The recent cyclone got much accolades for her fancy name than the havoc wreaked. Digging into the matter as how this ceremonial baptism takes place, I was taken aback by the findings. M sure the process must be action packed to christen the cyclones. Our neighbouring nation halted at 'Laila'. Oh wait! The guy who suggested 'Why Laila, why not Shakira' must have been subdued.
If you thought, honouring the 33% reservation and exulting the women power, the cyclone got the feminine name, you are in a big fallacy(Link). The team is just too smart to evoke any gender based riots (They were not smart enough before 1979 as the list was populated by only female names). Glad, they realised it soon. Yes Smartie, the next cyclone will be a dedication to the male community. Infact, its already been maned as 'Bandu'(Did you say Ridiculous!!?). Surely, its not as enticing as Laila or Katrina, but its a clever move. Come to think of it, we are not only far ahead in predicting the next cyclone, we are playing safe by implying 'You better behave properly, we have a friendly name for you'.If the intellectual in you mocked saying 'Why all this exercise? Why not go with W1, W2, W3..?', I would say it lacks all the flamboyance. The human nature does not go with 'Whats in the name?' ideology. We relate, remember, reminisce a lot by the very names. Hey there, Shall I suggest the next name??!! :-)
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"Laila.. O.. Laila.. " song from Sholay, do you remember that?? I remember!! May be because of the "LAILA.. " :-) So may be some fool like me, might have thought that, by keeping a name "laila.." for a cyclone will ultimately leads us to allocate bits and bytes from OTP(one time programmable memory) of brain.. and we won't forget the cyclone in life time. Writing was nice. What name do u suggest for the next one?!!
@Aras- Tats left to one's imagination :)
They have a flamboyant name to keep the headlines more interesting, to keep the killing personal... I addressed the exact same issue here in my recent post -- http://gtoosphere.blogspot.com/2010/05/kites-cannes-and-laila.html
@g2- yes, I happened to read that just yesterday:). 'Killing personal' is so very apt and true.
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