Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “under/in the guise of“ and its meaning is “under the pretence or outward/external appearance of something; posture, semblance, (false) show/display”.
Example Sentence: Amid the row over deletion of portions from school textbooks, academicians Suhas Palshikar and Yogendra Yadav,…, wrote to NCERT Director Dinesh Saklani stating… Mr. Palshikar and Mr. Yadav wrote, “As academics who were naturally involved in the creation of these textbooks, we are ashamed that our names should be mentioned as primary advisors to these mangled (spoiled/ruined) and academically dysfunctional textbooks. We want to make it clear that we completely oppose the process of changing the text in the guise of rationalisation.”
This phrase is present in NCERT responds as ‘embarrassed’ Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar ask academic body to drop their name as advisors and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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