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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 23rd July 2017 (Sunday)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The boycott ban: on Maharashtra's law against social boycott"
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The boycott ban: on Maharashtra's law against social boycott"
- Boycott - to not take part in an event / to completely avoid a person from a group
- Criminalising - to make an activity illegal by making a new law
- Ostracism - exclusion from a society or group
- Template - something that is used as a pattern or an example for something else
- Prohibiting - to officially stop something from being done, especially by making it illegal
- Informal - relaxed and friendly
- Council - the elected officials who govern a local area such as a city or county
- Pervasive - spreading through the whole of something and becoming a very obvious feature of it
- Progressive - supporting social and political change that aims to make a system fairer
- Assent - approval
- Pernicious - very dangerous or harmful, especially to someone’s moral character
- Dominant - a dominant person or animal is stronger than others in a group and wants to control them
- Enforcing - to make sure that a law or rule is obeyed by people
- Conformity - behaviour that is acceptable because it is similar to the behaviour of everyone else
- Prevention - to stop something from happening or someone from doing something
- Prohibition - the act of officially not allowing something, or an order that does this
- Redressal - a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- Offence - a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment
- Imprisonment - to put someone in prison (jail)
- Custom - something that people do that is traditional or usual
- Funeral - a ceremony that takes place after someone dies
- Progressive - supporting social and political change that aims to make a system fairer
- Takes into account - to consider or remember something when judging a situation
- Discrimination - unfair treatment of someone because of their religion, race, or other personal features
- Morality - principles of right or wrong behaviour
- Inclination - a feeling that you want to do something
- Obstacle - a difficulty or problem that prevents you from achieving something
- Enact - to make a proposal into a law
- Excommunication - the action of officially excluding someone from something
- Violate - to do something that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Constitutional - allowed by the constitution of a country or organization
- Vulnerable - easily damaged by something negative or harmful
- Informal - not official and has no fixed rules
- Conformity - behaviour that is acceptable because it is similar to the behaviour of everyone else
- Diktat - an official rule that people are forced to obey
- Supposedly - used to show that you do not believe that something you have been told is true
- Mountaineer - someone who climbs high or dangerous mountains
- Notorious - famous for something bad
- Conquered - to succeed in climbing a tall mountain
- Repugnant - extremely unpleasant or offensive
- Dignity - respect that other people have for you or that you have for yourself
- Prevailing - existing at a particular time or in a particular place
- Circumstance - a fact or condition that affects a situation
- Assault - a physical attack on someone, or the crime of physically attacking someone
- Abhorrent - if something is abhorrent to you, you dislike it very much, usually because you think it is immoral
- Ought - used to say that it is necessary or desirable to perform the action
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Spanish steps: On the secession vote in Catalonia"
- Controversial - causing disagreement or discussion
- Referendum - an occasion when everyone in a country can vote to make a decision about one particular subject
- Awkward - difficult to deal with and embarrassing
- Tightening the purse-strings - reduce the amount of money that is available
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Meddling - to become involved in a situation that you have no right to be involved in, in a way that is annoying
- Separatist - someone who is a member of a particular race, religion, or other group within a country and who believes that this group should be independent and have their own government or in some way live apart from other people
- Veteran - someone who was in the armed forces, especially during a war
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Earmark - to decide to use something, especially money, for a particular purpose
- Expenditure - money spent by a government, organization, or person
- Unconstitutional - not allowed or not legal according to the constitution of a particular country or organization
- Recourse - the use of something so that you can get what you want or need in a difficult situation
- Seemingly - in a way that appears to have a particular quality, even though this is probably not true
- Stringent - stringent rules or conditions are strict and make you achieve high standards
- Predictably - as expected
- Flak - criticism and argument
- Embittered - angry and unhappy about things that have happened to you in the past
- Province - one of many areas into which some countries are divided
- Mainstream - considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used by most people
- Long-standing - having existed for a long time
- Statehood - the status of a place as an independent country
- Overwhelming - very strong
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Determined - not willing to let anything prevent you from doing what you have decided to do
- Proposed - offered formally as an idea or plan
- Contemplating - to consider doing something in the future
- Invocation - to use a law in order to achieve something
- Worst-case scenario - a situation that is the worst one that you can imagine
- Violative - against or breaking a law or rule
- Legalese - formal language used by lawyers and in legal documents that ordinary people find difficult to understand
- Inevitably - used for saying that something is certain to happen
- Upheaval - a sudden or violent change, especially one that affects people’s lives
- Deflected - to make someone change their plans or stop what they are doing
- Perception - a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
- Clamping down - to make a determined attempt to stop people doing something bad or illegal
- Sobering - making you think about things in a serious way
- Count on - to depend on
- Rational - based on sensible practical reasons rather than emotions
- Sway - to influence or change someone’s opinion
- Reputation - the opinion that people have that a person, place, or thing is good
- Premiership - the position of being Prime Minister, or the period of time that someone is Prime Minister
- Conciliatory - trying to end an argument and make people feel less angry
- For instance - for example
- Fiscal - relating to money and financial matters, especially taxes
- Soothe - to make something less sore or painful
- Accommodation - a change in behaviour or attitude that helps people work together or end a disagreement
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