Unity in Diversity

‘Unity in Diversity’ is the main characteristics of Indian culture. Bengali, Bihari, Punjabi, Gujarati all the communities live with their dignities here. All the people have their will, their aspirations and, of course, their dreams…These are the situations and imaginary perceptions about them when they meet together…

Bengali

One Bengali = poet
Two Bengalies = a film society
Three Bengalies = political party
Four Bengalies = two political parties
More than four Bengalies = Countrywide agitation to bring Ganguli back into Team

Bihari

One Bihari = Laloo Prasad Yadav
Two Biharies = booth-capturing squad
Three Biharies = caste killing
Four Biharies = entire literate population of Patna

Punjabi

One Punjabi = 100 kg. hulk named as Pinky
Two Punjabies = Pinky with his bigger brother Twinky
Three Punjabis = assault on the McAloo Tikkis at local McDonalds
Four Punjabis = combined IQ equal to one

Malayalies

One Malayali = coconut stall
Two Malayalies = a boat race
Three Malayalies = gulf job racket
Four Malayalies = oil slick

Uttar Pradesh

One bhaiyya = a milkman.
Two bhaiyyas = halwai shop [sweet shop]
Three bhaiyyas = a fist-fight in the UP assembly
Four bhaiyyas = mosque-destruction squad

Gujaraties

One Gujarati = share-broker in a Mubai train
Two Gujaratis = rummy game in a Mumbai train
Three Gujaratis = Mumbai’s noisiest restaurant
Four Gujaratis = stock market scam

Andhraite

One Andhraite = chili farmer
Two Andhraites = software company in New Jersey
Three Andhraites = Naxalite outfit
Four Andhraites = song-and-dance number in a Telugu movie

Kashmiri

One Kashmiri = carpet salesman
Two Kashmiries = carpet factory
Three Kashmiries = terrorist outfit
Four Kashmiris = shoot-at-sight order

Tamil-Brahmin

One Tam-Brahm = priest at the Vardarajaperumal temple
Two Tam-Brahms = maths tuition class
Three Tam-Brahms = queue outside the US consulate at 4 a.m.
Four Tam-Brahms = Thyagaraja music festival in Santa Clara

Mumbayite

One Mumbayite = footpath vada-pav stall
Two Mumbayites = film studio
Three Mumbayites = slum
Four Mumbayites = the number of people standing on your foot in the train at rush hour

Sindhi

One Sindhi = currency racket
Two Sindhis = papad factory
Three Sindhis = duplicate goods shop in Ulhasnagar
Four Sindhis = Hong Kong Retail Traders Association

Marwari

One Marwari = the neighborhood foodstuffs adulterator
Two Marwaris = 50% of Kolkata
Three Marwaris = finish off all Gujaratis and Sindhis
Four Marwaris = threaten the Jews as a community

Haryanvi

One Haryanavi = tube light
Two Haryanavies = agriculture
Three haryannavies = Lathi squad
Four haryanavies = actually just one was enough