Nice IDs :)

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 29 May 2009, 15:02

I presume, my nick name is Erode Nagaraj.

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 29 May 2009, 16:27

I was thinking Arasi madam with a stick on hand (ChenGol)

- not that way ; Rather very strict. But her photo looks her to be a pleasing personality . generally you associate a name with a figure what you have associated already. That way IDs are useful. Like Allah. You dont how he/she would look like. So I wouldn't know how our 'Punarvasu' Madam would look like

Srikant, Srinvasraghavan, ganesh are very common figures fortunately. For example I have seen Erode14 , Mrindangam , coolkarni, so no issues. But in villages nick names are very common. I was called 'VelLai Paacha' (White cockroach - I am fair & Paacha in Malayalam means cockroach) in my village. One of my junior batch fellow has done a Phd in Tamizh (seriously) on nicknames (punaipeyarkal)

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 29 May 2009, 18:33

Quite amusing, vganesh ji.
I hope you can bring your friend to this forum and let him discuss with us on this topic!!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 29 May 2009, 20:21

Whatever be the name you choose, guard your password with caution since Jokers can steal it and post garbage here and get you into trouble. One such case happened here a few years ago and we had to take a tough action. The member (who is now in good standing) claimed ignorance and stated that he had forgotten to logoff and his computer was used by his colleague to post nonsense. Be aware of such pitfalls/practical jokes and guard your identity with care!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 29 May 2009, 20:52

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 29 May 2009, 21:00

am i glad i had not chosen a 'cool' name like 'DKPLOVER'

(in fact she is my all time favourite from childhood onwards!)

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 29 May 2009, 21:07

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 29 May 2009, 21:29

vasanthakokilam wrote: Later on, when we all moved to rasikas.org, there was an occasion to change it but by that time the id had stuck and I decided to stick with it at rasikas as well.

Similar case here too. Although my handle here at Rasikas does not fall in the category of the interesting IDs .. - It happens to share part of my name, as well as a rAga.

-Ramakriya, in the real world known as Ramaprasad.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 29 May 2009, 21:35

Really

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 29 May 2009, 21:35

Wondering why i didn't pick a nick name!! May be, time to register with a new id);-

My favorite ids are mridangam & vidhyarti, and ofcourse arasi & braindrain.....!

-hari

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 29 May 2009, 22:22

vganesh -

coolji-

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 29 May 2009, 23:50

Nobody can have 'nick' name

Our Nick already has it

(paradoxically it is not a nickname but his real name

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 30 May 2009, 00:16

cml,

If we have to ask in 'Visu style'-
If Nick wants to pick a nick name, what nick name will he pick?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 May 2009, 01:13

Only Nick can reply to such a nick-picking query

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 30 May 2009, 03:37

but will he do it in the nick of time?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 30 May 2009, 03:42

I debated about picking a pseudonym but decided that Lakshman was unique enough since not many have this special name.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 30 May 2009, 04:00

ragam-talam wrote:but will he do it in the nick of time?

or will it get 'nick'ed by some one consequential, or inconsequential?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 30 May 2009, 04:01

Lji you are unique indeed..both in name and in deed. May be it is time to sing - lakshmaNa nI samAnamevarurA?'

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 30 May 2009, 04:13

lakshNamAna peyar, Lakshman!

Hari,
HanumAn would have been suitable--in that you bring good music with speed like Cool, and as Lakshman brings lyrics and Ravi his translations and VK all the rest...

We cannot be nitpicking when Nick might be 'picnic-king' in the lake district...

cMLoVer,
And all this time I thought you had pledged your heart to MLV!
Did not know you were Durusuga KruPa...

Punarvasu,
I like your rAma tAraka nAmam.

ragam-talam,
A succinct name.

Ramaprasad and Ramakriya are both nice.
And I like inconsequential, perarulalan and many others. Where is Ninja the great these days? He was kind enough to invite us all to his wedding.
Yes, Erode Nagaraj is a 'palavum 'pun'aibavar punaip peyar!
Mridangam and sankirnam, vidyaarthi, and the list goes on of the names I like...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 May 2009, 04:35

arasi
I got hooked on to the patriotic songs of DKP long before MLV appeared on the scene!
Do you remember her 'thaayin maNikkoDi paareer' which we used to sing in those days long before janagaNamana became the national anthem!

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 30 May 2009, 05:51

Came across two more just now: gardabha_gana and matterwaves (totally brillliant!).

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 30 May 2009, 06:36

arasi, thanks; I have always heard my grandfather/father say 'RAMA' so often and icidentally it(punrvasu) is my star.

Did anybody mention 'gnAnasoonyam'?

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 30 May 2009, 07:09

CML/DKPLOVER and Coolji/gulagarni,

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 30 May 2009, 07:59

gardhaba_Gana and gnyanasunyam are one of a kind too. I always read matterwaves as wavesmatter, for no known reason!

CML,
I do remember singing tAyin maNikkoDi pArIr and on Independence Day getting miTTAi! We wore pAvADai caTTai which had the national flag's colors in them. Tricolor, like Trinity is a good ID name--unless it means a chameleon who changes his color.

And punarvasu,
I think you have a lovely real name as well!

And, how about vainika? Sounds more poetic than violinist.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 30 May 2009, 10:15

@ arasi

wavesmatter? Maybe you haven't come across de Broglie's theory?

sankirnam · Post by **sankirnam** » 30 May 2009, 10:17

Oddly enough, there are not that many members who have chosen laya-related names... perhaps that goes to show something about the interests of the average rasika...?

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 30 May 2009, 10:50

Sankirnam, probably. It is almost always easier for rasikas to learn how to identify ragas and connect to the melodic component of music than to keep track of talam, understand the thani, and appreciate the laya aspect. This is probably the reason that most rasikas identify more with mAta than pita. I'm not sure if we are hardwired to be attracted more immediately to melody than to rhythm. A reasonable litmus test for rasikas is: If you had a choice to attend either of two concerts of artistes you know absolutely nothing about, one advertised as a raga concert comprised exclusively of raga alapanais (a la Balachandar) and the other a tala vadya concert, which would you choose to attend?

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 30 May 2009, 11:37

Another oddity is the id combining wife's native place and her name yes,youhave already guessed it Does it not sound better than Samakkulam Balu .gobilalitha
The id akso contains the name of a raaga' lalitha'. Another instance of partiality for a raaga based id
iS LALITHAPANCHAMAM,the correct name of Lalitha raaga? gobilalitha

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 30 May 2009, 11:47

rshankar, you said it;
Ther is none equal to Lji, in providing the sahitya the minute it is asked for. A really great person indeed; my pranams to him.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 30 May 2009, 12:13

bilahari wrote:This is probably the reason that most rasikas identify more with mAta than pita.

Well, there's at least one id here that salutes both mAta and pita.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 30 May 2009, 12:19

RT,

You're exceptional.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 30 May 2009, 12:56

(blushing) I know.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 30 May 2009, 13:33

@ gobilalitha

Where's this Gobi?

I used to read your name as gobilatha earlier (stem from a gobi plant/tree? -- I don't know what it grows as).

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 30 May 2009, 14:38

Gobi stands for Gobichettipalayam, ,a small town near Erode... gobilalitha

Always_Evolving · Post by **Always_Evolving** » 30 May 2009, 15:42

ROFL at Cool's post #55
A classic.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 30 May 2009, 18:00

aDa EshvarA

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 30 May 2009, 18:08

Coolji,

post 55 was awesome

IIRC, there was a picture post of this visit in the DKP thread.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 May 2009, 02:58

Reminisce that scene in
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... ch-28.html
(Watch Easwaran protecting his Girl from the 'vultures' of the Forum

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 31 May 2009, 03:07

But the vulture isn't there in the picture

And going back to interesting IDs, I like ennasolven, manavantra and catchhoney too.
And as for Rajesh, do not address him as Rajeshnath. He does not like it. 'My name does not have an extra h' as in Ramh's name', he would protest. No numerology here, he would say...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 May 2009, 03:10

cultured vulture's nature is not to be in a picture

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 31 May 2009, 08:06

srikant,
Perhaps matterwaves was inspired by the quantum scientist to choose that ID...

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 31 May 2009, 08:59

Deleted - Duplicate post

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 31 May 2009, 08:59

Always_Evolving wrote:

Now that is an ID that has fascinated me - evolving from what to what?

Losing the Rh factor? Not having wisdom teeth?

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 31 May 2009, 09:05

@ rshankar

I think she means that Carnatic music is always evolving -- or that she's constantly striving to know more and more about it.
---
Usually people delete the second post when they accidentally repeat.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 31 May 2009, 09:31

'Always vigilant ' is a good one too, srikant! Ah, the young ones!

Always_Evolving · Post by **Always_Evolving** » 31 May 2009, 10:50

Actually I chose that ID for another discussion board at mothering.com, where parents sound off each other on creative parenting /discipline/ etc.. I participate there in the hope that it will help my own growth and evolution to be a better mom. Stuck to the same ID here, evolution can be in other things too!

I did not mean that CM is A_E, though of course it is.

rshankar wrote:Losing the Rh factor? Not having wisdom teeth? wink

Pardon my obtuseness. I didn't get the joke!!

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 31 May 2009, 17:27

Deleted duplicate post

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 31 May 2009, 17:29

Always_Evolving wrote:I did not mean that CM is A_E, though of course it is.

That's a worldview we abhor. Of course Carnatic music is not evolving. CM is a fossil that dates back to circa 1847 and our only goal should be to preserve it in a mixture of formaldehyde, ethanol, etc... With these solvernts in mind, I even considered creating a handle for myself called "enna_solvent", a sort of plagiarization of enna_solven

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cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 31 May 2009, 19:13

Don't mess up with the ultra-conservatives; they will rather kill their own mother than let their pet CM icons redecorated. By the by 'cmfanatic' is still available if anyone of them wants it

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 31 May 2009, 20:04

Always_Evolving wrote: Pardon my obtuseness. I didn't get the joke!!

Some Homo sapiens have 'evolved' to the point that their red blood cells no longer carry an antigen found on the surface of rhesus monkeys (the Rh factor, and the Rh - individuals). Similarly, as wisdom teeth become vestigial, they are not formed in many people.

I am eternally indebted to my daughter's orthodontist who told her that I was way more evolved than she is because, not only am I Rh - (as she is), I also do not have any wisdom teeth (while she has all 4). So, these days, when we have arguments about taste, I always claim that mine is the one of more 'evolved' beings, and offer to call Dr.____ for confirmation!

Uday_Shankar wrote:With these solvernts in mind, I even considered creating a handle for myself called "enna_solvent", a sort of plagiarization of enna_solven .

U_S, carrying that joke/thought further, if you had done it, and posed the handle as a question, I guess the answer would have been 'an abrasive one'!

(No offence - just a tongue-in-cheek remark)!!