What's in a name ?

We were expecting our second child and were in the process of finding a suitable name. We requested Kushaal who was then 4 1/2 years old to suggest a few names. He suggested "Jason", "Mathew" and a few others. We told him that these were Christian names and we wanted a Hindu name. When he asked "What is a Hindu name ? " ,  to keep it simple we told him that anyone who prays Lord Ganapathi is a Hindu. Names like "Aryan", "Manav" etc are Hindu names. So he quickly said, let's keep the baby's name Jason and make the baby pray Ganapathi and the name would become a hindu name. (lol)

Cars from God

My son , Kushaal is 4 years old now. He has a little cousin, Aryan who is 8 months old. I was teaching Kushaal not to kick Aryan and told him that children are like God. Immediately he said, "Because he is God, He must now give me a car!".

Why bagarrr rahee hon?

I was driving my car today with my 3 year old in the back seat and taking him to school. Suddenly he asked me , "Papa, why... whyyyy thum gaadi bagggar rahe hon?". I didn't understand first. But after a while I knew he was asking me as to why I was driving so fast. kids are damn smart...My son can tell me when I drive faster than usual on those streets. I had to say sorry and slow down ;).

Why are some of the names so hard to remember?

I will be moving to Virginia soon, you know the usual bad economy taking a toll of software engineers in silicon valley. So I have been preparing my son for our move to Virginia. Poor fellow always gets confused with the name. This morning he was asking me, "Papa..., In march whenryu going to Janvania?" He intended to ask , Papa, In March when are you moving to Virginia? lol.....names can be real confusing....