'Smriti Singh is no ‘gold digger’, her greatest transgression is her refusal to be buried alive'

Over the course of two short weeks and a few videos, Smriti Singh has experienced the full force of India-grade misogyny. The 26-year-old wife of Captain Anshuman Singh – who died in July 2023 in a fire accident in Siachen after rescuing three other colleagues – somehow went from being a “veernaari”, a heroine, to a scheming gold-digger.

Smriti first shot to virality on 7 July this year, when the Ministry of Defence tweeted a poignant video titled “Love at first sight…” The short video of Captain Singh’s mother and wife receiving the Kirti Chakra included an interview with Smriti, where she spoke movingly of the first flush of love, their eight-year-long distance relationship, and a marriage that lasted only five months before Captain Singh lost his life.
Smriti Singh’s greatest transgression is her refusal to be buried alive in the grave of self-abnegation that society has so thoughtfully prepared for her. Her silent defiance reminds us that a life of one’s choosing is one worth living.

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