Tuesday, April 21, 2009

American Born Confused Desi Cat

So Raina and I were conversing today while I was folding laundry. I was reminding her that her friend "I" was going to have a baby brother soon. Ergo, we wouldn't be going to NY for a while to see them.
Me: "Aunty is having a hard time figuring out what to name I's new baby brother."
Raina: "I know the perfect name! She should name him 'Sock.'"
Me: "'Sock'?!"
Raina: "Yeah, I like that name."
Me: "I think Aunty wants him to have an Indian name, like I."
Raina: "And like you and me and Rohan and daddy..."
Me: "Yes. All of us have Indian names. Except Pikey (the cat). Poor Pikey. We should have given her an Indian name too."
Raina: "Let's give her an Indian name!"
Me: "We could give her an Indian middle name. Do you have any suggestions?"
Raina: "Parvati. I think we should name her Pikey Parvati."
Me: "I think I'll call her 'Paro'."
Pikey Parvati, you're officially an ABCD cat now.

11 comments:

Choxbox said...

AB Cool Cat!

Rohini said...

congratulations on the naming of the new ABCD! I love the name - Pikey Paro....

A Muser said...

Now to get her to actually respond to Parvati or Paro may take some time...

Mystic Margarita said...

What a perfectly cool name! Pikey Paro - the ABCD cat! :)

Mamma mia! Me a mamma? said...

Hahaha! Love this!

A Muser said...

Thanks again, ladies!

dipali said...

Now that is a cool cat!

A Muser said...

:)

Anonymous said...

a muser:

pikey हो या पारो
कोई फ़र्क़ नहीं है यारों ;-)

i thought pikey was a tomcat.

- s.b.

A Muser said...

Nice verse, s.b.! Nope, Pikey's a Paro alright...

Anonymous said...

a muser:

are you gonna get raina learn kannada and sing this song to the cat? ;-)

if our recent experience (in bengaluru) was anything, a whole lot of pets and babies will be named 'paro!'

- s.b.