Topic Of The Day:-Adrift On Stormy Seas
Dravidian Politics Must Re-Invent Every Aspect Of Itself: Its Modes Of Operation, Its Emotional Motifs, And Its Leadership
Tamil Nadu at different points in history has been considered the bane of Indian politics as much as it has been the enlightened torch-bearer of progressive reform. Today, the foundation of its political superstructure is facing tectonic shifts and an entirely new paradigm may be on the horizon.
In the heyday of the Dravidian movement, Tamil Nadu was one of those rare States that issued the clarioncall of secession and autonomy for the Tamil people, ethnic-based demands that would, in today’s India, be instantly branded “anti-national”. Toward the turn of the century, one of its leaders brought down a coalitiongovernment at the Centre by suddenly pulling the plug on an alliance agreement. It has always been a State that has shown resistance to certain diktats from New Delhi, from the micro concerns about Hindi imposition in the State to macro disputes over inter-State river-water sharing arrangements.
Notwithstanding the frictions generated by Tamil Nadu’s posturing on all these contentious issues, it has simultaneously been the vanguard among its peers in the provision of mass welfare goods and services
MEANINGS AND WORDS
1) enlightened
Meaning : having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook.(adj)
Synonyms : informed
Antonyms : uninformed
Example : “the more enlightened employers offer better terms”
2) reform
Meaning : make changes in (something, especially an institution or practice) in order to improve it.(v) , the action or process of reforming an institution or practice.(n)
Synonyms : improve
Antonyms : impair
Example : “the Bill will reform the tax system”
3) tectonic
Meaning : relating to the structure of the earth’s crust and the large-scale processes which take place within it.(adj)
Synonyms : structural
Example : “the movements of the tectonic plates”
4) paradigm
Meaning : a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.(n)
Synonyms : pattern
Antonyms : atypical sample
Example : “society’s paradigm of the ‘ideal woman’
5) clarion
Meaning : loud and clear.
Synonyms : fine , fair
Antonyms : quiet
Example : “clarion trumpeters”
6) secession
Meaning : the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.(n)
Synonyms : separation
Antonyms : entry
Example : “the republics want secession from the union”
7) coalition
Meaning : a temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government.(n)
Synonyms : league
Antonyms : isolation
Example : “a coalition between Liberals and Conservatives”
8) diktats
Meaning : an order or decree imposed by someone in power without popular consent.
Synonyms : rulings
Example : “a diktat from the Bundestag”
9) disputes
Meaning : a disagreement or argument(n).
Synonyms : conflicts
Antonyms : accepts
Example : “a territorial dispute between the two countries”
10) posturing
Meaning : behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead.(v)
Synonyms : stating
Antonyms : humility
Example : “a masking of fear with macho posturing”
11) vanguard
Meaning : a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas(n).
Synonyms : forefront
Antonyms : followers
Example : “the experimental spirit of the modernist vanguard”
