Kshama Bindu, the 24-year old sociology student and blogger from Gujrat said, “It’s my decision to marry who I want – whether it’s a man or a woman or myself.”
Bindu has become the spark to fire the unrevealed mystery of self-love. Yes, Kshama Bindu has ignited a revolution to normalize the novel concept of Sologamy-simply marrying oneself.
Adoring herself Bindu continued, “And by marrying myself, I want to normalise Sologamy. I want to tell people that you come into the world alone and you leave it alone. So who can love you more than yourself? If you fall, it’s you who are going to have to pick yourself up.”
Sologamy is an unprecedented wedding ceremony in India where people marry themselves. It has been a growing trend in the West over the past few years. Now, it has now reached Indian soil, BBC reports.
Kshama Bindu will marry herself enjoying a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on the evening of 11 June 2022 in a temple in the city of Vadodara, in the western state of Gujarat. The historic invitation card to this strange wedding has become viral on social media.
After the historic wedding ceremony, she will fly to Goa for her honeymoon without a groom. Because it’s a Sologamy. For Bindu, her marriage is to dedicate her life to “self-love”. Sologamy or Self-Marriage will help one to grow and blossom into the most alive, beautiful, and deeply happy person, according to Bindu. It’s a kind of accepting one’s strengths and weaknesses whether physical, mental or emotional. It’s the deep act of self-acceptance, Bind said to BBC.
In her strange venture, Bindu is not alone but her family and friends are with her to encourage and promote her romantic adventure.
The idea of Sologamy is not new to the world. It has been once staged through the American drama series “Sex and the city”, where the character Carrie Bradshaw played the mystery of Sologamy. This comedy was then accounted for seriously in the world. Reports also said that there were some divorces in Sologamy. But it was Kshama Bindu who opened the Sologamy account in India.
The trend-setting Sologamy is now a hot debate among the Sociologists and Psychologists.
Writing is the intellectual interpretation of vision. Vision is the window open to philosophy. This is the scriptural metamorphosis of Dr. C.T. William’s writing. It was this scriptural phenomenon that inspired Dr. C.T. William to write several of his remarkable literary works. Being an Indian writer who blossomed in the Gods' own country, Kerala, his literary creations are debated among the chosen intellectual minority rather than the elected popular majority.
C.T. William has eight books to highlight his literary splendour. Manava Vibhava Vikasana Thathwachinthayum Arthashastravum (Malayalam: Philosophy, 2005, Publishers: Kerala Sahithya Academy, Thrissur), Ithuvare (Malayalam: Poems, 2009, Publishers: Current Books, Thrissur), Shabdham Ayodhya Vare Ethumbol (Malayalam: Criticism, 2011, Publishers: Sign Books, Thiruvanathapuram), Vilapatthinte Ilakal (Malayalam: Poems, 2013, Publishers: Maluben Books, Thiruvananthapuram), Nakshathrangal Chuvakkunnilla (Malayalam: Travelogue, 2013, Publishers: Dharmartham Books, Thrissur), Shesham Sheshan (Malayalam: Biography, 2013, Publishers: Mathrubhumi Books, Kozhikode), Pralobhanangalude Pravasa Vazhikal (Malayalam: Travelogue, 2014, Publishers: Dharmartham Books, Thrissur) and Kautilya Unleashed (English: Management, 2014, Publishers: Partridge India, A Penguin Random Company)
It was Dr. C.T. William’s unquenchable thirst for pragmatic philosophy that resulted in the writing of the book "Kautilya Unleashed" (published by Partridge India). The practical philosophy he invented and got inspired by the philosophy of human resource development that is inherent in the great Indian classic Arthashastra of Kautilya-the cosmic guru who wrote the Bible of administration and Management.
This book is an authentic guide and hand book for the global citizen to lead a successful life personal, political as well as organizational by applying the gospels of Human Resource Development and Management that have deep-rooted in the Oriental Philosophy. It is the Bible of management, specifically of human resource development. It consists of the gospels of administration, political diplomacy, philosophy of human resource development, economics, psychology of society, and the ethics of war and peace.
"The book Kautilya Unleashed will appeal to readers because it is an essential practical guide for global citizens, students of management, and the leaders of the world," Dr. William said. " Compared to other books of its kind, it is a simplified version of philosophic management thoughts in which students of management and general readers could easily follow and encapsulate," he added.
"Kautilya Unleashed" is the fruitful effort of a decadal intellectual meditation of the author. It will energise the readers and inspire them to work for the reconstruction of themselves, their society, nation, and the world.
