Theos-Talk Archives (May 2008 Message tt00206)

Here is some interesting info on names in India.

For a long time, most in India had only one name. Just the given name. When
British came to India, they brought the Roman Custom of two names. So they
told everyone should have two names. So many just prefixed father's given
name or the name of the city where their ancestors came from. Some just
added as a suffix the profession they are in. You will see Xyz Contractor,
Abc Engineer, Pqr Vakil. Many in rural areas still have only one name --
their given name.

So for many in the West it can be very confusing since going by the "last
name" you cannot detect family relationships.

mkr

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Jokela Petri <jokelap@dnainternet.net>
wrote:

>   They are husband and wife. So that is why I belive Nandan is only true
> relative to Radha. Uma is onlt trough Nandna, indirectly. I have visited in
> their house. They are very nice couple. Uma is a superintendent of
> Leadbeater Chamber. His husband writes some article´s to Adyar newsletter
> every now and then. He is retired conollel of Indian army. Nandan always
> helps people with travel plans. As he has travel a lot around India for his
> work. Without him we could not have done the visit in Mumbai as largy in
> short time as we did. We kept telling him that he should found his own
> travel agency office as he knew better than travel agancy offices in
> Chennai. In one office they claimed that there is not such a place in India
> than Dharmasala. Also Radha´s father was N. Sri Ram. N stands for Nilakanta.
> In India things are sometimes opposite to western. Just like J.
> Krishnamurti. Krishnamurti is his first name, Jiddu his family name. -----
> Original Message ----- From: MKR To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com<theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:52 AM Subject: Re: Theos-World Fwd: [theos-l]
> For the record: List of Officers at Adyar For general information, Radha
> Burnier's paternal grand father's name was Nilakanta Sastry. Looks like both
> Uma and Nandan might have gotten their names from him. mkr On Mon, May 5,
> 2008 at 11:43 PM, Jokela Petri <jokelap@dnainternet.net<jokelap%40dnainternet.net>>
> wrote: > Sorry Pedro, even though you are supporter of Radha. I just do not
> > belive that Uma Nilakanta is relative to Radha Burnier, but his husband >
> Nandan Nilakanta. Let me know if I am wrong. PJ ----- Original Message -----
> > From: MKR To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%
> 40yahoogroups.com>Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 4:51 AM Subject: Theos-World
> Fwd: [theos-l] For > the record: List of Officers at Adyar The existence of
> the annual report is > a news to me. Thanks mkr ---------- Forwarded message
> ---------- From: > prmoliveira <prmoliveira@yahoo.com<prmoliveira%40yahoo.com><prmoliveira%
> 40yahoo.com>> Date: May 5, > 2008 8:06 PM Subject: [theos-l] For the
> record: List of Officers at Adyar > To: theos-l@yahoogroups.com<theos-l%40yahoogroups.com><theos-l%
> 40yahoogroups.com> Two messages > recently posted on theos-talk display
> incorrect and untrue information about > officers at Adyar. I tried to post
> this reply on theos-talk but my > membership there is awaiting approval by
> the group owner. One of the > messages is about the General Manager of the
> Adyar estate, Harihara > Raghavan: --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com<theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%
> 40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk% > 40yahoogroups.com>, Mon May 5, 2008 1:35
> pm,"Jokela Petri" <jokelap@...> > wrote: > He is a relative to Radha, He
> is a general manager of Vasanta Press > as far as I remember. I have had a
> luch with him and his wife in their > house. Very nice couple. He used to be
> general manager of Adyar Library > about 10 years ago. PJ > For the record,
> Mr Harihara Raghavan is not a > relative of Radha Burnier. Besides being
> General Manager he is also a member > of the Executive Committee. In another
> message it is stated: --- In > theos-talk@yahoogroups.com<theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%
> 40yahoogroups.com> <theos-talk% > 40yahoogroups.com>, Mon May 5, 2008 1:36
> pm, "Jokela Petri" <jokelap@...> > wrote: > Nope, mostly they are Radha´s
> relatives. PJ ----- Original Message > ----- From: Anton Rozman To:
> theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%
> 40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk% > 40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May 05,
> 2008 6:49 PM Subject: Theos-World > Re: TS Elections - Radha Burnier's
> Health Is there any public list of jobs > at the TS Headquarters? Anton >
> The official "Hundred and Thirty-Second > Annual General Report of the
> Theosophical Society 2007", published by the > International Secretary at
> Adyar and send to all Section of the TS world > wide, on its page 33,
> includes the following list of Heads of Departments > for 2007: General
> Manager: Mr S. Harihara Raghavan Adyar Library: Director - > Dr. S.
> Sankaranarayanan Librarian - Prof. C. A. Shinde Bhojanasala: Mrs > Sudha
> Natarajan Garden: Mr Shailandra Agrawal Housekeeping: Mrs Radha > Muthiah
> Information: Mr Conrad Jamieson Leadbeater Chambers: Mrs Uma > Nilankanta
> Maintenance: Superintendent - Mr M. Dharmalingam Medical Service: > Dr S. D.
> Inbaraj Museum and Archives: Dr C. V. Agarwal Sanitation: Mr D. V. >
> Subramaniam School of the Wisdom: Mrs Dolores Gago Security: Mr J. Suresh >
> Theosophical Publishing House: Mr S. Ramu Vasanta Press: Mr S. Harihara >
> Raghavan The only relative of Radha Burnier in the above list is Mrs Uma >
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