There have been tons of Appaiahs at Cottons, but none are related (to the best of my knowledge :-). Appaiah, though (like all other Coorg names) is a given name, and not a surname. The 'traditional' Coorg naming system is AB Name, where A is the 'Family' name, B is your dad's name, and Name is the given name. Hence, a PB Bopanna and a PB Chengappa are likely to be brothers, but PB Bopanna and MD Bopanna are as likely to be related as a Ravi Jain and a Ravi Kumar.
This naming system is pretty common across South India, with the number of initials varying, and denoting village, father's name, etc. In my case, though, I'm an army kid, and my early years were in North India, where the schools followed a First Name Last Name system (especially with admission forms, etc), and so my dad's name ended up as my surname. This is becoming more common now among Coorgs, and even among South Indians in general. -Lahar On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Dave Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 2:49 AM, Lahar Appaiah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My alumni listing has Infosys, Wipro, National Law School and Bishop > > Cottons > > Bangalore. > > > > > A fellow Cottonian! And another in the long list of Appaiahs to attend > Cottons (though it is a common name I suppose). > > DK (ISC/ICSE from BCBS in '89/'87 and yes, I was on the quiz team) >
