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The News
- The 24-year-old Vadodara-based private firm employee Kshama Bindu is all set to tie the knot with herself, in what is called sologamy, on 11 June.
- The solo wedding, a first for India, will feature everything — from the ‘pheras’ and wedding vows to a Goa honeymoon, but won’t have a groom or ‘baraat’.
What’s her logic behind Sologamy?
- Kshama Bindu
- “I never wanted to get married. But I did want to become a bride. So I decided to marry myself.”
- She added that she had done her research and with her parents’ support decided to go ahead with her marriage.
- When asked if her decision was incredulous, she said, “Self-marriage is a commitment to be there for yourself and unconditional love for oneself. It’s also an act of self-acceptance. People marry someone they love. I love myself and hence, this wedding.”
The Debate
Sologamy
- Sologamy or self-marriage or autogamy, is a symbolic ceremony where you commit to maintaining a meaningful, deep, and loving relationship with yourself.
- It’s the belief that people have of not needing another person to find happiness. Many call it a wonderful way of celebrating self-love, while critics call it attention-seeking and daft.
- Is it something new?
- The practice has existed ever since at least 1993 when an American woman named Linda Barker married herself.
Sologamy
Sologamy
- In western countries, businesses have also proliferated which cater to this trend, offering wedding kits, including rings, vows and affirmation cards that say things like “Hell yeah, I’m awesome”.
The Big Question
- Is Sologamy Legal?
- Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 states the conditions for a valid marriage. A marriage can be said valid, if it fulfils following conditions:
- None of the parties have spouses living at the time of the marriage.
- During the time of the marriage, neither party should be
- Incapable of giving valid consent due to the unsoundness of mind
- Suffering from mental disorder to an extent as to be unfit for marriage and procreation of children.
- Subjected to repeated attacks of insanity.
- The bridegroom must be 21 years or above and the bride must be 18 years or above.
- The parties should not in a degree of prohibited relationship.
- The Parties are not sapindas (blood relation) to each other.
The Repercussions
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