Journalists, Lay associations, etc from the Goan - Mangalorean - EastIndian ( G.E.M.S.) community need to pool in resources and start a news channel dedicated to issues related to christians living especially on the west coast of India. The channel should be obviously named GEMS TV. The current lot of TV news channels i.e. NDTV, TIMESNOW, HEADLINESTODAY, CNNIBN, NEWSX, etc rarely give any coverage to issues related to Christians in India.
Apart from issues related to christians other topics i.e. current affairs, corruption, land acquisition, labour problems, female foeticide/infanticide, communalism, terrorism, social issues, business, sports, gulf jobs, opinions of clergy and lay catholic groups, etc should also be covered. When people in North India or South India or Gujarat or Delhi or other parts of India hear the word Bhoomiputras of Bombay/Mumbai in their minds comes the marathi manoos. There is hardly anybody in other parts of India who know about the original bhoomiputras of bombay i.e. EastIndians ( www.bombayland.blogspot.com ) & Kolis........The current lot of TV news channles never disclose anything about the original bhoomiputras ( www.east-indians.com ) of bombay and how they have been reduced to a backward class status because of all their lands in bombay being grabbed by government, slumlords, landmafia, etc. Jorge Monteiro Bombay. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------