On 18 May 2011, at 08:03, Venkat Mangudi <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 May 2011 12:10 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: >> Holy crap, a thread about Sidin has morphed into one about my knives, >> and we have Deepa's jokes to blame for this? This is true Mallu-Mallu >> bonding. > > Sidin, welcome. I forgot to welcome you in the "heat" of the moment. > > May I venture a guess, Siddharth - Indira? :-) > > > --Venkat > > *goddammit! Must it come to this always??!!* Hello all. Let me clarify that name. Please sit back and grab a drink. Or a knife. My father's name is Sunny. A respectable, cheerful malayali name for a boy. My mother's name, unfortunately, was Dilaila. Yes. The one from the bible who stabs Samson in the back and has his hair cut off. She was named so after my maternal grandfather went and saw the movie Samson and Delilah. He named his first boy Samson and his first girl Diliala. Yes. Bizarre. When I was born they took the S from Sunny and the Di From Diliala and tried various combinations. Till Sidin happened. Consequently all my cousins on my dad's side have names starting in S. Including a Shine. And all my cousins on my mum's side have names ending in In. Including a Jenwin. (Promounced Genuine.) However whenever I go to a cafe or a pub I use Sunny. Or Rahul. It just makes things simple.
