“A Delhi regiment of the army would just not stop honking their tanks. We would be the first country with weapons of mass irritation. A Mumbai regiment would queue up for a battle, they are too polite.”
“Hindu’s joke about Sikhs that they are stupid, but the next thing they do is worship a stone statue.”
“These gyms promise you the body of a goddess. They just fail to mention that its the body of an Indian goddess you get.”
“A Jat and a feminist- that relationship just does not work. A feminist would never go on her knees for a Jat.”
“There are no fat girls in Delhi. Check any matrimonial site. There are just a lot of healthy girls.”
Just a small selection of jokes from a night of Indian stand-up comedians in Delhi. I could not understand all the jokes, but enjoyed the loud laughter and interaction of the audience and in the end, I did learn a bit more about stereotypes of different groups, casts and religions within India. People in Mumbai more polite than in Delhi, people in Calcutta more up for protest, West-Bengalis sticking together a lot, Tamils very religious, Jats very macho…