Wednesday, November 14, 2007

What's in a name?

I would say there is a lot to a name. Shakespeare may have said that "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." but in this world of branding, name is what people will remember.
Well there is a purpose to this post. Recently, I took part in a Bollywood style dance group and we performed at different community events. A few of us girls have started this group and would continue performing and pursuing our passion for dance.

Now, I am looking to name our dance group. I have a few names in mind but looking for more ideas. Do you have any nice dance group name ideas? Just have a couple of conditions

-- Right now, we are just a girls group but we could have guys in our dances, so the name has to be universal.
-- The name has to have an Indianness to it yet appeal to the international audience. Hindi/Sanskrit/Urdu words alone or along with additional English words will work.
-- The name should not be too long, so you can't pick one word from each language I mentioned above.

So, what do you think? Can you be the one to name our group? Please leave your name ideas in the comments section. To actually entice you to think and give out ideas, I will reward the person with the name suggestion that I like the most. You need to have a blog, so that I can leave a comment on your blog if you are the winning comment and get your mailing address. The reward will be an ethnic Indian silk purse perfect for you or the lady in your life.

I hope I receive lots of creative and unique names for the vast sea of minds out there.