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Fluid boundaries: On border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra

Inter-State (अंतर्राज्यीय) disputes (विवाद, असहमति) can only be solved by a political culture respectful of diversity (विविधता)

The dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra over areas that both States claim (दावा, आरोप, मांग) to be theirs has become nasty (खराब, अप्रिय) and noisy in recent weeks, even leading to violence. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis — both from the BJP — have crossed swords publicly (सार्वजनिक रूप से, जनता में). Campaigners (champion, advocate, promoter) for the merger (विलयन, संघ) of Karnataka’s Marathi-speaking areas with Maharashtra upped the ante this week by organising a conference in Belgaum. Maharashtra politicians wanted to attend it but were stopped by the police, leading to a flare-up ((sudden) outburst, eruption, blow-up (of hostility)), possibly (संभवतः) as intended by the invitees (आमंत्रित, निमंत्रण पत्र) and the organisers. Karnataka’s practice, since 2006, of holding (पकड़ना, आयोजन करना) the winter session of the Assembly in Belgaum, is itself an assertion (declaration, pronouncement, statement, affirmation) of its authority (अधिकार, आदेश) over the place. Recently, Mr. Bommai reiterated (बार बार दुहराना, फिर से कहना) Karnataka’s claim (say that one owns, lay claim to, assert ownership of) over 48 villages of Sangli in Maharashtra, drawing (get, obtain; derive, gather) a sharp rebuttal (खंडन, प्रतिवाद). With exchanges getting increasingly provocative (उत्तेजक, भड़काने वाला), Union Home Minister Amit Shah has told the Chief Ministers to dial down (lessen the amount or intensity of something) the rhetoric (bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language) and wait for the Supreme Court to adjudicate the matter. The Court is seized of the matter, but it can only do so much as the underlying (fundamental, basic, primary) factors (aspect, point, thing) that originated along with the 1956 linguistic reorganisation of Indian States are not easily amenable to (cooperative, accommodating, flexible) technical and legal solutions.

Carving out (create, establish, take out (something with effort)) political units that neatly correspond (communicate, keep in contact) with various linguistic groups is impossible in India. As a result, almost all States have linguistic minorities that are accorded (give, grant, present, confer on) special rights. The Maharashtra-Karnataka row (dispute, quarrel, fight, disagreement) fundamentally arises out of (occur, happen, ensue (as a result of)) a lack (absence, unavailability, non-existence, scarcity, shortage) of appreciation (acknowledgement, understanding, recognition, realization, sensitivity (of a situation)) of that reality. In 1957, Maharashtra claimed 814 villages and the three urban settlements (an uninhabited place where people established a community/colony; community, colony, village, hamlet) of Belagavi, Karwar and Nippani in Karnataka; Karnataka not only rebuffed (reject, refuse, decline, ignore, turn down, dismiss, brush off) Maharashtra’s claims but also began to claim areas in Kolhapur, Sholapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra. Elsewhere, Maharashtra and Telangana are caught in a dispute across their border, in Chandrapur and Asifabad districts, respectively. Reports of populations wanting to have their places shift from one State to another have emerged in recent weeks. In the Northeast, some boundary disputes between States have cost (cause the loss of; cause the sacrifice of; result in damage to) lives. It is wise to (aware of, familiar with; sensible, prudent, well judged) defer to (respect, honour, comply with, agree with; yield, give in, submit, give way, surrender) the Court’s decision on any dispute, but harmony (unity, solidarity, cooperation, agreement/concord) can be achieved only through embracing (welcome, take up, accept, adopt) and promoting (encourage, nurture, develop, foster, support) a political culture that is respectful of diversity that cannot be neatly demarcated (outline, delimit, delineate). Fluid political and cultural boundaries criss-cross (intersect, converge, connect, join) the landscape (land, terrain, surroundings, environment) of India. If new fires (hostility, antagonism, animosity, enmity, ill will, flak) are lit through divisive (alienating/isolating, disharmonious, discordant) politics, the judiciary (a branch of government in which judicial power is vested; judges collectively) can do very little. That will be a double engine failure.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.dispute (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विवाद, असहमति
English Meaning - disagreement, difference of opinion, misunderstanding, argument, quarrel.

2.inter-state (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - अंतर्राज्यीय
English Meaning - existing between states.

3.diversity (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विविधता
English Meaning - existence/presence of different people (from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives ranging from race to age to gender to hometown to educational experience) within group; variety, variance, difference.

4.claim (noun)

Hindi Meaning - दावा, आरोप, मांग
English Meaning - right/title to something; assertion, declaration, contention, allegation, demand.

5.nasty (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - खराब, अप्रिय
English Meaning - unpleasant, awful, disagreeable.

6.publicly (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - सार्वजनिक रूप से, जनता में
English Meaning - in public.

7.merger (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विलयन, संघ
English Meaning - union.

8.possibly (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - संभवतः
English Meaning - maybe.

9.invitee (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आमंत्रित, निमंत्रण पत्र
English Meaning - guest, visitor.

10.hold (verb)

Hindi Meaning - पकड़ना, आयोजन करना
English Meaning - convene, orgnaize, arrange.

11.authority (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अधिकार, आदेश
English Meaning - power, right, jurisdiction, command, control.

12.reiterate (verb)

Hindi Meaning - बार बार दुहराना, फिर से कहना
English Meaning - repeat, say again, restate.

13.rebuttal (noun)

Hindi Meaning - खंडन, प्रतिवाद
English Meaning - negation, denial, disproval, counter-argument.

14.provocative (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - उत्तेजक, भड़काने वाला
English Meaning - annoying, irritating, agitational, provoking, inflammatory, goading.

15.adjudicate (verb)

Hindi Meaning - निर्णय करना, सुलझाना
English Meaning - adjudge, judge, decide, settle, resolve.

16.fluid (adjective)

English Meaning - subject to change; changeable, adjustable, modifiable, variable, unsettled, uncertain, undecided, unstable.

17.inter- (prefix)

English Meaning - between; among.

18.lead to (verb)

English Meaning - cause, give rise to, lead to, bring about, generate.

19.cross swords (phrase)

English Meaning - quarrel, disagree, have a dispute, lock horns.

20.campaigner (noun)

English Meaning - champion, advocate, promoter.

21.up the ante (phrase)

English Meaning - to increase demands (in a tough condition) even though it has risks.

22.flare-up (noun)

English Meaning - (sudden) outburst, eruption, blow-up (of hostility).

23.assertion (noun)

English Meaning - declaration, pronouncement, statement, affirmation.

24.draw (verb)

English Meaning - get, obtain; derive, gather.

25.exchange (noun)

English Meaning - argument, debate, war of words.

26.dial down (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - lessen the amount or intensity of something.

27.rhetoric (noun)

English Meaning - bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.

28.be seized of something (phrase)

English Meaning - be aware of something; be informed of something.

29.underlying (adjective)

English Meaning - fundamental, basic, primary.

30.factor (noun)

English Meaning - aspect, point, thing.

31.linguistic (adjective)

English Meaning - relating to language; lingual.

32.States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (noun)

English Meaning - An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the States of India and for matters connected therewith. In 1956, when the Constitution of India was amended to implement the provisions of the States Reorganisation Act, only two categories, namely, States and Union Territories remained in the Indian Union. The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 remains the single most extensive change in state boundaries since the Independence of India in 1947.

33.amenable to (adjective)

English Meaning - cooperative, accommodating, flexible.

34.carve out (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - create, establish, take out (something with effort).

35.correspond (verb)

English Meaning - communicate, keep in contact.

36.accord (verb)

English Meaning - give, grant, present, confer on.

37.row (noun)

English Meaning - dispute, quarrel, fight, disagreement.

38.arise out of (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - occur, happen, ensue (as a result of).

39.lack (noun)

English Meaning - absence, unavailability, non-existence, scarcity, shortage.

40.appreciation (noun)

English Meaning - acknowledgement, understanding, recognition, realization, sensitivity (of a situation).

41.claim (verb)

English Meaning - say that one owns, lay claim to, assert ownership of.

42.settlement (noun)

English Meaning - an uninhabited place where people established a community/colony; community, colony, village, hamlet.

43.“double engine” government theory (noun)

English Meaning - the concept behind “double engine” governments is that the same party (in this case BJP) should be in power in the state and at the Centre.

44.rebuff (verb)

English Meaning - reject, refuse, decline, ignore, turn down, dismiss, brush off.

45.cost (verb)

English Meaning - cause the loss of; cause the sacrifice of; result in damage to.

46.wise to (adjective)

English Meaning - aware of, familiar with; sensible, prudent, well judged.

47.defer to (verb)

English Meaning - respect, honour, comply with, agree with; yield, give in, submit, give way, surrender.

48.harmony (noun)

English Meaning - unity, solidarity, cooperation, agreement/concord.

49.embrace (verb)

English Meaning - welcome, take up, accept, adopt.