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My name is Sravya. It’s not “Shravya” or “Suravya” or “Stravya.” It’s simply Sravya, a smoothly flowing Telugu name that means melody. Since I can remember, my name has been butchered by almost every single person I’m introduced to.

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The Quad: Name pronunciation speaks to student identity, culture

By Sravya Jaladanki

Nov. 2, 2016 2:20 p.m.