Do I Need to Be Something to Be Loved? My father named me Purna. In Sanskrit, it means complete. Whole. Flawless. But somewhere along the way, friends found it easier to call me Puran. Just like that — one letter slipped, and the name changed. Nobody planned it. Nobody decided. It just happened the way most things happen in life — quietly, without permission, without announcement. And I think about that sometimes. The name that was supposed to mean complete — got altered. Became something slightly different. Something a little less perfect than what was intended. Maybe that is the most honest thing my life has ever told me. The Weight of Having to Be Something There is a quiet exhaustion I carry. Not the kind that comes from working too hard or sleeping too little. It is a different kind. The kind that comes from constantly arranging yourself. Adjusting. Performing. I have to be smart enough. I have to look good enough. I have to say the right thing at the right t...