A man walked into the women’s department of Shoppers Stop in Bombay
City. He found a saleslady, and told her, ‘I would like a Punjabi bra
for my wife, size 34 B.’
With a quizzical look the saleslady asked, ‘What kind of bra?’
He repeated ‘A Punjabi bra. She said to tell you that she wanted a
Punjabi bra, and that you would know what she means.’
‘Ah, now I remember,’ said the saleslady. ‘We don’t get as many
requests for them as we used to. Mostly our customers lately want the
Catholic bra, or the Jain bra, or the Parsi bra.’
Confused, and a little flustered, the man asked, ‘So, what are the
differences? ‘
The saleslady responded. ‘It is all really quite simple. The Catholic
bra supports the masses. The Jain bra lifts up the fallen and
downtrodden, and the Parsi bra keeps one staunch and upright.’
He mused on that information for a minute, and asked, ‘So, what does
the Punjabi bra do?’
‘The Punjabi bra,’ she replied, ‘makes mountains out of molehills.’