Indira Goswami is one of the most celebrated writers of Indian English literature. Goswami is undoubtedly one among the very few writer activists who has raised her voice against the violence meted out against the widows through her works. Her own position as a widow might have helped her to portray the realistic image of a widow tearing off the stereotypical characters presented in the Indian literature. Her deep concern for the marginalised widows and their unheard voices within their own family circles is what made Goswami stand apart from her contemporaries. The voice of an upper class Brahmin who is destined to be a widow at an early age can be traced out from her women protagonists. Portrayal of atrocity against those women in a patriarchal society is significant in her two works The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker and The Offspring. This paper discusses at length the violence against widows in the society then. Further, the paper attempts to bring out both the physical and psychological trauma faced by widows