Real names are never random. So are nicknames. Nicknames, just like real names have some logic, concept, story or reason. I have been known for two really very weird nicknames. Actually make it three.
- suvapapa
- 07Ronin
- Bhayankar Shankar
The first one, dates back as old as 1997, when I got internet at home and probably one of the first few thousand customers of Etislat proudly to say “I have Internet”. During the selection of the username, three choices were given. I obviously did not understand at that time what a username meant. I left the decision to my dad. He came up with a brilliant idea, invented “suvapapa”. I thought SUVA was about his name “Sunder Vasumal” and PAPA just becuase he is my father and loves me so much. Alas, I realised every two letters are for the first names of every member in the family and he explained : su=Sunder, va=Varsha(mom), pa=Payal(sister), pa=Paras. Tadddaaaaaa.
The second one was out of obsession for my passion towards Robert de Niro, after I saw his movie Ronin. I saw it 5 times and changed my MSN nickname to 07Ronin. Even “07″ had a logic. I loved Golden Eye, and thought of 007Ronin. But then i said to myself, i will let Pierce Brosnan keep his charm and just borrow his 07.
For the third one, I praise Kunal Sadani. My dearest friend. We were a Counter-strike clan together, calling ourselves the Shankar Brothers. He was Narayan, I was Bhayankar.
