'Congratulations to Dr. x x xxxx Sir for becoming president of xxxx.'
Someone had put up this notice on our blackboard near the entrance, and also on another one near the staff room.
"It is perfectly fine to put up such a notice" I said. "But I cannot understand putting 'sir' after the person's name. That is not good English."
"The residents always do that. They write 'patient seen by xxxxx madam or operated on by xxxx sir' on official records" our Associate Professor said.
"It sounds like 'Honorable xxxxx ji xxxxx saheb, which people who lick xxx do in our politics, to please the boss."
"That is because they are not assessed for their command on languages, when they opt for professional courses."
"They could always read good English and improve themselves" I said. "I think this does not have as much to do with poor command on English language, as on their attitude of licking xxx for favors. In the case under discussion, it is evident from the fact that the said professor became president of the xxxx long ago, while they have put up the notice today, just a day prior to the end of his long leave."
