The survey found that among respondents, support for BJP was highest at 47%, followed by AAP at 22%. On whether Kashmir should decide its future, opinions were split 50-50 overall but BJP supporters were primarily against while AAP supporters were for it. Scarcity of resources and climate change were seen as the biggest challenges for humanity in the next 100 years, with differences in priorities between BJP and AAP supporters. Over 45% felt the world is not moving in the right direction, with women more disappointed at 60%. Most supported legalizing prostitution. Irfan Khan, Vidya Balan and MS Dhoni were chosen as best actor, actress and cricket captain respectively.

1. March, 2013
State of The State
1

2. Summary
1. The male, female classification was not asked for in the survey and was added by myself
 Out of 82 respondents; 47 people supported BJP while 22 supported AAP. Rest voted for Congress, others
or blank
 On plebiscite in Kashmir, it was a 50-50 split overall
o BJP supporters were primarily against the plebiscite while AAP supporters were for it
 On challenges for the next 100 years, scarcity of resources and climate change were perceived as the
biggest threats
o Significant difference between the preferences of BJP and AAP supporters with BJP voting for
scarcity of resources while AAP supporters primarily voting for climate change and inequality
 More than 45% of people do not feel the world is going in the right direction
o Women seem more disappointed with 60% women voting in the negative
 The majority (~70%) was in favour of legalising prostitution regardless of gender and party affiliations
 Irfan Khan, Vidya Balan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were the winners in their respective category. No
specific trend by gender or party except that Irfan Khan had a relatively higher share of women votes
 ~60% people like fantasy books and movies (80% women)
 More details in individual pages
Results
Methodology
 Survey collected through google docs; 82 respondents out of which 51 males, 15 females and 16
anonymous
 All questions were optional so number of responses may differ across questions
 Most respondents in 22-30 year range and will be a representation of the peer set than any broader group
 I have provided my answer in a box at the top; since my peer set may be slightly more biased towards those
preferences vs.a neutral group
 Raw, anonymous data provided in the appendix
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3. 47
24
6
3
BJP AAP Congress Others
Which party do you like in the upcoming elections?
 BJP leading the pack among our respondents (as expected )
 AAP with 22 votes does not seem to have lost much ground despite recent theatrics by Arvind Kejriwal
 We also have 6 congress supporters in the sample; so they exist even if you don’t see them
 Only 3 others implies the peer set does not believe in regional parties and is looking for a national party.
Will this trend also be reflected in the masses?
Male
Female
Anonymous
30 16 3 1
9 3 2
8 5 3
2
NS-AAP

4. Do you think people in Kashmir should be allowed to decide
whether they prefer India, Pakistan or independence?
39
43
Yes No
AAP
BJP
63% 38%
38% 62%
~50% of the educated, affluent
respondents believe that
Kashmir should be allowed to
decide its own fate
BJP supporter primarily against
the idea; AAP supporters
primarily for it
Females relatively happier to
give Kashmiris the controlMale
Female
45% 55%
73% 27%
3
NS-Yes

5. What is the biggest challenge human kind is going to face in
the next 100 years
21
17
12
24
8
Scarcity
of resources
Enviromental
Degradation
Inequality / Bad
Leadership
/ Challenges to
Democracy
Others
Left Blank
BJP AAP
% of Total
13%
38%
25%
17%
8%
32%
17%
9%
34%
9%
Unsurprisingly, scarcity of resources
and environmental degradation appear
as biggest challenge for humanity
Topics relating to inequality, lack of
faith in capitalism & democracy and
bad leadership were surprisingly
prominent given the affluent voter base
Polarisation between BJP and AAP
supporters
BJP supporters primarily
considered scarcity of resources
and others (population, nuclear
war, intolerance, no problems, etc)
as main challenges
Environmental degradation and
inequality/ bad leadership is a
major issue for AAP supporters
Primarily Includes
population, nuclear war,
racism, intolerance
4
NS-Scarcity
of resources

6. AAP
BJP
Do you think the world has been moving in the right
direction in the last 100 years?
44
37
YesNo
Male
Female
43% 57%
60% 33%
More than 45% of respondents do not
feel that the world has moved in the right
direction in the last 100 years which is
surprising as last century has been
 Least violent 100 years ever
 Provided the best health care in
history
 Significant growth in wealth and
technology
 Significant improvement in
democracy
Females are more unhappy with the
direction (60%) compared to men (43%)
despite extraordinary achievements
made in the last century towards women
empowerment and liberalisation. What
do women want?
AAP supporters marginally more satisfied
than BJP supporters although the
difference is not significant
42% 54%
51% 49%
6
I told you, a happy
woman Is a myth!!
NS-Yes

7. 56
26
Yes No
Do you think prostitution should be legalised?
1. http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21599351-laying-bare-supply-and-demand-oldest-profession-sex-lies-and-statistics?zid=319&ah=17af09b0281b01505c226b1e574f5cc1
AAP
BJP
42% 58%
30% 70%
Male
Female
33% 67%
40% 60%
~70% of respondents felt that
prostitution should be legalised
So, are we willing to see selling
sex as a business and not a
crime or is it just a reaction to
the sexual assaults on women
Males and AAP supporters
marginally more averse to the
idea but not significantly
As an aside, the prostitution
industry seems to be under a
lot of pressure as women have
become relatively loose across
the world in last 50 years and
men have felt less need to pay
for sex (sorry but that is the
reason )
69% of men supposedly paid
for sex in US in 1948 compared
to 15% in 2006
(Source: The Economist, link in
footnotes)1
5
I get screwed during the
month and get my salary at
the end of it.
Again, how is prostitution
illegal?
NS-Yes

8. Irfan Khan
40
49%Aamir Khan
36
44%
Shahrukh
Khan
6
7%
Who do you think is a better actor?
1. The image is of a random person and not a poor attempt at drawing Irfan Khan
• Irfan Khan wins with 49% votes
while Shahrukh Khan ends up
getting only 7% of the votes.
• Contrary to expectations, Irfan
Khan was also popular with
females while Aamir Khan did
relatively better with males
• Given that most of us have spent
more money on Shahrukh Khan
movies than on Irfan Khan movies,
it can mean either of the following
o We are not honest
o We don’t want to watch the
best actors
Male Female Anonymous Grand Total
Irfan Khan 26 9 5 40
Aamir Khan 21 5 10 36
Shahrukh Khan 4 1 1 6
Grand Total 51 15 16 82
7
Hypocrites!!
All of them!!
Film hit karao SRK ki
and better actor Irfan
Khan1
NS-Irfan Khan

9. Vidya Balan
65
82%
Aishwarya Rai
8
10%
Preity Zinta
6
8%
Who is a better actress?
1. Image copied from the internet
Can be labelled the dud
question of the survey
Vidya Balan winning hands
down with 82% of the votes
May have gained partially due
to the recency effect as other
actresses are not seen on
screen anymore and are past
their best
8
And they told me I need to
be slim and trim to be
succesful1
NS-Vidya Balan

10. Who do you think is a better cricket captain?
53
28
Mahendra Singh
Dhoni
Saurav Ganguly
AAP
BJP
71% 25%
64% 36%
Male
Female
69% 31%
53% 40%
MSD wins the best captain
debate
Decent performance in the
current T20 WC may have
helped Dhoni
The hypothesis was that BJP
supporters may have higher
preference for Saurav
Ganguly given affiliations
towards a “strong leader” but
did not seem to be the case.
The difference was
insignificant.
9
I won 3 ICC titles vs. 0 for
Ganguly. Still 28 people
won’t buy my story!! Huh.
NS-MSD

11. Do you like fantasy books / movies (e.g. Harry Potter, Lord of the
Rings, Game of Thrones) ?
50
20
12
Yes A Bit No
AAP
BJP
50% 38%
64% 17%
Male
Female
57% 20%
80% 13%
13%
19%
24%
7%
~61% people like fantasy
80% women liked them vs.
57% men
The hypothesis was that
AAP supporters may have
had a higher interest in
fantasy (more faith in a hero
rising to save the nation).
The hypothesis was
rejected.
10
Avada Kedavra !!
NS-Yes

12. Appendix

13. Raw Data (1/3)
13
Sl No.
Who do you think is a
better cricket captain?
Who do you
think is a better
actor?
Who is a better
actress?
Do you like
fantasy books /
movies (e.g.
Harry Potter,
Lord of the
Rings, Game of
Thrones) ?
Which party do
you like in the
upcoming
elections?
Do you
think
prostitution
should be
legalised?
Do you think
people in
Kashmir
should be
allowed to
decide whether
they prefer
India, Pakistan
or
independence?
Do you think
the world has
been moving in
the right
direction in the
last 100 years? Gender
Summary of biggest
challenge
In maximum 10 words, what is the biggest challenge human kind is going
to face in the next 100 years? (e.g. food scarcity, nuclear war, etc.)
1 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes AAP Yes Yes Yes M Scarcity of resources Food Scarcity
2 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes Congress Yes Yes Yes M Scarcity of resources Scarcity of resources.
3 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan A Bit BJP No No Yes F Climate Effects of global warming
4 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No No M Scarcity of resources
filling surveys ;)
nuclear weapons are less of a threat and more of a power balance (until
terrorists get access to them in which case it becomes real prob)
otherwise scarcity in terms of resources will be a challenge and environmental
issues will take center stage
5 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan No BJP No No No M Scarcity of resources Food scarcity , environment degradation and islam
6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Preity Zinta Yes AAP Yes Yes Yes M Climate Climatic changes
7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shahrukh Khan Vidya Balan A Bit AAP No Yes No M Climate Environment degradation
8 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit AAP Yes Yes No M
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy Lack of political leadership
9 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Aishwarya Rai A Bit Congress Yes No Yes
10 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan No BJP No Yes No F Others Unhappiness
11 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No No F Others The attitude towards girls, and their agency and right to make decisions.
12 Irfan Khan Yes AAP Yes Yes F
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy Wars for domination
13 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes Congress Yes No Yes
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy
Capitalism
communal riots
14 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan No BJP Yes No No M Climate Global warming.
15 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No No M Scarcity of resources Water
16 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes AAP Yes No Yes M
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy People revolutions against democracies & capitalism.
17 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit AAP No No Yes M
18 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes Yes M Others 100 years is too long to hypothesise. Population explosion
19 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes AAP No Yes Yes M
20 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit AAP Yes No Yes Others Religions war
21 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes No M Others Nothing, Humans evolve to overcome challenges
22 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan No BJP Yes No No M Scarcity of resources Fight for scarce resources
23 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes AAP No No Yes M Scarcity of resources Scarcity of natural resources
24 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes No M
25 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No No M Others Not interested
26 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan No AAP Yes No Yes M Scarcity of resources energy shortage
27 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP No Yes Yes M
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy Economic inequality (leading to all the other causes)
28 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit BJP No Yes Yes F Others
Clash of mental wisdom and nature's simplicity and no mental tactics of
nature..so human will have to choose between nature and mental realm.
29 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes No Scarcity of resources Water shortage
30 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP No Yes No M Climate Environmental issues
31 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No Yes M Others alien attack
32 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan No BJP Yes Yes Yes M Climate Global warming
33 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit BJP Yes Yes Yes M Scarcity of resources
1. Water scarcity, or
2. Viral pandemic

14. Raw Data (2/3)
14
Sl No.
Who do you think is a
better cricket captain?
Who do you
think is a better
actor?
Who is a better
actress?
Do you like
fantasy books /
movies (e.g.
Harry Potter,
Lord of the
Rings, Game of
Thrones) ?
Which party do
you like in the
upcoming
elections?
Do you
think
prostitution
should be
legalised?
Do you think
people in
Kashmir
should be
allowed to
decide whether
they prefer
India, Pakistan
or
independence?
Do you think
the world has
been moving in
the right
direction in the
last 100 years? Gender
Summary of biggest
challenge
In maximum 10 words, what is the biggest challenge human kind is going
to face in the next 100 years? (e.g. food scarcity, nuclear war, etc.)
34 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes AAP Yes Yes No
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy Disparity
35 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shahrukh Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes Yes F Scarcity of resources Energy deficit, Chemical weapons warfare,
36 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Preity Zinta No BJP Yes No Yes Climate Environment degradation impact
37 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes No F
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy Widening of economic divide/ scarcity of resources
38 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes Yes M Others Disruptions in sociological structures like family...
39 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP No Yes No M Others
How to channelise efforts for essential technologies & cajole eople to prune
unnecessary excesses
40 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes AAP No No No M Climate Preservation of natural ecosystem
41 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP No No Yes M Scarcity of resources food scarcity
42 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No Yes Scarcity of resources Oil and water wars
43 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Preity Zinta Yes AAP Yes Yes No F Climate
Increasing Natural calamities as earth re-adjusts from the severe exploitation of
natural resources
44 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes Yes Climate Environmental disasters, not necessarily of the Global Warming type.
45 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shahrukh Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No Yes M Climate Climate issues
46 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No No F Climate adulterated food, ozone layer depletion, shortage of safe drinking water
47 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit AAP Yes Yes No Climate Nature's fury.
48 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Aishwarya Rai Yes AAP No Yes Yes M Others Dependency of human kind on technology
49 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Preity Zinta Yes BJP Yes Yes No M
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy Class divide, hungry people and billionaires all in same vicinity
50 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Preity Zinta A Bit BJP Yes No No M Others Nuclear Fallout, Water Scarcity, Climate change, Incurable diseases (Cancers)
51 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes Yes Yes Yes F Others Identity struggle and regression to groupism
52 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shahrukh Khan Aishwarya Rai Yes Congress Yes No Yes
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy Inequality
53 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shahrukh Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No No M Scarcity of resources Potable water scarcity
54 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan No AAP No No Yes M
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy Economic leadership and preserving the nature.
55 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes Others Yes Yes No F Scarcity of resources water scarcity
56 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit BJP No No Yes Others Racism
57 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes AAP Yes Yes Yes
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy Job Scarcity/Anarchy.
58 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes Yes No No M Others Intolerance
59 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes Yes M
Inequality /
Capitalism /
Democracy wealth imbalance
60 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes AAP No Yes No F Climate Environmental Issues
61 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan No Congress No No Yes M Scarcity of resources Water

15. Raw Data (3/3)
15
Sl No.
Who do you think is a
better cricket captain?
Who do you
think is a better
actor?
Who is a better
actress?
Do you like
fantasy books /
movies (e.g.
Harry Potter,
Lord of the
Rings, Game of
Thrones) ?
Which party do
you like in the
upcoming
elections?
Do you
think
prostitution
should be
legalised?
Do you think
people in
Kashmir
should be
allowed to
decide whether
they prefer
India, Pakistan
or
independence?
Do you think
the world has
been moving in
the right
direction in the
last 100 years? Gender
Summary of biggest
challenge
In maximum 10 words, what is the biggest challenge human kind is going
to face in the next 100 years? (e.g. food scarcity, nuclear war, etc.)
62 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit BJP Yes No No M Others Loss of care for fellow human beings except closest family
63 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Shahrukh Khan Vidya Balan A Bit BJP Yes No No M Scarcity of resources Lack of Natural resource
64 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Aishwarya Rai A Bit Others Yes Yes Yes M Others Population, unemployment and the resultant crime. Also, sustainable energy.
65 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan A Bit AAP Yes No No Climate Dramatic change of weather patterns and food scarcity as a result of it.
66 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes No No M Others Trust ,respect and employable youths
67 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit AAP Yes Yes Yes M Climate Environmental disaster, loss of species
68 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan No AAP Yes Yes No M Climate climate change,
69 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP No No No
70 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP Yes Yes Yes F
71 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Aishwarya Rai Yes BJP Yes No Yes M Scarcity of resources scarcity of water
72 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan Yes Others No Yes No F Unpredictable
73 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes Congress Yes Yes Yes M Others Population explosion.
74 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Aishwarya Rai No BJP No No Yes M Scarcity of resources food, water...
75 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Aishwarya Rai A Bit BJP Yes No Yes M Others Population explosion, scarcity of resources then nuclear war
76 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP No No Yes M Others
Nuclear war as well as food scarcity and freedoms to speak with lack of good
governance
77 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Preity Zinta No BJP Yes No Yes M Others Population.
78 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit BJP No No No
79 Saurav Ganguly Aamir Khan Vidya Balan Yes BJP No No No F Scarcity of resources scarcity of all resources
80 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Aamir Khan Aishwarya Rai Yes BJP Yes No Yes Scarcity of resources Water scarcity
81 Saurav Ganguly Irfan Khan Preity Zinta A Bit AAP No No Yes M Others Don’t know over a 100 year period
82 Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Khan Vidya Balan A Bit AAP No Yes No M Others Trust deficit