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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

It's only me

I have had to fill up my voter ID form twice. There was a small aberration the first time - instead of my name the name that had been put in there was a combination of my first name and my husband's last. I still hold onto the name I had been born with on this planet aka my maiden name. No, I am not one of those pseudo-modernists who believe in latching onto notions of false freedom and individual identity. I hold no such fancies. My reason for holding on to my own name is rooted in reason. I have four different names on four different certificates. My school leaving certificate mentions me as Eisha Sarkar. I had to had my dad's name to get my Std XII certificate. I was officially Eisha Kumaresh Sarkar. Three years later, the university rules demanded I add my mom's name to my own. I came to be known as Eisha Kumaresh Sujata Sarkar. Now, the voters ID form says I should add my husband's name to it. My name would then read. Eisha Rachit Kumaresh Sujata Sarkar Mankad. Gasp!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."

but seriously, that's way too many names for someone as tiny as you! and tera naam mein vazan hai, don't forget :P

Unknown said...

LOL!

Sweetheart imagine if you had Spanish or Portuguese roots too....I ahve such friends and they have both parents surnames added onto theirs...

So you can imagine how long a name can get!