Ever since I shifted from my hometown
Kolkata, in 2003, I realized how difficult it was to write or pronounce my name!
Back in Kolkata, it was easy because
the word has a bengaliness to it. Besides, ‘su’ means good, and ‘pratik’ means
symbol. So I thought I was a good symbol until I went to Kerala. From Sabarnika
to Sampritik to Supratick to Sampriya it has travelled a lot with variations
like Sputnik, Samptik in Chennai, Banglaore, to some shockers like Mrs.
Supratika, Suptratik Ma’am in Hyderabad.
It was just at a time when I was beginning
to generalize this as a South-Indian challenge that the real shocker came to me from
Delhi. I went there with my colleague to give a two-day training on marketing
skills to a group of workforce of my client organization. My colleague handed
me the hotel bill and said, with a grin, Supratik, I think it’s for you! I saw
my name spelt as Suprabrick, and this was their second attempt you know…the
first one, the one I saw with a scratch had a ‘d’ in place of ‘br’!
For my friends, this is
Supratik with which you may or may not add a Mr.!
Cheers!
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