Thursday, April 9, 2009

Nomenclature

This blog has nothing in common with the book 'White Tiger' mainly because author of White Tiger won a booker prizer and author of this blog hasn't won a thing in life. No pity or sympathy is welcome as the author is mediocre but arrogant.

Namkaran of the blog was perhaps the hardest part of opening this blog. I needed a name which would epitomize my journey so far. 'Loser in a one mans race', 'Dreams or Shackles' , Incarcerated' were few options which popped up in my mind, but none of them seemed right. But, one day i stumbled across the term 'Paper Tiger' which is a literal English translation of the Chinese phrase zhǐ lǎohǔ (Chinese: ??????), meaning something that seems as threatening as a tiger, but is really harmless'. Eureka! this was it, it was as if some chinese fellow in Xang dynasty saw me coming back then in some crystal ball and coined the term 'Paper Tiger'.
Drunk in the success of my discovery, I screamed out loud to the world announcing my new name. 'You are not a paper tiger, you are a toilet paper tiger' thundered a friend of mine. And so i agreed and so i named the blog. Stay tuned for the adventures of this tiger...

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