Communal Relations - Conflicting Narratives

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Ramana - some patient names in Pondicherry where I studied used to fascinate me. They are definitely deep South, Tamil Nadu and speaking of desanskrtization - probably that as well.

Examples are Machai Gandhy (female name NOT Gandhi - pronounced Gun-dhi). Pichaimuthu, Sengodan, Sengottuvel, I know of a man whose name was "AnandRaj" or some such thing who converted the same name into pure Tamil and called himself "Arima Magizhko"

Sengotuvel is an all time favorite of mine <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->