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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "By-elections as pointers"
- By-election - an election that happens at a different time from a main election, to choose a Member of Parliament to replace one who has died or left his or her job
- Pointer - something that shows you an existing situation
- Inherent - existing as a natural or basic part of something
- Antagonising - to make someone feel angry with you, so that they start to dislike you or have a negative attitude towards you
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen
- Deviate - to start doing something different from what is expected or agreed
- Huge - extremely large in size or amount
- Legislators - a group of people who together have the power to make laws
- Equipped - having the skills needed to do something
- Considerably - a lot
- Reposed - if you repose something such as trust or confidence in someone, you have trust or confidence in them
- Electoral - relating to an election
- Outcome - a result or effect of an action, situation, etc
- Revolt - to say that you will not accept someone’s authority or leadership
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Overarching - affecting or including everything, and therefore very important
- Endorsement - an occasion when someone gives official or public support to a particular person or thing
- Besides - in addition to; also
- Widespread - happening or existing in many places, or affecting many people
- Intense - very great and strong
- Campaign - a series of things that a politician or political party does to try to win an election
- Acute - very serious
- Embarrassment - a feeling of being nervous or ashamed because of what people know or think about you
- Amid - in the middle of or surrounded by
- Gloom - feelings of great unhappiness and loss of hope
- Induced - to cause something to happen
- Solace - something that makes you feel better when you are sad or upset
- Turn out - to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one
- Rohingyas - Muslim Indo-Aryan peoples from the Rakhine State, Myanmar
- Humanitarian - relating to efforts to help people who are living in very bad conditions and are suffering
- Crisis - an extremely difficult or dangerous point in a situation:
- Unfolding - to happen, or to develop
- Crackdown - a situation in which someone starts to deal with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way
- Claims - to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it
- Counter - to react to something with an opposing opinion or action
- Displace - to force someone to leave their own country and live somewhere else
- Triggering - to make something happen
- Migration - to go to another place or country in order to find work
- Burn something down - to destroy something, especially a building, by fire, or to be destroyed by fire
- Flee - to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear
- Persecution - extremely bad treatment of someone, especially because of their race, religion, or political beliefs
- Immigrants - people who come to live in a country from another country
- Deport - to send someone out of a country, usually because they do not have a legal right to be there
- Stripped - removed
- Junta - a government, especially a military one, that has taken power in a country by force and not by election
- Drum up - to try to make people support you
- De facto - actual, even though not official
- Era - a historical period with a particular character or feature
- Democracy - a system of government in which people vote in elections to choose the people who will govern them
- Ineffective - something that is ineffective does not work correctly or does not do what you want it to do
- Disadvantaged - disadvantaged people do not have the same advantages as other people, for example because they do not have much money
- Wielding - to have a lot of influence or power over other people
- Considerable - large or of noticeable importance
- Escalating - to make something much worse or more serious
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Denial - a statement that something is not true or did not happen
- Atrocity- a cruel and violent act, often in a war
- Persecute - to treat someone extremely badly, or to refuse them equal rights, especially because of their race, religion, or political beliefs
- Plight - a sad, serious, or difficult situation
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