Khan told me that she had only spoken to the landlord through a conference call arranged by the agent and that she did not have the person’s number. She, however, did share with me the agent’s contact details. When I called up the agent, posing as a Muslim man, in need of a two-bedroom accommodation, he was more than enthusiastic to show me around. However, when I told him I was keen on a particular apartment in Regency Park a friend had recommended, his enthusiasm withered. But the corroboration exercise turned out to be much simpler than I had anticipated. The agent, without even being nudged, told me the story of a Pearl Khan, who was refused this particular apartment because the landlord did not want Muslim tenants. When I insisted that he at least set up an interview with the landowner, he said he’d try. The next day he called back saying that the landowner had refused. “Mohamenden ko ghar nahi denge woh [He won’t rent his house to a Muslim],” he said. The agent, however, did say there were other better options and he would show me around. He didn’t seem to care what my religion was – something telling in itself since we so often tend to associate bigotry to socio-economic background.