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      • Santa Banta is a popular comic duo from India, often used in jokes and punch lines. They are usually portrayed as two close friends who constantly get into bickering and comedic situations. Santa is portrayed as the smarter one, while Banta is the more gullible and often native one.
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  2. Khushwant Singh, the late author and journalist, was famous for such jokes. Here is a collection of Singh’s best ‘Santa-Banta’ jokes. The Supreme Court gave on Tuesday six weeks’ time to a...

  3. Aug 2, 2015 · In 1999, when Ghais website began publishing Santa-Banta jokes, the comical twosome who had ruled the north Indian joke circuit generation for decades weren’t quite internet-ready yet.

  4. Apr 2, 2016 · Governance Now got in touch with Gurpreet Singh alias Santa and Prabhpreet Singh alias Banta, who have been living up to their stage names for 18 years. Sick of being held responsible for bringing disrespect to the community, the duo has now decided to change their names to Jugli and Shugli.

  5. Santa and Banta are two popular names for the stock characters in the Sardar jokes. [ 16 ] A category of Sardar jokes is the "12 o'clock jokes, " implying that Sikhs are in their senses only at night.

  6. Inside the Comedy Duo: SANTA BANTA. By: Gurpreet Singh (Santa) and Prabhpreet Singh (Banta) Host: Jarnail Basota Join host Jarnail Basota as he interviews the hilarious comedy duo Gurpreet...

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  7. Oct 30, 2015 · Santa was appointed as sales person at a local store in Chandhigarh. While on one of his shifts, a lady approached him and asked if they had "peach jam" to which he bluntly...

  8. The defining characteristics of Santa and Banta jokes are that both are simple-minded middle-aged men belonging to the Sikh religious community. Most Indians consider these jokes lame but many Sikhs find them to be offensive and demeaning, not because of what is said but because of who says it.