Dishonorable politicians

31 October, 2012

Why call our prime ministers, ministers, members of parliament 'honourbale' when most are dishonourable?

WHAT HONOURABLE work has ever been undertaken or honourable behavior ever exhibited by our politicians - read Prime Minister, ministers, and members of parliament - for them to be given the honour of being addressed by the title - "Hon'ble" is a real mystery to me.

In fact, if anything, they should all be addressed as "Dishon'ble". A campaign should be started to this affect - might just shame our shameless politicians. The new President has exhibited some sense, and changed his address as "Manyavar" - it's high time others follow suit.

The word honourable has a disconnect with present-day political discourse and how the society views politicians in view of numerous scams and irresponsible behavior as unveiled by the country's press. There is a dearth of honest and hard-working leaders, and putting political leaders on a pedestal is a dis-service to the voters who put faith in them in the first place.

One would gladly call them honourable if our political class, and not just a few, exhibit high integrity - it's just that we know how much honour many of them have brought to their constituencies let alone the country.