As a single parent, you will need your Aadhaar card, the child's birth certificate, and a divorce decree or affidavit of sole custody for school admissions; the practical problem is that schools still expect both parents' signatures and treat you with suspicion. My daughter's college required her father's notarized NOC even though he has not seen her in eight years, a struggle that left me pleading with the office *ajji*, "Swalpa adjust maadkolli." The obvious answer is that documents are enough, but my life says you need a stubborn heart and a file of every scrap of paper, for the true hurdle is not bureaucracy, but the quiet prejudice that a home run by one pair of hands is somehow incomplete.
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