Panchayat in Kerala bans ‘sir’ and ‘madam’ in its office
The Hindu
‘Such salutations are remnants of colonial rule. It’s time we showed the supremacy of the people’
The Mathur gram panchayat in Kerala’s Palakkad district has become the first local body in the country to ban the use of salutations like ‘Sir’ and ‘Madam’. A special meeting of the panchayat council on Tuesday took the historic decision that could likely kickstart a wave of reforms in the use of official language. The panchayat viewed salutations like ‘Sir’ and ‘Madam’ as remnants of the colonial rule. “It’s been 75 years since we secured freedom from the British. It’s time we showed the supremacy of the people in a democratic government,” said P.R. Prasad, vice-president of the Mathur panchayat, moving a resolution.
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