And the baggage (unintelligible) leads to redefinition and self-description of a group, you know.

NPR: Words Matter: Terms of Global Conflict Debated

Of course, your self-description must be true, resonant, and believable to those who know you.

FORBES: Reputation Trumps All -- Define Your Brand and Live It in the New Year, and Beyond

Amjad Malik QC, president of the Association of Muslim Lawyers, said the survey involved "self-description" and it was wrong to think that one in five young males in custody were "practising Muslims".

BBC: Rise in proportion of young Muslims in jail

Among this smorgasbord of stories, one of the most endearing is a description of Ms Apt Russell's own experiment with self-starvation.

ECONOMIST: Hunger

She is a serious, self-contained woman dressed in saffron and red and frowns at my description of Shiv Sena as a party of violence.

BBC: Shiv Sena knives: At the sharp end of Indian politics