Let's face it. We've been rocking at this "unity in diversity" thing even before Chetan Bhagat and Two States came along. We've all stolen paranthas from our Punjabi friend's tiffin and we swear by the filter coffee that our Southy friends bring back from their visits back home. Durga Pujas and Navratras have always been our pet excuses to go on shopping sprees and come out decked in finery, and then, there are the hundreds of kinds of weddings. Despite that, we choose to forget the beauty of unique differences among people. We're all guilty of trying to make our lives simpler by grouping communities into easily identifiable stereotypes. These stereotypes are oversimplified, nasty, offensive and more often than not, entirely baseless fabrications of an ignorant mind.

3. Gujarati

We've had a large number of Gujarati characters entertain us in the past few years, thanks to Ekta Kapoor's famous mass-produced joint-family tear-jerker scheme. Khichdi has had many of us ROFLing through the years and a whole lot of us continue to enjoy Tarak Mehta ka Ulta Chashma. But it's time we moved beyond the garba and dhokla. There's a lot more to them that just that!

4. Bengali

Most people would argue that being called "intelligent" is a perfectly good compliment. However, sometimes we don't even realize how irritating and offensive seemingly harmless labels can be. A lot of Bengalis for example are vegetarians, hate sweets and haven't even been to Kolkata in the longest time ever!