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Whats in A name

by Muneera Parbeen
A Rose is a rose by any other name", said the famous poet and writer. So why is a name so important to all of us? A name actually gives us (and eveything else) a separate identity and thats why we try to make our Identity as pleasant (and beautiful) as possible, under the circumstances ofcourse.
Jn olden days, our forefathers were more conservative and more respectful towards tradition and so usually they named (the past generation) after long debates. They consulted their religious priests and guardians, poured over the Quran or other religious books In search of a name ■*-religiously, linguistically and ethically suitable and correct. There was even a fashion in those days of keeping long names, so many parents even added abbreviations as AKM or ALT before their offspring's names. So we come across names as AKM Nurul Islam (AKM standing for Abul Kalam Mohammed, or nothing at all at times) or ATM Shamsur Rahman.
There was also the tradition of using the family name
pet names after our full names.
In villages, name are given by mostly less-literate people and these are confined to Kala miahs, and Chand miahs or Phoolbanu's and Gulbanu's. They have now modernised into Chuntu. Pintus' as well. Names as Sunny, Sonia, Pinky or Vicky (a direct influence of Hindi movies) are now very common.
Then there is the trend of changing names according to the’change of status. Some people find (??) that a certain name add more to their status and this was seen in the boom of Chowdhury's and Rahmans in the eighties. So the Goni Miah. who used to be a hawker In Gulistan and now owns a string of shops there, changes his name to Haji Goni Mohammad Chowdhury and his daughter graduates from Sanjida Begum to Sonchlta Aknter to Samantha Chowdhury, depending on his rise.
and so shorter names were automatically lengthened to longer names as Saidur Rahman Chowdhury or Faruk Ahmed Bhuiyan etc. Some followed (and still db) the Arabian style of adding the fathers and grandfathers name ending up in lengthy introductions as Said bin Rahim Al Hamrah or Syeda Saria binte Jamil bin Hamid.
In recent days, life has become faster and the present 'generations more modern. They are now more liberal-minded and more practical. This has brought in an import of shorter (new) names which are mainly two-syllabled.
"Wanted: A short, sweet name of two syllables for a Baby boy/girl..."
This type of advertisments in papers and magazines were very common until the very recent times/ In our quest for short names we Invented a generation 'of Ch-intu, Pintu. Montu and Rintu's. Even a longer name as Amirul Hasan now boasts a petname of "Amu" (shortened from Amiri) or we fund a Babul Islam Babu. The present fashion is to write the
Humans are social creatures and a name is a must to them to establish their identities. The son born to the Rahman family is named H M Matlur Rahman and becomes "Babu'to his grandmother, "Shonamoni" to his mother and "Moti’’ to his friends. He grows up to be called Mr Rahman by collegues, Rahman shahlo by his servants and "darling by his wife. He is again called abbu or papa by his children. Rahman uncle by their friends and Moti chacha by his nieces and nephews. As he reaches his later years he becomes "dadu" to his grandchildren and a Golpodadu (storytelling grandpa) or Mishti dadu (sweet grandpa) to his other young acquaintances.
So. whats in a name? There is a lot in it. It comes jn itself as a unique identity holding our social standing and very being. Thats why we call a Rose a rose" and not a "daffodil"!