[Goanet] No Goans in the East End of London?

[Gabe Menezes]

Excerpt:

He pointed to the casting of the Ferreira family in EastEnders as an
example. If you were to cast an Asian family in the East End, it
should have been Bangladeshi. Instead we had a family of Goan
descent, Shah said.

Ends. For a full read please go to:-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/26/bbc.television

COMMENT: There are many Goans living in the East End of London, there
is even an umbrella of Goans called 'Newham Goans'. I shall concede
though, that the predominant Asians in the East End of London, are
Bangladeshis.
-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM.

Gabe Menezes.
London, England

Re: [Goanet] No Goans in the East End of London?

[CORNEL DACOSTA]

Hi Gabe
 Thanks for your excerpt. I agree with the views
expressed, the gist of which emphasises the need for
non-whites at executive level re the television media.
However, I wonder if the fact that Greater London has
some 10% of the population who are non white leads to
their greater general representation on the screen.
When in the north of the country, the TV there appears
to have fewer non whites. That having been said, at a
World Goa Day meet in London, where I did a ten minute
requested presentation a fortnight ago, among other
things, I bemoaned the fact that we are yet to have a
single Goan presenter on TV news when we have dozens
of non Goan Indians doing an excellent job.

Finally in today's Guardian on page 23 there is a
whole page splash, but probably not in too much depth,
on the situation foreigners are finding for themselves
regarding their properties in Goa.
Regards
Cornel
--- Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Excerpt:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/26/bbc.television
 
 COMMENT: There are many Goans living in the East End
 of London, there is even an umbrella of Goans called
'Newham Goans'. I shall concede
 though, that the predominant Asians in the East End
 of London, are Bangladeshis.