Friday, February 26, 2010

What is in a NAME?

After the release of My NAME IS KHAN and the smarter dialog which pops
out out of Shahrukh's mouth, most of the times, in all the critical
contexts of the movie - And I am not a terrorist - people started
realizing that the name given to them in their childhood by their
elders has the capacity to invoke fear/ terror or respect/regard in
others.

It is not that so far they do not know this fact; but, the intensity
of the name impact has grown a little bit more NOW.

Most of the times, in regular society, we come across people who are
named after different great people, as per the religion they follow.
But, there are a few people in this world but who created and
implemented terror in an organized way killing innocents in large
number; unfortunately, these merciless people are also named after the
same great ones whose name an ordinary man fondingly gives to his new
born child with great respect and reverence. Now imagine how the
society reacts to this child, who has that name in this
terror-stricken society, at no fault of his/her.

Therefore guys, we should/must learn to discriminate, not stereotype,
everybody who is having a certain kind of name (which you think as
objectionable!). For that matter, people who are named after "Guatam
Buddha" does not have the capability or potential to become or do a
"Buddha" range act. In the same way, people who are given some
eyebrow-raising names (they were treated as good names earlier but due
to the acts of some individuals, now, the name itself invokes fear!)
are all not culprits.

So, please stop stereotyping people and treat every person as a
different individual altogether.

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