There are
numerous reasons why I chose ‘rainbows and dewdrops’ as a name for my blog.
I’m
passionate about a lot of dissimilar things. I have views on social issues, new
discoveries, Bollywood, new food joints, books that I read, that four-letter troublesome word love, music, my little writing experiments and on. I couldn’t
tie them all in one word that made sense.
Then, over a
phone call, my dad came up with ‘rainbow’. Apparently, rainbow depicts variety.
So like those seven distinct colors, I could present my scattered observations/rants/ short stories (like rainbow, multi-faceted)/random poems (like dewdrops, tender and tiny) under one roof, merely separated by labels.
Sounds fine,
right?
Now another
interpretation of that title, unlike the one Dad gave, is its indirect
connection with our lives. We have these rainbow moments, glorious and evident,
that stick out in our face and dance. And at times, dewdrop moments. You’ve to
look closer to find beauty in those jiffies of happiness. So if buying an I-phone
is a rainbow moment, buying a cute cover for it is a dewdrop.
Besides, dewdrops
also speak for tears.
Better, I
guess?
But the
final reason, and probably the truest of all is that, let’s face it. That name
sounds musical. Like the clinking of wind chimes.
No matter
how old I get, I’ll always love fairytales, hugging a giant teddy bear when I
see it, strolling around pretty stationery section at a super market just
because everything in there is vibrant, watching Disney animated movies and
reading books like Harry Potter and HSM stories from East High. So it was only
a matter of time until I named my blog that reminded me of my childhood and all
things pretty.
To sum it
up, I like the sight and sound of rainbows and dewdrops. SO that was my final
choice.
Ps: the
names I thought of before Dad gave me my Eureka moment were: life in a
retrospect (I know. Sounds like a blog of a fifty year old), Booktique (Taken!), Personal Archives, Nerd World, In the name of Geeks. Meh.
Though, if
any of you like any of these names (maybe because they suit your blog ideas
better) you’re free to use them.
