PDF 26th Sept. 2016
In what is possibly the sharpest castigation (फटकार/ तर कार/ताड़ना) of Pakistan on the world
stage, India has asserted ( ढ़तापू वक करना/ ज़ोर दे कर कहना) its right of reply to Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech at the UN General Assembly with some rather rough words.
Calling Pakistan a “terrorist state” that is now training “militant proxies” with a “toxic
curriculum” at its “Ivy League of terrorism”, the First Secretary at India’s UN mission accused
Mr. Sharif of having delivered a “hypocritical” sermon (उपदे श/ वचन) to the Assembly. India
pointed out that Pakistan’s nuclear proliferation ( सार/ फैलाव) record, which is marked by
“deception and deceit”, hardly gave it the right to speak of India’s eligibility to enter the Nuclear
Suppliers Group, as Mr. Sharif had done. Finally, India said his championing of Hizbul
Mujahideen ‘commander’ Burhan Wani as a “symbol of the latest Kashmiri intifada” was further
proof of Pakistan being a state sponsor of terrorism. Mr. Sharif’s speech at the UN was indeed
full of gross inaccuracies on the subject of Jammu and Kashmir, including his reference to the
promise of a plebiscite (जनमत-सं ह), which in UN annals can only be considered after
Pakistan’s troops vacate (खाल करना/ मु त करना) the territory it currently occupies. Mr.
Sharif’s contention (तक) that Pakistan is the “principal victim of terrorism” supported,
sponsored and financed from abroad was clearly a stretch. While his sympathetic reference to
Wani was an affirmation of Pakistan’s support to the Hizbul, it was compounded by his refusal
to speak of the 18 Indian soldiers killed in the Army camp in Uri in an attack allegedly carried
out by terrorists from Pakistan. That the Prime Minister of Pakistan should devote more than half
his speech at the UN to the Kashmir issue, which Pakistan has long accepted must be resolved
bilaterally ( वप ीय), was disappointing. However, in a signal of how little such rhetoric
(व पटु ता/ श दाडंबरपू ण) matters, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made no reference to it in
his speech.
There is, unfortunately, little evidence that India’s response, which elicited (सार नकालना/
जानना) loud cheers back home, was regarded any more by the UNGA than Mr. Sharif’s was.
Despite the powerful language of India’s retort ( यु तर/ यारोध) — which will no doubt be
echoed in the address External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj delivers next — the world has
little time for a ‘low-intensity’ conflict that has stretched on for almost 70 years. India’s
diplomats have fought and struggled for decades to keep Kashmir off the UN’s agenda, and the
Centre does no good to its case by bringing the subject back into focus by joining issue with
Pakistan in such a high-pitched manner. For the moment, it would be advisable to keep its
powder dry and rhetoric sober as India investigates the intelligence and procedural lapses
(खा मयां) in failing to avert (टालना/ दूर रहना/ बचा लेना) the Uri attack, and weigh its strategic
options.
1. Castigation (फटकार/ तर कार/ताड़ना)
Synonyms: Admonition, Reprimand, Invective, Reprehension
Antonyms: Award, Reward, Forgiveness
2. Assert ( ढ़तापू वक करना/ ज़ोर दे कर कहना)
Synonyms: Affirm, Proclaim, Aver, Avow
Antonyms: Abandon, Deny, Hide
3. Sermon (उपदे श/ वचन)
Synonyms: Allocution, Expatiation, Precept, Homily
4. Proliferation ( सार/ फैलाव)
Synonyms: Spreading, Dissemination, Dispersion, Expansion
Antonyms: Suppressing, Contracting
5. Plebiscite (जनमत-सं ह)
Synonyms: Referendum, Election, Poll
Antonyms: Monarchy, Dictatorship
6. Vacate (खाल करना/ मु त करना)
Synonyms: Evacuate, Void, Make Free, Liberate
Antonyms: Occupy, Fill, Retain
7. Contention (तक)
Synonyms: Argument, Point, Logic, Disputation
Antonyms: Accord, Agreement, Harmony
8. Rhetoric (व पटु ता/ श दाडंबरपू ण)
Synonyms: Figurative, Oratory, Eloquence, Hyperbole
Antonyms: Quiet, Conciseness
9. Elicited (सार नकालना/ जानना)
Synonyms: Bring Out, Educe, Bring Forth
Antonyms: Hide, Cover, Repress
10. Retort ( यु तर/ यारोध)
Synonyms: Reply solidly, Set Down, Rebuke
Antonyms: Kindness, Request
11. Lapses (खा मयां)
Synonyms: Faults, Gaffe, Muff
Antonyms: Accuracy, Perfection, Righteousness
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