The sign on the placard waiting for us when we arrived at the Hyderabad airport read "Mr. Grishma Singh". Then, when we were driving to the hotel from the airport, I sat in the front seat and was the only one speaking to the driver. The driver didn't speak English, so I spoke to him in Hindi. When my mother's friend called the driver to check in on us, the driver handed the phone to the white male in the back seat who has been speaking in an American accent the entire time and hasn't spoken a word of Hindi.
My mother's name is technically a male name, which she attributes to the commonly used "Mr." with her name in India whenever a driver comes to pick her up from the airport or the company makes a hotel reservation for her (similarly to "Kyle". I assume it's a male from the name each time, but I have met a couple of females with that name). But that's not true with my name. Can you even think of a male name that ends in an 'a'?
I've been staying at this hotel for about 2 weeks, but the room is still booked under a "Mr. Grishma Singh".
And this shows up at our doorstep every morning with the newspaper:
My mother's name is technically a male name, which she attributes to the commonly used "Mr." with her name in India whenever a driver comes to pick her up from the airport or the company makes a hotel reservation for her (similarly to "Kyle". I assume it's a male from the name each time, but I have met a couple of females with that name). But that's not true with my name. Can you even think of a male name that ends in an 'a'?
I've been staying at this hotel for about 2 weeks, but the room is still booked under a "Mr. Grishma Singh".
And this shows up at our doorstep every morning with the newspaper:
(I thought it was a poorly written 's', but compare it to the 'r' in my first name)
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