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21 Cards in this Set
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Extort Don’t punish film industry in the name of jawans, don’t extort in the name of army |
Obtain by force or using threats |
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Perverse Petty political players act as if India is at war with Pakistani actors instead of Pakistani terrorism. This is perverse and self-defeating. |
Irrational...or not of usual standard |
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Mediate jingoist thug It’s deeply worrying that Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has instead mediated a ‘settlement’ forcing filmmakers to kneel to jingoist thugs. |
Intervene in a dispute to bring an agreement People who hate people outside their border A violent person or criminal |
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Penance Raj Thackeray and MNS have been at the forefront of those threatening to attack cinemas screening Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, and now they are loudly claiming victory because film producers who have already cast Pakistani artistes have been told to pay up Rs 5 crore each to the army welfare fund as ‘penance’. |
Punishment inflicted on oneself as an outwarf expression of repentencr for wrongdoing |
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Cudgel Will MNS now take up cudgels against Indian businesses selling to Pakistan and creating jobs in India? |
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Patriotic fervour It’s time politicians redefined their job as improving livelihoods of people rather than engaging in fist-shaking displays of simulated patriotic fervour that hurt jobs and businesses. I |
A great expression of devotion for ones own country Intense feeling |
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Appeasement Modi slams triple talaq but majority appeasement too is a problem |
Fulfil the demands |
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Asserted Modi asserted that government had a responsibility to protect the constitutional rights of Muslim women from practices that degrade their status in society. |
State a fact v confidently |
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Ploygamy intrinsically Religious practices, no matter how intrinsically linked to tradition, can’t override the Constitution. |
Basic ch of a thing or person |
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Aa..Clergy Plus, for far too long the Muslim community in India has been dominated by diktat from the clergy. |
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Cede reaping And this happened because the country’s political leadership progressively ceded space to Muslim orthodoxy in the hope of reaping political dividends. |
Give up power ot territory Recieve sth beneficial as a consequence of ones or anothers actions |
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Marginalise relegate This in turn has marginalised modern Muslim voices and relegated Muslim women to second-class status. |
Treat as insignificant Assign an inferior rank |
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Condemn That said, the Modi government can’t be selective in its approach. While Modi himself did try to balance his criticism of triple talaq by also condemning female foeticide prevalent among Hindus, t |
Express dissaproval of |
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Strive gamut If the aim is to strive for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) BJP must also revise its majoritarian positions on a gamut of issues, |
Make great egforts to achieve sth A whole range of |
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Competence What is ur competence |
Ability to do sth successfully nd efficiently |
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Decorum paternalistic The lack of decorum and display of family and paternalistic power are symptomatic of a fundamental flaw in functioning of Indian political parties, |
Behavour in keeping with good taste |
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Poscribe perpetrator Pakistani authorities have blamed proscribed outfit Lashkar-i-Jhangvi. Regardless of the exact identity of the perpetrators, it’s clear that the terror monster is a problem not just for the international community but for Pakistan itself. |
Forbid by law Someone who has done a crime |
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Crackdown The US told Pak to crackdown on all terror groups including those that targeted neighbouring countries |
A series of measures to restrict undesirable or illegal behaviour |
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devour Else the terror monster will devour Pak completely |
Fig...as in eat |
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Nitpick Having accepted the target of being among the top 50 nations in ease of doing business it’s too late to nitpick now, as the ministry of commerce and industry has been reduced to doing, about the World Bank’s methodology in arriving at the rankings. |
Finding fault |
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Emulate The last NDA government made large strides in privatising loss-making public sector enterprises, but this NDA government hasn’t been keen to emulate its predecessor. |
Surpass |
