Identity crisis for NRIs

NRI (non resident Indian) are faced with an identity crisis in India. To get a cell phone, drivers license etc, you need address proof. In other words an identity card showing your picture and address. Your passport is not good enough if it does not carry the current address. Address proof without picture is not accepted either. Only two items are widely accepted: a ration card and a voter's card. Now being an NRI you cannot vote so the voter's card is out. You have not been buying rations for years so the ration card is not current either. So here we are in Mangalore without solid identity. One of these days the ration card will get cleared and then we will become regular people again. Cheers!