A small square of plastic, no bigger than a credit card, is all that stands between Pralhad Dandekar and his ability to bring home food for his wife and two daughters.
It is a special identity card, issued by the state government, which all fishermen on the open seas are required to carry.
Dandekar, a wiry 58-year-old, says he applied for the card two years ago.
"I wait, wait, wait," he said.
India has a huge identity problem: too many people like Dandekar struggle to definitively establish who they are. Indians of means can flash passports, driver's licenses, and credit cards, but the poor rely on a jumble of electricity bills, ration cards, voting cards, and …
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