1934 Gated Community 600 plus families A football field a gymnasium three gardens a fire temple a grocery store and a clubhouse R eligious classes that teach youngsters Cusrow Baug United Sports amp Welfare League ID: 803706
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Slide1
The
Baug Life
CUSROW BAUG1934 Gated Community600 plus familiesA 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.
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More than 50% of Mumbai
Parsis
live in
Baugs
!
Slide2Why you should know
T
he Baug Kids They grow up alongside you in the same ReligionAll 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 cultureThey are a representation of how Parsis are in this cityUnderstanding their values and mindsets make you understand the generation
Slide3Return to Roots
What 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 BaugsOur MOThe PT Girls called up a random selection of Parsi KidsOn 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 givenThe results are here for you to make your own conclusions
All data was tallied and put into % formatThe sample size was 50
The results interest us so much we are targeting a 1000+ survey soon!
Slide4Data Basics
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
Slide5Gujarati Speakers
…100
% 77% enjoy mainstream newspapers 80% Enjoy Parsi Times each weekend
Studies v/s Experience 46% v/s 54%Salary average INR 20,000 - INR 50,000 p.m. i.e. 3800 USD - 9500 USD per annumFB 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%)
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Slide6HOW
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
Slide7WOULD
I ATTEND COMMUNITY CONFERENCES
Very Much!
75%Nope! 25%WOULD I ATTEND COMMUNITY SPORTSVery 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%
Slide8Religious 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%
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Slide9We 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!
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Slide10CONFRONTING 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%
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Slide11The Institute of Marriage
97.2% participants believe in Marriage
48.6% 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 IntelligentHigh status HumerousHonest 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!
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Slide12Is Love Blind…Or is Love
Parsi
…
Only 17% would shift to Gujarat for love or Marriage… essentially going from a metro to a town…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’
Slide13“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!
Slide14HOW MANY KIDS WOULD YOU LIKE
67.6% said 2
58% 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 TRYST62% of participants would leave the Baug and buy flats elsewhere if necessary at the full market rateOnly 60% of participants are aware that you can request BPP for a flat when you get engaged!
Slide15Knowledge 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 cluelessGovernment 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
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Slide16100% of the survey sample are interested to know our survey results!
Thank you!If you would like me to send you the compilation please mail me on freyan@parsi-times.com