I go by that name now.
And no, unlike Krishnaswamimoorthyrajanakrishnan who changed his name to 'Chris' and Kozhiyaliyarani who changed her name to 'Kelly' (LOL), Meghan came about involuntarily. Ok I'm kidding, I don't actually call myself that but everyone else seems to. Sigh, no white folks, I don't blame you for (slightly) messing my name up. It's only natural that you would read 'Meghna' as 'Meghan' since that's the name you're used to. I ignored it in the beginning - somtimes shrugged it off, sometimes politely corrected it, sometimes just let them call me Meghan.
But the final straw was when we received a beautiful hand-made quilt as a wedding present from a very thoughtful person. I excitedly pulled the quilt out of the box and unraveled it. And there, very legible and clear, written on the quilt were the words 'Jonathan and Meghan - Jan 7, 2013'. Not meaning to look a gift horse in the mouth (it truly is a lovely quilt and all) but come oooon!
Sigh.
So I've made a decision. 'Meg' is what I'm going to use hereafter. It's simple, a short form of Meghna itself and, most importantly, isn't Meghan.
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