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Article : Calming the Valley
Source : The Hindu Article
Burhan Wani, the 22-year-old “commander” of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen gunned down last week by the security forces in Anantnag, was credited with mobilising (जुटाने) a new generation of the disaffected in Jammu and Kashmir. In the violent aftermath (परिणाम) of his death, however, young men and women have taken the fight to the security forces on the street. Pitched battles have engulfed (फंसे) the Valley. Wani was obviously a prize catch. His engaging manner had turned him into a legend before his death, as he coasted on personal charisma and social media smarts to become the ‘poster boy’ of a new phase of Kashmiri militancy that is homegrown. But having got their man, the security forces failed spectacularly in managing the situation. After the death of over a hundred Kashmiris in the stone-pelting protests in the summer of 2010, the J&K police and the paramilitary forces were said to have evolved less lethal (जानलेवा) ways of bringing under control what is essentially political mobilisation. The fact that so many civilians have been killed or injured in the eye this month, with a high percentage having possibly lost vision altogether, suggests that no care has gone into keeping the casualties low. Faced with an attacking mob, policemen are bound to perceive a sense of siege (घेराबंदी). But it is imperative that any response should be measured and never grossly disproportionate to the cause of action — forgetting this lesson in Kashmir has time and again led to the fuelling of a further cycle of protests, to attracting more impressionable and aggrieved (पीड़ित) youngsters to attack symbols of authority.
This is a cycle that cannot be broken by brute force. The Central and State governments have reached out to the Opposition and separatist leaders to dissuade (विरत करना) young Kashmiris from street violence. But appeals for calm must be strengthened with a demonstrable (प्रत्यक्ष) capacity for a political conversation. When tens of thousands of Kashmiris hit the streets in mourning for a fallen militant, there is a spectrum of political opinion that presents itself. They can be dispersed with pellets (छर्रों). But if ‘mainstream’ politics does not speak to them, if their arguments are not heard patiently to be countered or fleshed out, as the case may be, the calm that eventually obtains will be an illusion. The Valley has been restive for more than a year now. In this period, Wani is not the only militant whose funeral has drawn people in the thousands. But after long, after more than a decade of violence led by foreign militants, he was the rare local boy to be seen in a leadership role. To put his mourners in a with-us-against-us binary would, as Omar Abdullah has said, give him a recruiting power from beyond the grave.
Meaning of the words highlighted in the article
1. Mobilising (verb) – (of a country or its government) prepare and organize (troops) for active service
Synonyms – marshal, deploy
Ex: The government mobilized regular forces, reservists, and militia.
2. Aftermath (verb)– the consequences or after-effects of a significant unpleasant event
Synonyms – fallout, trail
Antonyms – origin, source
Ex: Food prices soared in the aftermath of the drought.
3. Engulfed (noun) – (of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely
Synonyms – inundate, immerse
Antonyms – neglect, underwhelm
Ex: He sighed contentedly as her warmth engulfed him.
4. Lethal (adjective) – sufficient to cause death
Synonyms – mortal, deadly
Antonyms – harmless, benificial
Ex: The Watcher took a step back at his lethal tone.
5. Siege(noun) – a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender
Synonyms – bedevil, plague
Antonyms – assist, soothe
Ex: The siege failed and the Assyrians retired.
6. Aggrieved (adjective) – feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated
Synonyms – distributed, oppressed
Antonyms – comforted, pleased
Ex: They were aggrieved at the outcome.
7. Dissuade ( verb) – persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action
Synonyms – discourage, thwart
Antonyms – encourage, persuade
Ex: All attempts to dissuade him from this resolution failed before his tenacious will.
8. Demonstrable (adjective) – clearly apparent or capable of being logically proved
Synonyms –conclusive, verifiable
Antonyms – uncertain, distorted
Ex: An ocular segment claimed by the former division is not present or in no case demonstrable in the latter.
9. Pellets(noun) – a small, rounded, compressed mass of a substance
Synonyms –bullet, bolus
Ex: It stood and retrieved small blue pellets from its bed, offering them to her.
10. Restive (adjective) – (of a person) unable to remain still, silent, or submissive, especially because of boredom or dissatisfaction
Synonyms –restless, fidgety
Antonyms – obedient, patient
Ex: When we finally trapped the feral cat on our back porch, it became extremely restive, yowling and scratching frantically at the door.
Word of the Day
Scrimmage
Meaning (English) – a confused struggle or fight
Meaning (Hindi) – धक्का मुक्की
Synonyms – skirmish, scuffle
Antonyms – peace
Example – The soccer scrimmage gave the players confidence for the later game.
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