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Many people assume by my name that I will be Japanese or African-American. It is disconcerting to see advertisements for "Kashi Go Lean" or "Puffed Kashi" cereal. No one in elementary school was ever able to think of a mean nickname to go with "Kashi". I always stand out at job interviews.

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I was conceived in Benares so my American and British parents decided to name me after that city. Although as a young child I longed to be name Cindy, I later realized that my teachers and eventually employers always remembered me because of my unusual name. I have never told anyone my name with out a conversation about it. In the 1980s, a cereal with the name of Kashi Cereal was marketed, and eventually became very popular. I ususally have to jokingly tell people that I was invented first. For most of my life I was the only Kashi I new, but I have since found others on Facebook and MySpace.

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Meanings and history of the name Kashi: | Edit

Kashi is the original name for Benares, which is now called Varanasi. It is a city in India, the oldest living city in the world. It means "Light" or "Enlightenment". It has traditionally been used as a boy's name in India, but can also be used for girls.

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