Search for identity of one's ststus of affilitaion to a group, to an organization, to a belief system/s or to an idea has caught the imaginations of people like a wild fire across the world today. Without a proof of your authentic identity, you are only a photocopy. Mammoth hunt for authentic identity of the Lepchas from their socio-cultural and politico-historical perspectives are almost on a war- footing for quite some time now.