Jaipur sources have stated that Oxford Dictionaries has chosen 'Aadhaar' as the Hindi word of 2017. Presently the word gained popularity due to Aadhaar card, which was in news last year and is likely to remain in highlight this year as well. Meanwhile the announcement was made at a session "Oxford Dictionaries' Hindi Word of the Year" during the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival here.
Moreover journalist Saurabh Dwivedi said during the discussion that other words such as 'Mitron', 'Notebandi', 'Gau-Rakshak' were also considered, but the widespread discussions and debates around 'Aadhaar' was reason it was selected as the word of the year.
Further poet and writer Ashok Vajpeyi said politicians use Hindi word
'Mitron' (friends) which is not grammatically correct, when in fact the correct
word is 'Mitro' an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who uses
the term often in his speeches. Vajpeyi said the responsibility to conserve
language lies with people. He said "Changes would come, new words would be
coined but ultimately the responsibility to conserve the language is on
citizens".
