Tuesday, May 20, 2008

What's in a name??

What's in a name wrote Shakespear but I would like to disagree.

A name to me represents an identity, a personality. It brings to us an image of the person, whenever we comes across a particular name....and that is why we love some names, are indifferent towards others or simply abhor some of them ...As far as I'm concerned I simply love my name no matter in what language -then be it SIDDHARTH (english) or सिद्धार्थ (hindi) or ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಥ್ (kannada) or സിദ്ധാര്ത് (malayam) or சித்தர்த் (tamil) or సిద్ధార్థ్ (telgu) ....well Siddharth is sanskrit word that is made up of two words सिद्ध (having found out) and अर्थ (the definition) thus Siddharth means somebody who has discovered all the meanings of this world.

Some people also spell Siddharth as Siddhartha...

Well interestingly Siddharth was also the name of Lord Buddha.....the founder of Buddhism.

I must add that until a few years ago Siddharth used to be a rare name i.e. one did not come across a lot of people named Siddharth but now I regularly meet people who are my namesakes....probably it is because people named Siddharth are uber cool.....hehe.. sorry for the bad joke!!

Anyways....A Name is a Name is a Name..... with due apologies to Mr. Shakespear and all of those to support him on this!!!

anyways take care and god bless!!
Siddharth

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