The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 7th January 2025

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Contrived (preconceived, artificial) grievance: On the Tamil Nadu Governor

Creating an unsavoury row has become an annual habit with the Tamil Nadu Governor

It is regrettable that the customary (usual, habitual) address to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by the Governor in the beginning of a new year’s session is turning into an unsavoury (unpleasant, disagreeable) event year after year. For the third consecutive year, Governor R.N. Ravi’s penchant (strong liking or preference) for raking up a controversy has come to the fore. He left the Assembly without reading out the address, claiming that the national anthem and the Constitution of India had been insulted because the anthem was not played prior to the delivery of his speech. The State government maintains that the practice in the Assembly was to play the State’s invocation to Tamil before the address and the national anthem at the end of the Governor’s speech and that this had been conveyed to the Governor’s office. As in the previous years, Mr. Ravi has to bear much of the blame for the flagrant (blatant, obvious) politicisation of the event. If he had such prior knowledge about the practice followed in the Assembly, his grievance comes across as a ruse (trick, deceptive strategy) to create a controversy and avoid performing his constitutional duty of propounding the government’s policy statement on the floor of the House. In 2023, Mr. Ravi had skipped portions of the address prepared by the State government, including a reference to the ‘Dravidian model of governance’ and some praise for the law and order situation in the State. Last year, he expressed his inability to read out the address, citing what he termed “misleading claims and facts” in it.

It is noteworthy that there was a recent round of gubernatorial (relating to a governor) changes and new appointments. Notably, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, who has been a thorn in the flesh of the Kerala government, was shifted to Bihar, while Manipur and Mizoram got new incumbents (current officeholders) in Raj Bhavan. However, Mr. Ravi, whose continuance in Tamil Nadu has been rendered untenable (not able to be defended or justified) long ago, remains untouched. He completed a combined period of five years as Governor in two States, having been appointed to the office in Nagaland in 2019. He was shifted to Tamil Nadu in 2021, but has often found himself in the thicket (dense area, complication) of political controversy, making overtly political comments on the one hand and holding up legislation on the other by delaying assent to Bills. Going by recent Supreme Court judgments and observations, there ought to be no leeway (freedom, flexibility) for Governors to use their position to undermine regimes led by the political adversaries of those in power at the Centre. Given the scale of Mr. Ravi’s persistent differences with the elected regime, it is indeed strange and questionable (doubtful, uncertain) that the Union government should retain him in this office, unless its objective is to test the limits of the State government’s tolerance.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 7th January 2025

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1. Contrived: Not natural; made to seem artificial, especially in a way that is obvious.
2. Customary: Usual, or done according to tradition.
3. Unsavoury: Disagreeable, unpleasant, or morally offensive.
4. Penchant: A strong liking for something or a habit of doing something.
5. Flagrant: (adjective) (of something considered wrong or immoral) shocking because of being so obvious.
6. Ruse: A trick or action intended to deceive someone.
7. Gubernatorial: Relating to a governor or the position of governor.
8. Incumbent: A person who has a particular official position.
9. Untenable: (especially of a position or view) Impossible to defend or justify.
10. Thicket: A dense group of bushes or small trees.

Hindu Vocab Master 7th January 2025 with Synonyms & Antonyms

Here are the synonyms and antonyms of all the difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master Hindi equivalents for all the words for 7th January 2025:

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Contrived	artificial, forced, fake, deliberate	natural, spontaneous, genuine, unplanned
Customary	usual, traditional, conventional, habitual	uncommon, unusual, rare, exceptional
Unsavoury	unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful, offensive	pleasant, agreeable, enjoyable, acceptable
Penchant	liking, preference, fondness, inclination	dislike, aversion, repulsion, indifference
Flagrant	blatant, obvious, shocking, glaring	subtle, concealed, inconspicuous, hidden
Ruse	trick, scheme, stratagem, deception	honesty, truth, openness, transparency
Gubernatorial	political, official, governmental, administrative	nonpolitical, civilian, unofficial, private
Incumbent	holder, officeholder, resident, current	predecessor, former occupant, outsider, candidate
Untenable	indefensible, unjustifiable, unreasonable, flawed	defensible, justifiable, reasonable, supportable
Thicket	bush, undergrowth, jungle, grove	open space, clearing, plain, meadow