What is there in a name? There is more than what meets your eye or ear. Well, the Bard may not agree. So be it. Picture this, or take for instance, Mumbai… for erstwhile Bombay. A panacea, for regional jingoism? Your guess is as good as Anna Hazare’s respect for politicians. Yet, a change of name, yet again, may be what the good doctor ordered for the Great City’s good: from Mumbai to Mumbaii.

Genuine empathy and disbelief in God do not go hand-in-hand. You either make a pretence of empathy, and disbelieve in God, or you believe and exhibit genuine empathy, act positively, instead of indulging in hypocritical rhetoric.

We can perceive things because we are part of the tangible world in which we live and also see, feel, and experience. You may relate to this uniqueness as perceiving the world itself through oneself.