Sounds of a Conch shell
Kan we believe that names are not the central part of identity?
“In ‘Kanchan’ there is a ‘can,’ as in ‘can-do,’ or ‘yes I can,’ or ‘can you help me make this better?”
Are we capable of forgetting our names? I can’t forget my name because it no longer feels like a name but a distortion. The distortion takes apart every word, and where the “can” and “ready” have a potential to be seen, it becomes smeared with ketchup, trash cans, and toilets.
“In Kanchan Pothireddy there is also a ‘ready,’ as in ‘ready to go,’ or ‘ready to dive deeper.”
No one remembered that.
Chan can be chin, chen, science. But it would also serve as capable, conscientious, comfortable. Except, I don’t think I would ever feel comfortable and at ease hearing conch-in. Or ken-chin.
“In ‘Kanchan’ there is a ‘can,’ as in ‘can-do,’ or ‘yes I can,’ or ‘can you help me make this better?”
How the hell do you pronounce my name?
“In Kanchan Pothireddy there is also a ‘ready,’ as in ‘ready to go,’ or ‘ready to dive deeper.”
At least 10 different variations come up for “Kanchan.” Where I hated introducing myself to someone new because I would remember the tens of hundreds of variations that “Kanchan” became.
I had to remember the
variation of “Kanchan” for school,
variation of “Kanchan” at Krav,
variation for “Kanchan” at the gym,
variation for “Kanchan” at dance.
I could not mess up which variation went with which location because then people want to know why someone else is saying your name differently. I also couldn’t stand my family’s questioning looks when they hear one of those “twisted” variations.
“In ‘Kanchan’ there is a ‘can,’ as in ‘can-do,’ or ‘yes I can,’ or ‘can you help me make this better?”
“In Kanchan Pothireddy there is also a ‘ready,’ as in ‘ready to go,’ or ‘ready to dive deeper.”
a Name, perhaps a name tells you what someone calls themselves so is that a label?
We label jars.
We label inanimate objects.
We treat people like they’re objects.
In the end, making someone else’s identity
mutated.
I didn’t realize that’s how you felt. How do you actually pronounce your name?
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I genuinely have no idea.
