Singol

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I’d booked myself a solo pampering weekend in a fancy hotel, as I do a few times a year. Luxurious countryside setting. Spa treatments. Lavish dinner for one at the restaurant. I’d just come out of a long-term relationship, which I ended, consciously choosing myself over a man who was full of empty promises. I thought of this weekend as going away on a date with myself. Sometimes a long-running TV series will broadcast a rogue episode. We’ll only recognise a solitary character and they’ll be surrounded by strangers and out of context. On the one hand, this is a chance to learn a lot about that person. On the other, more worried, hand, this isn’t what we’re used to and we hope things become more normal again very soon. At Singol, we take quality seriously. All photos and materials are approved by a dedicated person to ensure the best experience for our users. Plus, our simple and intuitive interface makes it easy for everyone to use. Apart from the controversy over who should inaugurate the new Parliament building, what has added to the ongoing war of words between the ruling BJP and the opposition, especially the Congress, is the Sengol—a sceptre/staff/wand signifying authority and power.

As per reports, a senior priest from the mutt initially presented the sceptre to Mountbatten, only to retrieve it shortly afterward. The sceptre was then sanctified by sprinkling it with Ganga Jal (holy water). It was carried in a procession to Prime Minister Nehru and delivered to him approximately 15 minutes before midnight, signifying the moment of India's Independence. Accompanying this significant event, a special song was composed and performed as Prime Minister Nehru received the sceptre. I am basically a nightmare to date insofar as I’m a terrific girlfriend – extremely good fun, considerate and curious about the other party, tolerant and flexible – but will also do whatever I want at all times. I lure the person in with my excellent girlfriendness and then announce I am going to be abroad for eight of the following 12 months, or can only see them once a month while I finish this project, or whatever other absurd condition has arisen that makes it functionally impossible to have a relationship. (There’s definitely an unattractive part of me that revels in this habit of mine because it is so at odds with the desperation and need for romantic love that characterised my 20s.) Singlehood evolves. While it felt giddy in my 20s and fraught in my 30s, it’s different again in my 40s. For a start, I can count on far greater understanding from the couples at whose weddings I danced a decade or two ago. And yes, being single with a child is different, not least because the pity that’s a feature of even the most unintentional single-shaming becomes diluted with “I don’t know how you do it” admiration.It will be placed next to the Chair of the Lok Sabha following a proper religious ceremony in which religious heads from across India are participating. They include representatives of the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam that was given the task of getting the Sengol ready for the transfer of power. Basically, it is a sceptre/staff/wand with a royal or imperial insignia signifying sovereign authority, justice, power and good governance, etc. Sengol is the Tamil word for sceptre. According to the Thiruvavaduthurai Aadeenam, it was a “matter of pride” for Tamil Nadu that Sengol is being installed in the new Parliament building. Thiruvavaduthurai Aadeenam Ambalavana Desika Paramacharya Swami has underlined the BJP’s assertion that India’s last Viceroy Lord Mountbatten had given the Sengol, which will be presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, to Nehru in 1947.

At university, I was half of one of those couples who essentially lived together, embracing domesticity student-style. I loved my boyfriend – he was clever and handsome, with an edge of wildness, easily the most marriageable man I’ve ever been involved with (and marry he has – twice). But as adult life hove into view, it was my single self I craved, because if “odd” and “isolated” are other words for single, so too is “free”. I still remember the thrill of waking up alone to my own thoughts, and it saw me through some frankly melodramatic breakups to come. Most women my age have done a lot of painful and transformative inner work through therapy, body work or spirituality. We really know who we are and what we want. Most men I meet haven’t done that work. I’m talking about men in their 40s, 50s and 60s flopping around like 15-year-old boys. Simple operation: We believe that simplicity is beauty. Singol keeps functions and interfaces as simple as possible to make it easy for everyone to use.I am now in my 90s, with the experience of two marriages behind me, so I am not looking to raise children, create a family home, embark on an extended network that includes schools, surgeries, neighbourhood families, sporting events and holidays planned to suit everyone. I have done all that and it’s behind me now, leaving good memories, but it’s not something I want to revisit. So my horizons are narrower. I am responsible only for myself and can indulge my own tastes to the full. I also understand that loneliness is inevitable when I am single, and I want to find a partner to rely on each other.