Nari Shakti has been chosen as the Hindi word of the year 2018 by oxford dictionary. The announcement was made during a session at the ongoing Jaipur literature festival at the Diggi palace. According to the oxford dictionaries, the word has been derived from Sanskrit and is used today to symbolise women “taking charge of their lives”. March 2018 recorded a large spike in the use of ‘Nari Shakti’ as discussions arose around the government of India’s Nari Shakti Puraskar held on the international women’s day.