India, May 7 -- He keeps his laminated identity always handy, right inside his pants pocket. The Aadhaar card informs that Lakhi Sahu, son of Garbhu Sahu, was born on the New Year's day in 1957. This makes him almost 70. Isn't he too advanced in age to be a rickshaw puller? Lakhi Sahu shrugs. He has been in this profession in Delhi since 1984. Sitting on his rickshaw's passenger seat, he graciously agrees to join our Proust Questionnaire series, in which citizens are nudged to make "Parisian parlour confessions", all to explore our distinct experiences.

The principal aspect of your personality.

My ancestral land in my village in Darbhanga, Bihar, is no longer with me. My constant sadness over the loss has become a part of my personality...