If Face is the Index of Mind, Name is the Index of Character/Identity/Quality/Uniqueness.
While the former is almost true, the later, is true sometimes and dubious otherwise.
Even though it is hard to know as to when did the tradition of naming a person started, at-least from our Epics we conclude that it happened at some point of time. Why does some one needs to be called or referred by a name? What does a name mean a person?
If someone is asked who Rama or Ravana or Krishna or Sita or Mohammad Bin Tuglaq is, so on and so forth, the answer comes out in the unique quality or identity the name possesses.Their name carried an identity not when they were born but after surpassing some of their life and by their acts or deeds. Good or Bad, right or wrong, these people were landmarks in history only because of their acts.
There are several Gandhis, yet when we talk about Gandhi, it is needless to say that we are referring to none other than Mahatma. Such is the impact and identity, that name GANDHI carried of that great man.
A strict father or a stern principal are often tagged as HITLER. The common usage of the names of those people marks their character.
One is known not by the behavior, but by the actions or the deeds that spark a uniqueness out of that individual. By carrying that identity one might be popular. Its not necessary to be of celebrity status or known by all,
but to be different some way or the other from one among the few set of people around is what that matters.
As Swami Vivekananda quotes, "Every individual is a center for the manifestation of a certain force. This force has been stored up as the resultant of our previous works, and each one of us is born with this force at our back"
True identity is tagged when this inherent force translates to a visible affect.
Having said that, here is the mysterious part. If a person is referred to by just one name, his or her identity is easily related. An individual with multiple names is referred differently, the identity is either lost or confused.
In an Object oriented form this is how it takes many forms before the actual person is completely known
class name_base;
char[] first_name, middle_name, last_name;
endclass
class parent_given_name extends name_base;
char [] middle_name_2
constraint names
{
first_name == {"Venkata"};
middle_name == {"Ravi"};
middle_name_2 == {"Kiran"};
last_name == {"Vemuri"};
}
endclass
class name_at_home extends parent_given_name;
constraint names
{
first_name == {"NULL"};
middle_name == {"NULL"};
middle_name_2 == {"Kiran"};
last_name == {"NULL"};
}
endclass
class name_at_undergrad extends parent_given_name;
constraint names
{
first_name == {"NULL"};
middle_name == {"Ravi"};
middle_name_2 == {"Kiran"};
last_name == {"NULL"};
}
endclass
class name_in_USA extends parent_given_name;
constraint names
{
first_name == {"Venkata"};
middle_name == {"NULL"};
middle_name_2 == {"NULL"};
last_name == {"NULL"};
}
endclass
class name_with_colleagues extends parent_given_name;
constraint names
{
first_name == {"NULL"};
middle_name == {"Ravi"};
middle_name_2 == {"NULL"};
last_name == {"NULL"};
}
endclass
class name_with_ex_manager extends parent_given_name;
constraint names
{
first_name == {"NULL"};
middle_name == {"NULL"};
middle_name_2 == {"NULL"};
last_name == {"Vemuri"};
}
endclass
The same ME exists in so many names, each name carrying different identity.
My name_at_home gives an identity of a kiddo still stuck decade and half ago.
My name_at_undergrad throws a good for nothing, fun-loving identity
My name_at_work gives an impression of a movie buff and a movie database so on an so forth.
From each of these carry different opinions of the same ME. When tried to combine all of these identities, its a mere puzzle to draw a commonality and there by shoots me a question "WHOof AM I???
In some instances, these middle names form a big array and never carry any effect nor usage nor purpose yet, they for the reasons best known to the parents, get assigned.
Tail Piece: Its only ME who knows the TRUE ME.
