hi

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Fri Sep 3 20:59:08 UTC 2010


On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:55:39PM +0530, Parshwa Murdia wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 7:22 AM, James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     I think they were assuming you were a lady. For most English only people a
>     name like yours can give confusion re gender. I'll admit to not knowing but
>     it's not so terribly important for now either ;)
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, they might have confused but I am a male and from India. In a country like
> India (which is of course great and have the largest possible diversity in the
> world), my name clearly signifies the sense of masculinity. But
> internationally, it might be confusion in the brains of the people where
> traditions deviate that from India. Though I have no complaints from them as
> one may confuse unknowingly. But from the traditional Indian ethics (called as
> 'Bhartiya'), my name is a pure Sanskrit (the most ancient language of the
> world) word and readily understandable as a masculine one. However, in any way
> or other, it isn't a topic to discuss here, especially at this moment of time.

True but it's interesting.

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Bob Holtzman
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