Speaking to the media, Shah said the historical sceptre from Tamil Nadu, which was received by Nehru to represent transfer of power from the British and was kept in a museum in Allahabad, will be installed in the new Parliament building to be inaugurated by PM Modi on May 28. Being single in my early 30s does feel different to being single in my 20s, not least because a good number of my closest friends are now firmly settled in their relationships, married or owning property with their partner. I have the dating advantage of not wanting children – never have, don’t right now, yes maybe I’ll change my mind about that, no I’m not going to organise my life around the possibility of that change. I had a life-alteringly bad date in March this year, which I swiftly metabolised into a short story, but if I felt strongly that I wanted to meet someone to have children with in the next 18-24 months, I don’t think I could have laughed as hard at that man and how small and insignificant he made me feel. On the other hand, some great dates have not led anywhere because the man has been clear that he wants to marry and have children and that is not something I currently see as a realistic possibility. The next morning, I sat at the kitchen table with a paracetamol and a bacon sandwich, ready to be in a mood all day. “Literally, they just kept getting worse,” I complained. Mum sighed. “Imagine if it had worked out though – then you’d just be with one of them.” VG wears top and jewellery, her own. Trousers, meandem.com. Trainers, jigsaw-online.com. Photograph: Sophia Spring/The Guardian Incidentally, a sceptre has been a part of monarchy and ruling dynasties across the world including in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greco-Roman and post-Christianity. “With the advent of Christianity, the sceptre was often tipped with a cross instead of an eagle. However, during the Middle Ages, the finials on the top of the sceptre varied considerably,” according to reports.

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.Easy to know: When you meet the person you like, you can express your feelings directly to the other person, and fate will be triggered at any moment. I believe that marriage is still seen as a mark of success; two people have found each other attractive and lovable enough to commit, in principle, till death do them part. Fine, but that view can feel like a negative judgment on those who choose or are forced through circumstance to live alone. We understand that everyone inevitably has different pressures in work and life, and sometimes they want to leave the busy life and indulge in romance and passion; Hong Kong and Taiwan Chinese: Designed for making friends with Hong Kong and Taiwan Chinese, making it easier to meet people living nearby. Leaders from the BJP say the Congress should listen to Thiruvavaduthurai Aadeenam and that religious heads from not just Tamil Nadu but many other parts of the country are also participating in the ceremony on Sunday.

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. He got me a tequila and told me about his tree surgeon business, spun me around under his arm. I liked the way the music meant he had to lean right into my ear for me to hear him talk. It was all going well, except for one thing. It was impossible to ignore the dirty looks his friends were giving me, their eyes running up and down my body. It was so bad that Moya actually went over and asked them whether he had a girlfriend. We couldn’t be bothered with any confrontation so we just moved to the other side of the dancefloor. Solitaries are unmodified by intimate compromise. So do they become w eird? I’m something else, have been for years. That’s not weird, that’s bespoke. Unclassifiable love is still love. Probably everything worthwhile a human can do is an expression of love. I needed solitary decades to reach any understanding of what that requires from me. Basically it was the way the journey/history of this particular Sengol is being depicted—as “another one of Nehru’s failures to safeguard India's history”. 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.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. Sangeeta wears dress, her own. Earrings and ring, both soniapetroff.com. Photograph: Sophia Spring/The Guardian 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.

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.

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The restaurant chain is endeavouring to reduce its reliance on single-use products such as sauce sachets. I’m now in my 70s, and nobody wonders any more about my relationship status. I’m off the hook, fairly content to be seen as a stereotypical elderly woman living alone with her cat. Mostly I’m invisible, but probably historically I might have been burned as a witch. To my neighbours, I have the potential to be boring, bossy and inquisitive; acceptable were I a detective like Miss Marple or Jessica Fletcher, but otherwise best avoided. I’ll take that.