Sunday, February 11, 2007

Average Mo.


I noticed this phenomenon when I went to Omra in Mecca. I found the Saudis calling the Indian servers at Tazej Mohammed. Any Indian they saw they called Mohammed. The problem was that all these servers had name tags. When I came back I noticed the Kuwaities doing the same thing. How absurd! why Mohammed, out of all names for Indians why Mohammed. I have never met one Indian named Mohammed, not one. The closest thing I got to an Indian named Mohammed is a Pakistani I know named Mohammed. Most Indians I have met are named Kumar, Raju, Ashok, Thomas, Krishna, or the evermore famous Babu. These guys didn't even say Baisab [Brother], but preffered Mohammed. This thing ticked me off so much I had to find out the reason, why these people use this name. The best answer I got was that Mohammed is good name. I agree Mohammed is great Muslim name, it is the name of our Prophet Mohammed. The thing that's even worse is... is that no one gets a response from the name. Indians don't resposnd to this name because that isn't their name. So if you ever have the urge to shout out Mohammed, just remember that Kumar, Raju, Ashok, Thomas, Krishna, or Babu will get you served much faster.

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