Prove and Approve

What a relief.. Finally I am done with investment proof submission for this year, and more importantly all my proofs are approved. Every year I undergo this exercise around this time-frame and I wonder why we need to prove everything? But then, we are proving something or the other all the time. Are we not?


This proving and approving has become an integral part of our lives. When we have to prove we were born by showing 'Birth certificate' and death also needs to be proved by 'Death certificate'; the journey has to be full (of) proof(s). 

I have to prove 'This is me' all the time. Have to carry election card for assessing my voting right, Office ID card for entering my work place, driving license to prove i am eligible to drive, pan card as a proof of my income status, and now newly introduced Unique ID (आधार card). All these can be proof of my identity. Even there is no-one ensuring all my cards are actually holding valid and in-sync information; these can prove I am 'me' than 'me' being present there myself. The person who approves these proofs is also holding some 'card' which holds power to approve. It's like we are trapped in card's world.


I now have so many cards in my wallet (all proving it's me); it almost feels like multiple identity disorder :-)