What’s in a Name!
“Baby name?” “Krishnan Srinivasan.” “You’re the mother, Ma’am?” “Yes.” “Your name?” “Gayatri Vathsan.” Pause. Whether the pause was because my surname is different from my son’s, or just unfamiliar, I don’t know. “Vasanthan,” wrote the nurse taking down my son’s case history. “Not Vasanthan, Vath-san,” I pronounced. “Watson,” she wrote. I gently took the pen […]