Asin says that her name means pure and something without blemish. Her parents did not want her name to have and relevance to caste, creed or religion. The letter ‘a’ comes from Sanskrit and ‘sin’ comes from English. She says that one cannot recognize if it is a boy’s name or a girl’s, so when she travels, most of the time, her documents say Mr. Asin. She also says that she tries to live up to her name. Also that she has never heard of anyone else having her name. I haven’t either, have you?