Why "Aryan" isn't a great name for kids abroad
Ramesh Chander
ARYAN, ALONG with Dev, Raj and Rahul has become one of the most used names in Bollywood movies. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in Indian parents who have named their kids Aryan.
Personally, I believe Aryan is a really nice sounding name. It has a great meaning in India. But what many Indians don’t realise is that the name “Aryan” has a completely different meaning abroad. In most Western countries, including America, the name “Aryan” is associated with Hitler, Nazism and race-supremacist. “Aryan” is a hate word in America and Europe (“Aryan Nation” is a notorious racist organisation here).
Unfortunately, most people in America don’t know much about Indian history; they don’t realise that “Aryan” and symbol “swastika” have completely different meaning in India.
When one of friends was making some greeting card on her screen, with a Swastika sign, her colleague stopped by and angrily asked her “What are you doing? Why is that symbol on your screen?”.
Only when my perplexed friend (who didn’t know the significance of swastika here), explained the meaning of the symbol in India, the colleague calmed down.
When my friend’s kid named “Aryan” joined a pre-kindergarten class with my son, the teacher practically refused to use the name. My friend had to personally meet the Jewish teacher and explain to her that Aryan was not meant to be the Jew-killing Hitler, but had a different meaning.
These incidents might be isolated, and indeed the Western world might become more aware of the different meaning of this word later. But think twice before naming your son “Aryan”. If your son is in America or Europe or ever visits there in his life, do you want your kid to ever feel down or feel different based on a still largely unacceptable name. (Remember the movie “Namesake”?)
Thoughts of a 72 year old retired Indian scientist , who is an astrologer, a translator of prayers and poems and a story teller to children.
3 comments:
Dear Sir,
All I wish to say is that Thank you for posting this blog.
With Regards From Sydney, Australia.
The term "Aryan" is what the ancient people of what we today know as the "White" or more specifically the Nordic race called themselves. This was a herder/warrior people whom conquered everywhere they went.
The political corectness gone mad today, is only trying to make White societies weak and self hating. With deceit and lies, making a people distantiate to their native culture heritage, the mongrel (lower caste) races hope to achieve pollution of the pure mind.
This whole act is in fact seen as UN NOBLE by those who can see through the lies. Hence why this special ancient people came to call themselves the "Aryans" (Noble ones)
So it is still today not wrong to use the designation "Aryan" to an individual or a people composed of the same racial element as the ancient Aryans. One should break through this political correct madness.
White power to that, friend.
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