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First India Jaipur
|April 24, 2025
Renowned entrepreneur and Shark Tank India judge Anupam Mittal is being widely praised for challenging age-old naming conventions with a powerful personal decision.
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In a heartfelt post on LinkedIn, the founder of Shaadi.com and People Group revealed that he deliberately chose not to pass on his name to his daughter Alyssa as her middle name—a practice deeply rooted in Indian tradition.
This story is from the April 24, 2025 edition of First India Jaipur.
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