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"The name _______ creates the urge to understand and help others, we emphasize that it causes a interfering, bossy quality. This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the fluid systems, worry and mental tension.Your name of _______ gives you the desire to understand and help others with their problems but, at the same time, you can become too involved in their problems and, as a result, worry too much.

This name creates a pleasant, easy-going, yet responsible nature. It gives you a natural ability to express affection to those close to you, without feelings of embarrassment. You tend to avoid issues, however, and put off until tomorrow the things which should be done today. Accordingly, you would find difficulty in achieving success in positions requiring aggressiveness and drive."Not that I believe in this shit anyway. Here's the link if you are curious..

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Plenty, if you ask me.I believe that there would not have been a Second World War. Skeptical? If Alois hadn’t changed his last name from Schicklgruber to Hitler, would Adolf ever have been the Fuhrer?

Imagine this - if a Schicklgruber had stood on one of the tables at the Beer Hall Putsch and proclaimed himself as Chancellor of Germany, the occupants would have been ROTF, probably thrown a rotten egg or two on Adolf’s face. Which sane Nazi (if there was any) would have taken pride to serve under a short-statured comical Bavarian with a vociferous ‘Heil Schicklgruber’ salute?

But then, fate intervened and the most hideous genocide in the history of mankind occurred under Hitler. My point is that a person’s name is a prominent factor in the first impression he/she projects. If you are still not convinced, I am at a loss for words.

Anyway, this post arose out of my conversation with R yester nite. R mentioned that she had been accompanying her parents in doling out wedding invitations. A persistent Q posed to her by the hosts on hearing my name was whether it was a love marriage. This does not surprise me, acquaintances tend to ‘fit’ me into one of the Indian communities.

Two recent incidents spring to my mind – Once, during my Mridangam class - my tutor introduced me to a Tamilian family and their first remark was ‘Oh! A North Indian’, another when a Gujarati on hearing my name started conversing in his local lingo – a word of which I could not comprehend. There are other instances where I have been mistaken to be a follower of Islam.

My name is unique. Nigamanth is my first name - pronounced as Nigamaanth, Ni as in Nick, Gam as in gum and Maanth with an emphasis on the aa syllable. The origins can be traced to Sanskrit and the name is derived from juxtaposition of two words – ‘Nigama’ meaning Veda and ‘Antha’ meaning ‘the End’. Upanishads form the end of the Vedas and there was a renowned Vaishnavite saint by that name – Nigamantha Desikan .

Over the years, my looong name has taken various forms and shapes – Nigs, Ligs, Nigoo, Nigi, Nigam, Ligament among others. Individuals tend to struggle/strain themselves pronouncing my name when we get acquainted. I introduce myself as Nigam these days, saves me all the trouble of going through this explanation.

Now that I have journalled these turn of events in my blog, maybe I will kindly point them to this link

A google for Nigamanth shows only two hits on the web!

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