Abstract
The concepts of digital identity, anonymity and pseudonymity are primary to digital discourse and often the focal point of debates revolving around the Internet and digital technology. Much research has gone into defining and analysing these concepts from the western philosophical and social point of view. This paper will look at the concepts of identity, anonymity and pseudonymity in India. It will show how these concepts have been moulded by its peculiar history, ethos, cultural and social and customary pinings and examine how identities are performed and experienced. How have traditional identities transmuted online? Does the concept of a fixed identity in the real world affect dealings online? How much of their offline selves do people choose to divulge? Given the level of governmental regulation are people choosing to be their real selves, take on an assumed identity or simply remain anonymous? We also look at the use of anonymity services - or lack of use thereof.
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