By Gopal Ethiraj, Chennai
CHENNAI, 24 July (asiantribune.com): Launching the Chennai Corporation’s ambitious gold ring scheme to popularise Tamil names to the newborns at its maternity hospitals, yesterday Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin, came out with his child-name ‘Ayyadurai’.
Distributing over 250 mothers the government’s gift of one-gram gold ring for their newborns for christening Tamil names at a function at Anbagam, DMK’s youth wing office, Stalin recalled the circumstances under which he was named after Russian Communist leader Josef Stalin.
“Several years ago at a prize distribution function in Dindigul, a girl student asked why I didn’t have a Tamil name. I explained why it was so and now want to share that with all of you,” Stalin said.
“My parents decided to name me as Ayyadurai, a combination of Dravidian leader Periyar (Ayya) and famous Chief Minister C N Annadurai (Durai). But then, news of Russia’s Communist leader Josef Stalin’s death trickled in, which changed my father’s (M Karunanidhi) mind.
“As my father loved Communism, he named me M K Stalin as a mark of gratitude towards the Russian leader,” the Deputy CM added.
He congratulated Mayor M Subramanian and Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni for coining such a good scheme to promote Tamil names among Chennaiites.
Among the beneficiaries was Rajeshwari, Chennai Corporation’s councillor for ward 19. She received a gold ring for naming her son Thiruchelvan. The other babies had Tamil names like Tamilarasi, Tamilchelvi, Poongodi, Kalaivanan, Malarvizhi, Ilakiya, Tholkappiyan, Nandakumaran, Madhavi, et al.
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