Poor Parsi redefined: One who earns up to Rs 90,000 per month

[gaurav92]

Abey dhakkan ganno - don't know Pappadom? Papad waale - Sindhis yaar :hehe: Tu toh ekdum hi ghanchakkar niklaa :hehe:

[Sir john]

Jab main apni Ferrari mein ghoomungi' date=' tab sab hassna :driver:[/quote'] wooh bhi delhi maain. :hysterical:

[Sir john]

Abey dhakkan ganno - don't know Pappadom? Papad waale - Sindhis yaar :hehe: Tu toh ekdum hi ghanchakkar niklaa :hehe:

you realise it late chotey. he dont have knowledge about other community he only know about tammi culture.

[Prakat]

Jab main apni Ferrari mein ghoomungi' date=' tab sab hassna :driver:[/quote'] Or a Lambawagini. :winky:

[ganeshran]

Parsi ? Tax evasion is not their birthright' date=' its us :mad:[/quote']

[ganeshran]

you realise it late chotey. he dont have knowledge about other community he only know about tammi culture.

:haha::haha::haha:

[Aaku]

Or a Lambawagini. :winky:

wo bhi chalegi :driver:

[Sir john]

:haha::haha::haha:

dhoongi baba :haha:

[Crookbond]

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[asterix]

^ :woot:

[Aaku]

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itneeee bhi moti nahi:((

[Prakat]

Tabhi main bolun sasura defending poppadoms :giggle: All the best to both of u :two_thumbs_up:

thank you!

[Crookbond]

itneeee bhi moti nahi:((

Yea, you are more hotter than Vidya Balan :giggle:

[Aaku]

Yea' date=' you are more hotter than Vidya Balan :giggle:[/quote'] oh stop it youuuuu

[Texy]

Yea' date=' you are more hotter than Vidya Balan :giggle:[/quote'] :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Mariyam]

Really? Dude, when was it ever easy? Also, do you see the kind of homes refugees are given in any other country? Even the most immigrant friendly and affluent country doesn't set you up with houses in the middle of the country's most expensive square miles of real estate.

Are we talking about Parsis here? Refugees? Circa 900 AD Mumbai/ the coast of Gujarat wasn't the most coveted real estate in the country.

The Parsees never integrated into Indian society. Apart from a few good friends who are exceptions and I'm sure there are many others' date=' it's fair to say the Parsees still don't see themselves as part of India. And these provisions, of subsidized housing etc., don't help the cause at all. And it's not like they are maginalized or disenfranchized people, the Parsee community has made great contributions and benefited from business, the movie industry, sports etc. You will find one or two in the board or at least top management of a majority of bombay corporate houses. The Sindhis too have made great contributions like the Parsees, except they don't have this 'gimme' infrastructure.[/quote'] Have to disagree with everything here. Parsis never integrated with the Indian mainstream? They were/are the vanguard of almost every profession. Industrialists, Lawyers, Judges, Doctors you name it etc. I know quite a few Parsis. My old neighbours were Parsi, and so were many of my class mates. I never got a feeling that they considered themselves any less Indian than you or me.

[Prakat]

Are we talking about Parsis here? Refugees? Circa 900 AD Mumbai/ the coast of Gujarat wasn't the most coveted real estate in the country.

As of today, the amount of real estate locked up in this housing plan makes the market worse than it should be. If this floor space was opened up, or even better, if the land was used to build up newer, higher structures we would see rates fall. Right now, everybody else who lives in the locality is paying more through their own lease/rent/purchase price because a percentage of the property around them is closed off and not in the market.

Have to disagree with everything here. Parsis never integrated with the Indian mainstream? They were/are the vanguard of almost every profession. Industrialists, Lawyers, Judges, Doctors you name it etc. I know quite a few Parsis. My old neighbours were Parsi, and so were many of my class mates. I never got a feeling that they considered themselves any less Indian than you or me.

Obviously our definitions of integrating differ. Tell me what would you define as not being integrated?

Its not a definition of poverty per se. Its more of an eligibility cut off for community housing. Let their Panchayat decide the criteria for who deserves the homes. Basically, the Rs 90,000 figure is to indicate that those above this number are not eligible for subsidized housing under the BPP scheme. For a point of reference, compare this 90,000 Rs / month against the 40,000 Rs/ month (set by the MHAD act) as the upper cut off limit for eligibility for a house in Mumbai under the MHADA scheme. The number might even be revised by now. Given the relative bawa affluence, Rs 90,000 as a cut off is not that shocking.

To me, this just indicates that most Parsis are doing well enough to be considered decently well-settled according to Indian standards (why should they have their own yardstick that is nowhere near the Indian/bombay mhada one?). What is happening here is that the Parsi board has x amount of real estate to distribute it amongst deserving members of the community, and over the decades, they are mostly well-settled, and do not really need assistance in getting a roof over their heads. But since there is so much real estate to give away, they hiked up the eligibility because of it were lower then a portion of that real estate would remain unused. In ten years, this will go up to 2L. Instead of doing this, it would be better to release some of the property back on the market.

[Mariyam]

On a lighter note, in any gathering of Parsis that I've been to (Parsis celebrate birthdays with cakes, ribbons, balloons, the entire stuff, an almost British celebration) the talk invariably turns to how the Parsis are a dying breed and how median age of the Parsi women is now 45 and hence the community can't replace the dying ones etc etc etc. This is followed by more stats on the slow death of the Parsi community in a very *what can we do, we told them, but no paid heed* tone. This is all they ever talk about. :mad:

[Prakat]

On a lighter note, in any gathering of Parsis that I've been to (Parsis celebrate birthdays with cakes, ribbons, balloons, the entire stuff, an almost British celebration) the talk invariably turns to how the Parsis are a dying breed and how median age of the Parsi women is now 45 and hence the community can't replace the dying ones etc etc etc. This is followed by more stats on the slow death of the Parsi community in a very *what can we do, we told them, but no paid heed* tone. This is all they ever talk about. :mad:

It's a dying of the old ways and a new age is here. They should celebrate it but such is human nature that we think of the way things were to be an ideal state.

[Mariyam]

As of today' date=' the amount of real estate locked up in this housing plan makes the market worse than it should be. If this floor space was opened up, or even better, if the land was used to build up newer, higher structures we would see rates fall. Right now, everybody else who lives in the locality is paying more through their own lease/rent/purchase price because a percentage of the property around them is closed off and not in the market.[/quote'] Fair point. But this is a non-sequitur in the sense that you're arguing about the overall need to have community housing. You can say the same thing about MHADA houses in absolutely plush areas like Juhu, Khar Danda etc where a large chunk of land is off limits for builders and hence those staying in the vicinity have to pay more.