FREE Editorial PDF – 14 Jan 2026 | The Hindu & Indian Express | Banking • SSC • TNPSC

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The Hindu Editorials snapshot

Editorial 1

More for Later – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s India Visit

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz recently visited India for two days, meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to boost ties between the two nations. The visit covered trade, technology, defence, green energy, and people-to-people links, building on 25 years of strategic partnership and record trade over $50 billion last year. Merz paid respects at Sabarmati Ashram, joined the kite festival in Gujarat, held business talks, and visited tech sites like Bosch in Bengaluru and a nano science centre. Both leaders signed multiple agreements, including green ammonia deals and submarine construction plans, while pushing for an India-EU free trade agreement soon. They discussed global issues like Ukraine and Gaza, with Germany seeking closer security ties to reduce India’s reliance on Russia. The trip promises long-term gains in investment and innovation, helping both countries face challenges from protectionism and supply chain risks.

Editorial 2

Language of Harmony – On the Malayalam Language Bill

Kerala’s government has introduced the Malayalam Language Bill to make Malayalam the official language for government work and schools, requiring it as the first language up to Class 10 in all state and aided institutions. This aims to promote the language in administration, courts, and education while protecting linguistic minorities like Tamil and Kannada speakers through exemptions. However, Karnataka has objected, especially for border areas like Kasaragod where Kannada communities fear their language rights under Articles 29, 30, 350A, and 350B will suffer. The bill includes safeguards allowing minorities to use their mother tongue or English for official dealings and promises research to support Malayalam without harming others. Passing this needs careful balance to foster harmony rather than division among Kerala’s diverse people. Strong minority protections and clear implementation can make the law a model for linguistic pride and unity.

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The Indian Express Editorials snapshot

Editorial 3

Mahasweta Devi’s Questions Still Resonate

Mahasweta Devi’s writings began where official histories stopped. Her fiction and reports left comfortable homes for forests, quarries, railway banks, and police stations—places where India’s growth story unravels and reveals its human costs. She gave voice to the powerless, shaped by history, shame, and ongoing resistance. Using simple Bengali blended with tribal speech rhythms and oral memories, she challenged mainstream literature to face ignored lives. In stories like ‘Draupadi’ (1978) and novels such as Hajar Churashir Maa (1974) or Aranyer Adhikar (1979), she depicted suffering with clear, factual sharpness without offering false comfort. Her imagination fused with activism: she listened, debated, organised groups like Kheria Sabar Kalyan Samiti to build self-reliance, edited Bortika magazine for grassroots voices, filed petitions, and supported landless workers in courts. She viewed narrative as power. ‘Rudali’ (1979) dissected how grief becomes a commodity in feudal systems. Hajar Churashir Maa connected personal loss to state brutality. Nearly a decade after her death, in her birth centenary year, her questions on land, labour, gender, and state power remain relevant amid rising inequality. They remind that justice is a daily struggle, and honest storytelling resists.

Editorial 4

Mob Cannot Have the Last Word at KGMU

On January 9, a junior doctor at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow faced arrest over claims of sexual harassment and forced religious conversion made by a colleague. Soon after, a crowd including BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Women’s Commission vice-chairperson Aparna Yadav stormed the campus, accusing a ‘conversion racket’. This followed recent protests at Jammu’s Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), where many Muslim students gained admission, leading to backlash from pro-RSS and pro-BJP groups and the eventual cancellation of its MBBS course. Such events show a troubling trend of mixing education spaces with religious tensions, relying on a sense of no punishment to spread prejudice. The National Medical Commission blamed infrastructure issues for SMVDIME’s closure, but the link to protests over 44 out of 50 selected students being Muslim was obvious. At KGMU, efforts to stir fears have no place in a democracy that promises equality and religious freedom. For over 100 years, KGMU has led in medical training, with its graduates serving across India. Allowing mobs to disrupt such vital institutions warns of intolerance; only firm legal action against those responsible can stop this.

Vocabulary from the Editorial: 1

Word	Simple Meaning	Synonym	Antonym
Homage	Public respect or honour	Tribute, reverence	Disrespect
Delegation	Group sent on official duty	Team, mission	Individual
Reaffirm	Confirm again strongly	Reassert, renew	Deny
Bilateral	Between two sides	Two-way, mutual	Multilateral
Renaissance	Rebirth or revival	Renewal, resurgence	Decline
Protectionism	Policy limiting imports	Trade barriers	Free trade
Resilient	Able to recover quickly	Tough, durable	Fragile
Cutting-edge	Most advanced	Innovative, modern	Outdated
Strategic	Planned for long-term gain	Tactical, key	Short-term
Inaugural	First of its kind	Opening, debut	Final
Momentum	Force or speed of progress	Drive, impetus	Stagnation

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