Digital Deadlock Invalidates Manual Marriage Certificates in Bengal

In West Bengal, India, many women who got married before the digital era are having trouble updating their Aadhaar cards.

The problem is that their marriage certificates were written by hand, and the Aadhaar system only accepts digital certificates.

This means they can't update their names and addresses on their Aadhaar cards, which causes problems when they try to access government benefits, open bank accounts, or enroll their kids in school.

The women say it's not fair because their certificates are still legally valid, and they want the government to fix the system so it can accept their old certificates.

Until then, they feel stuck between two government systems that don't work together.