There was a Mallu guy I knew named SubhashChandraBose (that was his first name), then there’s the famous physicist Aristotle Socrates, who is actually a Tam. There’s a not-so-famous physicist Victor Suvisesha Muthu, whose name my friends decided should be a physical unit (As in, “The micelle separation in this solution is about 5.5 milliVictorMuthu”)

I used to think these names were weird, but they don’t hold a candle to the ACK-ized double-As (I can’t wait for the double-D’s, hyuk hyuk)

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can i add one more condition to the above? the given name of the future must be phonetically sound and given the increasing global perspective, must sound the same across languages and culture.

re suresh ramesh ganesh… names are a marker of times. in the early 1950s shobas and malinis were fashionable. in the early 1900s sarojini and meenakashi were fashionable. indian communities expatriated to south africa or the west indies have saved these names through timewarp and politics. the recent explosion of international communication, has become the leveller of desi names globewide. nowadays an abhishek could come from the grand old country or guyana or fiji or south africa or britain!!

my own daughter is natasha with a rather chopLangi last name (which is my first name).

also people no longer portray their faith in their names. thiruvengadam may be christian and sasha or steve could be hindu. i have also seen some pure tamil names (eg: ilavarasan) who happen to be muslims. actually combination names are cute: alex pandian or padma lakshmi or natasha rose swati sound great wherever and whenever sounded

but i always suspect that the first man who landed on the moon was chosen because of his name. what a better personification of the techno scientific achievements of the anglo saxon tribe thaN ARMSTRONG? cheers :)