Our names play a great role in our lives, It has been a favorite, interesting subject for me. New interesting names with unknown meaning arouse my curiosity.
But, here my topic of concern is the role of a name in females lives. When a girl gets married, first thing changes is her name. She adopts the family name of her husband and with this her identity changes. And in today's global world, it is not just about the name change, this change needs to be reflected at so many places like your identity card, driving license, etc., and it is an expensive affair.
And, in today's modern society, where relationships are so fragile, that if someone gets divorced or remarried, again need to change the name and go through so much paperwork. So who says, what is in the name...
Money is such a crucial player in all these processes. When you date a boy or girl, you spend money on your loved one. Again at the time of marriage, and nowadays, breaking a relationship is an equally expensive affair.
I mingle with people of different nationalities, so get to know many stories or customs related to the name. In southern India, people have usually long names as it is customary there to include the names of their father, and grandfather as well. Recently I came to know that this is also true in some German regions as well, where instead of the father, mother's name is included.
When you get to know oriental people from China, HongKong or Thailand, they do have 2 names, one Chinese or Thai and the other English name.
But, here my topic of concern is the role of a name in females lives. When a girl gets married, first thing changes is her name. She adopts the family name of her husband and with this her identity changes. And in today's global world, it is not just about the name change, this change needs to be reflected at so many places like your identity card, driving license, etc., and it is an expensive affair.
And, in today's modern society, where relationships are so fragile, that if someone gets divorced or remarried, again need to change the name and go through so much paperwork. So who says, what is in the name...
Money is such a crucial player in all these processes. When you date a boy or girl, you spend money on your loved one. Again at the time of marriage, and nowadays, breaking a relationship is an equally expensive affair.
I mingle with people of different nationalities, so get to know many stories or customs related to the name. In southern India, people have usually long names as it is customary there to include the names of their father, and grandfather as well. Recently I came to know that this is also true in some German regions as well, where instead of the father, mother's name is included.
When you get to know oriental people from China, HongKong or Thailand, they do have 2 names, one Chinese or Thai and the other English name.
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