The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 7th July 2025

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Common goals: On India and a five-nation tour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits reflect India’s efforts to engage with others of the Global South

On his way to Brazil to attend the ongoing BRICS summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made back-to-back bilateral visits to Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Argentina. Each stop was with a view to enhancing bilateral cooperation in fields which included some common themes on pharmaceuticals and vaccines, digital technology, food security and critical minerals. In Accra, India-Ghana ties were upgraded to a comprehensive partnership, with discussions on helping Ghana become a “vaccine hub” for West Africa. In the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, there was a major MoU on “Indian pharmacopeia”, to improve access to quality and affordable generic medicines from India. In Buenos Aires, President Javier Milei agreed to enhance cooperation on critical minerals as well as Argentina’s vast reserves of shale gas and oil, while India pitched its pharma to Argentina. The three stops were in countries of the “developing world” or the Global South, and the onward journey to Brazil, and then to Namibia, also highlight India’s commitment to building alternative economic mechanisms to the “developed world” or Global North. India’s offer of cooperation for low-cost solutions to global challenges includes the promotion of India-led international organisations such as the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) to these countries. Mr. Modi also made his signature pitch to the Indian diaspora — his speech in the Port of Spain, where Indian labour was brought by British colonial ventures since 1845, is one to note. Referring to the Indian ancestry of President Christine Carla Kangaloo and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Mr. Modi said that the 35 million Indian diaspora worldwide were India’s “pride”.

It is also impossible to escape the deep connections between India and the five nations in terms of political history. Each country shares a bond — colonies that suffered under British, Spanish, Portuguese and German forces — and why some of them joined the Non-Aligned Movement. They have all, at various points, committed to building South-South cooperation, and India and Brazil’s role in founding the BRIC mechanism, along with Russia and China, and IBSA with South Africa, was an outcome, strongly pitching the interests of the Global South. None of the countries on the tour can be called “anti-West”, and New Delhi has had some differences with them over specific conflicts (Ukraine and Gaza). The motivating force behind the ties, however, and consequently Mr. Modi’s nine-day itinerary, is more about a common desire to look beyond the present global order to one that is more equal, representative, and sensitive to the needs of developing and under-developed nations.

1. Common: shared by more than one person or group
Synonyms: shared, mutual, joint, collective
Antonyms: unique, uncommon, individual, exclusive

2. Reflect: to show, represent, or be a sign of something
Synonyms: indicate, show, reveal, demonstrate
Antonyms: hide, mask, distort, misrepresent

3. Engage: to build relationships, interact, or involve oneself
Synonyms: interact, connect, cooperate, collaborate
Antonyms: avoid, ignore, disengage, detach

4. Back-to-back: one after the other, in quick succession
Synonyms: consecutive, successive, continuous
Antonyms: intermittent, occasional, sporadic

5. Bilateral: Involving two countries
Synonyms: mutual, reciprocal
Antonyms: unilateral, one-sided

6. Comprehensive: Broad and complete in scope or coverage
Synonyms: all-encompassing, thorough, wide-ranging
Antonyms: limited, partial, narrow

7. Pitch: to present or promote something with the intent to gain support
Synonyms: propose, advocate, promote
Antonyms: withhold, conceal, oppose

8. Pitched: to present or promote something with the intent to gain support
Synonyms: proposed, advocated, promoted
Antonyms: withheld, concealed, opposed

9. Differences: disagreements
Synonyms: dissensions, conflicts, contentions
Antonyms: concurrence, harmony, consensus

10. Committed: willing to work hard and give your time and energy to something
Synonyms: devoted, dedicated, ardent
Antonyms: indifferent, apathetic, unconcerned

Jargon

11. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU): a document that records the details of an agreement between two companies or organizations, which has not yet been legally approved

Idioms & Phrases

12. With a view to: with the aim of doing something

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