[12] Khujli-The Itch which leads to discovery

From the title you might be wondering if it is another desi movie title. 'Khujli' or itch is the driving force which initiates all creative pursuits of humans, end product could be anything from theory of relativity, the paintings of DaVinci or something as worthless as this article. All starts from the same source- the khujli of man. Mr Anonymous said 'necessity is the mother of invention', but if you think about it you might find that Khujli is the mother of invention. Case in point is invention of fire. Every early man would need fire. But it was not until the man of khujli, who rubbed flintstones together did fire came to being. So, the invention has to be attributed to the man of khujli, not the others who 'needed' it and were scratching their balls.

By now you must have understood that by khujli I do not mean it literally (for which you use ringcutter-daad, khaaj aur khujli ka dushman) but it is a feeling of some 'keeda' crawling in your heart, stomach or ass (Research shows diff ppl feel it in diff areas) which prevents you from sitting still until you satisfy the hunger of the 'keeda' or just ignore it.

Acting on the khujli is a noble pursuit and even it is not rewarding is atleast fun, bcoz it is a vent to the desire from within.

[11] Whats in a name?

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

--Romeo and Juliet

I am sure many of the unfortunate tambram boys who have names like yours truly would beg to differ with Mr Shakespeare. How could you possibly name a human 'Venkataramanan Jayaraman' .This was one of the first thing I asked my grandparents when I gained my senses and their explanation was that they dreamed of me to have the good qualities of three Gods(not one but three). A bit greedy, you would think. I am not sure if even a fraction of the good qualities of any one have come yet.

Reasons for my aversion to the name are the following. In any test I take, more than half of the length of the test goes in filling the 'Name' tab. Though, this was a good excuse to give at home for my poor scores when I was small. Secondly, the number of syllables in the name tends to infinity. Thirdly, when the image when ppl say this name would be a studious guy with lots of coconut oil in his head doing math all the time. Fourth, not as simple as John or Joe. I am tired of the horrific reaction of Amreekans when they note my name from my ID or I have to spell my name over phone. Fifth, on the auspicious of nights when I would be in the climaxing with my partner, 'Venkataramanan' from her mouth will NOT be cool.

Thats why I am thankful to the guy who invented nicknames. Saves me from the blushes a million times a day. I have my share- venky, venkat, venks, ganje, takle, bhenki, memory loss,sotta,ven'cute'(hey,I too could not blive it), ven'key',ven'cat', whencut..(last 3 courtesy amreekans)

If I become a Prof in this country and am really pissed with Amreekans I would offer a 3 credit course for 'pronunciation of south Indian names' and no prizes for guessing what the tuffest homework is going to be.