Name....

Whats in a name ??? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet! Well if there's no such big deal about names then it wouldn't have really mattered if i were Albert Einstein... then i would have been famous .. also i would have been history.
But a name has its own pros and cons. Being blessed by a very big name, it has always been some sort of amusement for my classmates at the time of an attendence roll call. Teachers/ instructors starting from schools to institutes have been left gasping for breath wheneverthey try to read my name aloud. Most of them get lost somewhere in between. If somehow a few manage to successfully read it .. well the pronunciation goes horribly awry.
Leave teachers aside , i have so much difficulty when i get introduced to strangers ( and i mean not necessarily females of a certain age group). Every one asks me once " your name is what ??"
I have even done a google search on my name.. the results showed only only 13 hits. It seems there is no other person in this planet with the same name as mine. And that should make me feel happy i suppose ......
But surprisingly it is not. I mean it is quite disturbing when you introduce yourself you have to cross-check if the other person got your name properly, when any legal document, awards certificates you receive you first see whether they have spelled your name properly or not. Numerous certificates had to be changed just for this spell error.
So when my sister asked me to suggest a name for my nephew ..... i could only ask her to give a common name, easy to spell and pronounce.
Better to have a common name than an uncommon one !