{"id":76063,"date":"2026-10-19T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/?post_type=article&p=76063"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:58:33","slug":"everyones-got-an-sir-story-nonprofit-humour","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/article\/humour\/everyones-got-an-sir-story-nonprofit-humour\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone’s got an SIR story"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Being born in the right order isn’t enough<\/h3>

“Ramesh is now Suresh, and Suresh is now Ramesh,” the SIR list decided about a father-son duo. It took them considerable effort to prove who was the father and who was the son.<\/p>

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2. Who needs a heads-up when you eventually find out anyway?<\/h3>

Last year, the government demolished 300 homes in a district in Delhi. This year, the SIR deleted 1,200 voters who still live in the area. It seems you can lose both, your home, and your right to vote out the government who took it.<\/p>

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3. Finding out you can’t vote while trying to contest elections<\/h3>

Rakesh went to file his nomination for the ward panchayat elections in Rajasthan, only to discover that the SIR had deleted his name from the voter list.<\/p>

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4. The truth of two Indias<\/h3>

Two Indias, one voter list: for some, proving you exist is a struggle; for others, kaam ho jayega<\/em>.<\/p>

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Illustration courtesy: Ishani M<\/em><\/p>\n

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