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The Hindu Editorial Vocab on Malefactors & Misgivings

It is now well understood that Indian politics is undergoing (to experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change) a phase that is termed the “Bharatiya Janata Party-dominated political party system”, with the ruling party, the BJP, having the ability to effectively compete across most States unlike others. The other large national party, the Congress, has a nation-wide presence but is handicapped (having a condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically, mentally, or socially).by severe weaknesses in quite a few States, which it seeks to overcome (to defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something) through State-wise alliances. These alliances benefit the regional parties that are also finding it increasingly difficult to tackle the BJP on their own. The INDIA bloc (Congress, regional parties and the Left) remains a selective State-wise alliance (an agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing) that is determined (wanting to do something very much and not allowing anyone or any difficulties to stop you) by the need for unity against the BJP. This is particularly so in some States in western India (Maharashtra for example) and the Hindi heartland (Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) whose polities include long-time regional forces besides the Congress, and where the BJP had a close to 90% success rate in seat winning terms in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In Bihar, the INDIA bloc should fancy a fighting performance — the RJD is the single largest party in the Assembly in seat and vote share terms and the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) of the RJD, the Congress and the Left came very close to upending (setting on end) the BJP-Janata Dal (United) ruling alliance in the 2020 Assembly elections. While Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s never-ending pursuit (an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are not working) of alliance-switching has meant that the alliance will lose out relatively on the support base that the JD(U) enjoys among non-Yadav Other and Extremely Backward Classes, the RJD has shown the ability to remain resilient (able to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened) even as the Congress and the Left add to an ideologically coherent anti-BJP voice. The Congress has grown closer to the Mandal parties by emphasising the need for a caste census (a count for official purposes, esp. one to count the number of people living in a country and to obtain information such as age, sex, race, etc) while the Left remains a small but viable political entity in Bihar because of its base among the poor.

As with other alliances in States such as Tamil Nadu, the ideological coherence (the situation when the parts of something fit together in a natural or reasonable way) and the compatibility (the fact of being able to exist, live, or work successfully with something or someone else) of social bases have served as the glue for the INDIA bloc in Bihar but the nature of the constituent parties and their recent histories have thrown up irritants in seat sharing. The Congress’s welcoming of controversial former Member of Parliament, Pappu Yadav, who has faced criminal cases, and his party into its fold, ill-behoves the party’s messaging against the criminalisation of politics. The relative decline of the Mandal parties and the rise of the BJP have made it imperative for the former to reinvent their positions to move beyond their reliance on strongmen and narrow identity politics. While the Congress has done well to reorient (to change the aim or purpose of something so that it is directed at a different person or thing) its focus on social justice, bringing itself closer to the RJD, it should avoid the temptation (something that makes you want to do or have something that you know you should not) to emulate these aspects of old Mandal politics that prioritised casteist identities as the basis for political mobilisation.

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist 1st April 2024

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• Undergoing: To experience something that is unpleasant or something that involves a change.
• Handicapped: Having a condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically, mentally, or socially.
• Overcome: To defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something.
• Alliance: An agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing.
• Determined: Wanting to do something very much and not allowing anyone or any difficulties to stop you.
• Upending: Setting on end.
• Pursuit: An activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are not working.
• Resilient: Able to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened.
• Census: A count for official purposes, esp. one to count the number of people living in a country and to obtain information such as age, sex, race, etc.
• Coherence: The situation when the parts of something fit together in a natural or reasonable way.
• Compatibility: The fact of being able to exist, live, or work successfully with something or someone else.
• Reorient: To change the aim or purpose of something so that it is directed at a different person or thing.
• Temptation: Something that makes you want to do or have something that you know you should not.

The Hindu Vocabulary 1st April 2024 with Synonyms & Antonyms

Read the Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 1st April 2024 to know the synonyms and antonyms list of difficult words compiled in the table.

Difficult Words	Synonyms & Antonyms
Undergoing	Synonyms: Experience, Endure. Antonyms: Discontinue, Surrender.
Handicapped	Synonyms: Shortcoming, Hindrance. Antonyms: Assistance, Help.
Overcome	Synonyms: Affected, Defeated. Antonyms: Indifferent, Unbothered.
Alliance	Synonyms: Bond, Coalition. Antonyms: Detachment, Disagreement.
Determined	Synonyms: Complete, Regulate. Antonyms: Bear, Begin.
Upending	Synonyms: Alter, Change. Antonyms: Continue, Grow.
Persuit	Synonyms: Inquiry, Quest. Antonyms: Retreat, Surrender.
Coherence	Synonyms: Consistency, Continuity. Antonyms: Difference, Disagreement.
Compatibility	Synonyms: Rapport, Unity. Antonyms: Dislike, Discord.
Reorient	Synonyms: Fixup, Reassemble. Antonyms: Break, Corrupt.
Temptation	Synonyms: Allurement, Appeal. Antonyms: Hate, Dislike.