching story! Had never heard of this brave lady!! Send all my prayers and best wishes to Ms. Damayanti and to everyone else who have loved ones missing in action!! And Barkhaji, you are doing such a great job with these conversations!! I love listening to you!
Hats off to her.... I wish someone would finally find out and inform her what really happened to her husband 🙏
"not knowing is more painful than knowing"😢😢😥😥😰
Thank you, Barkha, for bringing Damayanti's story of love and dedication to the fore. Her brothers are my army mates. Especially her younger brother with whom I shared a room during a course in 1997. I don't know now if I am mistaken, but her quest has been a story I have told friends and family. I have been following the story ever since the internet came about and remember Dushyant her brother.
Late Col Smittens story is similar. He got out of Pakistan's jails through a chance meeting with an American Red Cross worker.
They shifted the PWs through several jails. The wardens don't really care who they are. Red Cross is one way to find them. I think the pic on Times helped Col Smittens. His story is somewhere on the internet written by late wg cdr Unni Kartha.
Thanks again for Damayanti's story. Great woman!!
Pradeep Kantan how are you?
No words to express my feelings.
What a lady what a lady❤
Real life Sita Ramam
She is great Salute to her....Thank you Barkha Dutt ji
My heart goes out for her and she is an extraordinary woman for todays age. God should be with her always protecting her in this life and her after life too. My Pranams to her.
I can feel it immensely and salute to her. I watch this each time Burkha shows it.
Such a moving story....teared up
Wars never help anyone. Mrs Gandhi was so bad at understanding logistics just like her father. All they wanted to hear was personal praise by international players- the narcissists in them were more important to them, then the people they lead. The Indian Defenses have lost so much they gained in terms of land and people all due to this first family (highly self obsessed and self centered) that ruined India. The non dynastic, non Congress governments have a lot of backlog and political messiness to fix before things get sorted out. But they are making efforts to help in many cases such as bringing Navy people back, for instance, etc. It will take time to fix the mess that the Congress governments created. I feel for this wonderful lady, tears of compassion. Many courageous ladies in the Indian Army have similar stories. So many wives of Jawans/soldiers have similar stories and waiting for their husbands- they just don't talk about it, for varied reasons.
Respect to Damyanti Jee, respect to them all.🙏
Though I despise Barkha Dutt what she does to our country, I curse her for that but this lady Damyantiji i, such a great soul and very sorted. I salute her for her courage, efforts, and love for her husband. Aap ek misaal ho sabke liye. Hats off to you.
same here! I thank her for the first time !
I’m not Indian but I somehow felt your pain. It’s nothing but negligence and failure of both govt . They didn’t give importance to huge contribution of their soldiers.
Its not the failure of both governments its just indian governments failure. Im an Indian, jai Hindh
@@bhavyas2619please dont get politics in every thing. We need to learn from this courageous lady. It could be the failures somewhere on both sides. War is always painful for both sides
@@anupamadougall1994 not sure about iron lady, looking at their policies makes me question everything. “No soldier should be left behind”.
Real women's day ..celebration with this wonderful lady. Feeling emotional
Keep doing it I really want to see the result. She is a great lady, my all good wishes with her. 🇨🇦🇬🇧
Not..this lady my grandmother widow at age of 16 year old my.. grandfather martyr in1962 war..my mother was 2 month old...my grandmother never remarried..she is strong lady.my grandmother name is dayavanti devi.xx
What a beautiful interview, Barkha you did a phenomenal job of drawing her out
Tears in my eyes madam I apologise as Pakistani what happend with u life Pakistan government should facilitate u unfortunately our government keep mum not fair
Thank you for your kind reply madam 🙏🏻
We as a humans lost our consciousness.Hetrade has won over our minds.
Brought tears in the eyes to know what a true love means, which is very rarely seen today ❤
Heartbreaking and yet so heartwarming….it’s so beautiful to see love like this exists in the world.
I really admire this strong n steely hearted woman ❤
Really a great story! Salute to damyanti! शर्मनाक उस देश के लिए जिसने डिफेंस के उस जाबांज ऑफीसर के लिए कुछ नहीं किया!All must watch this video till end😂
What an incredible love story!!! Salute to Damyanti ji 😍🥰❤💖❤🔥💝💘💕💞💓💗❤❤🩹🧡💛💚💙💜🤎💥. Indira Gandhi made a BIG Mistake during the Prisoner Swap with Pakistan. How could she release 93,000 Pakistani Prisoners without demanding back the Indian Prisoners????
Perhaps because it was not her kid? Perhaps because she was too short sighted and heartless?
Congress at its best
That’s Congress for you. I hope they never come to power.
My salute to this courageous woman who has fought on all these years and never let the light of love diminish in her heart. God bless her.
Wish the investigation on how 350kg RDX entered pulwama and who commanded to remove the check post just a day before the attack. I can feel the pain even now as my father also one sainik in the war but returned back
Not knowing is bigger pain than knowing 😮 that's very true
ye to shilpa ramam movie ki true story ho gayi....pata nahi tha kisi ke sath sach mein bhi aisa hua hoga..having goose bumps
I can keep on listening to this interview because the lady who need sympathy the most was the one who speak of hope, love and eternal optimism .May God continue to be with you ma'am.
My mother and father ran for life separately, mamma ,with 2 little boys ,by ship to calicut clad in a burqa,pappa by road via Mumbai, not sure whether they will meet again alive. Today at 95 she recollects her experience she was not even a matriculate but a beautiful,tall,charming woman from an orthodox family.
We are proud of you r courage determination and above all not finding fault with any one or blaming none
Perhaps your loved on return s
Through out this interview I had palpitation. As if this happened to me. It’s just heartbreaking.
Life is mysterious. Fate is all powerful. People on streets are happy even without money and house. But this one is heartbreaking. God bless her with peace
Brave lady we and the whole nation salutes madamji
Very heart touching interview.Brave lady!I salute your courage. Long back I met her @Aurangabad.
What an extraordinary lady hope and pray she finds closure 🙏
Salutations to Damayanti ji.Mam, you're truly an epitome of pure and true love.Hopefully someday you will definitely reunite with your husband.
What a beautiful soul he was that he made his wife go so far for him.
I am tears...Maam, My prayers for you...God bless you
Very sad when people's lives are left in limbo. She could not close the chapter on her husband because she still does not know his fate. What a tragedy for a 22 year old to face.
Governments have been so unfeeling towards the people who sacrificed so much for the country. Just horrible
*Truly an "Extraordinary Love Story" ❤❤*
I salute this lady , like how that great soldier he was so brave is his lady, mam i bow my head to you 🙏🏻😭🙏🏻🙏🏻💐💐 our man in uniform was a Gem that he got a sheer determined lady like mom is.
Wow!! This gave me chills. A strong and a powerful force ❤️🙏🏽
Absolutely all hearts to her. ❤
So inspiring mam’ all the youngsters need to hear you and understand the true meaning of a sacred relationship… marriage !
Deep respect and gratitude 🙏
prayers and love for the brave wife's of our soliders❤🇮🇳🙏🙏🙏
Please give English transcriptions. It's difficult to follow Hindi. Let the whole world know about this.
Please give English transcript.
Really a heart touching true story.
May the Lord reward your true love by giving your husband back, even it's late, than never, Madam Damayanthi
Great Father in law u had dear Ma'am.
In her era women women was honest and had honour and this type of thinking wud cm natural. She loves her husband and stood by her vows. Y is that so hard for the host to understand. I'm a bit surprised that she thinks she shud hv moved on bc I taut India they stuck to these principles of love and marriage. I expect otherwise from us in the west. This lady is remarkable one in a million. I hope she still somehow somewhere finds him, She deserves it. She's a woman of class and substance. I can understand her.
Wat is happiness she said..Her happiness was her husband and she was contented something in this era we need more of. It has become extinct. we leave one now and pick up one tomorrow.
someone give her a closure🙏🏽koi tho Rab ka bandha hogha who can tell her 😐people in power definitely have answers!
Such a positive and powerful lady 🙏
Thank you Burkha Dutta for thos wonderful story. Hats off for her courage and faithfulness
Salute to you ma'am 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤lots of love and respect...
Truthful soul will remain a great soul forever. Why dont media showcase dis person as heroes in life. Great love and true story better than any romeo julliet story. Just shows how a woman can remain loyal till death if she loves hef husband even for a short time instead of fake love for a lifetime
Salute to her , her family, her husband and all the martyrs of the nation, dey are d true heroes. And I hope she gets her husband forever in the next life.
Is heart wrenching story I feel so sad for all concerned. I too am an army officers daughter. What a Powerful Noble Lady. I wish the government could help this dear lady, even now.India is a Very Powerful Nation and we have to find out more.where are these Brave officers. How much pain she still bears These Officers fought for Our Nation to protect us ..In turn we All have to do something to help her find out the happenings. There has to be some discloser. Indian government must put Immense pressure on The Pakistanis and send a team of officials. . We need to know what has happen. It’s terrible not knowing. I really hope with today’s media revolution this Lovely lady knows either way what happened to her beloved husband. It is not fair . The Government has to do something. I do feel we need to investigate and open the cases Thoroughly.
India has to use their intelligence agency and POWER to find out what is the real situation IS.
❤ True love
I salute you mam
wife looking for husband for 50 years that is the greatness of wife& husband relationship
Avery Determined Lady ..May God Give her a Lot of Peace and Strength❤
So beautiful heartbreaking too. God Bless you brave lady❤
@13:25 Mdam Damayanti was completing her story about hearing her husbands name on Radio…..But Barkha for no reason changed the topic,asking her abt her Sports passion…C’mon Barkha…
My blessings to great lady,'s courage and strength.Pure love.Simply great..great...
OMG.....what an amazing lady. Wonder if a commercial movie has been made for all people to learn from her courage, patience and determination. Thank you MOJO for this INSPIRING story. Hats off to you Damayanti Vijay Tambay Ma'am
It’s such an amazing love story . Truly truly so touching
My heart goes out to you Damayantiji, God bless you
What an amazingly inspiring story.. salute to the iron willed lady 🫡
Madam, my eyes are welled up. God bless you with good health.
Absolutely brave and a woman of substance. So admire her!!!!
My God, so inspirational True Story, very power Lady, No Words to express...😢😢😢
Salute to you Madam. Such a inspiring and determined person. Lot to learn from you mam.
This woman deserves a special award....for here fantastic attitude, one that has not yet been created. A shame that the govt. didn't do anything for those POWs. The Congress party did too much harm for India. Can Modi ji do something?
I don't even know what say. Such a simple, strong and pure person she is. I wish that I could do something for her. God help me!
Unconditional love - how beautiful especially when it's become extinct in our "love yourself first" generation.
What a beautiful soul and the iron clad determination. I salute you
what a courageous lady. i salute maa🎉❤
Ma’ams story reminded me of Sita Ramam Movie of Mrunal Thakur.
I wish he comes back some news.
Yeh hoti hai integrity salute
She is a great women and wonderful soul , she encouraged us to be sports person
Thank you Barkha for bringing out this story.....I dont know what to call, Damyanti Ma'm ...epitome of courage, beacon of light/mental strength.. so grounded...so real....so perseverant...You did a very good job, Barkha...echoing your words...Full Salutation to Damyanti Ji...
My respect to the brave lady. And thank you Barkha Dutt for bringing out such emotional yet powerful story. Watching the episode with tears. Warm regards to Ma'am and may her husband rest in peace wherever he is.
हमारा तो जन्म भी नहीं हुआ था 71 के युद्ध में मेरे मौसा जी भी शहीद हुए थे । और मेरी मौसी की तभी शादी हुई थी फेरों के बाद ही वो युद्ध पर चले गए थे।मेरी मौसी ने फिर शादी नहीं की । आज मैं जब उनको देखती हूं तो उनके मन की पूछने की कोशिश करती हूं । लेकिन बहुत कोशिशों पर भी वो इस पर बात नहीं करती। अच्छा लग रहा ये अपनी बात शेयर कर रही है
WOW🥰Amazing lady! Great respect and love🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
This Women is awesome😢😢😢 ❤❤❤
Heartbreaking
It's about having a mature mind!
And she still says, ishwar ki kripa se.....
Not knowing is more painful than knowing, absolutely true,our little brother went missing in 1995,still it pains😢
I wish and hope her husband comes back some how.
The PM office should try hard to get some kind of closure.
Give some money to Pak and get the soldier back.
Mount pressure on Pak from US, UK, Russia, China, Canada etc.
Jai Hind 😊