Phir
bhi dil hai......Hindustani
Distinguishing
India's different cultures
MALAYALEES
One Malayalee is a
narial-pani shop.
Two Malayalees is a
boat race.
Three Malayalees is
a Gulf job racket.
Four Malayalees is
an oil slick.
TAMILIANS
One Tamilian is a fugitive
sandalwood smuggler.
Two Tamilians is a
suicide-bomb squad.
Three Tamilians is
a classical music school.
Four Tamilians is a
Jayalalitha fan club.
ANDHRAITES
One Andhraite is a
cycle-rickshaw driver.
Two Andhraites is a
spice shop.
Three Andhraites is
a Naxalite outfit.
Four Andhraites is
the Telugu film industry.
BENGALIS
One Bengali is a sweet
shop.
Two Bengalis is a black-and-white
movie.
Three Bengalis is a
Mohun Bagan support group.
Four Bengalis is a
Marxist movement.
RAJASTHANIS
One Rajasthani is a
cattle-seller.
Two Rajasthanis is
a mason.
Three Rajasthanis is
a puppetry outfit.
Four Rajasthanis is
a dance-drama.
GOANS
One Goan is Remo Fernandes.
Two Goans is a Feni
distillery.
Three Goans is a football
club.
Four Goans is an all-night-long
party.
MANGALOREANS
One Mangalorean is
a betel-nut seller.
Two Mangaloreans can't
stand one another.
Three Mangalorean is
a Udupi restaurant.
Four Mangaloreans is
a fanatical Konkani Sabha.
BOMBAYITES
One Bombayite is a
hawker.
Two Bombayites is a
film industry.
Three Bombayites is
a bustling slum.
Four Bombayites is
the rush-hour train crowd.
MAHARASHTRIANS
One Maharashtrian is
a bus conductor.
Two Maharashtrians
is a kabaddi player.
Three Maharashtrians
is a pickle factory.
Four Maharashtrians
is a Cricket Team.
GUJARATIS
One Gujarati is a share
broker in a Mumbai train.
Two Gujaratis is the
total chatter in a Mumbai train.
Three Gujaratis is
a Co. in itself
Four Gujaratis are
crying on Share Scam
SARDARJIS
One Sardarji is a truck-driver.
Two Sardarjis is a
roadside dhaba.
Three Sardarjis is
a terrorist outfit.
Four Sardarjis are
always found in jokes.
SINDHIS
One Sindhi is a currency
racket.
Two Sindhis is a papad
factory
Three Sindhis is a
duplicate goods shop.
Four Sindhis is a lot
of gas around (yeech!).
BIHARIS
One Bihari is Laloo
Prasad Yadav.
Two Biharis is a booth-capturing
squad.
Three Biharis is a
caste killing.
Four Biharis
is the total literacy rate in the state.
BHAIYYAS
One Bhaiyya is a milkman.
Two Bhaiyyas is a chanawala
(or panipuri wala).
Three Bhaiyyas is a
temple-destruction squad.
Four Bhaiyyas is a
halwai shop.
(And 12 Bhaiyyas
is one SMALL, happy family).
KASHMIRIS
One Kashmiri is a boatman.
Two Kashmiris is a
carpet factory.
Three Kashmiris is
a tourist agency.
Four Kashmiris is a
terrorist outfit.
KANNADIGAS
One Kannadiga is a
coffee estate.
Two Kannadiga is a
Udupi restaurant.
Three Kannadiga is
a pepper powder factor.
Four Kannadiga is an
anti-Cauvery squad