Nomenclature

This is all about a name. One might well ask, "What's in a name?" To me my name is everything.This might not have the same as I had felt a few years ago. There was a time when I didn't like my name. The only reason was that it was uncommon...rather very unpopular. No one outside my circle of friends knew the name. They would just frown their eye-brows on hearing my name and would just leave the place. Of all the names I had heard then there was one, and only one popular name. Raja/Raju. Back then, the heroes in most movies had this name. Rajnikanth, Kamal hassan, Sivaji ganesan, MGR, Chiranjeevi, Amitabh Bachchan.. and so on. Name a hero, and I can name a movie in which they had this famous name. Mine wasn't like that. I didn't know of any celebrity with this name. I was looking at all possible opportunities to change my name to someone very popular. One of my cousins was born then. When there was a ceremony to name the newly born son, I wanted him to be named "Raja/Raju", but it didn't happen.

CELEBRITY AT LAST:

I was told that there was a movie bearing my name acted by one of the superstars I had mentioned above. I was feeling elated when I watched the movie. The hero, a Central intelligence Officer, looked very dynamic in his role.He tried to retrieve a stolen rocket which could be used as a threat to our nation. I liked it so much that I forgot the uncommonness of my name. From that day, that was my favourite movie. As we grow, when we realize this world, a few things reprise their roles in our lives. I realized that the movie had nothing for me to be proud of. It was just a fictional character, and there was no one, flesh and blood, before me. The search was still on.

A TEMPORARY SOLACE: