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Why Changing Your Name for Job Prospects Feels Like Betrayal

I changed my name from Priyanka to Priya on my resume and suddenly started getting interviews, but every time someone calls me Priya I feel like I am erasing myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional advancement demands cultural erasure, forcing a choice between authentic identity and economic survival.

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“Where Are You with Cultural assimilation vs. preservation?”

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