Breaking The Stereotypes: Major’s Daughter Joins Indian Army 20 Years After His Martyrdom, Defying The Legacy Expectations

Those who have witnessed a parent sacrifice their lives for the nation understand the profound meaning of patriotism. Sacrificing one’s life for the nation is no ordinary act, it embodies honour and demonstrates valour. It requires courage to leave your family behind to protect the families of millions by guarding the borders.

Following her father’s footsteps, Lieutenant Inayat Vats recently joined the Indian Army.. She not only made her mother and martyred father proud, but the entire nation salutes her.

Lieutenant Inayat Vats And Her Courageous Journey

Lieutenant Inayat Vats has made the entire nation proud after joining the Indian Army after her father’s martyrdom. Her father, late Major Naveen Vats, sacrificed his life for the nation when Inayat was about three years old only while fighting a group of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.

On Saturday, March 9, 2024, Lieutenant Inayat Vats was awarded the badge of a Lieutenant in the Military Intelligence Corps after graduating from Officers Training Academy, Chennai. Her mother Shivani Vats was there to witness the proud moment and see her daughter get coloured in the same uniform that her father once wore.

Lieutenant Inayat Vats who lost her father Major Navneet Vats in a counter-insurgency operation commissioned into the Indian Army today and donned the same uniform that her hero dad once did: Indian Army pic.twitter.com/yIXvJuGDgn

— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2024

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Family Legacies And Daughters

Daughters are often regarded as the embodiment of goddess (Devi) and are worshipped during Navratri through rituals like ‘Kanya pujan’ or ‘Kanjak’. Despite that, women have been oppressed for years and most people have desired a son to carry forward their family legacies ahead. It has been a common notion that after the death of the father, the son will take the family name forward as well as carry on the family business or profession.

Those who do not have a son, often rely on their sons-in-law to take the responsibility of the family business (Women CEOs in India) instead of making their daughters ambitious enough to carry the family’s legacy ahead. Even to perform the last rites, we expect a son and if one does not have a son, some close relative is preferred, but rarely their daughter.

The question here is not why women are not succeeding in life and opting to stay ensnared familial constraints but rather why they are not being empowered to surpass the societal constraints imposed on them.

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