Bloody surnames!

Surnames or family names are plague the world don't want to get rid off. I am not wrong. I don't say people should be ashamed of announcing their family names, but I believe it should not have more priority than our first names.

Some don't like surnames because their surnames are funny. Like the family name " kakku" , some names are pretty embarrassing. Some are hard to pronounce and some are hard to spell ( I am a victim of this category family names),  but mostly they reveal a lot about our ancestors, where they lived, what's our caste and sub caste. I don't mind if the person gets some knowledge out of my surname, but usually his behavior and treatment towards me changes after that. It could be in a negative way or in positive, if he wants to hate me or like me, it should be based on me but not on my surname.  Of course it might be essential to reveal it when one is searching for bride or groom, but absolutely unnecessary when you are in a party and socializing.

Why can't they have the confidence that their first names, their behavior and  their looks are  enough to make nice impression. Of course many think even their surname is not good enough so bring out the caste in small talk too.

I am not all will support my views on this but there is one guy whose support i can count on. That guy is late M.K.Gandhi,  just because his family name is homonym with surname of indira gandhi's husband . Of course there are  other reasons why some people dislike him, but this should not be one of them.