The post-1984 situation in Punjab indexes the importance (and fascination) of the symbol of the shahid (martyr) and shahadat (martyrdom) in the Khalistani political project. Through the examination of the narratives of a widowed informant, this article attempts to relate the concept of martyrdom to that of widowhood. The widow Bibi’s ‘militant’ husband was killed in police encounter almost a decade after 1984. Although remarried, Bibi insists on calling herself ‘widow’ of a ‘martyr’. The article examines Bibi’s embracing of widowhood as a celebration of identity that is articulated using the trope of martyrdom. I explore the idea of the ‘widow of the martyr’ and the ‘sibling-like’ non-conjugal relationship that she shares with her present husband as a way of memorialisation that moves from material/ concrete memorials to narratives as memorials.

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嫁给殉道者

1984 年后旁遮普邦的局势表明了 shahid（烈士）和 shahadat（殉难）象征在 Khalistani 政治项目中的重要性（和魅力）。通过对一位寡妇线人的叙述的考察，本文试图将殉难的概念与丧偶的概念联系起来。遗孀比比的“好战”丈夫在 1984 年之后近十年的警察遭遇中丧生。虽然再婚，比比坚持称自己为“烈士”的“寡妇”。这篇文章考察了比比将守寡作为对身份的庆祝，并用殉难的比喻表达了这一点。我探索了“殉道者的遗孀”和她与现任丈夫分享的“兄弟姐妹般”的非婚姻关系的想法，作为一种纪念方式，从物质/具体纪念物转变为作为纪念物的叙事。