My thanks to Tim Lubin and Rafał Kleczek, for their answers off the list. 

Reddit,  tweet as possible sources. A bit funny, and beyond my experience. 

I just wondered - if, by any chance, there might be some new findings re: the history of this Hindi honorificum.

Best,

Artur
Polska

2017-08-31 22:31 GMT+02:00 Artur Karp <karp@uw.edu.pl>:
Dear Indology-ists, 

Between August 27 and 30, my small paper, uploaded long time ago to Academia.edu


had, quite unexpectedly, 163 visits - from all over the world. 

I wonder - what was the reason for this sudden interest? Some conference?

If so, I was not informed about it. Was there any?

Best, 

Artur Karp (ret.)

Chair of South Asian Studies
University of Warsaw
Polska