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Odd circumstances, odder names for newborns

Berhampur: Salmon did not witness the harrowing arson and violence of Kandhamal district. But he will remember in the rest of his life about the communal violence and the adverse circumstances when he was born.

Salmon was born in the hospital at Raikia, the day when the district was burning literally after the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxmananda Saraswati. His mother rushed to the hospital from a relief camp at raikia, where the family was staying after being rendered homeless at her village Dandibengia, near Raikia in the violence.

Swimming against tide

Salmon was born in odd circumstances. It has prompted his parents to name him Salmon. “Salmon is a fish born in the river after swimming thousands of miles against the current. We have decided to name him Salmon initially”, said his mother Timati Digal, presently taking shelter at a relief camp at Raikia. His name may be changed later, said his father Rohit Digal.

Similarly, Shantamani Digal has chosen to name her newborn as Danga (riots).

She has chosen to name her son as Danga, because he was born on October 6, when the district witnessed widespread riot.

Shantamani, wife of Trilochan Digal of Taladandapara in Raikia block of strife-torn Kandhamal district delivered the baby at Raikia hospital.

She was taken from the relief camp in Raikia. - PTI

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