Know any Bengali jokes?
chakravorty bonnie jean
Bengali joke. I always tell him jokes my ethnic jokes (jokes by and about my
people). He claims there are no Bengali jokes because Bengalis are too serious.
True or false? I would like to surprise him by tellng him a couple of good
Bengali jokes. If its OK with this group you can post them here, or send them
to me, Bonnie Chakravorty at bcha...@uiuc.edu Thanks!
K.M. Maniruzzaman
If Bengali jokes mean jokes about Bengalis, here goes one. It, I believe,
was cited by Khushwant Singh in one of his columns and later quoted
in some Bangladeshi magazine.
A Punjabi was travelling by train when, at one station, he was joined
by a Bengali. The newcomer, like the average Bengali Babu, had a small,
almost frail, physique. His luggage, however, were huge and heavy. The
sardarji, who, like the average Punjabi, was big and strong, watched
his fellow traveller struggling in vain to lift his
luggage to the overhead rack. After a few minutes, he lost his patience,
got up, snatched the luggage and placed it on the rack without much
effort. "You Bengalis," he said as he went back to his seat, "eat too
much rice. That's why you are so damn weak."
The Bengali, was naturally offended, but did not dare a reply. He sat
silently plotting a revenge. After some time, the Babu suddenly rose
from his seat and tried to pull the emergency chain in the train.
You pull this chain if there is a fire, for example, or any other
emergency that the engineer might not notice, but requires the
train to be stopped. Pulling it without a reason is a punishable
offense. The Babu kept on pulling the chain, but, apparently, was
too weak for the task.
Sadarji, sure enough, was watching the spectacle with contempt
in his eyes, and finally decided to give the weakling a hand. He
shoved the Babu aside, and pulled off the chain effortlessly. When
the guard of the train came to enquire who had pulled the chain,
causing the train to stop unnecessarily in its tracks,
the Babu promptly pointed to the Punjabi. After the Punjabi payed
the hefty fine for his crime, his companion commented, "You
Punjabis consume too much wheat. That's why you are too damn
stupid."
The story ends there. I hope the Punjabi did not decide to
demonstrate his physical strength one last time to the Bengali.
If you don't find the joke funny, its because the way I've told
(written) it.
Manir
Swagato Basumallick
>Heard this one?
>Headlines in a major Bengali newspaper:
>"Police-er gu kheye dui bok-er mrityu"?
>And then next day they try to correct the printing mistake:
>"Police-er guli kheye dui jubok-er mrityu. Kalker lekha-ta amader pachha-
>r
>bhul!"
Arabinda,
Thank you ! Onek din pore ektoo praan khule hasha gelo :-)
Sambit Basu
One was told by Shibram Chakravarty, and the other one by Sayed Mujtaba Ali
about Rabindranath. I think somebody else had told Shibram's story earlier
on this group.
#1. (Eshob goppo ki ingriji-te hoy?) Shibram once borrowed 100 Rs from his
neighbour Rambabu promising to repay on the following sunday. When that
repayment day came he borrowed 100 Rs from another neighbour Shyambabu
to repay Rambabu's loan. Next sunday he again borrowed from Rambabu to
pay Shyambabu's loan. This thing went on for some weeks. Then one day
Shibram called both his neighbours and explained that, "look, for last
a few weeks I'm taking money from one of you and giving it to the
other alternately. Now, enough is enough. Let me get rid of this. Why
don't you guys do it yourselves?
#2. (My poor English cannot translate this).
Rabindranath-er kothay, "Lokta shebaar taka nebar shomoy bolechhilo,
"amake chiro-rinee kore rakhlen". Loktar ar jai dosh thak, lokta
shotyobaadi chhilo."
Regards,
Sambit
Debarag Banerjee
(Indranil) writes:
|>Authentic bengali jokes can be found in collections of Molla Nasiruddin
|>and the `kutti' jokes compiled by Syed Mujtaba Ali.
Correction: Molla Nasiruddin jokes have a middle eastern origin (probably
Baghdad or Damascus, during the Ottoman Empire) and can't be called "authentic
Bengali jokes". They were, however, assimilated in almost every language in the
world and added to in course of time.
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Debarag Banerjee
(Kaushik Sen) writes:
|>
|>One Bong (= Bengali) is a poet ..
|>Two Bongs are one Political Party ..
|>Three Bongs are two political parties ..
Four Bongs -> one Kali temple. (this is a popular statement).
Snehasis Ganguly
Ei dekh hanstase.
Chele:
Baba, eto hanstase noi, eto nastase.
Abir Mukherjee
TNar boktobyo je tNar kachhey emon ek montroputo kada achhe jeta diye naki
corruption mapa jay. Naki kadar opor diye hNatley jar joto corruption se
totota dube jabe. Sangbadik, bikhhubdho gosthi, opposition-er shokoley
ekshongey neche uthlen. Rajyer shob montrider taar upor diye hNat-te hobe.
Onek din dhore amader dabi maante hobe cholar por ki aar kora jay bole
Jyotibabu'r kothay shob montri amla line diye kadar upor hNat-te chollen.
Je-i ashey she-i besh khanikta dube jay ebong kadar jadu dekhe shokoley
mile Sadhu'r chelader shonge taal miliye bhishon ek chitkaar chechamechi
juDe dilo. Bola bahulyo montrider shokole poDi-ki-mori kore kada-test kore
palate laaglo. Ei bhoyanok hottogoler modhhe hothat shona gelo "Jyoti babu
aschhen". Byash tumul hottogol "tumultoro"(if I may use this word) hoye
poDlo. Sheshe Jyoti babu elen, kadar dike takalen, kadar upor ek pa phele
dingiye choley gelen. Jutor tola porjonto kordomakto holo na.
Hothat shob chup. Karo mukhe kotha nei.
Jyoti Babu heshe bollen, "holo to porikhha? Ei kothata mone raakhben
apnara aar kagojeo chhapben"
Tarpor uni chole gelen, shokoler naak kete diye.
Shona jay shedin raate Gonoshokti'r shangbadikder kromagoto proshne'r
uttore sheshe birokto hoye Jyoti babu bolechhilen " amar ashar khobore eto
gondogol shuru hoye gechhilo je tomra keu lokkhoi koroni je amar aage giye
Shubhash to matha porjonto dube gechhilo, ta or mathar opor pa phele chole
elum"
There may be other versions of this. I heard it quite some time back so
the details are missing.
Porerta bodh hoi Mujtaba Ali'r.
Haashir golpo bhalobashten emon koyekjon mile ekta boithok boshiyechhilen.
Roj-i pray taar shobha boshto aar notun notun haashir golpo shonano hoto.
Emni korte korte sheshe aar notun golpo utpadon jokhon aar kora jachhilona
tokhon purono gulor punorabritti hote laaglo. Shokole mile sheshe thik
korlen je punorabritti korte giye oto kotha abar bolar ki dorkar...tai
shobhar shurute keu ekjon muchki heshe bollen "hm, she tero nomborta mone
aache?" Shokole mile Ho-Ho-Ho shobde haashte hashte goragori khete
laaglen. Haashir rol thamte na thamte keu ekjon bole uthlen mejhete haat
chaprate chaprate "ekush-ekush". Abar haashi.
Subir Kumar Biswas
Here is one of those immortal Sibram jokes.
Pardon me if it is a repetition.
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Being annoyed by the misdeeds of their cat Chini, the whole family
decides to get rid of the creature and over-enthusiastic Sibram
takes the responsibility of the deportation. According to the
advices received from his friends, Sibram ties the cat inside a sack
and takes it away from home to abandon it. But as one may expect,
he was much disappointed to discover that Chini had reached home
before he did with a joy of success. Repetition of the same procedure,
but with different locations, proved nothing more than the cat's
determination and the insistent pattern of its behavior.
Attempting it as a last resort, Sibram carries the sack-prisoned Chini
to Badobazar, a place known for its notorious congestion. After leaving
the cat there, to his dismay Sibram discovers that he himself has lost
his way home! Yes, then as you thought - he followed Chini obediently
to come back home.
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Diganta Das
These are two PJs from one old Alankar, IIT KGP magazine, I hope I am
not repeating these. I am reading the newsgroup after a long time.
What did the hep bong say when he lost his pen?
Penta-gone
When he lost himself?
Hepta-gone
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Diganta Das
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Systems Research
University of Maryland at College Park
"Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in Man" -
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Indranil
: In the ten years my husband and I have been together he has never told me one
Boudi, amra to onek bollam. Ebar apni apnar `ethnic jokes' kichu bolun.
Indranil.
Anirban Chakraborty
>
>And then there was this lady who married her mama, which
>led to the origin of the following verse:
>
>amar mama amar swami,
>ami amar nijer mami |
>
>
>
>-Arani
Arani,
south indians, especially mallus, if ever happen to come across the above one, will give you
a run for your *tupenny*!!
on a different note,
here goes the complex P(oor)J(oke):
p+ij
Anirban.
Abhrajit Ghosh
: Arani,
: Anirban.
Boss Anirban,
You may be a very nice chap all in all, but that last one was
definitely a cry for help !!
AG.
Bong Bong goes the Big Ben.
an15...@anon.penet.fi
In article <3gjpmu$g...@jaws.cs.hmc.edu>, Aniruddha Das <ad...@hmc.edu> wrote:
->
->shona geche swarge akta ghonta lagano hoyeche jeta naki prithibite mitthe
->kotha bola hole ak bar beje othe. amader porom porichito shri Jyoti Basu
->swarge giye dekhlen je ghonta ta rate "dhong..dhong" kore prai sara raat
->baaje. Uni bhogoban ke jigyesh korlen ata ki rokom byapar. bhogobaner
->uttor?-- tokhon je prithibite Gonoshokti chapa hoy.
->
->no flames please
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OK. But may I charge you with plagiarism ? 'Cause it is an o-l-d story,
starting out about Ananda Bazaar Patrika, even before Gonoshokti was
born !
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Sambit Basu
nijeder opor raag hobe, shei raag-e aro mod khaben, tokhon bou-er opor
raag hobe, aaro mod khaben, tar phole bou-er shonge jhogDa korben, rege
giye aaro mod khaben. Ato mod khabar por apnar manoshik sthoirjo akebaar-e
chole jabe. Akta pistol niye bou-ke guli korben. Kintu apni matal bole
haat sthir thakbe na. Guli foshke jaabe. Bou-ke marar je aktamatro shujog
pelen, beshi mod khabar jonne sheta-o haralen. tai boli md khaben na."
Baaje Golpo 1
-------------
Rambabu pa bhenge haspatal-e poDe aachhen. Ram-er bondhu Shyam taake
dekhte gaachhen. Ram shudholo, "Amar thang ki kore bhanglo bolto?"
Shyam bollo, "she to tor nijer dosh-ei bhanglo. Sedin jodu-der baDir chhad-e
tui, ami aar Jodu maal khachchhilum. Sat peg khabar por tui bolli je tui
naki sat peg maal khele uDte paaris. Jodu boolo je she hote-i pare na. Tokhon
tui Jodu-r shonge baaji phele chad theke uDte giye dhopas kore niche poDe
geli."
Ram uttejito hoye bollo, "Kintu tui to amar bondhu, tui amake baron korte
parli na?"
Shyam bollo, "Ami ki aar bolbo bol? pNach peg khabar por amar-o mone holo
tui bodhoy shotti uDte paarish. Ami-o Jodu-r kaachhe 100 taka baaji here
gechhi."
Baaje Golpo 2
-------------
Ak bhodromohila tNar shami-ke psychiatrist-er kaachhe niye gaachhen, karon
ei shami bhodrlok nijeke goru mone koren - maane shotti shotti chaarpeye
goru. Monostattik bhodrlok onek porikkha korlen. Bhodrlok-er naam ki, boyos
koto, kothay thaken, kobe biye hoyechhilo, kothay kaaj koren - bhodrlok
shob uttor thik-thak dilen. Kintu oi dakta jotobaar proshno koren, "apni
ki?" totobaar bodrlok bolen, "kano dekhte pachchhen na, ami goru."
Sheshe daktar jigesh korlen, "Besh, apni kobe theke jaanen je apni goru?"
Eibar bhodrlok (thuDi, goruti) daktar-er tabil-er opor chaar-pa tule, akti
hamba-rob chheDe jobab dilen, "Shei jobe theke bachhur chhilum, tobe theke."
Baaje Golpo 3
-------------
Ei bhodrlok-er baDi goDiahaat-e. Kono karon-e bhodrolok-er dharona hoyechhilo
je shondhe hote-i tNar khat-er niche charte dhaDi Hayena eshe basha bNadhe
aar sara rattir rokto-him kora ottohashi heshe bodrolok-ke bhoy dekhai. Phole
bhodrolk diner por din ghumote paren na, shondher por khat theke nabte paaren
na.
Mash khanek-er moddhe shukiye akebaar-e kath hoye jabar por, baDir lokjon
tNake shohor-er shera monostattik-er kaachhe niye galo. Kintu kissu holo
na. Shock therapy theke shuru kore shob rokom-er chikitsar pore-o Hayena-ra
shei ratrikaalin ottohashi heshe-i jete laglo. Daktar bollen, "E jinish
chikitsa kora amar saddho noy".
Er du maash pore Daktar-er shonge bhodrolok-er ak biye baDi-te dekha.
Bhodrlok akhon dibbi shustho. Daktar jigesh korlen, "KAmon aachhen?"
-Chomotkaar.
-Hayenara...?
-Aar ashe na to! Amar jamaibabu shob thik kore diyechhen.
-O, apnar jamaibabu bujhi daktar?
-Na na, jamai babu daktar hote jaben kano? Onar to kather business. Uni shob
shune amar khater paya-gulo kete dilen. Akhon to aar khater niche jayaga
nei, tai Hayena-ra aar aashe-o na, haashe-o na.
Regards,
Sambit
ps. Baaje golpo bhalo lagle shob krititto amar, aar kharap lagle shob
dosh Tarapodo Ray-er. Golpogulo muloto tNar-i.
Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya
Hari He, Raja Karo Raja Karo
Jaar Dhari Tare Maro
Jaar Dhari Du Chaar Anna
Tare Karo Din Kana
Jaar Dhari Dusho Charsho
Tare Karo Nirbongsho
Je Beta Aamar Kari dhare
SHe Jeno Diye Morey.
Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya
Anindya Basu
Bengali joke (orthat kina amra jake boli bangla chutki ) er oitijhye kichhu
notun shongjojon shunlam ebar kolkata giye .
Prothom chutki :
Ekti golper ashore goolbaji-r lorai cholechhe. Oneke e onek gool
marchhen . Shobar sheshe ashorer jini hota tini bollen " ami tahole
amar jamai er golpo ta boli. Amar jamai O tar kichhu bondhubandhob
mile k(n)akra jhore e picnic korte gaachhe . Akdin bonvojon gochher
akta bapar shere jamai amar boner aak jhornar dhare jol khete giye
nichhok bepatta hoye galo din tinek er jonno. kh(n)oj kh(n)oj..
koyek din bade oi jhornar dharei take pawa galo besh shushtho
oboshthate. Jiggesh koray bollo, "jokhon ami jol khete ashechhilam
tokhon akta baagh dekhe virmi kheye pore giyechhilam . Voye peye
gaaye amon k(n)ata diyechhilo ,je shojarura vul kore shojati vebe
tader gorte dhore niye giyechhilo. Din kotok tai theke elam.."
Ditio chutki:
Bus e akjon vishon mota vodrolok tar ak vishon roga meye ke niye
utchhen dekhe aak jatri tar pasher jatri ke bollen " Dekhechen
dada! Ki thaan-er ki cut-piece! ."
Regards,
Anindya.
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Anindya Basu /``````````````````//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . :) (:
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