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My Top 10 Punjabi Aunty Insults by Hardeep Singh Kohli

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Ullu ka patha (You are the son of an owl): Obvi­ously in post-Harry Potter times with the populari­tasion of Hedwig and all things owl-like, being re­ferred to as the progeny of these weird, nocturnal bird freaks might not seem that big a deal. It would seem that the big-eyed, sinister Punjabi owls are foolish. It’s worth noting that this phrase is now in­cluded in the urban dictionary. Theri asi thesi (I am only too aware of both your machiavellian ways and means): It is said that Hindi is the language of commerce, Urdu the lan­guage of love, and Punjabi the…

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