My name is Salil. Don't get it? Let me spell it out for you - S-A-L-I-L. Kindly pay attention to the 3rd and the 5th letters of my name - both are L's. That is L for Lamp, Lion, List, Lollypop, etc. By "L" I mean the 12th letter of the alphabet!
I hope I have made myself clear - so next time you call me Salim OR Salin OR Sanil OR Sahil OR Saumil, I am NOT going to respond! I know it is a rare name but then even I have had to get used to names like Pratyaksh, Fenil, Vivan, Rushikesh, etc.
If it is still difficult for you, I will be considerate enough to let you call me by my pet name - Sunny. Now that's easy, isn't it? It used to be my real name until I was 3. Then people thought that Sunny sounds like a Dhaba's name so they changed it to a supposedly refined 'Salil'.
Anyway, let's not digress. I call people by their wrong names all the time but I do so purposely since I remember their true names. So you can call me by any name for fun but at least you should still remember my real name!
