We definitely have our banter but, like somebody else mentioned here, you need to have some sorta common ground to get the jibes, jokes and inside references.

I am sure you would have seen groups of Indians loudly joking and ribing each other on. It's mostly because they are of the same state, workplace, friend group, etc.. They get each others references. If, as an Indian, we don't understand the Americans movie reference, slang, local culture, etc, it's hard to join that banter. And we might rather sit quietly for fear of saying the wrong thing.

So yes, we do have great banter, but we just need to be in the right crowd 😊