Rahul…
Is this the most popular name in the country???
There isn’t a day without being pelted by that name from some or the other quarter … added with various surnames.
There was a time in my life where a couple of friends answered when called by this name …. followed by a phenomenon called Rahul Roy ….. whose jazzy hair actually swept the country till he arrived on the screen for the second time (god knows when he did that) well to give him some credit he was the trend ‘setter’ for the mane on the generation to follow………. Months later got a glimpse of the handsome son performing father Rajiv’s last rites who got lost with his Columbian gf only to resurface to keep the dynasty alive… as ‘Rahul’ got a Gandhi by its side.
And there was Rahul Bajaj…. Who preferred his Surname to take the Indian middle class for a ride for almost a decade and a half… and how can I forget to mention the great Rahul Dev Burman who makes Indians jingle all the way.
As time flew by, Rahul re-surfaced without any surname in loads of characters mesmerized by Shahrukh Khan in a dozen n half movies making ‘its’ popularity raise like its beholder's movies, followed by loads of ads which had the sons, boyfriends, husbands, brothers called by this famous name.
Is this the most popular name in the country???
There isn’t a day without being pelted by that name from some or the other quarter … added with various surnames.
There was a time in my life where a couple of friends answered when called by this name …. followed by a phenomenon called Rahul Roy ….. whose jazzy hair actually swept the country till he arrived on the screen for the second time (god knows when he did that) well to give him some credit he was the trend ‘setter’ for the mane on the generation to follow………. Months later got a glimpse of the handsome son performing father Rajiv’s last rites who got lost with his Columbian gf only to resurface to keep the dynasty alive… as ‘Rahul’ got a Gandhi by its side.
And there was Rahul Bajaj…. Who preferred his Surname to take the Indian middle class for a ride for almost a decade and a half… and how can I forget to mention the great Rahul Dev Burman who makes Indians jingle all the way.
As time flew by, Rahul re-surfaced without any surname in loads of characters mesmerized by Shahrukh Khan in a dozen n half movies making ‘its’ popularity raise like its beholder's movies, followed by loads of ads which had the sons, boyfriends, husbands, brothers called by this famous name.
And there was my fav the chocolatee cute Rahul Khanna on the MTV and Rahul Dev heating up the ramp.
Between these ... rose the great Indian wall, Rahul Dravid….... this is one surname which gives a lot of respect to Rahul along with a Bajaj and Burman. What great men they have been!!!
And so over a period of time, lots of Rahuls have entered my life as neighbours, nephews, cousins, etc… wonder if their parents r so transfixed by the name that it had to fall on their children.
Now as the Gandhi scion looks like taking the mantle of his father, grand mom, and great granddad, gave me a jitter as to the success ‘Rahul’ bought to its bearer, making it a most sort of and lucky name.
Untill ……….. a ‘Mahajan’ was associated with it. What a graph Mahajan has given to ‘Rahul’ --- father’s death, popularity, BJP Ticket……… and Cocaine……
Well if someone’s behind to get this “lucky” name ……… read Mahajan.
I am curious to see how ‘Rahul’ is going to resurface in my life as time flies by ….
but to think of it ……Whats in the name anyway?
