“Hear ye, hear ye.”
“That’s really old school.”
“What?”
“Proclamations.”
“How come?”
“Well we don’t need criers in the square shouting hear ye hear ye prior to proclaiming a government decision.”
“What level?”
“Excuse me?”
“What level of government? Federal, provincial, local or…”
“Don’t be facetious. Anyway these days we don’t need a crier with a very sharp nasal voice that would pierce the thickest skulls….”
“I know one person who qualifies, the Federal Minister for …”
“Shut up, these days there is zero tolerance for…for…. the use of impolite language….”
“I stand corrected.”
“Apologise.”
“I most humbly request your pardon….”
“You don’t have to kneel….yet.”
“Right anyway modern day proclamations are through notifications – some are signed by the President, others by a party president, still others by a section officer who…”
“Where are you going with this?”
“When I said hear ye hear ye I was actually talking to spiritual guides who are kinda old school and…”
“Oh dear.”
“Remember ain as in the twenty fourth letter of the Urdu alphabet was considered extremely lucky but that ain’t so any more. Sh”
I was referring to the Indian actor Imran Khan, who has a US passport, and is to be deported by the Modi government as he dared to participate in an anti-government protest ….”
“I hope we don’t emulate that for otherwise there will be an elite deportation…”
“Careful you!”
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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