A Rose is a Rose is a Rose – William Shakespeare                                                     

aka “What is there in a Name?

 

I will come to the Abdul Khader’s story.

I will be telling more about my school days, but first let me tell you why I consider names indeed matter a lot. Amavasai was telling me about his recent visit to the bungalow of Abdul Khader at Lucknow. They were meeting after almost 40 plus years. The initial ‘Ubhaya Kusalopari” etc., were over, and after Abdul introduced his wife to Amavasai, he asked about the children of Abdul. He told, the first two were already married and the third will soon get married. He called his first daughter, and when Amavasai asked her what her name was, she replied “NC” and went away. Then the second daughter came, and told her name was “MC”. Now Amavasai knew that in North people choose all kinds of names, like Babloo, Dubloo, Inki, Pinky, Ponky, and all weird names one can imagine. This was something he wasn't prepared for. He asked, “Is there any special reason for you to choose these two odd names?”

Abdul replied, “ Arre, nothing special, yaar. Soon after marriage, we wanted to know how it feels like having a child. So, because of Natural Curiosity, our first daughter was born. So we named her, NC. Amavasai asked, “What about the second?” Abdul replied, “After 4 years, we wanted to have another child, since we felt NC should not suffer from the ‘Single child’ syndrome. Thus the second girl was born, and we named her as “MC”, because she was born out of our Mutual Consent. There was an eeriee silence. Amavasai said, “But you said you have three daughters? Where is she? Gone out or something?” 

Abdul said, “No, No, she is here only”                                   But, he was reluctant to call his third daughter. However, Amavasai insisted, and after his repeated requests, he called his third daughter. Amavasai asked her, “Betee, kyaa naam hai theraa?” She ran away without answering. 

Obviously dismayed, he asked Abdul what her name was.

"Arre, Chodo yaar. Talkalk about something else"            “Come on. You have to tell me. Are we not the best of friends, and you know there’s no secrecy between we two, and Ananth?” With persuasion after persuasion, Abdul very, very reluctantly said that his third daughter was named “ABC”  

Amavasai almost swooned ! The names, NC, and MC, though sounded weird, had some logic behind them. But ABC was something way beyond his wildest imagination. And even after repeated request, Abdul will not tell the reason behind naming his third daughter, “ABC”. Finally, he yielded when Amavasai threatened to severe his friendship unless he told him the reason.

“Don’t laugh at me, please"                                                 “That was 'ABSOLUTE  BLOODY  CARELESSNESS', hence the name ABC ......”

I am stopping my Episode here. More will follow. And wait further blogs.. BUT, DON’T YOU AGREE THAT NAMES DO MATTER A LOT, TELL ME HONESTLY….

 

a n a n d . . . . .
for ever..........

Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest.

It's about who come and never leave your side.

More will follow ……..

Enjoy......................