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Walk the talk: On the Manipur crisis and reconciliation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally acknowledges (स्वीकार करना) Manipur crisis; now he should push for peace

A day after a searing (sharp, intense, fierce, penetrating, stinging, piercing; scorching, blistering, flaming, blazing, burning) speech by debutant (a person who is making a debut (first public appearance) in a particular capacity or role, particularly in politics/sport) Congress Member of Parliament, Bimol Akoijam, who questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the situation in Manipur, Mr. Modi responded by making his first substantial (considerable, significant, meaningful) remarks in Parliament on the ethnic (जातीय, सांस्कृतिक) conflict (विवाद, झगड़ा) that broke out over a year ago. While acknowledging the crisis, he asserted (दावा करना) that adequate steps had been taken to restore law and order (कानून और व्यवस्था) and that several institutions were functioning normally. He spoke of the need to “go beyond politics and bring peace and stability” to the State, but also blamed the Congress for the way it had handled similar incidents in the past, and suggested (सुझाव देना, संकेत देना) that the social tensions (तनाव, खींचातानी) in the State are deep rooted. However, the effort must now be to focus on peace and not allow the stakeholders (हितधारक, हिस्सेदार) to continue to play the blame game (a situation in which people blaming each other for a mistake or problem). Mr. Modi has never shied away from claiming (दावा करना, अधिकार जताना) glory (गौरव) over achievements — his government’s or those of others — but his stock (conventional, usual, regular, routine, typical, customary) response to embarrassing (शर्मनाक) questions or crises that show the regime (शासन, प्रशासन) in bad light has been one of silence. While such gestures (इशारा, संकेत) have helped build his image (छवि, रूप) and deflect (turn aside/away, divert, deviate, fend off, stop) criticism, the absence (unavailability, non-existence, lack) of a concrete (real, actual, solid, substantial, definite, tangible) reaction by the undisputed leader of India’s government to a crisis like Manipur has only exacerbated (increase, escalate, add to, intensify, heighten, aggravate, make worse) the problem. Albeit (though, even though, however) late, his remarks should revive (restore, revitalize, renew, energize, bring back) the search for a way out of the crisis.

Manipur, unlike what Mr. Modi asserts, is not any close to normalcy (a normal condition; normality, regularity). The people displaced (force someone to leave his/her home, usually due to war, persecution, or natural disaster; banish, exile, deport, evict, expel, oust) during the conflict remain so; a report by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (it is the world’s leading source of data and analysis on internal displacement. Since our establishment in 1998 as part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Geneva, they have offered a rigorous, independent and trusted service to the international community. Their work informs policy and operational decisions that improve the lives of the millions of people living in internal displacement, or at risk of becoming displaced in the future) says Manipur accounted for 67,000 of the 69,000 displaced in South Asia last year. Kuki-Zo residents in Imphal and Meitei residents in Churachandpur among other areas are still unable to return to their homes. Even government servants and legislators (a member of a legislature (parliament/congress/council/legislative assembly); lawmaker, (elected) representative) from these communities remain displaced, affecting governance (administration, regime, government activity), welfare (a government program that provides (financial) assistance to individuals and families in need; social security, government/state benefit, public assistance), schooling and health services. Self-claimed (giving yourself a particular title, job, etc. self-proclaimed, self-confessed, self-declared, self-acknowledged) “village defence squads” or armed (equipped/having (firearms)) vigilantes (a member of the self-appointed group which unofficially punishing crimes) still roam (move about aimlessly) the valley (a low area between hills or mountains typically with a river running through it) and the hill areas as the conflict has spread to hitherto (previously, formerly, until now, up to this point, so far) peaceful districts such as Jiribam. The State government’s remit (area of responsibility, area of activity, scope, ambit) has been supplanted (replace, displace, supersede, substitute for, take the place of, take over from) by that of central agencies (the central agencies are organizations in the executive branch that co-ordinate the activities of, and provide guidance to the operating ministries and agencies; e.g. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Income Tax Department (IT) and etc), as a de facto (actual, real, effective, existing) central rule, without the imposition (application, enforcement, implementation) of Article 355, seems to be in place (in order, established, arranged; existing, working) even as Union Home Minister Amit Shah claims this has transpired (develop, evolve, happen, occur, unfold, emerge) with the “cooperation” of the N. Biren Singh-led government. Mr. Singh does not enjoy the confidence (trust, faith, belief, conviction) of his own partymen from the minority communities and any chance of a peace breakthrough (very important/significant development or progress) or reconciliation remains difficult without any change in leadership. But neither Mr. Modi nor Mr. Shah has shown any inclination (preference, interest, desire, urge, impulse, readiness) to effect (carry out, manage, bring off) it. Bluster (bombast, ranting, empty talk, humbug) and mere (only, just, trivial) acknowledgment (acceptance, admission, recognition, realization, approval) of the crisis will not solve the problems in Manipur and Mr. Modi has to become proactive in leading changes that will lead to (cause, result in, bring on, bring about, produce, give rise to) peace and reconciliation.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.reconciliation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - मेल-मिलाप
English Meaning - restoration of friendly relations, restoration of harmony, agreement, compromise, understanding, peace, an end to hostilities; conciliation, pacification, appeasement.

2.acknowledge (verb)

Hindi Meaning - स्वीकार करना
English Meaning - accept, admit, recognize, realize, be aware of, be conscious of.

3.ethnic (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - जातीय, सांस्कृतिक
English Meaning - relating to a population subgroup (cultural, national, traditional/folk) with a common national or cultural tradition.

4.conflict (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विवाद, झगड़ा
English Meaning - dispute, quarrel, disagreement, difference of opinion, friction, strife, discord.

5.assert (verb)

Hindi Meaning - दावा करना
English Meaning - affirm, announce, state, posit, claim (confidently).

6.law and order (noun)

Hindi Meaning - कानून और व्यवस्था
English Meaning - a condition in which the existing rules, regulations, norms and related legal codes are recognized and observed for the sustenance of peace, orderliness and security of lives and property in society; lawful behaviour, order, lawfulness, discipline, peacefulness. (Under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and therefore, it is the primary duty of the State Governments to prevent, detect, register and investigate crime and prosecute the criminals).

7.suggest (verb)

Hindi Meaning - सुझाव देना, संकेत देना
English Meaning - indicate, denote, point to, signify.

8.tensions (noun)

Hindi Meaning - तनाव, खींचातानी
English Meaning - strained relations, strain, unease.

9.stakeholder (noun)

Hindi Meaning - हितधारक, हिस्सेदार
English Meaning - a person with an interest in something.

10.claim (verb)

Hindi Meaning - दावा करना, अधिकार जताना
English Meaning - assert/say that one has achieved something; lay claim to.

11.glory (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गौरव
English Meaning - fame, honour, eminence, reputation/recognition.

12.embarrassing (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - शर्मनाक
English Meaning - awkward, difficult, tricky, sticky, problematic, uncomfortable,

13.regime (noun)

Hindi Meaning - शासन, प्रशासन
English Meaning - government, administration.

14.gesture (noun)

Hindi Meaning - इशारा, संकेत
English Meaning - sign, signal, indication; action, deed, move.

15.image (noun)

Hindi Meaning - छवि, रूप
English Meaning - public perception, public impression, persona, identity.

16.walk the talk (phrase)

English Meaning - to do the things you have said you would do.

17.push for (verb)

English Meaning - work for, speak for, ask/call for, urge, press for, request, insist on.

18.searing (adjective)

English Meaning - sharp, intense, fierce, penetrating, stinging, piercing; scorching, blistering, flaming, blazing, burning.

19.debutant (noun)

English Meaning - a person who is making a debut (first public appearance) in a particular capacity or role, particularly in politics/sport.

20.substantial (adjective)

English Meaning - considerable, significant, meaningful.

21.break out (noun)

English Meaning - (sudden) outbreak, eruption, flare-up, upsurge, outburst, blow-up (of something unwelcome).

22.speak of (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - mention, refer to, remark on, comment on, discuss, talk about, bring in.

23.go beyond (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - be more than something; to do more than something; to do more than is needed; transcend, rise above, surpass, exceed.

24.deep-rooted (adjective)

English Meaning - deep-seated, fundamental, well established, long-lasting, intrinsic, ingrained, persistent.

25.blame game (noun)

English Meaning - a situation in which people blaming each other for a mistake or problem.

26.shied away from past and past participle of shy away from (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - avoid, recoil, withdraw nervously (due to fear/surprise/pain).

27.stock (adjective)

English Meaning - conventional, usual, regular, routine, typical, customary.

28.show up someone in a bad light (phrase)

English Meaning - to make someone appear to be a bad one.

29.in a bad light (phrase)

English Meaning - in a method that makes someone or something to look bad; so as to give bad impression.

30.deflect (noun)

English Meaning - turn aside/away, divert, deviate, fend off, stop.

31.absence (noun)

English Meaning - unavailability, non-existence, lack.

32.concrete (adjective)

English Meaning - real, actual, solid, substantial, definite, tangible.

33.exacerbate (verb)

English Meaning - increase, escalate, add to, intensify, heighten, aggravate, make worse.

34.albeit (conjunction)

English Meaning - though, even though, however.

35.revive (verb)

English Meaning - restore, revitalize, renew, energize, bring back.

36.the way out (noun)

English Meaning - a method of dealing with a problem; solution.

37.normalcy (noun)

English Meaning - a normal condition; normality, regularity.

38.displace (verb)

English Meaning - force someone to leave his/her home, usually due to war, persecution, or natural disaster; banish, exile, deport, evict, expel, oust.

39.Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) (noun)

English Meaning - it is the world’s leading source of data and analysis on internal displacement. Since our establishment in 1998 as part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Geneva, they have offered a rigorous, independent and trusted service to the international community. Their work informs policy and operational decisions that improve the lives of the millions of people living in internal displacement, or at risk of becoming displaced in the future.

40.account for (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - represent, constitute, form, comprise, make up.

41.Kuki-Zomi community (noun)

English Meaning - The Kuki people are an ethnic group native to the state of Manipur and other states in northeastern India. The “Mizo” (poetic version of “Zomi”), people are a ethnic group native to the Indian state of Mizoram and neighbouring regions of Northeast India.

42.Meitei/Manipuri people (noun)

English Meaning - an ethnic group native to the state of Manipur in northeastern India. Meitei people also called Manipuri, dominant population of Manipur in northeastern India.

43.legislator (noun)

English Meaning - a member of a legislature (parliament/congress/council/legislative assembly); lawmaker, (elected) representative.

44.governance (noun)

English Meaning - administration, regime, government activity.

45.welfare (noun)

English Meaning - a government program that provides (financial) assistance to individuals and families in need; social security, government/state benefit, public assistance.

46.self-claimed (adjective)

English Meaning - giving yourself a particular title, job, etc. self-proclaimed, self-confessed, self-declared, self-acknowledged.

47.armed (adjective)

English Meaning - equipped/having (firearms).

48.vigilante (noun)

English Meaning - a member of the self-appointed group which unofficially punishing crimes.

49.roam (verb)

English Meaning - move about aimlessly.

50.valley (noun)

English Meaning - a low area between hills or mountains typically with a river running through it.

51.hitherto (adverb)

English Meaning - previously, formerly, until now, up to this point, so far.

52.remit (noun)

English Meaning - area of responsibility, area of activity, scope, ambit.

53.supplant (verb)

English Meaning - replace, displace, supersede, substitute for, take the place of, take over from.

54.central agencies (plural noun)

English Meaning - the central agencies are organizations in the executive branch that co-ordinate the activities of, and provide guidance to the operating ministries and agencies; e.g. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Income Tax Department (IT) and etc.

55.de facto (adjective)

English Meaning - actual, real, effective, existing.

56.imposition (noun)

English Meaning - application, enforcement, implementation.

57.Article 355 of the Constitution (noun)

English Meaning - it says that “Duty of the Union to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance; It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure that the government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

58.in place (phrase)

English Meaning - in order, established, arranged; existing, working.

59.transpire (verb)

English Meaning - develop, evolve, happen, occur, unfold, emerge.

60.confidence (noun)

English Meaning - trust, faith, belief, conviction.

61.breakthrough (noun)

English Meaning - very important/significant development or progress.

62.inclination (noun)

English Meaning - preference, interest, desire, urge, impulse, readiness.

63.effect (verb)

English Meaning - carry out, manage, bring off.