Being a 3rd generation Army wife, I think I can speak for every lady who chose to marry the men in olive green knowing very well the difficulties and distances that come along with it, that we have been deeply affected, hurt and to say the least, humiliated by a particular episode in the series - X.X.X. S2, made by a name we all are well too accustomed with, Miss Ekta Kapoor.

In this episode of X.X.X S2, the makers have completely appalled not just us, army wives, but the entire nation, by showing an Indian Army Wife having an illicit affair, while her husband is away on duty. 

And wait, they just don’t stop here! As is the nature of Balaji Telefilms; overdoing every bit of every drama to juice it out till the last drop, they show this lady, the Army wife, making her boyfriend wear her husband’s uniform (with all the ranks and ceremonials) just to feel that extra kink! 

We demand a public apology Ms. Ekta Kapoor, from you and the writer and director of this show, for absolutely misrepresenting and humiliating our lives and the sacrifices we make. 

Not to forget, how did this content even get approved? How far will our entertainment industry go to create , achieve and stretch their so called "cinematic liberty" and malign and insult the entire Army wives fraternity.

We marry an army man with full knowledge of the life ahead of us. Imagine your husband not being there for most of your young years, sometimes immediately after marriage, or when your first child is about to be born, when his parents are ill, or the 3rd anniversary in a row, not seeing your child enter college for the first time, or graduate it, get their first job. You get the gist, right?

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We make this choice entirely aware of all these challenges, ready to give up our careers, knowing we might have to live in small towns where there are no malls, no multiplexes or fancy restaurants because we want to spend any amount of time we get to be with him m.

We raise our kids with the same amount of grace and dignity for many years when he is not around. 

So NO, we don’t go around having affairs behind his back, we have a bigger responsibility on our shoulders. The responsibility of taking care of his family and telling him every single day that we are doing fine so that he can fight for our country without a doubt in his mind. 

It is a big blow on the dignity of every army wife who stands beside her army man. 

And that’s not all, do they even understand the sacrifices made by not just the army men but by their families? The blood, sweat and tears that goes into earning that uniform? Do they know how many years he has to spend in unbearable weather conditions to add one more ribbon on his chest? Can they even fathom the number of operations and wars and deployments he has seen to earn the red collar dog?

I have seen the video where Ms. Ekta Kapoor has slyly tried to apologise in an otherwise fully self-centric video. As a woman I am completely against rape threats, of which she talks of in the video, and cyber bullying.I would never want any woman to face all this but this apology doesn't count Ms. Kapoor.

It’s high time she takes the onus of her and her company's actions and gives all the army wives of this country a respectful apology which we deserve. They have disrespected the uniform, belittled the life of an army wife and disgraced the pious relationship shared between an army man and his lady.

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