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London, July 2
"At 'racist' UK firm (call center) Rahul becomes Rob.....
....An employee, Mr Rahul Jain, 28, was made to change his name to Rob Matthews...His white colleagues could retain their original names at work......"
...Deccan Chronicle, Page 8, July 3
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Regular readers of my blog (a handful) know that I am a staunch admirer of Parashuram's Ulat Puran.
So, here are some suggestions for Indian Call Centers, circa, 2020:
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Abraham---------------------------..Abhinav
Adam........................................Adbhut
Antony.....................................Aniket
Arthur.......................................Arjun
Bernard....................................Bibek
Bobby.......................................Babhru
Dennis......................................Dinanath
Dexter.......................................Dixit
Elvis..........................................Elangovan
Gary..........................................Garu
Harold.......................................Hriday
Jonny........................................Janardan
Jimmy........................................Jambudweep
Kristian......................................Krishno
Lawson......................................Laxman
Martin..........................................Mrithyunjay
Mathew.......................................Mithva
Nathaniel....................................Nandan
Parker..........................................Prakrit
Paul..............................................Palash
Reagan........................................Raghu
Richard........................................Rasik
Robert..........................................Rahul
Sam..............................................Samar
Sammy.........................................Sastry / Sarma
Sidney...........................................Shibu
Thomas.........................................Tamas
Ulyses............................................Ulhas
Vincent..........................................Bindu
Winston.........................................Bhandari
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Alexandra.....................................Alka
Ana.................................................Anu
Ariana.............................................Aranya
Brenda...........................................Brinda
Camilla...........................................Kali-ma
Daisy..............................................Dasarathi
Diana..............................................Dhanya
Emma.............................................Imli
Gina................................................Gita
Irene...............................................Iravathy
Isabel.............................................Ishani
Jane................................................Jogia
Karina.............................................Kanya
Lara.................................................Datta
Lucy................................................Laxmi
Madelin...........................................Mridula
Molly...............................................Mallika
Naomi.............................................Namrata
Pamela............................................Paroma
Rachel..............................................Rachana
Rosemary........................................Reshma
Sally..................................................Shila
Sarah.................................................Sharada
Tess...................................................Trisha
Victoria.............................................Vikalangi
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Thomas → Tamas! Isn't that a very grim choice for someone's name!
ReplyDeleteAlso Victoria → Vikalangi (That's not even a Proper name...) Sorry for the double postings!
ReplyDeleteTamas & Vikalangi mean Andhakar & Cripple, as you know.
ReplyDeleteServes 'em right for changing our dear Rahul's name to Robert (his salah inverse)
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ReplyDeleteIn mood for some fancy coffee one day I had gone to the nearest starbucks from our campus where you order at the counter, pay up, tell them your name which they write on a paper cup and then wait for your name to be called ....I waited quite a long time to finally realize they were calling me all along 'SAD,.....SAD,....SAD....
ReplyDeleteWhile in India....my last name was a problem, here the too long first one is !
I think I told you this before, but it is relevant:
ReplyDeleteIn 1958 when I joined our AU we had a cute classmate. Her father was a businessman but her mom was a fiery Communist MLA...CPI, there was no CPM then.
So they christened their daughter as Laxmi Tanya.
But our poor anti-intellectual physics teachers never heard of that name and thought it was a typo and used to call her:
Laxmi Tanaya
And she never protested.
She was following my policy of least resistance unwilling to indulge in:
"Bhains ke aagey been bajanaa"