{"id":32198,"date":"2023-01-27T12:32:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T07:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=32198"},"modified":"2023-01-27T12:32:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T07:02:52","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-jan-27-2022-day-396","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-jan-27-2022-day-396\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Jan 27, 2022; Day 396"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Portentous&nbsp;<\/td><td>Of momentous or ominous significance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unwarranted&nbsp;<\/td><td>Incapable of being justified or explained<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aftermath&nbsp;<\/td><td>The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pogrom&nbsp;<\/td><td>\u200bthe organized killing of large numbers of people, because of their race or religion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rendition&nbsp;<\/td><td>An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Streisand Effect&nbsp;<\/td><td>phenomenon in which an attempt to censor, hide, or otherwise draw attention away from something only serves to attract more attention to it<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Akin&nbsp;<\/td><td>Similar in quality or character<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Overkill&nbsp;<\/td><td>Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dissemination&nbsp;<\/td><td>The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hold water&nbsp;<\/td><td>Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Continuum&nbsp;<\/td><td>a series of similar items in which each is almost the same as the ones next to it but the last is very different from the first<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Callousness&nbsp;<\/td><td>Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Weigh in&nbsp;<\/td><td>to give an opinion or enter a discussion or argument<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bane&nbsp;<\/td><td>Something causing misery or death<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Portentous (Of momentous or ominous significance) <\/strong>overkill: On the BBC documentary on PM Modi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arrests and blocking of access to the British Broadcasting Corporation documentary were <strong>unwarranted (Incapable of being justified or explained)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>aftermath (The consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)) <\/strong>of the release of a BBC documentary on the Gujarat <strong>pogrom (\u200bthe organized killing of large numbers of people, because of their race or religion) <\/strong>of 2002, which questions the actions taken by the then Gujarat government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, can only be termed as yet another <strong>rendition (An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious) <\/strong>of the <strong>\u2018Streisand effect\u2019 (phenomenon in which an attempt to censor, hide, or otherwise draw attention away from something only serves to attract more attention to it)<\/strong>. After issuing directions to disable access to the first episode on websites using emergency powers under the IT Rules, 2021 and Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) also blocked over 50 tweets with a link to the documentary. But this only resulted in citizens gaining access through screenings and shares over smartphones \u2014 <strong>akin (Similar in quality or character) <\/strong>to how the suppression of information has the unintended consequences of raising more awareness, or the \u2018Streisand effect\u2019. Other actions such as the police detention of 13 students at Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi, on the pretext that they were about to have a screening were an <strong>overkill (Any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal) <\/strong>and amounted to an abuse of power. It goes without saying that the government should not arbitrarily block the <strong>dissemination (The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate) <\/strong>of media content just because it is critical of the regime. Its justification to use emergency powers to block access to the documentary, as being propagandist and of a colonial mindset, does not <strong>hold water (Resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.)<\/strong> if it is seen in the <strong>continuum (a series of similar items in which each is almost the same as the ones next to it but the last is very different from the first) <\/strong>of coverage of the pogrom and the aftermath. In any case, propaganda should be countered by propaganda, and not censorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The events that led to the pogrom, the horrific crimes, the <strong>callousness (Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness) <\/strong>of the then regime and the lack of sufficient recourse to law and order steps, have all been well recorded and commented upon in the Indian press. The BBC documentary is just another media investigation into a portion of India\u2019s history that changed the course of the polity not just in Gujarat but also elsewhere. The online blocking of the first episode using emergency powers cannot be justified on the basis provided by the MIB that it is \u201cpropagandist\u201d, and only reflects a recent tendency to utilise IT rules to assert executive power rather than address this as a free speech issue. The IT rules were amended in February 2021 to allow for increased government control over online news publications \u2014 actions that are now being heard in courts. Recent High Court orders have also <strong>weighed in (to give an opinion or enter a discussion or argument)<\/strong> on the need to protect free speech and have stayed the government\u2019s moves to control freedom of expression on digital platforms. In its actions, a clear case can be made that the central government is more keen on blocking critical content than using the IT rules to regulate hate speech and misinformation \u2014 the true <strong>bane (Something causing misery or death) <\/strong>of the digital media ecosystem today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update your vocabulary with the help of this analysis of The Hindu Editorial. 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