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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The politics of exaggeration"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The heart of the problem"
- Exaggeration - a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
- Theatrics - behaviour that is intended to get attention
- Smacked - to hit something hard
- Paranoia - an extreme and unreasonable feeling that other people do not like you or are going to harm or criticize you
- Deployment - to move soldiers or equipment to a place where they can be used when they are needed
- Frenzy - an uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent
- Preparedness - the state of being prepared for a particular situation
- Insinuated - to say something unpleasant in an indirect way
- Vigil - a quiet political protest held at night
- Cleared the air - to discuss a problem or difficult situation with someone in order to make it better
- Duly - in the correct way or at the correct time
- Galvanise - to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way
- Uproar - a situation in which a lot of people complain about something angrily or make a lot of noise
- Well-versed - knowing a lot about something
- Conspiracy theory - a belief that an unpleasant event or situation is the result of a secret plan made by powerful people
- Amplify - to make sounds louder
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Rallying - the action or process of coming together to support a person or cause
- Overburdened - having too much to carry, contain, or deal with
- Instances - examples
- Vendetta - a situation in which someone has angry and negative feelings towards someone else and keeps trying to harm them or to cause problems for them
- Distinguish - to notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem different from another
- Combat - fight
- Established - used for describing someone who is known for doing a job well, because they have been doing it for a long time
- Colleague - someone who works in the same organization or department as you
- For instance - for example
- Wound - a problem or great unhappiness
- Sustained - continuing for a long time
- Crackdown - strong action that someone in authority takes to stop a particular activity
- Allegiance - loyalty and support for a ruler, country, group, or belief
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Pre-eminence - more important or better than others
- Seized the opportunity - to act quickly in order to use an opportunity that may not be available later
- Tactic - a planned way of doing something
- Exaggeration - the fact of making something seem larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is
- Personalising - to make something suitable for the needs of a particular person
- Foes - enemies
- Tenor - the general meaning, character, or pattern of something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The heart of the problem"
- Facilitate - to make it possible or easier for something to happen
- Obvious - easy to see, recognize, or understand
- Ancient - very old
- Focal point - the thing that everyone looks at or is interested in
- Far-reaching - something far-reaching has a great influence on many people or things
- Battleground - a place where a battle is being fought
- Timely - happening at the best possible moment
- In tandem - at the same time
- Cross-border - between different countries, or involving people from different countries
- Emanating - to come from a particular place3
- Allies - countries that have agreed officially to give help and support to another country
- Unsustainable - not capable of continuing at the same rate or level
- Contingent - depending on something else in the future in order to happen
- Dared - to ask someone to do something that involves risk
- Lack of something - the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it
- Deplete - to reduce something in size or amount, especially supplies of energy, money, etc
- Affirmation - to publicly show your support for an opinion or idea
- Obstacle - something that prevents action / progress
- Multilateral - involving more than two groups or countries
- Envisaged - to have something as a plan or an intention
- Forging - to make or produce something, especially with some difficulty
- Vibrant - energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm
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