Inspired by Induslady's latest thread-How Did you come up with your user name?

My dear Priya
You have a very valid point there. In the initial stages, cheeniya turned out to be very enigmatic and the major confusion lying in the area of my gender. While women started viewing me as a rival for no reason, men started falling in love with me! In the chat rooms of Rediff, men were fighting to death in attracting my attention! Even when I told them that they were barking up the wrong tree, they came to the conclusion that I must be a married middle-aged lady with a couple of school going kids! Initially all this confusion was giving me unbridled mirth but over a period of time, it started getting on my nerves. It was then I started signing as Sri but that did not bring down the gender confusion either.

Soon I started feeling like a 'Nabumsakan' and I had to set right the record urgently and firmly. It was then I started announcing my age and gender loud and clear. I told that cheeniya was more like the picture of Dorian Gray behind which there was a lot of unpalatable truth! Over a period of time, the craze for my hand subsided and I soon became a venerated old man. But as you rightly surmise, in this process of revelation I have suffered a bit. I have lost the verve and enthusiasm to spin out tales of youth and its fallibility that regaled everyone. If at all I write an OP now, it is more about planets that missed earth by a hair's breath and the like and not about the hair on my face and its stark truth! In retrospect, I realise that cheeniya too has become insufferably old and hackneyed!
Sri

 

My dear Syamala
I thank the the Providence that made you peep into my Ramblings and take an instant liking for them. Thanks a lot for your very liberal praise which I attribute more to your sheer indulgence! I used to be a very regular writer but nowadays I spend more of my time in writing FBs to others' threads and also in the Finest Posts Section. I love my interactions with ILites who hold me in such love and affection.
Cheeniya is another shorter version of my original name and is a bit uncommon. As someone once told me, it also comes close to meaning 'sweetness'!
Sri

 

Dear PS
Thank you for your liberal appreciation. A lot of people use their real names and with a great degree of success too. Meenasankaran, Shyamala1234, sudhavnarasimhan are some of the popular members who come to my mind. Just look at the names of members in the index and you will find many who have opted for their real names as ID. You, PS, are one of my favourites. So don't despair!
Sri

 

Dear Aria
Let me tell you that some of my classmates had names like Pitchammal, Maragathamani and Abhayam. The poor girls did not have the escape route that the modern girls enjoy and they were stuck with their cradle names. To add to their woes, the boys gave funny twists to their names and came out with awful nicknames.
I have been having this handle for years but it needed you to point out my French connection! Thank you!
Sri

 

Dear kaniths and VanithaSudhir
Please note that I have moved your posts here:
http://www.indusladies.com/forums/new-member-area/6463-how-did-you-come-up.html
Sri

 

Dear kaniths
From a notification from my gmail, I could see that you had posted the following message initially:
Why? When you & Viswa sir can talk about how you came up with nicknames... can I not here? :roll:

You probably had a change of mind and altered it!
This thread was written by me as my usual Ramble and had nothing to do with the one opened by Induslady. That's why I added the words 'Inspired by' to the title. All the subsequent discussions centered around what I had originally posted. I shifted yours since it had nothing to do with my original thread.
I hope you understand the rationale behind my action.
Sri