"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet."
This was quoted by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. This quote will not hold its place in today's world where Everything's in a name... A name has a surname, given name, assumed name, family name, full name, half name, code name, pet name, nick name and everything is in a bloody name. Like for example take my name, Deepu which according to the standard naming conventions (listed somewhere!!!) is not deemed to be called a full name. It can be a half name, a pet name, a nick name whatever(there are gender concerns too as deepu tends to sound more feminine).. My friends have chopped my half name further and call me Dee... Thanks to the SMS language that has taken the world by storm, some even call me D!! So deepu being feminine and incomplete was always accompanied by Valathara and Ashokan (my dad's name)
Sir: "Whats your name??"
Dee: "Deepu"
Sir: "!!! whats your full name?? "
Dee: "Deepu is my name sir.. Valathara Ashokan Deepu"
Sir: "ok.. You are Ashokan Deepu"
Dee: "Hello, This is Deepu joining the call"
Someone: "Oh.. I thought deepu was a girl"
Dee: "!@#$**"
The most recent problem I faced with my name was in my passport. The name details in my passport was inappropriate. My surname column was empty and the given name had my full name 'Valathara Ashokan Deepu' (You know Deepu cant live alone!!). I was told that to get a visa you ought to have a surname. Its the surname, the family's pride that you carry with you when you go abroad. So to make my ancestors gleam with pride I went to the passport office in secunderabad. The passport office was surrounded with lots of agents sitting with type writers, xerox machines, web cams n digital cameras to serve the public. As soon as I parked my bike near the office I was escorted by three agents to their place. One of the dudes looked at my passport, knew what the problem was and started filling a form. Once again the surname column was empty and in the given name he put my name as Valathara Ashokan Deepo (Yo!!). Probably he felt Deepu was obsolete and Deepo was the in thing. After some request he finally agreed to change it back to Deepu. The form was complete, photos were taken, copies were made and finally I asked him what am I doing with this form?? He said this is for the E.C.N.R (emigration check not required) and thats the most important thing I need now. 'what about my surname? ' (I knew my ancestors were watching me!!) He was silent, shocked and kept staring at me......
He came out of the shock and took me to another agent, perhaps the most important man around the passport office with a demeanour which hints that he is most eligible person to be the next prime minister of our country. After studying my passport, he concluded that its not a trivial issue. He explained the difficulties using passport jargon and told me that the issue can be resolved and I can get a fresh passport immediately if I pay him 2000 bucks failing which, it will take a long time to get a new passport. 'How long is that long time??' '15 to 20 days' (15 to 20 days!!! Anything can happen.. India might lose to Sri Lanka, the agitated Indian mob will burn down the passport office along with the homes of the Indian players. My passport will turn to ashes and my ancestors will curse me!!!) I thanked him for his wonderful suggestion (and wished him good luck for the elections!!) and headed into the passport office with a new form, a new photo, new copies, a surname.. The new passport will be given to me in a week's time.. Shakespeare might have not faced the problems that I have gone through or he would have given a second thought before quoting that.
"whats in a name??? Deepu, Dee, D!!
Everything's in a name!! Surname: Valathara Ashokan Given Name: Deepu (male)"
By any other word would smell as sweet."
This was quoted by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. This quote will not hold its place in today's world where Everything's in a name... A name has a surname, given name, assumed name, family name, full name, half name, code name, pet name, nick name and everything is in a bloody name. Like for example take my name, Deepu which according to the standard naming conventions (listed somewhere!!!) is not deemed to be called a full name. It can be a half name, a pet name, a nick name whatever(there are gender concerns too as deepu tends to sound more feminine).. My friends have chopped my half name further and call me Dee... Thanks to the SMS language that has taken the world by storm, some even call me D!! So deepu being feminine and incomplete was always accompanied by Valathara and Ashokan (my dad's name)
Sir: "Whats your name??"
Dee: "Deepu"
Sir: "!!! whats your full name?? "
Dee: "Deepu is my name sir.. Valathara Ashokan Deepu"
Sir: "ok.. You are Ashokan Deepu"
Dee: "Hello, This is Deepu joining the call"
Someone: "Oh.. I thought deepu was a girl"
Dee: "!@#$**"
The most recent problem I faced with my name was in my passport. The name details in my passport was inappropriate. My surname column was empty and the given name had my full name 'Valathara Ashokan Deepu' (You know Deepu cant live alone!!). I was told that to get a visa you ought to have a surname. Its the surname, the family's pride that you carry with you when you go abroad. So to make my ancestors gleam with pride I went to the passport office in secunderabad. The passport office was surrounded with lots of agents sitting with type writers, xerox machines, web cams n digital cameras to serve the public. As soon as I parked my bike near the office I was escorted by three agents to their place. One of the dudes looked at my passport, knew what the problem was and started filling a form. Once again the surname column was empty and in the given name he put my name as Valathara Ashokan Deepo (Yo!!). Probably he felt Deepu was obsolete and Deepo was the in thing. After some request he finally agreed to change it back to Deepu. The form was complete, photos were taken, copies were made and finally I asked him what am I doing with this form?? He said this is for the E.C.N.R (emigration check not required) and thats the most important thing I need now. 'what about my surname? ' (I knew my ancestors were watching me!!) He was silent, shocked and kept staring at me......
He came out of the shock and took me to another agent, perhaps the most important man around the passport office with a demeanour which hints that he is most eligible person to be the next prime minister of our country. After studying my passport, he concluded that its not a trivial issue. He explained the difficulties using passport jargon and told me that the issue can be resolved and I can get a fresh passport immediately if I pay him 2000 bucks failing which, it will take a long time to get a new passport. 'How long is that long time??' '15 to 20 days' (15 to 20 days!!! Anything can happen.. India might lose to Sri Lanka, the agitated Indian mob will burn down the passport office along with the homes of the Indian players. My passport will turn to ashes and my ancestors will curse me!!!) I thanked him for his wonderful suggestion (and wished him good luck for the elections!!) and headed into the passport office with a new form, a new photo, new copies, a surname.. The new passport will be given to me in a week's time.. Shakespeare might have not faced the problems that I have gone through or he would have given a second thought before quoting that.
"whats in a name??? Deepu, Dee, D!!
Everything's in a name!! Surname: Valathara Ashokan Given Name: Deepu (male)"
Dear Dee :D..,
I still remember who said that"I thot deepu was a girl" :D:P!!!
And the name Dee..I still own the copy rights!! :-)
yo deepo! :D
ayyo dee so many problems with ur name...
Empathize :) but could not stop laughing :D