Pahalgam massacre widowed her, but Bengaluru doctor fights on for her 4-year-old son
Published on: April 21, 2026, 7:17 a.m. | Source: Times of India
A year after the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed the life of her husband, Bharath Bhushan, Dr Sujatha still measures time in 'before' and 'after'. What remains, she says, is a void. \"I've lost my emotion... I've lost my smile,\" she says quietly. Bharath Bhushan, an MBA graduate, complemented her life as a doctor. \"He knew the world. I knew my patients. We balanced each other. Now, I don't have my emotional pillar.\" Her four-and-a-half-year-old son, who witnessed the attack, has responded in ways that both comfort and concern her. \"He saw his father being shot. We were both splattered with blood,\" she recalls. \"He kept saying, 'Papa is hurt, there's so much blood.'\"
