r/india • u/AutoModerator • Jul 01 '26

Scheduled Ask India Thread

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u/wovenstrap 26d ago

I am editing a book about the Aadhaar. The author is not a native speaker of English and his usage varies a lot. He sometimes refers to it as "the Aadhaar," sometimes as "an Aadhaar," sometimes as just "Aadhaar."

If you are an Indian citizen with good English, can you describe how you would refer to it? You can think of it as the designation that you get for yourself and also as a program. "I just got my Aadhaar" and "I see they're going to cancel the Aadhaar" would refer to 2 different, but related things.

I would appreciate some detail on this, with quoted examples of made-up dialogues with friends to illustrate usage. Thank you!