Hello.

 

My name is Anirudh Shiva and I was never supposed to write an About Me.

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Not if it were up to my parents at least.

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They were convinced I was going to be a girl.

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My name was going to be ‘Nisha'. 

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Then I showed up. Bringing with me a panic storm.

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“It’s a boy? Are you sure? But we didn’t even pick out boy names!” my mum cried.

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While dad just scratched his head, confused.

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So, to defuse the tension, my uncle shot out the first name that came to his head.

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“What about Anirudh?”

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My parents looked at each other, looked at him and said, “Yeah, sure. Guess that works.”

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So if you have trouble pronouncing my name, don’t blame me. I’m not even supposed to be here.