Daily Hindu Editorials

👉Social movements in Kerala built a strong civil society. Their absence now is hurting the State👈 In April 2017, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front government celebrated the 60th anniversary of the State’s Legislative Assembly. The centrality of the first communist government in the celebration was very important, for it was the first democratically elected communist government anywhere, and it was this government which laid the foundation for modern Kerala. In its turbulent existence of nearly 28 months, that government tried to reshape Kerala’s social patterns, centering on land and society, among other things. 👉Gains of social movements The rise of the Communist Party of India to power in 1957 was the culmination of a number of social movements that caused a churning in society. Central to this was the formation of the Communist Party itself in Kerala in December 1939. The party took upon itself the task of liberating peasants and workers from their caste-...

👉The controversy in AMU is not about Jinnah. It is about the politics of a majoritarian government👈 On May 9, Mohammed Ayoob wrote in The Hindu (“Remove Jinnah’s portrait”) that the controversy over Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s portrait at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is “partly contrived and partly genuine”. This is not true; in fact, it is fully contrived and fully deceptive. In the prevailing political scenario, with a right-wing party in power at the Centre and with parliamentary elections a year away, to think of the demand to take down the portrait and the subsequent events at the university in any other way apart from an attempt to intimidate an academic institution is political naivety at best, if not a deliberate oversight. That the presence of Jinnah’s portrait in AMU is being questioned is distressing, but more so as the person doing this is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of International Relations. Let’s recollect the facts. Jinnah’s portrait lies in the Student U...

💥INDIA TO HELP SETTLE ROHINGYA BACK IN RAKHINE💥  (IR) India has asked Myanmar to ensure the “safe, speedy and sustainable” return of Rohingya refugees who had fled Rakhine state following a security crackdown where hundreds were killed and thousands displaced. In India, there are nearly 40,000 Rohingya refugees, with 16,500 registered with the office of the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner. India’s stance was conveyed by external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who took up the issue during her two-day visit to the country on May. She also reiterated India’s readiness and commitment to helping the government of Myanmar in addressing issues related to the Rakhine State. Under the aegis of the bilateral Rakhine State Development Programme, India is already in the implementing various projects that would respond to the needs of different sections of the Rakhine State population. India has had to walk a fine balance between Myanmar and Bangladesh on the Rohingya is...

💥PRESIDENT HAILS FIGHTERS AT HIGHEST BATTLEFIELD  💥(DEFENCE) President Ram Nath Kovind visited the world’s highest battle field, Siachen yesterday. He was accompanied by Chief of the Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat and Lt Gen D Anbu, GOC-in- C, Northern Command. This is the first time by a President in 14 years and only the second time in history. 👉Things you should know about Siachen Location It is located in the eastern Karakoram Range in the Himalaya Mountains, just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends. It forms part of the Leh district of the Ladakh division in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. History of siachen While the LoC was delineated and accepted by India and Pakistan up to point NJ9842, the glacier was left unmarked. And Siachen was captured in 1984, by India through Operation Meghdoot on the 76.4 km-long glacier on the Saltoro ridge. The operation continues till date, making it the longest co...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  - Loss of Innocents  💥 lynching (noun) – an act of punishing/killing someone by hanging for claimed offence by the group of people without legal trail. Hindu Editorial usage :     Loss of innocents: on the wave of lynchings in Tamil Nadu  underlying (adjective) – fundamental, basic, essential. Hindu Editorial usage :     It is important to analyse such incidents to understand the underlying anxieties and the drift of trouble-making attempts drift (noun) – essence, meaning, significance. Hindu Editorial usage :     It is important to analyse such incidents to understand the underlying anxieties and the drift of trouble-making attempts brutality (noun) – cruelty, savagery, inhumanity/atrocity. Hindu Editorial usage :     Three recent incidents of lynching in Tamil Nadu, unrelated except for the mindless violence and brutality, are grim reminders of the power a mob can wiel...

💥 Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial  - Karnataka Votes   💥 repercussion (noun) – consequence, result, effect/outcome. Hindu Editorial usage :     The fate of this State election has repercussions, nationally landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity. Hindu Editorial usage :   No matter who wins, the Karnataka Assembly election is set to redraw the political landscape at the national level prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha poll.   colour (verb) – influence, affect, distort. Hindu Editorial usage :       True, elections are due later this year in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, but the Karnataka verdict could colour these too.   fillip (noun) – stimulus, boost, encouragement. Hindu Editorial usage :     It will also provide a fillip to its unrealistic boast of creating a Congress-mukt Bharat. discount (verb) – ignore, overlook, dismiss. Hindu Editorial usage : ...