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Comment on Offshore: The Book is Out by Basab Pradhan

Basab Pradhan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:13:38 +0000

Actually, the Kindle book is not available for download from India. Copyright issues.

Glad you could hold of a printed copy.

Comment on Strange Name Discrimination by Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh Yadav — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:51:54 +0000

Dear Basab,

Though this is my first comment out of the closet, I have been reading you blog post for the last 6 months.

A great Déjà vu recount on this article which I too recently read here in India.

Your post set me thinking once again – What should be a, “Made Comfortable” Version of my Name?

The closest I came to, following your examples was, Akhilesh to Akhil to A’-Kill

Comment on Offshore: The Book is Out by Prestidigitator

Prestidigitator — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:47:06 +0000

@Basab Thanks. The Kindle book is actually not available as yet on Amazon for some reason, but I managed to get hold of a printed version.

Comment on Offshore: The Book is Out by Basab Pradhan

Basab Pradhan — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:46:09 +0000

@Prestidigitator did you click on the link in the post above? It takes you to the Kindle book. The On Demand version should be out shortly as well on Amazon.

Comment on Strange Name Discrimination by Mohan

Mohan — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:57:03 +0000

Basab,
Fascinating post; and it is sure touch a nerve among fellow desis. And I am glad you didn’t give any specific names to illustrate.
To add to your points, NRI desis of current generation seem to be more fascinated by Sanskrit names that probably don’t roll off even most Indian tongues.

Comment on Offshore: The Book is Out by Prestidigitator

Prestidigitator — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:38:48 +0000

Hi Basab,
The book doesn’t seem to be available on Amazon, neither the print nor the Kindle version. Any idea when the Kindle version will become available there?

Comment on Strange Name Discrimination by Nishith

Nishith — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:47:58 +0000

some others just resort to using their “pet” names like sonu, monu

incidentally i am looking for simple boy names..suggestions would be welcome …don’t want to name him Neel or Jai….that would be like giving up without a fight..

Comment on Strange Name Discrimination by Madhu

Madhu — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:55:55 +0000

Double-like !!

Comment on Strange Name Discrimination by Krishna

Krishna — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:47:35 +0000

…When you visit China on a work visa, you have to compulsorily register a Chinese name… During his first visit, they changed my friend Prabhakar’s name to Yuang Li ( with a not so exact tangency to what his Indian name means, i.e. the Sun )… ))

But the parents do have a problem at hand… Now if they give a first name that comes easy to a westerner, what if China / Korea / Brazil or even Africa happens to be where the kids are headed as they grow up… Who can guarantee the perpetual pre-eminence of the west that temporarily looks good on paper purely because they have the capacity (and audacity) to print all the more paper…?

Comment on Strange Name Discrimination by Amit

Amit — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:08:52 +0000

Closer home, North Indians had a tough time getting Azhagiri’s (Karunanidhi’s son) name right. Because Hindi does not have the phoneme associated with the ‘zh’ sound. It is not a zee/zed sound. The poor guy got so fed up that he just told everyone to call him Alagiri, which though not correct is closer to the actual Tamil version.