The above definition is just so that Smriti Irani doesn’t accuse us of addressing her as ‘dear’ because she is a mahila. This is what started it all: Indian National Congress President (Bihar) Ashok Choudhary tweeted out to the Union Human Resources Minister chiding her for focusing too much on politics and bhaashan as opposed to her ministry and education policy. Irani should have been upset about this accusation, but instead took umbrage at being addressed as “dear” by Choudhary. Because you know, dear is not as sanskaari as adarniya.