The term Nahdu or Nadu has various meanings that encompass a central idea. In Tamil its original meaning is “the cultivated or settled area”. Some of its other meanings are an equilibrium, a source, the approximate middle point, a place or part of anything (the central region), a territory, a body of people, and the system of, governing a state, a country. A country or place is the sum total of the lives that reside within it. A country is represented by the people, the animals, the insects, the plants and the minerals. All the kingdoms of nature. To the planet, a country is as an organ or a limb is to the body. Though unique and identifiable it is but a piece of a whole. Call Me Nahdu is the affirmation that "I am the land, the people, and the planet. The sum total of lives on earth represents the life of the planet and it is the life of the planet that resides in me, as me. So although my name may be "insert your name" (unique and identifiable), you can "Call Me Nahdu".