Colonel Santosh Mahadik died battling the terrorists in Kashmir nine months ago. His widow Swati Mahadik and children has been in deep agony eversince.
However, the unfortunate event neither has held back Swati from what she wants to do. This brave woman has decided to join the Indian Army to follow the footsteps of her husband.
Swati drew inspiration and motivation from her husband’s military uniforms which his existing memories.
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After Colonel Mahadik died, Swati decided to and join the Indian armed forces and subsequently prepared diligently for her entrance exams and SSB interview.
To everyone’s surprise she passed with the examinations and interview with flying colors.
She is a mother of two children, Kartikee and Swaraj, aged 11 and 6 respectively and has a degree from Savitribai Phule University.
Swati will be joining the Officer’s Training Academy in Chennai for an 11-month course. If all goes well she will be commissioned in the Army as a lieutenant. But she is not joining for the money or job security.
““It was not that I needed more security. Santosh had provided all that. I and the children would have been well cared for. But I needed something to live for, which would align with my husband’s goals,” she was quoted by The Indian Express.
She was heavily inspired by her husband who martyred for the country.
“Santosh used to say that satisfaction is important in life. The word he used was ‘trupti’. I guess that’s what I am feeling now. I had a great husband, I have two beautiful children, and will now wear the uniform my husband wore — I have nothing more to ask of life,” she added while speaking to The Indian Express.
