This is a story of the people missing in Kashmir. Boys and men picked up by security forces and then disappeared.
Since the men are missing and not declared dead their wives are not widows but half widows.
The half widows need extraordinary courage in living. They have to suddenly switch from being the woman in the veil at home to a bread-earner. Face society who treats them as unattached property as it treats most single woman in India.
Their faces reflect their tension. As the years have gone by, many have learnt to live with their hopes and aspirations while some are still caught in conflicts with their in-laws, the state, religion and day to day livelihood. These women are alive and the survivors.