Thought I’d give the whole backstory on my name..
People always ask about my name.. Is Malar your middle name/your father’s name/your mother’s name/your pet name?
When I was born, my grandpa said my name should begin with the sound of “Bha” according to the stars or something, so he kindly suggested Bharati. My dad apparently had his heart set on naming me Malar (which means flower if you must know). My mum didn’t particularly want to choose between her husband and her dad. So she happily decided to burden me with both names.
As if it wasn’t confusing enough having your dad’s given name as your surname.. (the perils of being a south-indian)
In school, my first name was used so I was Bharati to all. At home however, my parents called me Malar, so I was Malar to my ‘home-friends’. Now the confusion arose when my home-friends who also went to my school called me Malar in front of people who knew me as Bharati (including teachers..) They’d look wildly around to see where this Malar person came from.
Although I personally prefer Malar, (Bharati just doesn’t sound like me) my college buddies have transformed Bharati to ‘Brat’ which is absolutely me. So no more complaints from me :)
Oh and if you notice the URL for this page is a derivative of Brat.
3 comments:
Barty Mala...hehehe
while on the topic of names while malar's mum's name is geetha my mums name is neeta and neither of our mums knew each others' names... n the reason i'm writting this is coz malar emotionally blackmailed me into commenting on each of her blogs
yea n my name... its got moms name and dads name... only ppl in the house with "proper" names wud be lucky n felix... hmmm perhaps we shud do somethin abt that.. whaddya say sis?
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