Today Blue Dart sent me an SMS to say it has delivered a packet—to Shalini. Good for them, and for Shalini, I thought. But why were they telling me? *baffled Shail*

Jokes apart, because of course they meant me—what’s with these name games? Sahil, Shali, and now Shalini. Whither next?

Hmm… On second thoughts, it appears they’ve taken a leaf out of my own book and are reading it back to me.

You see, some years back, I began—innocently enough—by calling Goofy the dog “Softie” (because, duh, she was soft). Before I knew it, I was addressing her as “Soap Box.”

The journey went something like this:

Softie
Choppitee
Soppu Petty (Malayalam for the next step)
Soap Box

So perhaps I shouldn’t complain. Blue Dart is merely evolving Shail in the same way I evolved Softie.

I can only hope they don’t eventually soapbox me! 🤨

©️ Shail Mohan 2026