{"id":4395,"date":"2009-01-03T06:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T01:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2009-01-03T06:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T01:27:00","slug":"hello-beloved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/hello-beloved\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, Beloved"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mint<\/i> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n The next time an Indian parliamentarian says in the House that a “communist” member of Parliament (MP) is up to his usual “tricks” in making a “boring” speech, the book could get thrown at him.<\/p>\n At least if Parliament decides to go by the book: in this case, the latest edition of Unparliamentary Expressions, a 900-page tome published by the Lok Sabha secretariat that governs speech in Parliament and also state legislatures.<\/p>\n “I did not know words such as ‘stern school master’, ‘unfortunate’, ‘shy’ and ‘stunt’ were unparliamentary until I read this book,” said a slightly confused Tathagata Satpathy, a Lok Sabha MP from Orissa. For good measure, the good book says even the word “confused” is somewhat unparliamentary.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n For Rs850, the book tells you that one cannot be “ashamed” in Parliament and cannot address a lady presiding officer as “beloved”. Neither can one simply say “hello” to catch the chair or Speaker’s attention.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I’m dying to know which MP addressed which lady presiding officer as beloved. What context could there possibly be for that? And I can imagine an MP rising to his feet and shouting “Hello<\/i>” at the speaker. The speaker turns to him.<\/p>\n “You scoundrel fellow,” he says, “you dusht shaitan. Do you not know it is unparliamentary to say ‘hello’ to me?”<\/p>\n “Sir, I wasn’t saying ‘hello’ to you,” replies the MP. “I was merely answering my mobile phone. I’m on hands-free. And now if you’ll excuse me… Beloved, can you call later, please? I’m in parliament.”<\/p>\n * (Links via separate emails from Gaurav<\/a> and SK.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
\nA ToI<\/i> report<\/a> has more examples of this silliness, informing us that calling the president a “poor fellow” is not allowed. Considering that Pratibha Patil<\/a> is our president, I don’t see why anyone would bother, but I guess every precaution must be taken. “Weed” is also an unparliamentary term, so I guess it’s a good thing that Matthew Hayden is not an Indian legislator. <\/p>\n