Namesake

                    "A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet" - Thus sayeth the great Shakespeare.If rose had been called whatchamacallit, will we still have the same feel when we see it?
                    Whenever I hear a name, I associate a mental image with it.I find that for some people  their names are a perfect fit.  The pronunciation ,meaning or even the way they spell it clicks right with the person and you cannot imagine the person with any other name.As someone who shares her name with quite a handful of the South Indian woman population(no offense to my parents, I do love my name), I have often wondered if I would have turned out any different if my name had been Srishti or Neha or something like that. :) 

                    My pseudonym was mainly adapted for a practical reason.When I say Archana, most people are tempted to ask , which Archana? And I am forced to give some qualifiers like "Archana from first bench" , "Roll no.12345", "Archana the forgetful" and so on and so forth. Thus to provide a little sense of uniqueness , Srishti was born. (Srishti - Creation, used in higher sense)

                   It is delightful to see the present generation taking the art of naming quite ardently. Most of my single friends have already decided on exotic names for their yet to be born babies.Even though we are progressing quite fast in other aspects, we seem to be returning back  to our roots to come up with classic names which are exotic and modern(Dhruthi, Nephele , Tanisha , Srishti, Rhea to name quite a few).But I somehow feel that it is a great responsibility to label a person with a name ;) As everything else, this art is evolving.

                   With all that said,it's better to live so as to give meaning to our names than to have a meaningful name(As L.M.M says). So what kind of an image is created for your name? Think about it. :) 


P.S.
My image is that of a slightly crazed , mildly idealistic, terribly forgetful book worm, I guess :)

Nothing matters

                               How did you read the title of this post? "Nothing matters" or "Nothing" matters.?
                               Sometimes in life , we get so wrapped up in small things which,when looking back at a stretch of a lifetime fades into the inconsequential. The irony is that these small things actually add meaning to those moments in life. So where do you strike a balance between being rooted to the moment and looking at the bigger picture ? (As Calvin would say)
                                 Recently , I heard/read this thought somewhere ... Imagine your life to be a long straight line. When you take a closer look , you will find that this line is actually a ragged line of ups and downs which get normalized over time.So on a law of average, most of the things in life does even out.                             
                                So when you are really stuck in a quagmire of everyday issues, close your eyes, take a step back, relax and plunge ahead.Just as in a Bungee jump, life is all about crossing that one moment of hesitation to take a plunge.
                                Just because I have put these thoughts into words does not make me an expert practitioner of these philosphies in life.Like everyone else out there , I am an eternal student and still learning ...

P.S. If you ask me what point I made this post , it amounts to nothing. It is just a collection of  totally random thoughts to clear out the clogs and kinks in my thinking process..