{"id":130,"date":"2021-02-23T08:10:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T02:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2021-02-23T08:10:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T02:40:56","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-feb-23-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-feb-23-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Feb 23, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here is today\u2019s dose of difficult words &amp; phrases from the Editorial of The Hindu. Have a look &amp; improvise your vocabulary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Meaning<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Defection&nbsp;<\/td><td>the desertion of one&#8217;s cause in favor of an opposing one<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Imminent&nbsp;<\/td><td>about to happen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thrive&nbsp;<\/td><td>grow or develop well<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Letter of the law<\/td><td>what is actually written in the law, rather than the moral principles on which it is based<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Precedent&nbsp;<\/td><td>an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Convention&nbsp;<\/td><td>a way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Give a go-by<\/td><td>to ignore someone<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Propriety&nbsp;<\/td><td>the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Draw a blank<\/td><td>to get no result or response<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gain a foothold<\/td><td>get a strong position that will allow for improvement later<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Loss of trust: On the trust vote in Puducherry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By engineering <strong>defections (the desertion of one&#8217;s cause in favor of an opposing one)<\/strong> in Puducherry, the BJP might have lost more than it gained<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The month-long political instability in Puducherry has ended with the resignation of Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Monday after he failed to prove his majority on the floor of the House. Though the fall of his government appeared <strong>imminent (about to happen)<\/strong> a few days ago, the way in which the political events played out highlighted the limits of the constitutional provisions to discourage defection of elected legislators. Not long ago, the Narayanasamy Ministry had a comfortable majority with 19 members in the 33-member Assembly. The disqualification of a Congress MLA in July last year did not make any difference to the situation. But, in the last one month, six MLAs from the Congress-DMK combine quit the House. Among them were two Ministers and a couple of MLAs who gave up their seats just a day before the floor test. Two of those who quit the Assembly have since joined the BJP. Under the changed circumstances, the non-Congress front, comprising the All India N.R. Congress (AINRC), the AIADMK and the BJP, gained an edge with 14 members, as the strength of the House was reduced to 26. With the Assembly elections in the Union Territory just a few weeks away, the Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan should recommend placing the Union Territory under President\u2019s rule. Any other course would only serve to highlight the unprincipled nature of the defections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parliamentary democracy <strong>thrives (grow or develop well)<\/strong> not just through adhering to the <strong>letter of the law (what is actually written in the law, rather than the moral principles on which it is based)<\/strong> but also by building and respecting healthy <strong>precedents (an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances)<\/strong> and <strong>conventions (a way in which something is usually done, especially within a particular area or activity)<\/strong>. This was <strong>given a go-by (to ignore someone)<\/strong> when the Centre, in June 2017, nominated three BJP functionaries as MLAs. There was nothing illegal about it, but this raised questions of political <strong>propriety (the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals)<\/strong> in the light of the BJP <strong>drawing a blank (to get no result or response)<\/strong> in the 2016 Assembly election. When one of the nominated MLAs died in mid-January this year, the ruling party at the Centre lost no time in nominating an office bearer of the party to fill the vacancy, though the term of the present House ends on June 8. The recent events have to be seen against the backdrop of the BJP\u2019s efforts to <strong>gain a foothold (get a strong position that will allow for improvement later)<\/strong> in the Union Territory, where its principal adversary, the Congress, has been the pole star. Besides, for the last few years, the BJP has been relentlessly attacking the Narayanasamy regime. The month-long resignation drama can only be seen as part of the BJP\u2019s larger game plan of realising its goal of \u201cCongress-mukt Bharat\u201d (Congress-free India). There would have been no objection to the BJP\u2019s pursuit had it played the game in a fair manner. The BJP should be aware that any negative role on its part will not go well with the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who, in his first monthly radio address, Mann Ki Baat, after getting re-elected in May 2019, said: \u201c&#8230;beyond laws and rules, democracy is embedded in our sanskaar [tradition]; democracy is our culture. Democracy is our heritage.\u201d By engineering defections so close to the election, the BJP might have lost more than it gained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is today\u2019s dose of difficult words &amp; phrases from the Editorial of The Hindu. 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