What's in a name
I hate my name. Just going to jump right into it. For years I've had to explain to people how I got my name. My name is S* Krishna Rao. And to keep it simple, for the longest time, I've gone by Kris. Because S is my first name, people always ask where the Kris comes from. I tell them it comes from my middle name. However, my first name is actually the family name. They usually ask how do I pronounce my first name. As it is a long Indian name, with 12 characters. I always tell people it's just as it reads. Simple really. And then I'd explain it's origin. How it really is the family name. How my a-father took what was his family name and placed it in front of his given/first name. This is typical of the region he belongs to in India. This did however make it his first name when he filled out documentation when he moved to the States. And thus, Rao became the last name that a-mother took as it was a simple and easy last name. When I was adopted, my a-mother deci