Koushik is a gothram name in the Brahmanas and im proud to belong to this gothram. Also my name is Koushik. Im sure people with this name like to do things differently. Just take the example a Canadian musician named Koushik. he has created a record of making many pop albums. Im gonno soon follow his footpaths and im sure i will become a great Indian koushik musician in the future..lolz!