India, April 23 -- Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal shared a thought-provoking post on LinkedIn about his daughter, sharing that he decided to give her a unique middle name that promotes gender equality.

Deviating from traditional Indian naming customs, Mittal said instead of using her father's name as a middle name to be later replaced by her husband's name, his family decided to give their daughter Alyssa a unique middle name - Anantara.

"It's a quiet tradition. So quiet, in fact, that most don't question it. But we did. And instead of Alyssa Anupam, we named her Alyssa Anantara. "Anantara" - which means limitless. Rooted in Ananta, another name for Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom. It's a small thing. A name. But also.not so small," ...