The Name Game

(continued from previous post dated 28th Jan)
The introductions were over. I told her that I was involved
in the arms business. Few nomenclatures now had to be
established. I decided to call her Neela.......

lea - I received ur "other" mail, the server couldnt hold it back, it
seems :-)) I will reply to that separately. You didnt like the name
bandopadhayay, anyway it was toooo long for me to type everytime.
I would call you "Mita" as in "Mita" or "Bud" as in "Buddy" if you
allow me. In case you dont like either, please let me know what you
would like to be called, do let me know. As for me, you can call me
anything (Neela, nilima.........anything) as long as its not honey,
sweety, cutie and all that. BTW, Any particular reason why you
chose Neela ?You call me an easy going person.........what makes
you say that ?
How long have you been living in Delhi ? We were in Noida quite
some years back, when I was doing my grad from DU. Got lots of
friends there.Thanks for answering all my questions about ur
profession. Dont worry I will not ask you any further due to the
sensitive nature of ur work. Oh I remember someone telling me
that he had to wear a cyanide capsule around his neck because he
was doing some research work at the Bhaba Institute because of
the kind of work they do. And I had believed him !!! Oh, please
dont think I am making fun of your work or anything, just
happened to remember that incident.
And what is this about "convoluted, sarcastic, laboured" humour etc
etc. I genuinely find your mails funny (not in a derogatory way) and
as I said thats one reason I respond. But of course I know nothing
about your nature so cannot comment on your cynicism, but I will
surely let you know if I feel that way ever. For the time being lets
just take it that you write quite well. And now you can pick yourself
up from the floor :-))
I am no Diva and you are no shrink. Shrink sounds too american,
we desis, dont need shrinks, we are too smart for that ! Thanks for
calling me a sensitive person, I try to be one, that sometimes creates
problems for me though, but nevertheless.
Oh I pity you for having lost a golden opportunity with "Ms Urszula
Sciborowska". But dont worry, yeh nahi to woh sahi :-))
Looking forward to the life and times of ........ it would be great if you
choose a name for yourself, it is becoming exceedingly difficult.
......... (Do let me know mine too)
One last thing - I have deleted your first mail. I think you
mentioned you were married, are you. Dont bother to answer of you
find it awkward or too personal. It doesnt make any difference to
me anyway, I just asked because as I said I have deleted the first
mail of yours where you introduced yourself.



kband - Dear Neela, joy at last to recv ur mail b4 i hit the sack.
While toying around with ur pseudonym, I chanced upon this
precious gem glittering with all its sincerity and candour. It suits
u perfectly, let me know what u feel. Let's just get over my name
part - call me Rana, that's how they call me at home. Just got
time to tell u that I'll b goin to Meerut tomorrow........



(to be continued)