Sir: World widows day is observed annually on June 23 to spread awareness regarding the social injustice and extreme poverty that is faced by millions of widows worldwide. The date 23rd June was chosen because on this day, Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba, Lord Loomba’s mother and inspiration for the foundation, became a widow. The founder of International Widows Day, “Raj Loomba”, said that 259 million widows and 585 million children around the world, along with their family members face severe hardships, and they aren’t even looked after by the NGOs and the government. Yet millions of widows and their children worldwide suffer from extreme poverty, illiteracy, homelessness, violence, ostracism, not getting proper medical treatments, and discrimination in law and custom. Widows especially in India have to thole in various matters, for example, some can be found on the streets and even at traffic signals to earn some money for a living. Widows are even forced to fight for their rights and are subjected to cruel violence. Now it is our turn to stand up to put some of our contributions to help the widows around the world to tackle their problems and let’s prove that we are the cells of the “same body of humanity”. ZEESHAN NASIR Turbat