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What a deposit is actually for
Two months' rent changes hands and nobody writes down what it is for. It is not a fee, it is not the last month's rent, and the difference decides who is right when somebody moves out.
By Aman Soni6 min readWriting
Long pieces on how renting in this city actually works, and shorter notes on what changed this week.
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What a rent agreement in Udaipur actually has to say
Eleven months, a stamp, two signatures and a witness is the version everybody knows. Here is what is actually load-bearing in that document, and what is in there only because the last tenant's agreement had it.
By Aman Soni9 min readGuidesहिंदी
उदयपुर में किराये के एग्रीमेंट में असल में क्या होना चाहिए
ग्यारह महीने, स्टांप पेपर, दो साइन और एक गवाह — यह सबको पता है। लेकिन उस कागज़ में असल में काम की बातें कौन सी हैं, और कौन सी बस पिछले किरायेदार के एग्रीमेंट से कॉपी हुई हैं।
By Aman Soni8 min read