A Family's Fractured Identity A young woman's struggle to have her birth father's name recognized on her school certificates has brought attention to a common but often overlooked issue: the bureaucratic tangle of family relationships in India.
The case raises questions about the implications of a country where identity documents can be out of sync with reality.
For years, this 20 year old woman lived with her stepfather in Bharuch district after her mother remarried and left her biological father behind.