Now, it could be misconstrued. But to make it clear, I am
fond of my name the way our PM is fond of his silence. Or the way CSK is proud
of RP Singh.
Mallikarjuna Kalika. Yes, yes, I know it took you more than
one attempt to get it right.
No, I don’t get pissed. I have seen first timers produce
variants such as Mallik Arjun, or Mallik, or something as far-fetched and
off the mark as the Telugu old-timer Nagarjuna.
Even when available in the written format, people generally have
trouble trying to make sense of what it is supposed to sound like, the same people
who proudly cry aloud ‘Schwarzenegger’ in an apparent attempt to display their
contemporary outlook, but start peeing their pants when trying to articulate ‘Mallikarjuna’.
