The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 24th September 2024

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Politicising the laddu: On the Tirupati laddu and its ‘adulteration’

-The Tirupati laddu issue should be limited to one of quality control.

On the face of it, the allegations (claims of wrongdoing) are rather serious — the adulteration (making something impure by adding inferior elements) of ghee (clarified butter) — used in the making of Tirupati’s famed laddu prasadam — with ‘foreign fat’. The charges were made by no less than Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu himself, and his son and Minister Nara Lokesh, on September 18, against his predecessor (person who previously held the office) and Leader of the Opposition, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP). Since then, the issue has snowballed (grown larger or more complex) into a free-for-all, with leaders of Mr. Naidu’s central alliance partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), seeking an ‘independent investigation’. Former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has even sought a Supreme Court-monitored probe (investigation). Unsurprisingly, as The Hindu has reported, the adulteration charges do not seem to have deterred (discouraged) devotees from making the arduous (difficult and tiring) journey to the hilltop temple, nor has it slowed down the sale of the laddus. The timing of these charges, close to State elections, where the BJP faces tough challenges to retain power in Haryana and Maharashtra, raises concerns of their being politically motivated, and indeed irresponsible, having been made by a constitutional (related to the laws or the constitution of the country) authority of Andhra Pradesh.

In the quality test by the Centre for Analysis and Learning in Livestock and Food (CALF), in Anand, Gujarat (National Dairy Development Board affiliated) the laddu samples were received on July 9, and the results submitted on July 16. But Mr. Naidu announced its findings in September. Moreover, the analysis mentions a range of what it considers to be ‘foreign fat’ — from soybean, olive, sunflower, rapeseed, and cotton seed, to fish oil, palm oil, and beef tallow and lard. The extent (amount or degree) of the contamination (‘foreign fat’) in the ghee which was sent by the Tamil Nadu-based supplier A.R. Dairy in Dindigul, is unclear. The CALF has also added an array (a wide variety) of caveats (warnings or conditions). The apex (highest or top) body for food quality checks is the Ghaziabad-based National Food Laboratory (NFL). So, why did the State government not send the samples to the NFL for final verification? It is to be noted that on July 29, an executive officer of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) had said that A.R. Dairy would be blacklisted (banned from further participation) as its samples had contaminants beyond ‘vegetable oil’. In the wake (aftermath or result) of this controversy, the argument from the Hindutva right to remove temple administration, including the TTD, from the state’s purview (area of control) and return it to ‘hereditary custodians’, is opportunistic (taking advantage of a situation for personal gain) and faulty, as the Supreme Court has upheld the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments laws across States. An issue that must be limited to quality control should not be allowed to metamorphose (transform or change) into one of communal muck-raking (spreading accusations or dirt in a malicious way).

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 24th September 2024

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• Adulteration: The action of making something poorer in quality by adding another substance.
• Prasadam: A devotional offering made to a deity, especially in South India.
• Snowballed: To increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance.
• Arduous: Involving or requiring a lot of effort; very difficult and tiring.
• Apex: The highest point or top of something, especially in power or importance.
• Caveats: Warnings or provisos of specific conditions or limitations.
• Contamination: The action of making something impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.
• Hereditary: Passed down from parent to child or ancestor to descendant, often referring to titles, rights, or property.
• Purview: The scope or range of responsibility or authority.
• Muck-raking: The action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people.

Hindu Vocab Master 24th September with Synonyms & Antonyms

Here are the synonyms and antonyms of all the difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master for 24th September 2024.

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adulteration	Contamination, Dilution, Corruption, Degradation	Purification, Refinement, Cleansing, Improvement
Prasadam	Offering, Gift, Devotion, Tribute	Rejection, Refusal, Denial, Withholding
Snowballed	Escalated, Amplified, Multiplied, Intensified	Reduced, Lessened, Shrunk, Diminished
Arduous	Strenuous, Laborious, Tough, Exhausting	Easy, Effortless, Simple, Painless
Apex	Peak, Summit, Pinnacle, Zenith	Bottom, Base, Nadir, Lowest
Caveats	Warnings, Cautions, Provisos, Conditions	Certainties, Confirmations, Assurances, Permissions
Contamination	Pollution, Infection, Taint, Corruption	Purity, Cleanliness, Sterility, Freshness
Hereditary	Inherited, Ancestral, Genetic, Familial	Acquired, Nonhereditary, New, Earned
Purview	Scope, Range, Extent, Jurisdiction	Limitation, Exclusion, Constraint, Boundary
Muck-raking	Slander, Defamation, Gossip, Scandal	Praise, Admiration, Compliment, Respect