Mollasia
Melissiya
Milisha
These are all names the cook at our home stay would call out when she was looking for me and that I would answer to. ( the only one I refused to answer to was malaria).
Here in the city I have acquired many new names including Mona lisa, Liza, Malasia, and greenie ( I wear a lot of green).
My name is hard to pronounce and remember for people; it is an uncommon name here. It doesn’t bother me though, I love that they try and they want to get to know me. Besides it's kind of fun to have new nicknames and believe me it’s a two way street; I am awful at remember/pronouncing South Asian names.
Besides it’s not my name that I want them to remember anyway, it’s the father’s.
