Hi — I’d Like You to Meet Me
Pranshu Dwivedi — the person behind The Maverick Files
I’ve written for over three years under this pseudonym. Today, I am ready to write under my real name.
Hi — I am Pranshu Dwivedi.
I was 14 years old and studied in ninth grade. Our mid-term exams had been graded, and our English teacher was declaring the results. She came in beaming and proud. The principal of our school was also the English teacher of grades 11th and 12th.
“I am coming straight from the principal’s office,” she announced.
Usually, that meant trouble. But she seemed too happy, almost child-like excited, so we were hoping that wasn’t the case.
“The principal agrees that three of the essays from this class are as good or better than some of what she has read with the much older kids in 12th grade.”
A murmur went through the class as everyone wanted to put their guesses out on who those three would be. I was quietly hoping I’d at least be one of the three.
She then announced the names — the first two names weren’t mine — they were two of my best friends.
“The third one also happens to have scored the highest in the overall exam. It is Pranshu Dwivedi.”
