Sounth indians in general, have names without surnames. This is one experience of a very good friend of mine. This person too fell in that catregory of south indians without a surname. The first semester of college had started and the entry forms were to be filled with pirticulars of self in it that would go in the college records.
The form had the usual options under the category 'name' that asked for the surname, firstname, lastname. This person like every south indian, wrote (substituting the original name with my name as an example) :
Surname : NIL
Firstname : Shriram
Lastname : Neelakandan
and the result was that the person had the word "nil" entered in the register against surname!!!!!
say for example, Nil Shriram Neelakandan !!!!!
the nil lingered on for one full year and appeared on all the printouts , the attendance registers etc. Was a big time comedy then!!! I used to imagine the face of the lecturer while reading the name on roll call and laugh!!!!....
So every time i see a form, i make sure that i leave that surname section blank or strile it out totally to avoid confision!!!
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