All Editorials Snapshot & Free Vocabulary PDF – 29 Dec 2025

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The Hindu Editorials snapshot

Editorial 1

The Lost Message: On Shallow Symbolism

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a full Christmas worship service on December 25 at the Cathedral Church of the Redemption in Delhi, a first for him, sharing messages of peace, compassion, and harmony inspired by Jesus Christ amid reports of violence and intimidation against Christians before and during the festive season. This gesture aimed to reassure minorities in India’s diverse society, reflecting political pragmatism and the syncretic nature of Indian identity, even as the RSS—Modi’s ideological base—has softened its view of Christianity and Islam as foreign faiths. However, recurring vandalism, disruptions of worship, physical attacks on church leaders, false conversion charges, and mob interference in Christmas events across states like Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha—often linked to Sangh Parivar groups—continue without strong police action or BJP restraint, rendering Modi’s symbolism shallow and ineffective without clear directives to state governments and enforcers for genuine pluralism and protection.

Editorial 2

Sham Election: On Myanmar’s Three-Phase Elections

Myanmar’s military junta launched the first phase of three-stage elections on Sunday across 102 townships—the first since the 2021 coup that toppled elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and ignited civil war—covering only half the country with later phases on January 11 and 25, skipping 65 areas under rebel control where no major 2020 parties like her National League for Democracy participate, leaving the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party dominant amid low turnout. Ethnic armed groups and NLD-linked People’s Defence Forces seized key territories via the Three Brotherhood Alliance until China pressured ceasefires for economic access, aiding junta recovery with Russian arms, yet fierce battles rage in Rakhine, Karenni, and other regions. Backed only by China, Russia, and Belarus, these polls echo the boycotted 2010 sham, securing the military’s 25% reserved seats for dominance despite no real legitimacy, likely fuelling more conflict.

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The Indian Express Editorials snapshot

Editorial 3

SC Has Role in Clean-up, Not in Fixing GST Rates on Purifiers

India’s courts sometimes enter areas meant for lawmakers or government, raising worries about judicial overreach that upsets the separation of powers, as seen when the Delhi High Court recently pushed for cutting GST on air purifiers from 18% to 5% by calling them medical devices and urged the GST Council to meet quickly. Air pollution is a health crisis needing action, but the Centre notes courts should not bypass the GST Council—a body of Centre and states needing three-fourths approval for rate changes—while the Supreme Court rightly drives environment fixes like revisiting Aravallis. Lower taxes might help access but is no substitute for government’s duty on clean air strategies, leaving courts to enforce reforms without setting tax slabs.

Editorial 4

Polls Begin in Myanmar, but Democratic Transition is Elusive

Myanmar’s military junta started the first phase of elections on December 28, the first since the 2021 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and sparked civil war, but they are widely seen as a sham with over half of 2020 parties deregistered, her National League for Democracy dissolved, and no real freedom amid junta control. India has long supported democracy there—from backing 1988 protesters to nuanced ties for security and countering China—recently reaffirming calls for fair polls via PM Modi at SCO and post-quake aid, while balancing engagement with Naypyidaw and border rebels like the Arakan Army for projects such as Kaladan. With UN criticism, regional focus on stability over refugee and drug issues, and China’s arms backing the junta, India must push for genuine democracy in a stable neighbour to advance Act East policy amid Dhaka tensions.

Vocabulary from the Editorial: 1

Word	Simple Meaning	Synonym	Antonym
Intimidation	Threatening to scare	Bullying, coercion	Encouragement
Syncretism	Blending of beliefs	Fusion, mixing	Separation
Ideological	Related to beliefs	Doctrinal, philosophical	Practical
Vandalism	Deliberate damage	Destruction, defacement	Preservation
Spurious	False or fake	Bogus, unfounded	Genuine
Recurring	Happening repeatedly	Frequent, repeated	Rare
Inadequacy	Lack or insufficiency	Shortfall, deficiency	Sufficiency
Pluralism	Acceptance of diversity	Tolerance, multiplicity	Uniformity
Pragmatism	Practical approach	Realism, expediency	Idealism

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