Aditi Mathur Kumar > Quotes

“The situations we Army wives
have to deal with are not normal ones at all. The nomadic life
we lead, moving from station to station, being separated from
our husbands for long stretches of time, and the constant fear
that we live with if our husbands are anywhere near the sensitive
areas in the country . . .”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“Military Wives—Sacrificing Months of Sex for the Country.”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“There is strong. There is Army Strong. And then there is Army Wife Strong.”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“She oozes the kind of over-confidence that only comes to people who wear deep red lipstick and sparkly tissue sarees in bright daylight.”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“An Army wife is probably the only woman in the world who
knows and readily accepts that she is the mistress, because, let’s
face it, the Army is the wife and the wife gets all the damn
attention!”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“What is about Army uniforms? Especially combats. They are just drool-worthy, if you ask me.”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“We are all regular people, Pia,’ she laughs. ‘But we are not
regular wives.”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“Work happens like in Harry Potter. Magic I mean.”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“Apparently officers are not ‘men’. Officers are ‘officers’.”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“Oh Pia, I feel GOOD! Fully recovered!’ he always says in a dazzling tone that tells everyone within a ten-kilometre radius that he’s not.”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life

“...She says with that misty
far-away look in her eyes. Like conjunctivitis.”
― Aditi Mathur Kumar, Soldier and Spice - An Army Wife's Life