sarNA, unga thOttam, nInga epdi vENumnAlum thoor vaarikkunga. idhukellAm permission kudukkaNumA? :-) ;-)
On Sangoodhara Vayadhil:
It has become fashionable to name sanskritized names in TN, as against traditional names. While you would expect that in some communities traditionally allied with Sanskrit, you see that happening across community lines these days. Without implying that those names are the stranglehold of certain communities, it is a sense of loss for the traditional names in tamil that would otherwise have been used. Bala Karthik wrote a blog on this, which dangerously ran close to getting divided along communal lines but common sense eventually prevailed. The point is that the motivation for such nomenclature is the fashionable sound that these sanskritized names make. It is a double whammy with foresaking of your tradition for the sake of being seen as fashionable. Gounder's contempt for such wannabes, like Bala Karthik's blog, might be dangerously close to being misconstrued as casteist and communalist, however our man smartly turned it to an ageist comment, which is comparitively a lesser political and social offence in our society. The message is clear, however. Wannabes deserve contempt. This is social satire wrapped in irreverence. What excuse do you have for Vivek's Pudhiya Paravai Spoof?
(Note that you or I can write an equally eloquent cover-up for your PP spoof, too, but that would be your/my creativity than intended by Vivek and co. - ofcourse, it is easy to question how do we know? Well, that is why that famed philosopher said you must experience things, not analyse.)
