Anonymous“I think it is a Latin phrase used in ancient British legalese that the British themselves probably have long stopped using, but continues to be, by Indian elites, to keep their fellow men, already cowed by poor English language skills, discombobulated. Its use, like the myriads of other pompous, archaic and unfamiliar words and phrases that Indians writing English love using, therefore, does not promote the cause of communication. It merely reaffirms Indians' inability to adapt to modernity, to change for the better.”
I think that is going rather too far and is a wild generalisation. It is my own very limited experience that some Indians can be inclined to officiousness, but I think their use of language, which may strike the British, Americans and others as quaint or old-fashioned, is no more than quaint or old-fashioned from a British or American perspective. Besides, elites everywhere use language that discombobulates their fellow men - it is often just a question of degree.