Sorry, That’s now how you say my name.

You are pronouncing my Asian name incorrectly — but that happens to be my fault

Nikhil Vootkur
4 min readJan 3, 2020

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Take a look at my name for a second — “Nikhil Vootkur.” If you’re alone, feel free to say it out loud and if you aren’t, say it in your head. I can almost guarantee that you said (in air quotes) it wrong. But, before you worry, that’s not your fault — It’s mine.

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Nikhil Vootkur

Studying Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora @ Tufts University. Writes about identity, politics, and culture