Jammu, June 26 -- "Uncle."
"Yes dear."
"23 June: what special day?"
"Dear, 23 June is International Widows Day."
"Uncle, but come the Day how?"
"The first International Widows Day, as launched by Lord Loomba and Cherie Blair, was observed in 2005, and by 2010 the observance spread to the United States, the UK, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Syria, Kenya, South Africa and Rwanda. And on 21 December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly, endorsing by unanimous acclaim a proposal sponsored by President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon as cosponsored by an additional 56 countries, established the International Widows Day on every 23 June, vide UN Resolution 65/189. This Resolution called upon 'Member States, the United Nations system a...