He was born around 8pm on 14th of august. And from then on pumpkin is what I have called him and will do so until he holds a gun to my head! I have another 21 years! Or do I? considering the coorg clan is unique and protected and priviledged when it comes guns and gun laws….
Pumpkin and his mom are one bindaas combination. Rarely have I seen a first time mother so relaxed and chilled about her just-born. M didnt panic when the baby was crying, didnt panic when a newbie-to-babies held pumpkin, didnt panic when someone with a dreadful cold (read:me) played and multi-kissed pumpkin, didnt panic if pumpkin refused to be fed, didnt panic if he overfed; basically her panic button disappeared and her maternal instinct matured!
I'm proud of you, M. Proud of how you have dealt with pumpkin, pre and post production! :D
The 24-hr labor was nothing compared to finding a name. Choosing a name: never did I realize what an unnerving task it could be. He had to be named according to the star sign. At least one of his names - either the calling name or the official coorg name. Scouring through the net, I found a dozen names but none seemed truly fit for the new hero. His folks also had some choices, but nothing that got everyone’s approval. In the course of this hiliraious name-searching trip, (that came up with bodhan, jashith, bopanna, jeet, jeegar, and what nots), I came to realize why some folks (esp the malayalees) would prefer to pick out combinations of phonetics and or parental names, than to actually log in a high amount of cyber or otherwise footprint! more on this thought later.And so finally, M & P picked a name. And how. They wrote down 4 choices and picked chits. The winner > Jashan Beliappa. And it worked out that both names fell under the star sign. I kind of consider it an apt name. What with coorgs closely linked to celebrations at the drop of any hat anywhere in the world. Especially, M & P.
And by the way, pumpkin, you can hold me responsible for your calling name.
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