Banking wizard by pankaj gautam



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No one bothered (‘fikra karna’; çhinta karna’) about them and their names were tossed into garbage (‘kuda’; ‘bak-was’) cans of oblivion

  1. Gibberish: meaningless sounds; unintelligible talk; non sense (‘samajh me na aane wala bhasan’; ‘bematlab shabd’)

Nostradamus’s gibberish which millions read with awe (‘vismay purn aadar’; ‘dar’) and wonder has been finally proved to be false.

  1. Lass: (also lassie) (esp in Scotland and England) girl; young woman. (ladki, yuvati)

  2. Smitten: adj [pred] with sth deeply affected by (an emotion); (with sb/sth) having take a sudden, often romantic, liking (to sb) (‘prem me pagal’)

When you read a woman’s name , say Rupan Deol Bajaj, you know that a Deol lass has been smitten by a Bajaj or vice-versa and so on.

  1. Pictersque: forming a pretty scene; charming or quaint (ánokha ya aakarshak); (of language) strikingly expressive; vivid (‘jeevant’; ‘sajiv’) (of a person, his appearance, his manner, etc) strange or unusual; eccentric (sanki) (‘sajiv’; ‘sundar’chitravat sundar)

  2. Fusillade: continuous or simultaneous shooting of guns; (fig) great outburst of questions, criticism, etc (barood ki bauchad; topo ki badh; aawegpurn abhivyakti)

Once Madhu Sharma started her fusillade in public, the next day and for several days thereafter, it was the government, the police and Pramod Mahajan , who were on the defensive.

  1. Stigma: mark of shame or disgrace; shameful feling or reputation; (botany) part that receives the pollen (‘parag’; ‘phoolon ka ras’) in the centre of flower (‘kalank’; ‘batta’)

Losing an election is not an stigma

  1. Domino effect: effect of one (esp political) event in one place making similar events happen one after the other elsewhere. (‘durgami prabhav’)

  2. Libel: false written or printed statement that damages sb’s reputation; (law) act of publishing such a statement; (on sb) (infml) things that tends to harm the reputation of sb/sth ; harm the reputation of (sb) by publishing a false statement (‘maan-hani’; ápman lekh[asatya] ‘nindatmak lekh likhna’)

The Bachchans had won a libel case against a Swedish paper that had claimed they were beneficiaries (‘labharthi’) of Bofors Kickbacks. (‘rishwat’; ‘rishwat pana’)

  1. Anomalous:adj different from what is normal; irregular; anomalously-adv; anomaly: anomalous thing; irregularity (ániyamit’; asangat’; ‘niyam viruddh’)

  2. Chuck up: give up sb/sth; abandon (çhodh dena’; ‘phek dena’; ‘go-maansh ka lothra’’; ‘nikaal dena’)

When he joined the film industry in the late 1960’s , he was an anamoly : a public school boy who had chucked up a well-paid job with a Calcutta company to risk everything on a career in films.

  1. Cesspit: (also cesspool) covered pit where liquid waste or sewage (‘ganda pani’; ‘mal jal’) is stored temporarily ; dirty or corrupt place (‘gandi jagah’)

By the time Amitabh called politics a cesspool, it was already too late.

  1. Propheticalso prophetical) adj (fml) of or like a prophet or prophats, (of sth) predicting or containing a prediction [prophetically adv] (‘paigambari’; ‘bhawishya suchak’)

Even when he started, ABCL, Amitabh was different. It’s fashionable now to focuss on the failures of ABCL. But if you go back to the things he said when he started the corporation, (‘nigam’; ‘sanstha’) they are easily prophetic.

  1. Genre:particular style or kind, esp of works of art or literature grouped according to their form or subject matter (‘shaili’; ‘vidha’)

But because the audience is keen to see Amitabh Bachchan, the genre irself has been altered to accommodate his age.

  1. Pantheonesp in ancient Greece and rome) temple dedicated to all the gods. All the gods of a nation or people. Building in which the famous dead of a nation are buried or have memorials (‘smarak’) (‘devgan’; ‘prasidh logo ka dal’; ‘smarak’; sarva-dev mandir)

I’ve long since given up trying to work out why Amitabh Bachchan occupies thice special place in the panthelon of Indian Idols.

  1. Phoney: (also phony) adj ;( ier; iest) (infml derog) (of a person) pretending or claiming to be what one is not; (of a thing) false or faked (‘jaali vastu’; ‘paakhandi’)

And as long as the people love him, no flop, no phony scandal, no bad business decision and no negative publicity can ever keep him down for long.

England a phoney number one.



  1. Viept pp vied/vying) with sb (for sth/to do sth); for sth (fml) competed keenly (útsukta se’) with sb (for sth); rivals sb for sth.(spardha/pratispardha larna)

Powerful politicians and even more powerful industrialists Vie to be in his company.

  1. Adept:adj (in sth) (at/in doing sth) expert or skilful in (doing) sth; (at/in sth) person who is skilful (in sth)(‘nipun’; ‘maahir’; ‘daksh’; ‘pravin;)

Bachchan answered the questions quite frankly (he admitted he was adept at boiling water)

  1. Cosy: (us cozy) adj (ier, iest) (approv) warmed and comfortable, intimate and friendly. (áram dayak’)

Prannoy asked Barkha a question, the Barkha asked Rajdeep a question who in turn asked another question of his own. And so on. Very cosy

  1. Inferno: place or situation like hell, esp in being full or horror and confusion, (place affected by a ) large destructive fire (‘narak’; áag’)

A car bomb blast destroyed a night club and started an inferno that left 187 people dead and wounded 300.

  1. Strangle: kill (sb) by squeezing or gripping the throat tightly; throttle (‘gala ghotna’), restrict or prevent the proper growth, operation or development of (sth); restrict the utterance (‘kathan’; úchcharan/ baat cheet; abhivyakti) of sth (‘dum ghutna’; ‘gala ghotkar ya daba kar marna’’; ;dabana)

Call centre executive strangles lover with wire.

  1. Obscure: (adj) not easily or clearly seen or understood; indistinct; hidden, not well known; hide (sb/sth) from view (‘dhundhla’; ágyat’)

  2. Ogle: at sb (derog) look or stare at (esp a woman) in a way that suggest sexual interest (áa-saakt-purn dhang se ghurna’; kataksh’; ‘drisht-ta se dekhna’)

They had come to ogle at Aishwarya Rai and not to see some foreign film in some obscure language.

  1. Huff: (usu sing) fit of bad temper or annoyance (used esp in the expression shown) huffish, huffy , in a bad temper, easily offended, huffily (‘krudh ho jana’;’jhunjhlana’)

Karun was right to leave in a huff without speaking to the media.

  1. Morsel: (of sth) small amount or piece of sth, esp food (‘kaur’; ‘niwala’)

They watched her eat every morsel. Every time she put her fork down someone would shove an autograph book in front of her.

  1. Shun: (nn) keep away from (sth/sb); avoid (infml) attention (se door rehna’; ‘nikal dena’; ‘bachna’)

Naidu directs party to shun his brother.

  1. Ovary: either of the two organs in female animals that produce egg-cells. (botany) part of a plant that produce seeds. (ánda-shay’) ovarion: adj of ovary

  2. Intercession:interceding, plea on behalf of sb (‘doosre ke paksh me kehna’; ‘mel karane ke liye madhyasth-tha’; ‘prarthna’)

Doctors in Kolkata and Balurghat, claimed that the Ovarion tumour of Monica Bersa was treated by medicines and not through Mother’s intercession.

  1. Valedictory: adj [usu attrib] (fml) serving as or accompanying a farewell. (‘vidai bhasan’)

Vajpayee would preside over a valedictory function.

  1. Snipe: (at sb/sth) shoot from a hiding place (usu from a distance) make unpleasant critical remarks attacking sb/sth. (chip kar chalai gayi goli’)

  2. Sniper: person who snipes.

Elusive (difficult to describe:‘dugraha’) sniper keeps Washington on the edge.

  1. Decapitate: (v) cut the head off (esp a person or an animal) decaitation (‘sar katna’)

Witness said many vivtims has been decapitated by the blast.

  1. Medic: (n) (infml) medical student or doctor (‘doctor’; áyur vigyan ka vidyarthi’)

Medics tried to resuscitate her but failed.

  1. Alight: adj on fire; lit; alight: (v) (fml) (from sth) get down from a horse or vehicle; (on sth) (of a bird) come down from the air and settle; (on sth) find sth by chance (‘neeche aana’; útarna’; ‘prajjwalit hona’; ‘jalta hua’)

  2. Aisle:side passage in a church that is divided by a row of pillars from the nave (‘pahiye ki naav’; ‘girije ke beech ka bhag’), passagr between row of seats in a church, theatre, railway, carriage (‘gadi’; ‘rail-gadi’) (‘galiyara’; ‘raasta’)

Milkman dump(kharab sthan; gandi jagah, ‘patakna’; çhodh dena’; ‘phek dena) their milk cans in the doorways (darwaja; dwar), aisles and compartments (‘dibba’; ‘vibhag; ‘khana) making it difficult for the commuters (áana jaana karne wale’), especially (‘visheshtah’; ‘khaskar’) women and the elderly, to alight and enter the vehicle.

  1. Accostv) approach and speak to (sb) boldly, (of a prostitute) solicit (ýon sambandhon ke liye aagrah karna’; ýachna karna’; ‘dhandhe ke liye uksana’’phasana’; ‘prem nivedan karna’; phasana’) (sb) (sambodhan karna’; ‘tokna’; ‘phasana’; ‘’sambhog ke liye libhana’)

  2. If the commuters dare (çhunauti’; ‘himmat karna’) object (‘virodh karna’; ínkaar karna’) to this kind of high handedness (‘kathor’; ‘swecha-chari’) on the part of milkman (‘doodh wala’; ‘gwala’) and vendors (‘vikreta’; ‘bechne wala’), they are verbally (‘maukhik roop se’) accosted.

  3. Rue: (n, u) type of evergreen (‘sada-bahaar’) shrub (‘jhaadi’) with bitter leaves formerly used in medicine. Rue: (v)(ruing, rued) repent (‘pachtana’; ‘paschatap karna) or regret (sth) (‘vilap’ranj’pachtawa’)

Farmers rue land classification.

  1. Libation: (n) (pouring out of an) offering of wine, etc to a god in former times. Alcoholic drinks (‘tarpan’; ‘’hawan me dalna’; ‘madira’)

  2. Jest: thing said or done to cause amusement (ánand’); (idm) in jest: in fun not seriously . (v) (with sb) (about sth) make jokes (to sb) (about sth) ; speak or act without seriousness. (‘majak’; ‘parihas’hansi udana)

  3. Indulgent: adj inclined (‘pravirti’; ‘jhuka hua’) to indulge (‘mauj masti karna’; ‘;lipt hona’) (ánukul’; ‘pakshpaat purn’)

The media (‘sanchar madhyam’) was, understandably, indulgent towards Morarji Desai. His foibles (çhoti charitrik durbaltayen’’kamjori’)failings and distinctive (‘vishisht’) tastes in libations were dismissed in jest.

  1. Plebiscite: (n) (politics) (decision made by) direct vote by all qualified citizens on an important political matter. (‘janmat’)

  2. Secedefrom sth) withdraw (from membership of an organization , state, etc)(álag ho jana’; ‘samarthan wapas lena’; ‘haath khich lena’)

  3. Secession: (from sth) (fml) (instance of seceding) (‘sambandh-viched’)

It was a relief, also, to finally have a convincing (‘vishwasniya’; ‘nischyaatmak’; ýatharth purn) answer to those age old (‘prachin’) questions about plebiscite and secession.

  1. Messrsfrench) before a list of men’s names(‘sarva-shri’)

  2. Gourmet: (n) person who enjoys and is expert in the choice of fine food, wines, etc

  3. Caveatn) (fml) warning; proviso (law) procedure for requesting a court to suspend proceedings until the opposition has been heard. (íttal-nama’; çhetawni’)

But even as marriage is being packaged as a boon to health, there is a new caveat. While people in good, stable partnerships do, on an average, have less disease and later death, mounting (‘badhta hua’) evidence (‘praman’; ‘sakshya’) suggests (‘sanket karna’; ‘batlana’) that those in strained and unhappy relationship fare worse medically.

  1. Entwine: (v) sth (with/round sth) make sth by twisting one thing around another; wind one thing with or around another. (‘guthna’; ‘ghanisht-ta se juda hona’)

As our lives become entwined with those of people living in the most distant places on earth, our broadcast media-through which most people in rich cpounries receive most of their information are treating the rest of the world as if it is no more than a play ground for people like ourselves.,

  1. Monologue: (also monolog) long speech by one person in a conversation , which prevents other people from talking; soliloquy: a long speech in a play, film, etc spoken by one actor, esp when alone. Dramatic story, esp in verse, recited or performed by one person (ékalap’; ékpatri roopak’; ‘swagat bhasam’)

  2. Reverence: feeling of deep respect (‘shradha’; áadar’)

  3. Incendiary: adj designed to set buildings, etc on fore, tending to create public disturbances or violence (‘dahak’; ágni bam’)

  4. Thrift: (n u) careful or economical use of money or resources, (also sea-pink) sea shore or alpine (ýurup ka parvatiya kshetra’; ‘ped jo parvatuya kshetra me paaye jate hain) plant with bright pink flowers. (‘lifayat’; ‘kam kharchi’)

Thrifty: adj (ier , iest) showing thrift; economical, adv thriftiness

Every year 30th October is celebrated as world thrift day.



  1. Butler: (n) chief male servant of a house, usu in charge of the wine cellar (‘suragar’; ‘tahkhana’; ‘tang kothri’; ‘wine ka godam’) (‘khansama’)

  2. Laden: adj (with sth) loaded or weighted. With sth (of a person) troubled or burdened with sth. (‘lada hua’)

Animal research is laden with a number of myths (‘jhoothi baat’; ‘kalpanik kath)

  1. Booty: (n u) things taken by thieves or captured from an enemy in war; loot, plunder (‘lootmaar’)(‘loot’; ‘loot ka maal’; ‘bachche ka uni moza’)

The thieves were so rattled (‘ghabrana’) by the boldness of the security pair that they fled, leaving behind some of the booty.

  1. Impoverish:make (sb) poor, make (sth) poorer or worse in quality [impoverishment] (‘daridra kar dena’)

He has imooverished them, murdered them and tortured them.

  1. Inveigh:against sb/sth (fml) attack sb or sth violently in words.(‘bhartsna karna’)

It suits the politics of the Muslim wirld to inveigh against the global bully it believes the US to be, while it tolerates (‘sahan karna’; ‘bardhasht karna’) the all too real monsters in its own rank.

  1. Dilettante: (often derog) person who studies or does sth , but without serious interests or understanding.

Delhi is full of dilettante politicians, people who win Rajya Sabha seats and imagine that they are guiding the fortunes of the nation.

  1. Alibi n (law) formal statement or evidence that a person was in another place at the time of crime; (infml) excuse of any kind. (bahana)

Suspect files petition, says he has alibi.

  1. Trollop: (n) (dated derog) untidy or sexually immoral womam; slut (‘fuhad aurat’; ‘vaishya’)

  2. Harlot: prostitute

The duke (‘raja’; ‘rajkumar’; éngland me padvi’) of Edinburgh has denied reports in Sunday tabloid (‘samachar atrika’) that he had written a letter to princess Diana in which he called her a “trollop”and “harlot”.

  1. Acoluten) person who helps a priest in certain church services, assistant, apprentice; faithful follower (‘padri ka sahayak’; ‘sahayak’)

Modi likes to bask in his own limelight (‘lok prasidhi’; çharcha’) and feels that the experiment, which he has conducted along with his acolytes in the hindutva laboratory of Gujarat is going to be successful.

  1. Fete: (n) outdoor entertainment or sale, usu to raise money for a special purpose, (v) [esp passive] honours or entertain (sb) in a special way. (útsav’; ‘tyohar’)

Christmas bazaar attracts fete lovers,

  1. Turncoat: n (derog) person who changes from one side , party to another. (‘vishwasghati’; ‘girgit’; ‘dal-badlu’)

Yatiz oza (congress):- This BJP turncoat is also an eminent (‘prasidh’; ‘pratisthit’) lawyer.

  1. Vitriolic:adj savagely (‘jungli janwar ki tarah’) and bitterly (‘kadwahat ke saath’; ‘bahut jyada’; ‘phut phut car’as in crying bitterly) hostile (‘katu’; ‘tikha’, áti katu bhasan’)

  2. Emcee: n (infml) master of ceremonies; compere (‘karyakram udghoshak’; ‘manch sanchalak’) act as a master of ceremonies for (an event) : emceed

Who’s emceeing the show tonight?

  1. Remit: (v)[esp passive] refrain (‘door rehna’; ‘bachna’) from inflicting (‘pahuchana’; ‘dand dena’)(a punishment, stc) cancel ( adebt, payment, penalty, etc), make sth less intense relax. Sth (to sb) send (money , etc) to a person or place, esp by post. Sth to sb (law) send ( a matter to be decided) to an authority (‘niyantran ya prabhav ke bahar’; ‘rupaya bhejna’; ‘dand ya rin se chthkara’’; ‘maaf karna)

Nonetheless, (‘phir bhi’; ‘tab bhi’) Indira Gandhi severely (‘kathorta se, gambhir roop se,) criticized him for meeting the P.M. Justice K venkatswami could not have been ubaware of the sensitivity of his remit.

  1. Imputev) sth to sth (fml) put the responsibility for sth on sb/sth; attribute (‘goon’) sth to sb sth. (‘dosh lagana’)

It is futile and irresponsible for spokesman of the Government and the BJP to impute to the opposition or to critics a charge none had made.

  1. Orgy: (n) (often derog) wild party, usu with a lolt of drinking and or sexual activity. (of sth) (infml) great indulgence in one or more activity. (‘vyabhichar’; ;madd pan utsav’)

The court, however , reduced the life terms to 10 years for four other associates (sahyogi) who had helped Premnanda in his sexual orgy and also the murderer Ravi, who had objected to his activities.

  1. Raunchy: adj (infml esp us) having or showing sexual desire; coarse or obscene. Raunchily adv raunchiness (ashlil, kam-uttejak)

The calendar, which features the Australian Singer in a raunchy pose, has 31 pop up (áchanak nazar aana’) windows.

  1. Saccharine: n[u] very sweet substances used as a substitute for sugar; adj (esp derog) very sweet; too sweet.

Today, audiences don’t want to see saccharine films again and again. You have to change, give them something new.

  1. Facile: adj (usu derog) [attrib] easily obtained or achieved (and so not highly valued) (of speech or writing) easily produced but superficial or of poor quality [attrib] (of a person) saying or doing thing easily; fluent. (ásan’; ‘sugam’;’sahaj’)

Facile win for South Africa.

  1. Slur: n (on sb/sth) statement, accusation, etc that may damage sb’s reputation(‘pratistha’), esp when true. (music) the mark used to show that two or more notes are to be sung to one syllable or played smoothly without a break , slurred sound (áspasht awaz’; ‘daag’; ‘ladkhadahat ke saath bolna’’mind me gaana’)

  2. Whiz-kid: person who becomes successful very quickly. (‘tezi se tarakki karne wala’)

  3. Whit paper: (brit) report published by government about its policy on a matter that is to be considered by parliament (‘shwet patra’)

  4. Para-phrase: (n) re-wording of a piece of writing, statement, etc, esp in order to make it easier to understand. (‘bhawanuwad’; ásan dhang se vyakt karna’)

  5. Frown: (at sb/sth) bring the eyebrows (‘bhaun’) together, so wrinkling the skin on one’s forehead (lalat, mastishq) (to express anger, thought, worry, etc) (phr v) frown on/upon sth- disapprove of sth. (n) serious, angry, worried, etc look on the face causing lines on the forehead, expression of displeasure. (‘tewar’; ‘tyori chadhana’)

BJP frowns on Togadia.

  1. Minion: n (esp pl) (derog) subordinate or assistant, esp one who tries to win favor by obeying a superiors lavishly (údarta-purvak’)(çhaaplus’)

And then the show began. Laloo’s minions lined up and watched adoringly as Mohan trumpeted (‘dhindhora pitna’)and saluated the guest.

  1. Quag-mire: area of soft wet ground; bog or marsh (‘daldal’)

  2. Chasm: deep opening in the ground; abyss; gorge (fig) wide difference of felings or interrsts between people, group, etc (‘daraçhedh’; ‘gahra mat-bhed’)

Verdict (faisla) may widen SP-cong chasm.

  1. Shrine: (n) any place that is regarded as holy because of its association with a special person or event. Tomb (samadhi’kabra) or container in which holy relics (áwashesh’; ‘smriti chinh’) are kept. (‘tirth sthan’; ‘pawan dhaam’)

Wimbledon is a shrine for all lovers of tennis. Law to regulate shrines.

  1. Relic: (n c) trace or feature surviving from a past age and serving to remind people of it. Part of the body, clothes, belonging , etc of a holy person kept after his death as sth to be deeply respected. [parts of a] dead body surviving destruction or decay

Before my death I will ensure that I remain the last remaining relic sufferers of their hand. The truth will be surfaced in the world and I am sure it will be the truth encore.

  1. Alley: (n) (also alley-way) narrow passage, esp between or behind houses or other buildings, usu for pedestrian (‘paidal chalne wala’), path bordered by trees or hedges in a garden or park, long narrow area in which games like tenpin (ek tarah ka gend phekne ka khel), bowling and skittles (lakdi ki botlen , skittle khelna) are played.

On December 9, a 14 year old, standard ix student was walking home from school, when Mukesh Kumar accosted her. She tried to dodge (‘paintre-baazi’; ‘katrana’) him, but he grabbed her and began kissing her. The girl managed to slip away and raised an alarm. When people began collecting, the man darted (‘jhat pat chal padna) into an alley

  1. Dodge: move quickly and suddenly to one side in order to avoid (sb/sth) (infml) avoid doing (sth) by cleverness or trickery

  2. Dodger: n (infml) person who avoids doing sth

  3. Dart: sudden fast movement

  4. Diuretic: (n adj) (medical)(substances) causing an increase in the flow of urine. (‘mutra vardhak ausadhi)

Diuretics, or water pills, were once the mainstay (‘mukhya aadhar’)of therapy (rogoupchar) to lower blood pressure.

  1. Oblivious:adj of/to sth unaware of or not noticing sth; having no memory of sth-obliviousness (n u) (ánjan’; ‘bekhabar’)

At the time of the incident, the victim’s sister was on the terrace of the house, oblivious of the incident

  1. Seclude: sb/omeself (from sb)(fml) keep sb/oneself apart (from others) (‘samaj se door rakhna’; álag karna’)

  2. Secluded: adj (of a place) not visited or seen by many people, away from the company of others (ékant’)

Prem Singh (55), who is posted as a security guard in the hospital accosted the victim and took her to a secluded spot within the hospital premises and raped her.

  1. Anoint: sb(with sth) apply oil or ointment to sb (esp as a religious ceremony), show that sb has taken high office by doing this. (‘dharmapit karna’; ‘telabhisek karna’)

How many more times are we going to look foolish? Every time the political establishment anoints a villain (‘khal-nayak’; ‘bad-mash’), the court shoots it down.

  1. Ratchet: (n) device consisted of toothed wheels(‘dantedar chakra’) or bar with a catch that fits between the teeth allowing movement in one direction only.; also ratchet wheel: wheel that forms the part of this device

In the months to come, as the sangh parivar ratchets up its campaign in Himachal, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and chattisgarh, the distinction between the two organizations will disappear. Indeed modi is no longer attacking ‘pseudo (‘jhooth’; ‘nakli’) secularists. The target of his ire is now the ‘secularists’.

  1. Criss-cross:adj [attrib], adv with lines crossing each other; form a criss cross pattern (on sth); sth (with sth) marks sth with lines that cross. (áara-tircha’)

In the coming months , as happened before the parivar’s descent upon the Babri Masjid, in 1990, gaurav yatras, Godhra, asthi pujans and a host of other such processions will criss cross the northern states.

  1. Alienate: sb (from sb/sth) cause sb to become unfriendly or indifferent; estrange (door kar ena’; ‘mam mutav paida karna) sb. (law) transfer the ownership of (property) from one person to another (virodhi banana’; ‘door kar dena’)

The VHP will use the riots and killings that could follow to inflame (‘bhadkana’; ‘prajwalit karna’) Hindus. They will frighten and alienate Muslims throughout Northern India.

  1. Estrange:sb (from sb) cause (sb formerly) loving or friendly ) to become unfriendly to sb

  2. Magpie: noisy black and white bird that is attracted by, and often takes away, small bright objects. ; (a person who collects or hoards (‘khajana’; ‘gupt dhan’ikattha karna’) things), person who chatters a lot (çhidiya-maina’; ‘neel kanth; ‘kura karkat me se saman uthane wala;)

  3. Hoard: carefully collected and guarded store of money, food or other treasured (‘bahumulya’; ‘khajana’) objects, (v) sth collect (sth in quantity) and store it away.

  4. Hoarde: (n) person who hoards.

This ‘magpie approach’has been mastered by this group ideologues

  1. ‘hare-brained’: adj foolish; crazy (‘murkh’; ‘murkhta purn’)

Many questioners (‘prashna-karta’) in the media have discovered that if a hare-brained argument is challenged and its internal contradictions (‘virodha-bhas’; ántar virodh’) are shown, the parivar ideologue has a stock response.

  1. Figment: (n) thing that is not real but only imagined (used esp in the expression shown) (‘mangadhant baat’)

Vijayan and lakshmana deny the CBI’s findings and Nair charges, “it is nothing but the figment of the imaginations of a distraught (‘pareshan’) man.

  1. Androgynous: adj having both male and female characteristics; hermaphrodite (úbhay lingi) (botany( (of a plant) having both stamens(pushp keshar) and pistils(pestil) in the samw flower. (ubhay lingi)

  2. Bust: (n) 1. Sculpture of a person’s head, shoulder and chest. 2. (a) woman’s breasts; bosom (b) measurement round a woman’s chest and back. Busty- adj having large breasts. (pt, pp bust or busted) (infml) 1. Break (sth); smash 2. Sth/sb (for sth) (of the police) raid (a house) or arrest sb. 3. Reduce (sb) to a lower military rank; demote, (n) raid by the police

  3. Bust up: (infml) (esp of a married couple) quarrel and separate

  4. Bust sth up: cause sth to end; disrupt sth

  5. (idm) go bust: (of a person or a business) become bankrupt; fail financially.

Over 577 issues, the models became taller and their waist (‘kamar’) increased, while their hips became narrower and their bust became smaller.

  1. Oft: adv (arch) (esp in compounds) often (‘prayah’; áksar’)

  2. Grate: (n) (metal frame for holding coal, etc in a ) fireplace, (v) (esp passive) sth (into sth) rub sth into small pieces, usu against a rough surface; rub small bits off sth; make a harsh noise by rubbing (on sb/sth) have an irritating effect (on a person or his nerves) (ángitha’, ‘ragarna’; ‘kaddu-kas karna’)

Come the end of the year and there’s a still silence broken only by a cracking woodfire in the grate.

  1. Simian: adj, (n) (fml) (of or like a) monkey or ape(‘vanar ke saman’; ‘vanariya’)

The Simian’s friend, the alligator (‘magar machch’; ‘ghadiyal’), took it home, introduced it to family and friends, but on the swim back to the river bank desired to eat the flesh from its heart.

  1. Bestial: adj (derog) of or like a beast; brutish; cruel (bestially adv) (‘pashuwat’; ‘ganwar’; ásabhya’)

  2. Bestiality quality of being bestial; sexual activity between a human and an animal; brutal act , esp of a sexually perverted (‘kaam-vikrit’; ‘path bhrast’) (‘pashwikta’)

  3. Bestiary: (n) medival collection of stories about animals, including fables (‘dant katha’) and legends (‘puran’)

  4. Bestir: (v) rr oneself (fml) become active or busy

  5. Bestow: sth (on sb) present sth as a gift (to sb); confer (pradan karna)

  6. Pervert: (n) derog person whose (esp sexual) behavior is considered abnormal or unacceptable

  7. Solace: (fml) (thing that gives) comfort or relief (from pain, trouble, distress, etc) v sb (with sth) (fml) give solace to sb (‘santwana’; ‘tasalli’)

After all, he already has a track record as chief minister. But offereing justice or solace or economic security to the people is missing from it. Indeed, his last term saw unlimited hate and bestial violence.

  1. Trojan’horse: person or thing used to harm an enemy or opponent, who wrongly believes he is being helped. (‘shatruon ko gupt roop se vinash karne ke liye prayog ki jaane wali vastu ya vyakti)

Communalist is merely the Trajan Horse in whose belly (‘pet’; ‘tond’) is hidden the real monster called ‘state authoritarianism’ (‘tanashahi’)

  1. Cyst: hollow organ, bladder, etc in the body, containing liquid matter.

Pooja, who had been operated upon for a cyst a few days ago, was admitted to the Lilavati hospital for a medical check up.

  1. Nectar: drink of god (ámrit’)

His political journey has been like a churning(‘manthan’) of sea, where he had to take both poison and nectar.

  1. Conspicuous: adj (for sth) easily seen; noticeable, remarkable. (idm) conspicuous by one absence: noticeably absent when one ought to be present. (‘pratyaksha’; újagar’; ‘remarkable’)

Metro maiden (‘pratham’) run was marked by the conspicuous absence of several city leaders.

  1. Puberty: (n, u) stage at which a person’s sexual organs are maturing and he or she becomes capable of having children (ýouvan-aarambh’)

The women of my family were hesistant to remove the veil (burka) that had been part of their lives since they attained puberty.

  1. Prudent: adj acting with or showing care and foresight, showing good judgement. (‘buddhimatapurn’)

As we try to get things in a clear perspective (‘drishticon’), it would be prudent to take a walk through different events in the past one year and how the govt has handled each one of them.

  1. Plight: n [sing] serious and difficult situation or condition; v (idm) plighgt one’s troth – make a promise to marry sb (shadi ke liye vachan dena) (‘durdasha’;’gambhir sthiti’)

Vajpayee happens to be a very thoughtful and concerned man on certain matters like communalism, plight of woman, terrorism and on the issue of uplifting the poor masses.

  1. Plebeian: adj (fml or derog) of the lower social classes (derog) lacking refinement; vulgar (derog) person belonging to the lower social classes (esp in ancient rome)

In 1950, Larwood moved with his family to Australia and settled in Sydney. Here he led a plebeian life working in a soft drink factory.

  1. Plausible: adj (of a statement, an excuse, etc) seeming to be right or reasonable; believable , (derog) (of a person) skilled in producing convincing arguments, esp in order to deceive (‘sachcha’; ‘vishwashniya lagne wala)

The link between women’s status and child nutrition seems plausible.

  1. Cabal: (group of people involved in a) secret political plot (rajnitik shadyantra)

The ‘secularist’cabal generally talks with a forked tongue.

  1. Forked: divided into two or more parts.

  2. Bunting: n [u] colored flags and steamers used for decorating streets and buildings, loosely woven fabric used for making these. (‘dhwajpat’; jhandi’)

The specially designed welcome gates, the stage, the banner and the buntings, and even the clothes that the artists will wear at the ciultural function are blue

  1. Serf-dom: social and economic system under which land was cultivated by serfs; condition of serf’s life (‘das pratha’)

  2. Serf: (formerly) person forced by a landowner to work on the land in the feudal system, workers treated harshly or like a slave.

  3. Conscript: sb (into sth) force sb by law to served in the armed forces; person who has been conscripted (‘sena me aniwaya bharti’)

A leading pro LTTE daily has editorially condemned a Sri Lankan cabinet minister’s suggestion that the govt introduce conscription for the armed forces even as the peace talks with the Tigers are on.

  1. Truce: n agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting for a certain time; time that such an agreement last. (ýudh viram’)

ICC offers truce, cup war over.

  1. Profilerate: produce new growth or offspring rapidly; multiply, reproduce (cells, etc) increase rapidly in number (prachur matra me utpann hona ya karna)

New Delhi has lodged a strong protest with the US for including India in a list of nuclear proliferator countries.

  1. Quisling: n traitor, esp one who helps an enemy occupying this country (‘gad-dar’; ‘desh-drohi’)

Saluting the Netaji statue at Red Road, Bhatacharjee saw in Netaji a great freedom fighter, though he was a ‘quisling’to his predecessor (‘purvaj’purva adhikari’) during the Second World War.

  1. Saving wit to imitate nature: intelligent use of god’s gift

  2. Ubi-quit-ous: (seeming to be)

present everywhere (‘sarva-vyapi)

There was a time when Praveen Togadia was more ubiquitous on NDTV than even Rajdeep Sardesai or Ravi Shankar Prasad



  1. Titillate: stimulate or excite (sb), esp sexually (úttejit karna’; ‘sihran paida karna’; ‘gudgudana’)

“my job is to titillate”-Mahesh Bhatt.

  1. Quantum: amount that is required or desired (quantum of sale)

  2. Equity: fairness, right jhudgement, (law esp Brit) principles of justice used to correct laws when these would seem unfair in special circumstances; equities: ordinary stocks and shares that carry no fixed interest (saman hissa’; ‘nispaksh’)

Govt to retain 12 percent equity in HPCL.

  1. Tyrant: cruel, unjust or oppressive(átya-char-purn) ruler, esp who has obtained complete power by force; despot(‘shaktishali’; ‘krur raja’)

A 100 overs of Zimbabwe v England should be punishment enough for any tyrant.

  1. Fallow: adj (of land) ploughed but left unplanted to restore its fertility(‘parti bhumi’)

In order to provide time for the recoupment of the soil fertility, the farmers developed the cultural practice of fallowing.

  1. Abyss: n hole so deep that it seems to have no bottom. (‘gahri-khai’)

125 All out: batting depth or batting abyss

  1. Swagger: (usu derog) walk or behave in a proud or boastful way, (íthlahat’; ákad kar chalna’)

  2. Nonchalant: adj not feeling or showing interest or enthusiasm; calm and casual. (údasin’)

Sehwag swaggers in with a sort of Najafgarh nonchalance

  1. Budge: (usu in negative sentences) (cause sth to) move slightly, (cause sb to) change an attitude or opinion (‘hilna’; ‘hatna’)

Kiwis will not budge on Kenya

  1. Axiom: n statement that is accepted as true without further proof or argument. (‘sukti’; ‘swayam sidhh vyaktawya’)

The mentality of a lynching mob has taken over all of us and the axiom we grew up with that every person is innocent till proved to be otherwise has been long forgotten.

  1. Debauched: adj immoral, esp sexually(‘bhrast karna’; ‘dushit karna’)

Instead of diminishing crime, we are actually breeding it by believing in a debauched medieval system.

  1. Dictum: saying; maxim; formal expression of opinion(áadesh’; ‘kahawat’; ghoshna’)

“He thinks it’s his paper; its mine”. From this follow the further dictum that freedom of the press is not the freedom of the editor, it is the freedom of the proprietor.

  1. Impetus: (to sth, to do sth) thing that encourages a process to develop more quickly, force with which sth moves

  2. Impetuous:adj or done quickly and with little thought or care; rash or impulsive. (á-vivek’; ‘jald-baazi’)

The union budget, once again, offers an opportunity to the finance minister to provide tactical impetus to the Indian econmomy.

  1. Buttress: support built against a wall, thing or person that supports or reinforces sth, or protect against sth, buttress (sth up) support or strengthen sth (‘pushta’; ‘sahara’; ‘majboot banana’)

  2. Buxom: adj (usu approve sp joc) (of women) plump and healthy looking; having a large bosom (‘gol-matol’)

These trends have been buttressed by softer interest rates, increased off-take of non-food credit, better performance of core industries and improved growth of exports.

  1. Mason: person who builds in or works with stones (‘raj mistry’)

  2. Debilitate: make a person or his body very weak (‘durbal karna’)

In reaching that scale of production, they are hampered by the high, almost debilitating, level of taxation on automobiles.

  1. Frail: adj (of a person) physically weak or delicate, easily broken, fragile, morally weak (‘kamjor’; ‘durbal’; shaktihin’)

Bal Thackeray, himself a frail man, not known for acts of bravery, became a bully by raising an army of sainiks

  1. Self-effacing: adj not trying to impress people; modest (átyadhik vinamra’)

The story centres round a timid, self effacing Prof. Shiv Murthy who teaches medieval Indian History at the Kasturba Gandhi Central University

  1. Parch: make (sth) very dry and hot, make (sb) very thirsty (‘jhulsa dena’; ‘sukha’)

Parched for relief.

  1. Arduous: adj needing much effort or energy; laborious (‘kathin’)

Rajasthan has seen 39 droughts in the past 46 years. And yet, the nation is surprised each time a drought is notified through an arduous and complicated process.

  1. Emaciated: adj made thin and weak (‘kamjor’; ‘durbal’; ‘kshin kaya’)

Villagers are so emaciated that they can’t earn their full daily wages at relief sites.

  1. Abrupt: adj sudden and unexpected, (of speech, etc) not smooth; disconnected; disjointed, (of behavior) rough, curt, (of a slope) very steep, abruptly (áakas-mik’; éka-ek’)

Rajasthan had to abruptly end an innovative individual beneficiary scheme due to shortage of food grain

  1. Sedition: words or actions intended to make people rebel against the authority of the state (‘rajdroh’)

Sedition charge against Simranjit Singh Maan.

  1. Smear: sth on/over sth/sb; sth/sb with sth spread a greasy or sticky substance, eg paint, on sth/sb , make sth dirty or greasy, damage sb’s reputation esp by suggesting they have acted immorally, blur ( adrawing, an outline, etc) by rubbing it (‘daag dhabba’; ‘maan hani’; ‘kichad uchalna’; ‘potna’)

Smear campaign dominates HP polls.

  1. Avid: adj (for sth) eager; greedy. (utsuk’; ‘lalayit’)

We currently attract over 10000 avid and passionate players throughout the nation

  1. Berate: (fml) scold sharply (‘daatna’; ‘fatkarna’)

The prime minister was livid (‘bahut adhik naraz’) and he berated members of his own party for not defending him

  1. Discreet: adj careful or showing good judgement in what one says or does; not too obvious. (‘sawdhan’; ‘nyay-sangat’)

Various BJP notables (‘prasidh’; ‘khyati prapt’) then made statements about the level to which politics in India have now sunk (barbad), while the congress maintained a discreet silence.

  1. Humbug: dishonest behavior or talk that is intended to deceive people and win their support or sympathy, dishonest and deceitful person (brit) hard boiled sweet, usu flavored with peppermint. (‘dhokhe baaz’; ‘bakwaas’; çhal kapat’)

The way ahead, therefore, is not to compromise on the basics of secularism but to make pro-hindu gestures (going to temples, etc) to show that the party understand the Hindu pride, and to steer (marg dikhana) clear of the humbugs and fanatics (‘kattar panthi) (the shahi imam, etc) who have done so much damage to the Muslim community by masquerading (‘swang rachana’) as its leaders.

  1. Masquerade: false show, pretence

  2. Quibble: objection or criticism, esp a rivial one, remark, etc made in order to evade the main point of an argument. (over/about sth) argue about small differences or disagreements (‘kami’; ‘bahana karna’; áalochna karna’; ‘baal ki khaal nikalna’)

There were some nervous moments for the NAM brass as Islamic and non Islamic countries quibbled over the language in which terrorism is to be escribed in the summit (‘sammelan’) declaration.

  1. Revel: make merry; celebrate noisily, (phr) revel in sth/doing sth – take great delight in sth (‘dhoom dhaam ki dauwat’; áanandotsav’; ‘mauj manana’; ‘halla hangama karna’)

  2. Polemic: n (fml) (against) in favor of sth/sb , speech, piece of writing, etc containing very forceful arguments (against or for sth/sb) , such speeches, piece of writing, etc , polemics: art or practice of arguing a case formally and usu forcefully (‘khandnatmak lekhak’; ‘vivaad’; ‘tarkpurn rachna’)

Unlike others who reveled in polemics, A.B. Vajpayee was the only leader who offered NAM a specific road map for survival.

  1. Horde: n (sometimes derog) very large group (esp of people); huge crowd; throng (‘jhund’;’bheed’)

But rarely does this horde, after spending three to four hours at the secretariat, bring out bitter truths about the running of the government or even on the governments major policy issues.

  1. Moron: n (infml derog) very stupid person, adult with the intelligence of an average child of 8-12 years. (‘bewakoof’; ‘mand buddhi’)

George W Bush isn’t a moron; the world was reassured by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien a few months ago.

  1. Break neck: dangerously fast (andha dhundh)

  2. Precipice: very steep or vertical face of a cliff, mountain or rock (khatarnak sthiti; sankat; chattan’)

For probably never before has the world been taken at such break neck speed towards a precipice by someone who is not exactly known for his intellectual prowess (kaushal)

  1. Amicable: adj showing and inspiring friendliness; pleasant and good tempered. (‘mitra-vat’; ‘maitri-purn’)

  2. Dunce: n person , esp a pupil, who is stupid or slow to learn (‘murkh’)

His Republican predecessor, Ronald Reagon, was referred to as an amiable dunce’in a Time magazine article.

  1. Poodle: n type of small dog with thick curling hair which is often cut into an elaborate pattern

  2. Apt: suitable; appropriate (‘hajirjawabi’; úchit’)

A more apt example is perhaps the Philippines.

  1. Savour: n (pleasant) taste or flavor; enjoy the taste or flavor of (sth) esp by eating or drinking it slowly. (phr) savor of sth (no passive) have a suggestion or trace of sth (esp sth bad) (‘swad lena’; ánand lens’)

Bharat Army savours Vintage Tendulkar knock.

  1. Con: instance of cheating sb (‘dhokha’; ‘qaidi’; ‘thag lena’)

Police on lookoutI’pehredar’) for conmen

  1. Outcast: adj (from) (person) driven away from home, friends, society, etc; homeless and friendless (person)

  2. Outcaste: adj (esp in India) (person) person expelled from or not belonging to a fixed social caste or class.(‘bahiskrit’; ‘nirwasit’)

  3. Befriend: v act as a friend to (sb); be kind to (esp sb needing help) (‘disti karna’; ‘mitr-wat vyawhar karna)

  4. Travesty: (of sth) absurd imitation of or inferior substitute for sth (‘mazak, hasyaspad ya ghatiya pratiroop’)

To make him out to be the defender of Islam in a travesty of the truth. Thousands of innocent Iraqis will lose their lives unless they get rid of this man and his coterie (‘mandli’) of yes-men (çhatukar’; ‘ji hujuriya’) ever ready to carry out his command

  1. Coterie: (often derog) small group of people with shared activities, interests, tastes, etc, esp one that tends to be exclusive

  2. Pander: (phr v) pander to sth/sb (derog) try to satisfy (a vulgar, weak or immoral desire, or sb having this); gratify (‘santusht karna’) sth/sb (‘dalal’; ‘badhawa dena’)

Many of UN member-nations are too small, unconcerned with world issues, or killing to pander religious sentiments

  1. Pre-emptive:adj of or concerning pre-emption (‘pratham’)

  2. Pre-emption: (fml) purchase by one person, group, etc before others have the chance to buy; right to do this; obtaining or preventing (sth) by acting in advance (‘purva-kray’)

The unpleasant task has to be undertaken by a combination of powerful nations on whom rest the responsibility of taking pre emptive action against rulers of countries known to be preparing for war.

  1. Chequered: (checkered) adj [esp attrib] marked by periods of good and bad fortunes.

Tarlochan Singh had a chequered career

  1. Indomitable: adj (fml approv) that cannot be subdued or defeated; unyielding (ádamya)

They launched the armed struggle against the newly independent Indian state from telangana but the indomitable Sardar Patel Crushed them so effectively that for the next ten years they could not raise their heads.

  1. Ogre: (in legends and fairy stories) cruel and frightening giant who eats people; very frightening person. (‘rak-chas’; ‘narbhakshi-pisach’)

  2. Unpalatable: adj (fml) not palatable; unpleasant to taste; unpleasant or unacceptable to the mind (á-swadisht’; á-priya’)

  3. Palatable: adj pleasant to taste; pleasant or acceptable to the mind (‘ruchi-kar’; ‘swadisht’)

In unpalatable cartoons, it portrayed Netaji as a cur (‘kutta’; ‘mishrit nasl ka’) held up by Joseph Goebbels (September 13, 1942), as a mere mask for the Japanese imperial (‘shahi’; ‘rajshi’) ogre (August 8, 1942), Netaji descending (‘neeche utarna’) as a Japanese Bomb to Destroy India (Nolvember 21, 1942), etc

  1. Cur: n (dated) vicious (ánaitik’; ‘durachari’) or bad tempered dog, esp a mongrel (‘dogla kutta’); cowardly or worthless man.

  2. Ardent: adj full of ardour (‘josh’; útsah’); enthusiastic (útsahi’)

  3. Ardour: n (for sb/sth) great warmth of feeling; enthusiasm

When economic disaster (ápda’; ‘tabahi’) followed and popular discontent (á-shantosh’) grew, Mrs Gandhi imposed the emergency with the communists becoming its ardent advocates.

  1. Plexus: unchanges, (anatomy) network of fibres or vessels in the body (‘tantu jaal’)

  2. Dredge: machine for scooping or sucking mud, etc from the bottom of the river or canal; deepen or clear (a river, etc) with a dredge, sth (up) (from sth) bring sth up using a dredge; (phr) dredge sth up (usu derog) mention sth that has been forgotten, esp sth that is unpleasant or embarrassing.

Hinutva slogan hit you in the solar plexus. It dredges tribal memories and clothes them in the garb (‘poshak’) of patriotism.

  1. Talisman: object that is thought to bring good luck; eg a ring or locket (ýantra’; jantar’taaveez’)

With victory in Gujarat, the BJP rediscovered its talisman.

  1. Iota: the greek letter; (esp in negative expressions) smallest amount (‘kan’; ‘ratti’)

On the other hand, the RSS made not an iota of contribution to the national struggle.

  1. Hurrah: (for sb/sth) (used to express joy, approval, etc)(‘wah wah’/ khushi se chillana’)

  2. Tenacious: sticking or clinging (‘bhawatmak roop se nirbhar’; ‘sharir se chipka hua’)firmly together or to an object; keeping a firm hold on property, principles, life, etc, resolute (‘dhridh sankalkp); (of memory) retentive (‘tivra’); not forgetting things (‘dhridh’; átal’)

Is it the final hurrah for tenacious Andy Flower?

  1. Bedlam: scene of noisy confusion; uproar (‘pagal-khana’)

Despite complete bedlam in the UP assembly on Wednesday, not only was the no confidence motion against Mayawati defeated, but the government also managed to get fiscal clearance for the first six months of next financial year.

  1. Ruse: deceitful way of doing sth or getting sth; trick(‘tikram’; çhaal’)

Some observer point to the AL-samound ruse as ‘proof’that the weapons inspection regime is working and call for more time to be given to discover the rest of Iraq’s missing WMD.

  1. Contingency: event that may or may not occur; event that happens by chance. (‘sanyog’; ‘sambhavna’; áakasmita’)

  2. Loom: machine for weaving cloth; appear in an indistinct (á-spasht’) and often threatening way; appear important or threatening (‘kargha’; ‘sankat madrana’)

As war clouds loom in the Gulf, the general must have started making contingency plans.

  1. Stead fast: (in sth/to sb/sth) (fml usu approv) firm and not changing or yielding; constant (‘sthir’)

The MMA has so far remained in its determination to strengthen democracy.

  1. Unison: (idm) in unison (with sb/sth) sounding or singing together, the same musical note (or the same note in different octaves); fml acting together in close association or agreement. (‘taal mel’; ék swar’)

The NAM must respond creatively and in unison to tackle terrorism, HIV, AIDS, drug trafficking, financial inequalities accelerated by globalization, the adverse consequences of the IT revolution and in some cases population

  1. Vacuous: (fml) showing or suggesting absence of thought or intelligence (‘vichar-heen’)

  2. Peptalk: talk intended to improve morale, esp by encouraging the listener(s) to work harder, try to win, etc (‘joshila bhasan’)

Such vacuous explanations don’t even serve as good pep talk for party cadres who were confidently told that the BJP would romp (asan si jeet) home to victory.

  1. Embullient: adj full of energy and excitement; exuberant (‘paripurn shakti; úttejit’; ‘prafullit’)

BJP strategist roped in not just the ‘stars’; including Vajpayee, but even Narendra Modi, ebullient from his Gujarat victory.

  1. Miniature: very small detailed painting; (idm) in miniature- on a very small scale.

  2. Pervade: spread to and be perceived in every part of (sth) (‘vyapt hona’)

  3. Sprout: (out/up) (from sth) begin to grow or appear; develop or produce (sth)

  4. Etymology: study of the origin and history or words and their meanings; account of the origin and history of a particular word.

Another thing you should bear in mind is the etymology of the word ‘sadhu that applies to saints as well.

  1. Lingering: long; protracted; remaining (‘vilamb karne wala’)

  2. Imbroglio: complicated, confused or embarrassing situation, esp a political or emotional one. (á-vyawastha’)

The lingering dispute over Ayodhya is not doing the nation any good. Not only has it cost the country heavily in terms of life, property and resources, but the manner in which the imbroglio periodically dominates national concern doesn’t show the ruling coalition in favorable light.

  1. Fait accompli: (French) thing already done, that cannot be undone and is therefore not worth arguing about. (‘nishpann karya’; ‘nir-viva-dit tathya’)

December 6, 1992, and subsequent actions of the P.V. Narasimha Rao government presented the nation with a fait accompli on this count. The only question being the opportune (úpyukt’) time and the political party that would gain political mileage for delivering the temple.

  1. Adherent: n supporter of a party or doctrine, adj (ti sth) sticking; adhering (adherence to sth)(ánuyayi’; ‘samarthak’)

  2. Intrinsic: adj (of a value or a quality) belonging naturally; existing within, not coming from outside, intrinsically (‘mulbhut’)

  3. Pluralism: n [u] existence in one society of a number of groups that belong to different races or have different political or religious beliefs; principles that these different groups can live together peacefully in one society. (usu derog) holding of more than one office at one time, esp in church (ánekatwa’)

  4. Albatross: n large white sea bird with long wings, common in the pacific and southern oceans ; liability (bojh)

We must accept that religions has become the single most divisive element in Indian society and adherence to any faith has become intrinsically linked to the issue of national identity. Indian pluralism, once a matter of pride for the nation, is now the proverbial (prasidh’; muhawre me ulikhit’) albatross we are carrying.

  1. Culinary: adj or for cooking

  2. Sartorial: adj[attrib] (fml) of (usu men’s) clothes or a way of dressing. (‘vastra sambandhi)

  3. Irk-some: adj tiresome; annoying (‘thakau’; úbau’)

We disagree over minor things ranging from culinaru habits to sartorial styles and allow them to hijack the political discourse. Unless these irksome issues are reconciled (‘mel karna wa karana), we as a nation would continue to waste our energy on trivial issues.

  1. Reconcile:sb (with sb) cause (people) to become friends again , eg after quarelling; bring a quareel, disagreement, etc to an end; sth (with sth) make (aims, statements, ideas, etc) agree when they seem to conflict

  2. Cacophony: n [usu sing] loud unpleasant mixture of discordant sounds.(katu swar)

  3. Ephemera: n (things that are used, enjoyed, etc for only a short time and forgotten (çhan-bhangur vastu)

  4. Ephemeral: adj living, lasting, etc for a very short time. (çhan bhangur)

More recently, our TV news channels have been accused of creating a climate in which even the smallest event is hyped out of all proportion, causing us to focus on ephemera and not on genuine news. The worst part of this pointless spectacles is how ephermal it is.

  1. Syndrome: n (medical) set of symptoms which together indicate a particular disease or abnormal condition, any set of opinions, events, actions, etc that are characteristics of a particular condition (‘lakshan’)

Unemployment, inflation, and low wages are all part of the same economic syndrome.

We still aren’t into the American Syndrome where the rescue of a pet cat from atop a tree by the fire brigade is carried live, coast to coast.



  1. Atop: prep (dated or rhet) at or on the top of (sth) (ke upar)

  2. Tinker: n [c] person who travels from place to place repairing kettles, pans, etc ; [sing] (at/with sth) act of tinkering, v (at/with sth) work in a casual or inexpert way, esp trying to repair or improve sth (‘thathera’; ‘marammat karne wala’; ‘kachcha kaam karne wala’)

If the broad contours of fiscal policy were clear, then a little tinkering every year should not attract much attention.

  1. Pompous: adj (derog) feeling, or showing that one feels, that one is much more important than other people. (áadambar purn’; ‘shandar’)

The major problem is that each member of that family considers themselves to be more pomous and self congratulatory than they actually are.

  1. Ponce: man who lives with a prostitute and lives on her earnings; man who acts is a showy, esp effeminate(nari jaisa) (‘vaishyaa ki kamai par rahne wala purus’; ‘samay vyarth gawana’)

The budget speech itself is always too long and too pompous (even when Jaswant Singh is not reading it)

  1. Paunch: n fat stomach; esp a man; adj (ier; iest) having a paunch. (‘tond’)

On each channel, paunchy men in dark suits will gather in expensively appointed rooms so that the anchor can call them captains of Industry’

  1. Sauté: adj [attrib] (French) (of food) quickly fried in a ,little fat ; sauteed- fry (food) in this way. (‘tala hua’)

When it is their turn to speak, most will smother(‘dhakna’) the Finance Minister and his budget with so much butter that if the weather was warmer in March, Jaswant singh would be gently sautéed on the spot.

  1. Fracas: n (pl unchanged) (usu sing) noisy quarrel, fight or disturbance. (‘danga fasad’; úpadrav’)

Did the ensuring fracas prove that if they don’t get all for free, there’ll be free for all?

  1. Salon: n place where customers go to see a hairdresser, beauty consultant, etc. (formerly) regular gathering of notable guests at the house of a lady of high society; room used for this.(‘sanghosthi’; ‘nai ki dukan’; áahantuk kaksh’; ‘kala pradarshni kaksh’)

  2. Umpteen: (infml) too many to count; numerous.. Umpteenth.

Srinath did it for the umpteenth time.

  1. Castle: large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, towers, battlements and sometimes a moat (‘khai’); (in chess) any of the four pieces placed in the corner squares of the board at the start of the game. (idm) (build) castles in the air – day dream.

The Himachal outcome has demonstrated, however, that Modi and his party were building their Hindutva castle on sand so far as the all-India scene is concerned.

  1. Vapid: adj (fml) dull or uninteresting (‘niras’; ‘bejaan’)

Even the moderate (áusat’; ‘madhyam darje ka’) PM put aside his vapid musings (‘vivharmagn’) on communal harmony (‘taal-mel; ‘saamanjasya’) to complain that Muslims haven’t been apologetic enough about the Godhra massacre. All his deputy began to strut (ákad ki chaal’) about with renewed confidence about the future being his and his party’s.

  1. Strut: v (often derog) walk in an upright, proud way.

  2. Lexicon: n dictionary, esp of an ancient language (eg Greek or Hebrew-yahudi), (linguistics) vocabulary (contasted with grammar)(‘shabd soochi’)

Junoon and Jehad are two critical words in the cricket lexicon when India plays Pakistan.

  1. Annals: n story of events year by year; historical records. (ítihaas’; ‘varn kram se likha hua itihaas’)

  2. Infamy: n (fml) infamous behavior; wickedness (‘burai’; ‘durachran’); public dishonor or disgrace (‘kalank’) (‘badnami’;’’dusht-ta’)

  3. Round about: not using the shortest or most direct route, form of words, etc.(‘paas paas’; ‘lagbhag’)

In the annals of the infamy, the US’s attack on Iraq will rank with its dropping of the atom bomb on Japan.

  1. Dissemble: v (fml) hidde or disguise (one’s true thoughts and feelings); dissimulate (‘bhawnao ya vicharo ko chupana) dissembler- person who dissembles.

  2. Conceal: v sth/sb (from sb/sth) keep sth/sb from being seen or known about; hide sth/sb (chipana) concealment- action of concealing or state of being concealed.

  3. Concede: sth (to sb) admit hat sth is true, valid, proper, etc; sth (to sb) give sth away; allow (sb else) to have sth.(‘maan lena’; ‘haar man-na’; çhooth dena)

  4. Folly: n (to do sth) foolishness; lack of wisdom,; foolish or unwise act, idea or practice; very expensive ornamental building that serves no practical purpose (‘murkhta’; ‘naadani’)

It was concealed from Powell and other opponents of the war. Roy Mcgovern, who served the CIA for 40 years, has listed “the dissembling”by Bush and his aides on Iraq with anguish. It reminded one of the folly of the Vietnam War and the lies told to cover it up.

  1. Anguish: n severe physical or mental pain. Anguished- adj feeling or expressing anguish. (‘mansik vedna’; ‘kasht’)

  2. Wanton: adj [esp attrib] (of an action) done deliberately for no good reason; (fml) playful or capricious, (of growth etc) very abundant; luxurious or wild ; (dated fml) not modest or chaste;(shalin’pavitra-ta)licentious (‘vyabhichari) or immoral

But the EU has been wantonly split.

  1. Repugnance:n (to sth/doing sth) strong aversion or disgust (ásangati’; úb’a-ruchi’)

  2. Irreconcilable: adj (fml) (with sb/sth) (of people) that cannot be reconciled, (of ideas, actions) that cannot brought into harmony with each other. (‘kattar’; ‘na mit sakne wala’; ‘paraspar virodhi’)

The Çoncurrent list (‘sanyukt suchi)- entitles Parliament or the states or both to legislate (‘kannon banana’) on the topics listed there in, subject to the caveat (çhetawni) that in the event of irreconcilable conflict (lawyers call it repugnancy) between parliamentary and state legislation, the former shall prevail (‘prachalit hona’; ‘jeet lena’) unless the state choose to obtain Presidential assent (‘manjuri’; ‘sahmati’) for its stature, in which ca’se the state statute(‘kannon’; ádhiniyam) shall prevail.

  1. Statute: n (c) law passed by parliament or a similar law-making body and written down formally; any of the rules of an institution (‘kanoon’; ádhiniyam’) (statutory- samvaidhanik)

  2. Convulsion: n (usu pl) sudden violent uncontrollable body movement, caused by contraction of muscles; violent disturbance; convulsions- uncontrollable laughter

India’s look east policy must be undergoing convulsions

  1. Ho: (used to express surprise, scorn, admiration, amusement, etc) (used to draw attention to sth) (áray’)

Westward ho!

  1. Folklore: n(u) (study of the) traditions, stories, customs, etc of a community. Folklorist: person who studies folklore, esp as an academic subject. (‘pauranik katha’; ‘lok sahitya’)

Kenya’s win over west Indies in the 1996 world cup is now part of folklore

  1. Rebut: v prove (a charge, piece of evience, etc) to be false; refute (‘khandan karna)

Rebutting the oppositio’s charge that India was a fence-siter on the Iraq issue, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said in Parliament that a US imposed puppet (‘gudiya’; ‘kathputli’) regime in place of saddam Hussein was unacceptable.

  1. Ailment: n illness, esp a slight one (‘bimari’)

Ailments like cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disorders and diabetes, which currently account for 35 percent of deaths, are associated with bad diet, smoking, obesity and sedentary lifestyles.

  1. Lieu: n (idm) in lieu (of sth) instead (‘badle me’; ‘khatir’)

US-64 Investors will be offered government guaranted 6.75 pecent tax free bond in lieu of their units.

  1. Circumvent: v (fml) find a way of overcoming or avoiding (sth) [circumvention] (‘gatirodh paida karna’)

The amendments (‘sansodhan’; ‘sudhar’) sought to circumvent court orders requiring candidates to provide information on criminal antecedents (‘purva charit’)

  1. Per se: (latin) by or of itself; intrinsically (ápne aap me’)

  2. Intrinsic: adj (of a value or quality) belonging naturally; existing within; not coming from outside (mulbut’)

  3. Euphemism: n (example of the ) use of pleasant, mild or indirect words or phrases in place of more accurate or diect ones. [euphemistic](‘kathor shabdo ke sthan par madhur shabdo ka rayog’)

  4. Embed: (dd) sth(in sth) fix sth deeply and firmly (in a surrounding mass) (‘baith jana’)

As news organization frantically (‘pagalpan se’; ‘vyagrta purvak’) plan for the possible war on Iraq, on top of the editor’s agenda (‘karua suchi’) will not just be the safety of journalists per se, nut those being deployed (‘tainat’) under the new euphemism émbedding’.

  1. Contemplate: v look at or consider (sth) thoughtfully; mediate (upon sth), esp as a religious practice; consider the possibility of (sth) (‘vichar karna’; ‘dhyan se dekhna’)

The Pentagon’s plans to embed journalists with the military up to 500 reporters, photographers and cameraman were due to have been named for deployment with the US forces by February, 21 is on a larger and more organized scale than has ever been contemplated before.

  1. Boer: n (formerly) African of dutch descent; Afrikaner[attrib] (‘dakshin Africa ka kisan’)

  2. Boffin: n (brit infml) scientist, esp one doing research

Before he rose to political greatness, Winston Churchill was a ar correspondent and his first taste of fame came when he was taken captive and subsequently escaped during the Boer War.

  1. Conjure: v do clever tricks which seem magical; esp with quick movements of the hand (‘jaadu karna’)

India conjured up yet another world cup win

  1. Disdain: n feeling that sb/sth is not good enough to desrve one’s respect, contempt (áwhelna karna’; úpeksha’; ‘nafrat’)

Sehwag made the mistake of playing Bond the way he plays every body- with disdain-and paid the price.

  1. Surfeit:n (usu sing) (of sth) too much of sth, esp of food and drink; v sb/oneself (with/on sth) (fml) provides sb/oneself with too much of sth, esp food (áti-bhojan’)

I am sure all my readers will agree that we had a surfeit of cricket.

  1. Chauvinism: n aggressive and irrational belief that one’s own country is better than all others. (ándh deshbhakti’; úgra rashtriyata’)

  2. Male chauvinism: (derog) prejudiced (‘purva-grahi’) attitude (‘rawaiya’; ‘pravirti’) of certain men who believe that they are superior to women (chauvinist) (purus pradhanta)

I don’t care much if our side wins or loses. But when it comes to playing against Pakistan, all my chauvinism comes to the surface.

  1. Thud: n low dull sound like that of a blow on sth soft; move, fall or hit sth with a thud (‘dhamaka’; ‘dhamaka karna’; dhamdhamana)

  2. Thug: n violent criminal or hooligan (‘lootera’; ‘thag’)

It is about the same time we dream of finding ourselves in embarrassing situations like being unsuitably dressed in formal gatherings, or falling in space to wake up with a thud or being able to fly.

  1. Repose: rest; lie; lay an arm, etc on sb for support; peaceful state; tranquility.(‘shaant’) (‘neend’; áaram’)

  2. Trembling: (kaapna’; ‘that-tharana’)

  3. Lackey: n (formerly) footman or man servant, usu in a special uniform.; (fig derog) person who acts or is treated like a servant (‘pich-lagga’; ‘naukar’)

For over a decade now, we’ve had liberal historians and archeologists telling us that those historians who say that there ever was a temple on that spot are sangh-parivar lackeys and therefore, deserving of contempt.

  1. (idm) at a low ebb: in a poor state; worse than usual.

Today, Hindu-Muslim relations are at their lowest ebb since partition.

  1. Retrospective: adj looking back on the past, (of laws, payment, etc) applying to the past as well as the future; retroactive (ánudarshan’; ‘purve-vyapi’)

Amitabh Bachchan, feted on stage and asked to launch a major retrospective of his films.

  1. Tarnish: v (cause sth to) lose ts brightness by being exposed to air or damp; stain or blemish (a reoutation, etc)(‘malin’; ‘dhabba’; ‘kalankit karna’)

“I never played with him or against him. He was a good leader, but in the end he tarnished the game”. Smith said (about Hansie Cronje)

  1. Panoply: n (fml) complete or splendid display of sth. (formerly) complete suit of armour.(‘kawach’)

Even though, in principle, VAT is better than having a panoply of taxes, the main hurdle (‘baadha’) seems to be devising (ýojna banana’; ávishkaar karna’) the elaborate computerized procedures necessary for its efficient collection.

  1. Pusillanimous: adj (fml derog) cowardly; timid.

  2. Come to the fore: becoming famous, prominent or important (‘prasidh hona’)

The pussilanimous conduct of political parties came to the fore when the act stated that since the case relating to the place commonly called ‘Ram Janmbhoomi- Babri masjid’forms a class by itself, it was necessary to exempt it entirely from the operation of the act.

  1. The grapevine: [sing] means by which news is passed on from person to person, eg in an office, a school or a group of friends. (áfwah’)

Grapevine has it that top level persuasion made Lata relent and not seek resignation

  1. Aggro: n (british) violent aggressive behavior intended to cause trouble (‘hinsatmak bartaw’; ‘kathinai’)

  2. Snitch: v (brit) steal (sth) by taking it quickly; (on sb) inform on sb; sneak (çhugalkhor’; çhurana’)

  3. Shrug: v (-gg) raise (one’s shoulders) slightly to express doubt, indifference, ignorance, etc. ; (phr v) shrug sth off ) dismiss sth as being unimportant; n (usu sing) movements of shrugging the shoulders. (‘kandha uchkana’)

And since no players likes being called a snitch, the Indian Batsmen-who, along with the Umpires, were the target of Afridi’s Verbal missile- shrugged off (‘hatana’) the incident

  1. Hedge against sth:meand of defence against possible loss (‘bachav karna’)

Now, with Iraq fighting back, gold prices are being viewed as a hedge against riskier and more volatile equity markets.

  1. Infidel:n (arch derog) person with no belief in a religion, esp in what is considered to be true religion (‘kaafir’; ‘naastik’)

  2. Infidelity: n (gml) (act of) disloyality or unfaithfulness, esp adultery (‘bewafai’; ‘daampatya vishwas ghat’)

She had murdered her husband because of suspected infidelity

  1. Samaritan: the Samaritan- organization devoted to giving help and friendship to people in despair (‘nirasha’; ‘hatasha’); (idm) a good Samaritan- a person who gives sympathy and helps people in trouble (‘nek aadmi’)

Reel villain plays good Samaritan for Tibetans.

  1. Ghoul: n (in stories) spirit that robs graves and feeds on the corpses in them, (derog) person with an unnaturally strong interest in death, disaster and other unpleasant things (‘rakchas’; ‘maut aadi me vishesh ruchi rakhne ala’)

We are all slowly getting drown into an alternative reality created by the compulsions of the market place. In other words, we are becoming victims of our own ghouls.

  1. Lam: v(-mm) hit (sb/sth) hard; thrash; (phr v) lam into sb –attack sb, physically or verbally; sudden escape; (idm) on the lam- escaping or hiding, esp from the police.

His death, too, would not be surprising since he has long suspected to be in ill health, and being on the lam could not have helped matters.

  1. Consortium: temporary association of a number of countries, companies, banks, etc for a common purpose (‘sangh’; álpkalin sanghatan’)

European space consortium Arian space has given the go ahead for the launch of India’s multi purpose satellite Insat-3A.

  1. Implore: v ask or beg (sb) earnestly; beseech (‘haath jodna); imploring (‘prarthna karna’)

Kate Hudson, the actress daughter of Goldie Hawn has confessed that in the past she wrote imploring letters to the men who had rejected her advances and even followed them about at times.

  1. Sedition: n [u] words or actions intended to make people rebel against the authority of the state (rajdroh)

Togadia denied bail, now charged with sedition.

  1. Hiatus: n gap in a series or sequence, making it incomplete; break in continuity, (‘kram bhang’; ánt-raal’)

Paul Adams got into the South Sfrican Side After a long Hiatus.

  1. Deception: when people hide the truth, especially to get an advantage (chal)

Respect the tea seller, not one who sells deception.

  1. Desolate: describes a place that is unattractive and empty with no people and nothing pleasant in it; extremely sad and feeling alone (ákela mahsus karna’; ‘sun-saan’)

As it got dark, the gang attacked the couple, tying up the 19 year old partner of the victim before attacking the girl on the desolate spot.

  1. Invoke: to request or use a power outside yourself, especially a law or a god, to help you when you want to inprove a situation; to make someone have a particular feeling or remember something (invocation)

He invoked Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel who had led a farmer agitation against the British from Bardoli.

  1. Wary: not completely trusting or certain about something or someone (‘sandehshil’; ‘sajag)

Wary congress leaders hunt (‘talash’) for safe seats.

  1. Thaw: to become friendlier or more relaxed

Shahrukh khan ans Salman Khan Relationship is seemingly starting to thaw.

  1. Demonize: to try to make someone or a group of people seem as they are completely evil

The congress will use 2002 to demonise Narendra Modi and question his moral rights to be Prime Minister.

  1. Closet: describes a belief activity or feeling which is kept secret from the public, usually because you are frightened of the result of it becoming known. (‘gopniya/gupt’)

Muzaffarnagar will now be used to suggest that the Mulayam-Akhilesh duo is closet communalism

  1. Grisly: unpleasant because death or blod is involved in it (bhayanak)

No one is still certain as to what led to this grisly incident.

  1. Somnolent: almost sleeping or causing sleep (‘nidralu’)

Sudhakar naik appeared somnolent.

  1. Browbeat: to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or using strong and unfair persuasion (‘dhamkana’; ‘dhauns dena’)

Supporters of the strongman(‘bahu bali’) are notorious for indulging in terror tactics and try to browbeat their opponent.

  1. Oligarchy: (govt by)a small group of powerful people.(‘kul tantra’; álp-tantra’) oligarch- one of the people in oligarchy (

The govt must consider state funding of polls otherwise, we could soon have a parliament comprising oligarchies.

  1. Inextricable: unable to be separated, freed or escaped from

Democracy appeared to be inextricably linked to per capita incomes.

  1. Abomination: something that disgusts you (‘ghrina’/ghrinaspad)

In England, for example, they would be considered not just unacceptable but an abomination.

  1. Compunction: a slight feeling of guilt for something you have done or might do. (átma glani’; ‘khed’)

Yet our celebrities have no compunction of doing this.

  1. Perpetrator: someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act (apradhkarta)

As potential victims we are very conscious of it, as perpetrators we are disinclined to accept it of ourself.

  1. Bait: a small amount of food on a hook or in a special device used to attract and catch a fish or an animal (çhara’; ‘pralobhan’)

  2. Prowling: to move around quietly in a place trying not to be seen or heard, such as when hunting.(‘’dabe paon ki jaane wali chahalkadmi’; ‘shikar ke liye dabe paon ghumna)

A tigress prowling villages in UP and uttarakhand killed its 10th victims in six weeks, a day after eluding a trap set by hunters with a live calf as bait.

  1. Declassified: to state officially that secret govt information is no loger secret (ádhikarik ghoshna’)

  2. Burnish: to polish a metal until it is smooth and shiney. (çhamakna ya chamkana’; jhalakna’)

The declassified document of Nixon administration further burnish the portrait of Indira Gandhi courageous defiance (çhunauti’; awagya’)

  1. Fornication: to have sex with somebody that you are not married to (á-naitik yon sambandh’)

“in my life there hasn’t been any act of fornication or adultery on my part”

  1. Epitaph: words that are written or aid about a dead person especially words on a gravestone which is left to remind people of a particular person, a period of time or event. (‘smarak’; ‘smriti lekh’)

Critics like my mother in law have already started writing my epitaph.

  1. Antagonism: feeling of hatred and opposition. (‘virodh’; ‘vair bhaw’)

Did 1971 war condemn India and Pakistan to perpetual antagonism.

  1. Mowed: to kill somebody using a vehicle or gun especially when several people are killed at the same time.(mow down)

IPS mowed down.

  1. Tutelage: the teaching or instructions that one person gives to another, the state of being protected or controlled by another person, organization or country. (‘dekh rekh’, ádhyapan’; ‘sanrakshan)

Under her mother tutelage some daughter destroys her husband and her inlaws house and life’

  1. Inoculation: to protect a person or an animal from catching a particular disease by injecting them with a mild form of disease. (‘tika-karan’)

The traditional disease of their interfering in their daughter’s life cannot be prevented by any form of inoculations.

  1. Alleys: a narrow road or path between buildings or path in a park or garden, especially bordered by trees or bushes. (‘gali’; ‘pagdandi’)

Congested (‘bheed bhada’; ‘sikura hua’) alleys in the city are being repaired and cleared of encroachment (áti-kraman’)

  1. Ruckus: a noisy situation or agreement (‘hangama’; ‘ho halla’)

Telangana ruckus.

  1. Bereft: lacking something or facing great loss (‘pyar me dukhi’)

UPAII swan song (ántim prayas’) may be bereft of populism.(‘lokwad’)

  1. Coffers: large strong box in which money or valuable objects are put; the money which an organization has in its bank account and available to spend. (‘tijori’; ‘haath’; ‘dhan’)

When the govt needs to withdraw money from its coffers, or the consolidated funds of India, it has to seek the approval of the parliament.

  1. Noose: one end of rope tied to form a circle which can be tightened round something such as a person neck to hang.(‘phanda lagana’; ‘phaansi lagana)

Rajiv Gandhi assasins (hatyara) were spared the noose.

  1. Hotbed: piece or situations were a lot of particular activity especially an unwanted or unpleasant activity is happening or might happen. (ádda’; ‘burai ke panapne ka adda’)

Odisha CM takes message of peace to maosit hotbed.

  1. Incarcerate: to put somebody in prison or place from where they can’t escape. (‘qaid karna’)

Rajiv Gandhi killers in incarceration for 23 year.

  1. Mannain the Bible) a food which dropped from heaven and prevented moses and his people from dying of hunger in the desert (manna from heaven- a-pratyashit laabh’)

For a media that thrives (‘phalna phulna’; ‘panapna’; ‘samridh hona’) on drama and comic Arvind Kejriwal is manna from heaven.

  1. Gaze: to lok at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise, admiration or because you are thinking about something else (éktak dekhne wala’; ‘taktaki’)

Only the focused agenda for governance will outlast the gaze of camera

  1. Estranged: no longer living with your husband or wife, no longer friendly and loyal with somebody. (álag rah rahe pati ya patni’)

I have become estranged from the entire world, what ele do the want?

  1. Demurred: to say that you do not agree with something or that you refuse to do something. (étraj karna’; áapatti karna’)

Nehru demurred on the 3 anna and 15 anna controversy between him and Lohia.

  1. exterminated: to kill all the members of a group of people or animal (‘purntya vinasht’)

If their wrath is not stopped all the husbands of this earth will be exterminated.

  1. Regression: the process of going back to an earlier or less advanced form of state. (‘pratigaman’; ‘paravartan’)

They are now showing signs of regression of their barbarism(‘bar-barta’; á-sabhya-ta’) life.

  1. Bushed:very tired

  2. Exhumation: to remove a dead body from the ground especially in order to examine how the person died (ut-khanan’)

One day they will be bushed for their deeds and their exhumation would be needed for further investigations.

  1. Gold digger: a person who uses the fact that he or she is attracted to get money from a relationship with somebody (apne saathi se rupya jhatakne wale log’)

She is falsely trying to prove that her husband is a gold digger.

  1. Fend for yourself: to take care of yourself without help from anyone else (apna prabandh khud karna)

The sheer negligence of wives on their families behest, forces the poor husband to fend for themselves.

  1. Exacerbate: to make something worse especially a disease or problem (‘bigad dena’; ‘badha dena’)

Their false support to her would only exacerbate her personal life.

  1. Reprise: a repeated part of something, especially a piece of music (‘dohraye jane wale geet ka ansh/aawriti)

What they are doing to me is only a reprise of their family tradition.

  1. Labyrinth: a complicated series of paths, which it is difficult to find your way through (‘bhhol bhulaiya’; ‘bhanwar jaal’; ‘gorakh dhandha’)

I have lost my mental piece in the labyrinth of her drama

  1. Transgressed: to go beyond the limit of what is morally or legally accepted. (had paar karna)

They have transgressed the bounds (seema) of indecency (‘a-sharafat’. A-nauchitya’ áshlilta’)

  1. Restitution: the act of giving back something that was lost or stolen from its owner; payment usu money for some harm or wrong that somebody has suffered (‘wapsi’; ‘kshati-purti’)

No restitution can pay for my lost pride

  1. Thespian: an actor (ábhineta’; ‘natya sambandhi’)

If tried she could become a successful thespian.

  1. Copulation: to have sex (‘sambhog’)

What a shame they even discussed our copulation.

  1. Bohemian: a person often somebody who is involved with the art who lives in a very informal way without following accepted rules or behavior. (‘rudhimukt’)

There is an acceptd rules of behavior both traditionally and empirically (anubhav) however they like to think of themselves as a bit of bohemian.

  1. Canard: a false report or piece of news (jhoothi afwah)

Their canard and baseless allegations would not tarnish my image to anyone who knows me.

  1. Depraved: morally bad (‘bhrast hona/karna’)

Depraved mind does depraved thinking and the end result is depraved act

  1. Fissure: a long dep crack in something especially a rock or in earth (‘darar’; ‘fata hua’)

Their terrible behavior has created so many fissures in my heart that a sand fissure created by severe earth quake would seem tiny

  1. Vicious: violent and cruel; full of anger (‘krurta purvak’’kashtdayak’)

  2. Slander: a false spoken statement intended to damage the good opinion people have of somebody, the legal offence of making this kind of story. (‘jhoothi ninda’; ‘manhani’)

Her vicious slander and libel to disrepute my good name would not make any dent amongst the people who matters to me.

  1. Dwindle: to become gradually less or smaller (‘kam ho jan’)

Gradually the support for her would dwindle like anything

  1. Yearned: to want something very much especially when it is very difficult to get. (yearned for- akanshit; ichchit’)

I yearned for peace wheras she secretly yearned for………

  1. Capitulated: to agree to do something that you have been refusing to do for a long time. To stop resisting an enemy and accept that you are defeated (‘jhukna’; átm-samarpan karna’; ‘sharton ko maan lena’)

I kept denying their proposal for a long time but somehow they convinced and I capitulated.

  1. Obfuscats: to make something less clear and more difficult to understand usu deliberately (‘samajh ke pare karna’)

Now things will become apparently clear to the world they would not be able to obfuscate it anymore.

  1. Impressionist: a person who entertains people by copying the way a famous person speak or behave (‘prabhav vadi)

The whole family is a true impressionist f each other.

  1. Impunity: if a person does something bad with impunity they do not get punished for what they have done (‘dand-mukti’)

The family kept doing their shameless act with their impunity

  1. Scabbard: (mayan) there cannot be two swords in one scabbard.

  2. Disarming: making people feel less angry or suspicious than they were before (‘shant arne wala’)

There was a time when my disarming smile made me the darling of many.



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