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I know...we'll call it India!

Sandeep Sood - October 28, 2006

I usually like to stick to fluff on this blog, but once in a while I'll report on real news as well. You know, stuff about India that actually makes the US media (besides nuclear weapons)... Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are going

to adopt an Indian baby. You know what? I can put aside sarcastic hang-ups and live with that. Maybe even respect it.


Besides, they've already scored a Cambodian and an Ethiopian...this addition should round out the Benetton commercial nicely. Put 'em in some brightly colored polo shirts and snap away some smiley pictures.

But, then I have to go and read this:



According to the source, whether they end up choosing a boy or a girl, "they'd like to name the child India to honour its homeland".



India? India? You can't even pick a state or something? Call it Tamil-Nadu, that has some hyphenated appeal! Or name the precious little thing Punjab...she'll have a similarly named playmate. Maybe make the paparazzi check their spelling a few times and call the baby Thiruvananthapuram. But, India? If you really want to honor our homeland, name it this, this, or maybe even this.



Come on, Angelina. I know you haven't been feeling too well, but you used to wear a vial of your husband's blood around your neck. That was creepy, but definitely creative. What happened?


On the same subject, Manish Vij has a great Rushdie citation over at his blog.

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Posted by Sandeep Sood at October 28, 2006 10:59 PM

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Anybody can name their children whatever they want. Its a personal choice
Why should you or anybody else for that matter have a problem with that?
I think the adoptions are quite commendable- certainly do not warrant this blog which is parochial and narrowminded. celebrity bashing is old fashioned now

How about they round it out with one of their own? Or is there some reason they can't have one the old-fashioned way?

Just asking...

Hey, there's India Arie, don't forget. No one seems to mind in her case.

Maybe they should call a child after the African country "Chad." He could grow up and do a TV show called "Hanging with Chad".

Anyone want to name their kid "Darfur"? Or a nice girl's name: "Rwanda."

Other great geographical kids' names, anyone?

Uh.. Yogi.. they did just have one the 'old fashioned way' ... Shiloh. She's only a few months old so i'm really surprised that they're already talking about another one? This is the first i've heard of it. And There is India Arie.. theres also a famous singer.. i forget who it is.. Macy Gray? something like that, her name is India. India is not an unheard of name here in the US so its not too surprising that they want it for the name. Whats the difference between naming a girl India and a son Bharat? (i hope it'd be a girl, as everyone here named India is, so that might be odd for the poor boy)

Although, i think its a little too obvious to be creative and i think they should name her something thats in an Indian language. I don't know about Thiruvananthapuram (My teachers have enough trouble with Ameya! ha!) but summin.

*shrugs*
Where did you hear about this? WHY ARE THEY HAVING 3 BABIES WITHIN 2 YEARS? that can't be very nice for the kids.. parents should try to have one infant at a time so as to sufficiently bond and such with them..

Oh, and Sandeep.. I think naming a child "tata", here at least, would honest to god border on child abuse. that does not mean car here!!!! LOL. Chicken Makhani would be a better option than that. :D

I really admire Angelina Jolie. Who cares if she wants to adopt 15 children from all over the world-at once. At least she's giving them love and protection. If she wants to call her kid 'Global Warming' so what??

'parents should try to have one infant at a time so as to sufficiently bond and such with them..'

Excuse me? She can have as many as she wants, however frequently....

Also, why does it surprise you that the headlines in the Indian Nationals state this about AJ and BP. Indian newspapers are more concerned about Sachin Tendulkar's injury/Britney Spears, than people carrying out state organised terrorism or hard ground hitting facts about everyday life in India..most nationals reporting is puerile and celebrity focussed and mostly so unintellgible that you wonder how most of them classify themselves as journalists in the first place.

Isn't it interesting how the media always presumes that this sort of thing is what the populus wants to read about..when most of the time people don't really give a @h@t!!! :-)

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