What's in a name??

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Whenever I meet anyone new, atleast 7 out of 10 would ask me, 'What does Praphulla mean actually?!!"......Its a different name, not found very often in South India ( I have no statistical information to prove this!.).......

Basically, my mom, when she was young, used to write lots of poems, and sing really well..( she does even now actually!!!).....

So, she named my elder sister as Pallavi ( related to Music) - beginning of the song....and my name as Praphulla (related to literature) - Blooming...

However... I researched about my name on the Internet...and here is what I have found:

Praphulla — enlivened, fully blossoming, pleasant, cheerful

Praphullita — being jubilant

True to my personality...Isnt it??...:)

PS: This thought just struck me!!...You know...my sister sings really well...now when I think about it....I wonder....my mom had 2 passions.....one was music...another literature....

mom used to sing well, and my sis name is related to music, is that why my sister sings so well?? When it comes to my name...my mom wrote lots of poems...now I am not a poet....but....I do write a lot...my job, also..makes me 'write' a lot.!!!!....

Nice...isnt it??!!!.....

So....did we live upto our names?...or since our names were those, we turned out like this??.....

Comments

Pradeep Reddy said…
Ha...haaa...haaaa......
24 March, 2008
Hocus Pocus said…
Well...I sure did become a magician,, thanks to my name! :)
15 May, 2008
Pallavi said…
:) Interesting thought !
29 May, 2008
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