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The Baug Life CUSROW BAUG• 1934
• Gated Community• 600 plus families
•A football field, a gymnasium, three gardens, a fire temple, a grocery store and a clubhouse
• Religious classes that teach youngsters • Cusrow Baug United Sports & Welfare League
DADAR PARSI COLONY • Largest gathering of Parsis in the
world • Dadar, Wadala and Matunga.
• 3 schools, two swimming pools, and over 15 thousand Parsis.
• Schools, shopping areas, over eight playgrounds and fields, four
gymkhanas and clubhouses, two libraries, a fire temple.
• The extremely popular five gardens, created by Sir Mancherji Joshi and
they serve as invaluable ‘lungs’ to the much congested Dadar-Wadala-Sion
route.Picture courtesy Google!
More than 50% of Mumbai Parsis live in Baugs!
Why you should know
The Baug Kids
• They grow up alongside you in the same Religion• All problems related to our Religion are their
problems too • Brought up together they have similar mindsets • They form part of a sub culture; the Baug culture• They are a representation of how Parsis are in this
city• Understanding their values and mindsets make
you understand the generation
Return to RootsWhat you have seen so far: •Great Parsi stories •Iconic Structures •Monuments •Religious Tour
What we have compiled for you…The mindset of the kids in Parsi Baugs
Our MO•The PT Girls called up a random selection of Parsi Kids•On the condition of anonymity, they each took out an average of 20 minutes to answer•The questions were simple to answer and easy options were given•The results are here for you to make your own conclusions•All data was tallied and put into % format•The sample size was 50•The results interest us so much we are targeting a 1000+ survey soon!
Data Basics
Boys 48%Girls
52%
AVERAGE AGE OF SURVEY GROUPBOYS: 22.8 yrs. GIRLS: 21 yrs.
SURVEY BAUGS AND PARSI LOCALITIES COVEREDMarazban Colony (Pandey School)Marazban Colony (Agripada)Modi Hostel (Worli) Gamadia Hostel (Tardeo) Contractor Baug (Mahim)Contractor Building (Byculla)Tata Colony (Tardeo)Jer Baug (Byculla)Mazgaon HostelGrant Road (New Chikalwadi) Godrej Baug (Napean Sea Road)Dadar Parsee Colony (Dadar, Matunga) Forgett Street LocalityMalcolm Baug (Andheri) Gamadia Colony (Tardeo) A.H. Wadia Baug (Lal Baug) Muncherji Seth Building (Tardeo)Bandra (West)
• 77.8% Born in Baug • 22.2%: Born outside Baug
16% No Reason for shifting 33.3% Marriage 50% Education
72.2% Single 22.2% Dating 5.5 % Married
Gujarati Speakers…100%
77% enjoy mainstream newspapers 80% Enjoy Parsi Times each weekend
Studies v/s Experience 46% v/s 54%
Salary averageINR 20,000 - INR 50,000 p.m.i.e. 3800 USD - 9500 USD per annum
FB Active 86%
Twitter Active 11%
OTHER STATISTICS
Sample Group Included StudentsLawyers
Retail Segment Professionals Media and journalism (high %)
ProfessionalsTravel and Tourism Professionals
Chartered AccountantsMerchant Navy Crew
IT Professionals Actors
Self Employed People (high%)
Picture courtesy Google!
7%
33%
60%
LOVE BAUG LIVING!
Not much Seems OK to me! I love it!
48%
19%
32%
INVOLVED IN PLANNING ACTIV-ITIES
Not at all involved Eh! Every once in a while!Super enthu-siastic!
HOW MUCH TIME TO MY BAUG PALS EACH WEEK
About an hour 14.7%2-4 hours 29.4%OMG! All the time!
55.9%
50% take part in Club Sports and 50% don’t!
From those who don’t 70% participate by cheering the teams
on!
Football, Volleyball, Bodybuilding, Throwball, Tellygames, Elocution, T.T. Tourneys
15%
49%
36%
FRIENDS FROM THE BAUG ANYONE?
All of them Very few Some of them
67%
31%
3%
PARSI PAL PREFERENCE
It's a must!Not really!Race don't matter!
WOULD I ATTEND COMMUNITY CONFERENCES
Very Much! 75%
Nope! 25%
WOULD I ATTEND COMMUNITY SPORTS
Very Much! 75%
Nope! 25%
HUNTING FOR A MATE HERE???47.05% said nonsense!38.2% said maybe! 14.7% said ‘I’m honest! Hell ya!’
I FIND CLOSE FRIENDS @
The Baug 25%
Work 27.7%
College 36.1%
Everywhere! 11.2%
Religious Leanings…Parsi v/s Zoroastrian41.6% v/s 58.4%All 100% proud though!
Personal View….Liberal 83.3%In between 13.9%Orthodox 2.7%
But my family is….Liberal 44.44%In between 22.22%Orthodox 33.33%
Picture courtesy Google!
We asked the Sample Survey Group if they knew that
the signboard that says ‘ENTRY FOR PARSIS ONLY’ meant that ‘ZOROASTRIANS NOT OF PARSI DESCENT’ were exempted from entry as well as non-Parsis…48.5% knew about this and 51.5% didn’t knowBut when we asked them all what they felt about this ‘RULE’ 17.6% thought this was OK and 82.4% thought it was unfair!
Picture courtesy Google!
CONFRONTING SEXUALITY
Is GAY taboo for you? We support the LGBT Movement…
No: 8.5%Maybe: 22.8%
Yes: 68.7%
Would you accept him / her if someone close to you were GAY? YES 91%NO 9%
Would your family accept it if their child were GAY? YES 45.7%NO 54.3%
Picture courtesy Google!
The Institute of Marriage97.2% participants believe in Marriage48.6% said they might even let their parents choose their partnersIn the search for a partner participants valued this in descending order….
A similar family background Parsi people only Good looking only Financially sound Well settled Like minded Respect and able to provide elastic boundaries Intelligent High status Humerous Honest and of good character Fit and Sporting Romantic We even got the total Parsi…. Cooking please! She should love my
cars and he should be romantic
60% of participants would shift out of their comfort zone for LOVE and 66% would shift for a BETTER JOB!
Picture courtesy Google!
Is Love Blind…Or is Love Parsi…
Only 17% would shift to Gujarat for love or Marriage… essentially going from a metro to a town…
Never! 56%
For love maybe!
18%
Religion doesn't matter
26%
WILL YOU MARRY A NON-PARSI?
27% hope to find love in their
Baugs!
53% said they would definitely NOT want to find love in their own Baug
and 43% said they would like to look at
other Baugs for a soul mate!
12% of the group even said they would avoid old friends who
‘married out’
“THIS IS WHAT I WANT…”Expectations from Marriage
I’m going to marry…Someone who is brought up and lives like me…82.8%Someone from abroad to give me a better life…11.4%Someone so rich it changes my story...5.8%
He/she should be earning as much as I do when we meet… 80% said YES!!!
76.4% men said their wives must continue to work after marriage…
On the other hand…. WOMEN said…100% of them would continue work post getting married…Even though 75% of the ladies EXPECT their husbands to earn more than them, 61% don’t mind supporting him in a situation like that!
HOW MANY KIDS WOULD YOU LIKE
67.6% said 258% said a whopping 5!!!
47% expect the BPP to gift them a home when they get
married 47% don’t expect that
6% said they have already asked but been turned down!
THE TRUST TRYST
62% of participants would leave the Baug and buy flats elsewhere if necessary at the full market rate
Only 60% of participants are aware that you can request BPP for a flat when you get engaged!
Knowledge is power… Do we have it?
I WILL TAKE INTEREST IN PARSI AFFAIRS ONLY
WHEN I TURN 31(20% of us will NEVER
Indulge in Parsi Politics!)
The Scheme % have an idea
% know a little
% are clueless
Government Education Schemes for Minorities
21% 24% 55%
Scholarships from Parsi Trusts
46% 14% 40%
Jiyo Parsi IVF 23% 31% 46%
Of the participants 29% have got scholarship/ residential aid from a Parsi Trust
Picture courtesy Google!
100% of the survey sample are interested to know our survey results!
Thank you!
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