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| India stereotype map |
One Kashmiri = carpet salesman.
Two Kashmiris = carpet factory.
Three Kashmiris = terrorist outfit.
Four Kashmiris = shoot-at-sight order.
Tamil-Brahmin
One Tamil-Brahmin = priest at the Vardarajaperumal temple.
Two Tam-Brahms = Maths tuition class.
Three Tamil-Brahmins = Queue outside the U.S consulate in Chennai at 4 a.m.
Four Tam-Brahms = Thyagaraja music festival in Cleveland, USA.
UP Bhaiyya
One UP bhaiyya = milkman.
Two UP bhaiyyas = halwai shop.
Three UP bhaiyyas = a fist fight in the UP assembly.
Four UP bhaiyyas = mosque destruction squad.
Gujju
One Gujju = share-broker in a Bombay train.
Two Gujjus = rummy game in a Bombay train.
Three Gujjus = Bombay 's noisiest restaurant.
Four Gujjus = stock market scam.
Andhraite
One Andhraite = chili farmer.
Two Andhraites = software company in New Jersey, USA.
Three Andhraites = Naxalite outfit.
Four Andhraites = song-and-dance number in a Telugu movie.
Mumbaikar
One Mumbaikar = footpath vada-pav stall.
Two Mumbaikars= film studio.
Three Mumbaikars =The number of people standing on your foot in the train at rush hour.
Four Mumbaikars = slum
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 neighbourhood foodstuff adulterator.
Two Marwaris = Threaten the Jews as a community.
Three Marwaris = Finish off all Gujaratis & Sindhis.
Four Marwaris = 50% of Calcutta
Bihari
One Bihari = Laloo Prasad Yadav .
Two Biharis = booth-capturing squad.
Three Biharis = train capture.
Four Biharis = caste riots
Five Biharis = entire literate population of Patna
Bengali
One Bengali = poet.
Two Bengalis = film society.
Three Bengalis = political party.
Four Bengalis = two political parties.
More than four Bengalis = Countrywide agitation to bring Ganguly back into cricket team.
Punjabi
One Punjabi =100 kg hulk named Pinky.
Two Punjabis = Pinky with his bigger brother Twinky.
Three Punjabis = assault on the McAloo Tikkis at the local McDonalds
Four Punjabis = combined IQ equal to one.