Average Parsi Kid I am… A very Parsi job What my job entails… - Talking to of all age groups through the day - Understanding how to interact with Parsi Trustees… - Understanding the Parsi businessman and how he wants to spend on branding and quality - Understanding the reading, cultural habits of the Community and what they like/ dislike - Making an effort to introduce the basic qualities of being tolerant, higher educated and more involvement with Community Affairs Five things my job has taught me (or is still trying to teach me!) •Patience with people is equal to respect for people. •People are darpoks one-on-one but super heroes in big groups! •If you don’t know Gujarati wing it! And you shall survive! (Nod vigorously and say vaaru vaaru!) •Children do pick up everything…. Kids are likely to do unto their parents in their old age what their parents are doing to their grandparents. •More often than not, ‘Circumstances’ make decisions for people and not their ‘inner conscience’ or ‘Religiosity.’ •More often than not, people judge people based on their own world view, not understanding that there exist bigger and better parameters than their own. A little bit I know about you…

Well accomplished A broader view of life due to education and location Interested in your culture The Baug Life CUSROW BAUG •1934 •Gated Community More than 50% of •600 plus families Parsis live in Baugs! •A football field, a gymnasium, three gardens, a fire temple, a grocery store and a clubhouse PARSI COLONY •Religious classes that teach youngsters •Largest gathering of Parsis in the •Cusrow Baug United Sports & Welfare League world •Dadar, Wadala and . •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! 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 Roots 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

SURVEY BAUGS AND PARSI LOCALITIES Boys COVERED 48% Marazban Colony (Pandey School) Girls Marazban Colony (Agripada) 52% Modi Hostel (Worli) Gamadia Hostel (Tardeo) AVERAGE AGE OF SURVEY GROUP Contractor Baug (Mahim) Contractor Building (Byculla) BOYS: 22.8 yrs. Tata Colony (Tardeo) GIRLS: 21 yrs. Jer Baug (Byculla) Mazgaon Hostel • 77.8% Born in Baug Grant Road (New Chikalwadi) Godrej Baug (Napean Sea Road) • 22.2%: Born outside Baug Dadar Parsee Colony (Dadar, Matunga) Forgett Street Locality Malcolm Baug (Andheri) Gamadia Colony (Tardeo) 16% No Reason for shifting 72.2% Single A.H. Wadia Baug (Lal Baug) 33.3% Marriage 22.2% Dating Muncherji Seth Building (Tardeo) 50% Education 5.5 % Married Bandra (West) OTHER STATISTICS

 Gujarati Speakers…100%

 77% enjoy mainstream newspapers

 80% Enjoy Parsi Times each weekend

 Studies v/s Experience 46% v/s 54% Sample Group Included

Students  Salary average Lawyers INR 20,000 - INR 50,000 p.m. Retail Segment Professionals i.e. 3800 USD - 9500 USD per annum Media and journalism (high %) Professionals Travel and Tourism Professionals  FB Active 86% Chartered Accountants Merchant Navy Crew  Twitter Active 11% IT Professionals Actors Self Employed People (high%)

Picture courtesy Google! LOVE BAUG LIVING! Not much Seems OK to me! I love it!

50% take part in Club Sports and 50% 7% don’t! From those who don’t 70% 33% participate by cheering the teams on! 60% INVOLVED IN PLANNING ACTIVITIES

Not at all involved 32% HOW MUCH TIME TO MY BAUG PALS Eh! Every once 49% EACH WEEK in a while! About an hour 14.7% Super 19% 2-4 hours 29.4% enthusiastic! OMG! All the 55.9% Football, Volleyball, Bodybuilding, time! Throwball, Tellygames, Elocution, T.T. Tourneys FRIENDS FROM THE BAUG ANYONE? All of them Very few Some of them PARSI PAL PREFERENCE 15% 36% 3% It's a must! 30% Not really! 49% 67% Race don't WOULD I ATTEND COMMUNITY matter! CONFERENCES Very Much! 75% HUNTING FOR A MATE HERE??? I FIND CLOSE FRIENDS @ Nope! 25% 47.05% said The Baug 25% nonsense! WOULD I ATTEND COMMUNITY 38.2% said Work 27.7% SPORTS maybe! College 36.1% Very Much! 75% 14.7% said ‘I’m Everywhere! 11.2% Nope! 25% honest! Hell ya!’ Religious Leanings…

Parsi v/s Zoroastrian 41.6% 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 know But 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 Marriage

97.2% participants believe in Marriage 48.6% said they might even let their parents choose their partners In 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

Picture courtesy Google! Is Love Blind…Or is Love Parsi…

WILL YOU MARRY A NON-PARSI? Religion doesn't 12% of the group matter even said they would 26% avoid old friends who ‘married out’ For love Never! maybe! 56% 18%

53% said they would definitely NOT 27% hope to want to find love in their own Baug find love in their and Baugs! 43% said they would like to look at other Baugs for a soul mate! “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 2 58% said a whopping 5!!! THE TRUST TRYST 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!

62% of participants would leave the Baug and buy Only 60% of participants are aware that you can flats elsewhere if necessary request BPP for a flat when you get engaged! at the full market rate Knowledge is power… Do we have it?

The Scheme % have % know a % are I WILL TAKE INTEREST an idea little clueless IN PARSI AFFAIRS ONLY WHEN I TURN 31 Government 21% 24% 55% (20% of us will NEVER Education Schemes for Minorities Indulge in Parsi Politics!) Scholarships from 46% 14% 40% Parsi Trusts 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!

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