Canadian Punjabi Family’s Encounter With Cops For Noise Pollution Has Desi Twitter Divided

What you’re about to see/read next will garner different reactions from different people. You’d think it’s hilarious, something straight out of a Bollywood movie. But you could also find it completely flawed and wrong. It involves a Punjabi family in Canada, some cops and a 13-second video that has now gone viral.

A Punjabi family in Canada had some neighbours report them for noise disturbance. A bunch of cops turned up to check on that. But in a true filmy style twist, the cops who turned up also happened to be Punjabis!

What happened next is this:

Punjabi household was reported for noise disturbance in Canada..This is how they reacted when they saw the policemen were Punjabi as well.
Incorrible! 😅 pic.twitter.com/tDJdyF5pvO

— Kaveri 🇮🇳 (@ikaveri) November 25, 2018

The video was as big a hit with a huge chunk of desi Twitter as the next Guru Randhawa song.

I mean, come on. This is as Punjabi as it can get!

Jaisa filmon mein hota hai….

I thought Punjabis meeting each other in Canada so often was just a concept in punjabi movies. https://t.co/TcHJoqE2YD

— Muhammad Abdullah (@abdullahd__) November 26, 2018

Apne log!

https://twitter.com/ro_oboo/status/1066965676223590400

There’s inexplicable magic in Butter Chicken!

We got a noise complaint during my brother’s wedding week. 5 cops pulled up, asked for butter chicken and just hungout with us 😂 https://t.co/rhI2EftphK

— 🌞✨ (@possiblyjsmn) November 26, 2018

Ab mazaa aayega!

Lovely…. Punjabi police vs Punjabi public 😜

— Riyaz 🇮🇳 (@Riyazuddin555) November 25, 2018

#JustPunjabiThings #ItHappensOnlyInCannedda

You can take Punjabi out of Punjab but not Punjab out of Punjabi. Canada is indeed an extension of Punjab https://t.co/fAZ8WyV5W2

— Nitin Verma (@nitinverma0410) November 26, 2018

*Does the typical Indian aunty gesture*

Maa sadqay LOL pic.twitter.com/YivgD55vqJ

— iaamna (@AamnaSarim) November 25, 2018

Ooooooh that went down savage lane quite fast!

This how white people must feel all the time https://t.co/J62WP8bl7t

— Ryan (@RA26__) November 26, 2018

This Certificate of Punjabiness.

Lmao are you even Punjabi if you haven’t had a noise complaint made against you https://t.co/V55yG9d8WQ

— bambino (@hhafsa_lovesyou) November 27, 2018

 

Wait, what? You thought THAT was the big twist? A bigger one awaits. While there’s lot of desi Twitter going ROFLMAO over the Punjabi spirit in the video, there are plenty of them who see a different side to the story.

The fact that the family was reported for being a nuisance to their neighbours by making too much noise, and their blatant refusal to take it seriously once they realised the cops were Punjabis too has irked many a people.

People have argued how antics like these are what give immigrant communities a bad name. Some have even pointed out how uncomfortable the Punjabi policemen looked in the video because they were somehow being embarrassed by their own people.

This is how you become a nuisance as a community. https://t.co/gD00zUUoMe

— Kunal Singh Pundir (@pundir_kunal) November 26, 2018

How can we celebrate being a nuisance?

https://twitter.com/SamyakSibasish/status/1066971113316478976

The uncomfortable truth.

We indians never learn civic sense. We disturb everybody with our rituals and festivals wherever we go. Barbarians.

— Kishor Siri (@KishyCool) November 26, 2018

Making fun of the law is no laughing matter.

No funny. Causing public nuisance and making fun of the law is nothing to be laughed at. These people will give a bad name to Indian communities. https://t.co/nyQHWSR8mQ

— Anish Sahadevan (@scorpiosaurus) November 26, 2018

Nuisance is nothing to be proud of.

Being a nuisance in your neighborhood is nothing to be proud of. Can't see the humor in this.

— Lebrown James (@Naa_Cheese) November 26, 2018

This very hard hitting statement that touches the painful nerve.

Indians are proud of all the wrong things. https://t.co/8jNvWbfytd

— कवट्या महाकाळ 💀 (@kavtya) November 27, 2018

Desi Twitter right now….

https://twitter.com/genesiaalves/status/1066975081786736645

Indian communities the world over have proudly celebrated festivals and occasions with the same or perhaps even more fanfare than we do in India. While it is endearing to behold, is it okay to do it at the cost of being perceived as a loud, boisterous community with no regard for one’s neighbours or the law?

Or do you think this is just some harmless bit of fun and something to laugh now and forget about later?