स्री लक्ष्मी सुन्दरवल्ली

I always wanted a name that began with A for my child. Navy had no problem with that for his child. So that made naming our child far simpler. Neither of us were in favour of a conventional or an esoteric name. It had to have Indian roots though.

Not one to busy himself too much, Navy asked me to come up with a few names for boys and for girls which I equally liked. So that we would agree on any that he chose. I picked my few after having ensured that they sound good with his name suffixed.

My list read:

Anushka- Very international and yet very Indian. Meant the favoured one , lightening & one with no enemies (in Sanskrit) and the youngest (in Russian)

Aditi- a name I wanted for myself when I was a child, being a big fan of Aditi De in Quiz Time or some Business Quiz

Ankita- Just sounded nice and musical

Arnav- a union of Navy and my name, meant the Deep Ocean I think

Adwait- fairly uncommon boy name

Anirudh- same as Anushka, Global Indian type.

Navy picked Anushka and Arnav. In the end Anushka won. Not quite sure if there will be an Arnav or not.: - )

The fine print: We spelt it without an O since the sitarist spells it so . Our Anush had to be her own person. That we were sure of! And the title- Sri Lakshmi Sundaravalli - is Anuhska's ceremonial name ( both her grandmas' names)