[Reader-list] UID CARD Doubts

[Taha Mehmood]

Dear Bipin,

Thank you for your response.

You seem to suggest that as of now we have to carry a variety of
'identity' documents. UID will provide us with one document. And since
this document will be used for all contexts therefore, in your opinion
we will not use our identity but it will strengthen us more.

Now I am tempted to regard this view as confusing. I think the view is
clearly confusing because of two reasons. First, any document which
claims to 'strengthen' my identity presupposes a clear nature of my
'identity'. If we take identity as a whole then please tell me whether
name, age, gender, date of birth, nationality, religion, caste,
language and region are the only aspects of this thing. Are there no
other aspects? If there are, then could a UID number claim to truly
represent who I am?

Second, clearly a UID number will be an add on to my fuzzy notion of
'identity'. Your claim is that it will 'strengthen' my identity. Does
strength comes only by adding something to an existing thing? Can't we
lose something and gain strength at the same time?

Warm regards

Taha