Vodaofone Woman with a Fake American Accent : May I take your name M’am?
Me : Oh ! Yeah!! Sure! Sindhuja Vijayaraghavan.
VWWAFAA : Sindhuja what?
Me : *Phew!! Ok!* It’s Vijayaraghavan
VWWAFAA : Err.. What?
Me : Ok.. It’s V-I (This was not the first time after all!)
VWWAFAA : V-I
Me : J-A
VWWAFAA : J-A
Me : Y-A
VWWAFAA : Y-A
Me : R-A
VWWAFAA : Smirking.. R-A
Me : (What’s your bloody name? Something like Ayyampettai Arivudainambi Kaliyaperumaal Indra, right ?? Then you don’t have any bloody right to smirk at MY PAPA’s name! Helllooooo.. It’s MY dad alright?!?!) G-H-A
VWWAFAA : G-H-A (She finds it difficult to breathe!)
Me : V-A-N
VWWAFAA : V-A-N. Is that all M’am? (With the audible sarcasm!)
Me : Strange that you haven’t stumbled upon this name, despite being a south Indian.
VWWAFAA : Sorry M’am! I actually hail from…..
Me : *Born in Uganda! Studied in Pondicherry!!*.. Yea.. Whatever
VWWAFAA : Awryt Ms. Sindhuja Vraavan
Me : *Adipaavi, vidiya vidiya kadhai kettuttu, seethaikku raavanan sithappa va?* No That’s ok.. If you cannot get it right, I can understand.
VWWAFAA : Err.. Sorry M’am, if I had offended you.
Me : That’s all right!
The point is this : It’s really stupid when people act like they find it difficult to pronounce a bunch of names, just to send a subtle hint of pride on their faked-up accent. Helloo.. In case you did not know, Obama can pronounce ‘Gandhi’, the right way. So No thanks! We are not really interested in figuring out if your faked-up accent is anywhere close to the original one.
P.S. : 10 mins after the conversation was over :
Appa(over fone) : Hellooo
Me : Appa!! First, pera mathungappa! Uyire edukraanga 
