Rustic Kids have weird names!

As a child I hated my name. In fact I still do. Maybe it had something to do with the Pakistani singer Reshma Singh (lambi judaai) - and I always wanted a name I wouldn't be sharing with anyone else. I'd actually rechristened myself Eesha (Esha Deol was non-existent then) - but of course, the name died its natural death.

Though the idea of rechristening myself actually stemmed from my cousin Trupti, who changed her name to Pooja (eew - perhaps because she looked like Pooja Bhatt!) - her fate resembled mine. After marriage she changed her name to match her husband's - Neha and Nitin!

Another friend Lakshmi was in the same dilemma and she became Anita.

But I remember some strange names in school - Premal, Balasundari, Nikunj, Kamal (thats a boy!) and Sambamoorthy to name a few. The last one was Sambaa to one and all.

And now of course there are the Debi Prasads and the ChandraBhushans now in office! and not to mention the three Rohits we had in a team of 15! My daughter has 3 friends called Dhruv, 3 Aryans, few Diyas and some Omkars! God... give us some nice new names.