For a migrant to Delhi, obtaining legal identity is a tough ask | The Indian Express

For a migrant to Delhi, obtaining legal identity is a tough ask | The Indian Express

Written by Saikat Bose |Updated: October 14, 2019 9:28:23 am

For a migrant to Delhi, obtaining legal identity is a tough ask

If any Indian is asked what is the central question in his mind at this point, the answer, in most cases, would be linked to identity. Who is he? Which side is he on? Where does he belong? Can he prove he belongs?

When a landlord refuses rent receipts to his tenant for filing HRA claims, the latter forges his signature and makes a fake receipt.

Before I moved to Delhi, a friend told me, “You are moving to the city of migrants and djinns”. All this while I believed I am the migrant, now I am not sure.