Tillotama Shome

Tillotama Shome Instagram – The above slide is courtesy @mythopia_
The mythological origins of my name provided me little comfort growing up, as it was complicated and difficult to pronounce.
As I grew older, and struggled with self esteem, the name took on greater irony.
Now, when I actually feel the most comfortable in my skin and with the name my grandmother gave me, I read this post from mythopia, and a new meaning emerges, and I feel uneasy.
Two men fight over a woman, and kill themselves, such was her beauty. Oh dear…a woman is weaponized.
As Tilottama becomes one of the pseudonyms for yet another ghastly crime against a woman, I feel a bit untethered.
Perhaps crime against ALL women can be remembered by the place where it happened or by the name of the perpetrators, as a uniform protocol.
What’s in a name etc notwithstanding. | Posted on 05/Sep/2024 17:24:54