What's in a name?
Last week, I got introduced to a Tamil couple, who are soon to be blessed with their second child. As the conversation carried itself to its obvious destination, it had to settle on the various names thought about for the child. Choosing a name is very important. Tell me about it. About that, I will reveal later in the post. So, what's the criteria? I asked as though I was a subject expert of all and sundry. They revealed the various conditions, and I admired the way they had structured their thoughts to get the right name. The name should bear some kind of a significance to one of the five elements of nature. It should not be more than five or six characters long. It should not have more than two syllables. The name should not be too modern. It was uncharacteristic that they didn't want a modern name. In an effort to be unique and what not, nowadays parents come up with unpronounceable(and "unspellable") names and maybe t...