Vatican has been decade after decade & century after century mostly
appointed Bishops for Bombay from Goan community..........this does not
mean that the Vatican should start appointing Bishops for Bombay from
EastIndian community........because the Bishop irrespective of which
community he belongs to will only do what he has been instructed to do by
the Vatican and whatever he had learnt in the catholic seminaries.
Here in Bombay what we need is some daring and shameless catholic leaders
who can go around preaching the lay catholics in bombay to become combative
- aggressive - ambitious - politicallyactive and encourage the lay
catholics to agitate for land rights - govt jobs - govt housing - civic
facilities.
During Portuguese rule the natives of Bombay were known as Portuguese
Christians…..when the British East India Company took over the natives of
Bombay came to be known by the name Eastindians……after 1947 and
reorganization of states when bombay became part of Maharashtra there was a
debate by the Bombay EastIndian Association to adopt the name Maharashtrian
but since the marathi people have monopolized the name maharashtrians for
themselves due to which the idea of eastindians adopting the new name
maharashtrians was abandoned and the name eastindian still remains…………The
Bombay EastIndian ( ********** www bombayland.blogspot com
************ ) community is Suffering because all their ancestral
agricultural lands surrounding their villages in Bombay was grabbed by the
Government, Slumlords, mmrda, BMC, landmafia, mhada,
collectorsoffice…AND….Alcoholism–Infighting-Jealousy………AND……Driven by
poverty the eastindians ( ********** www east-indians
com ************ ) were unable to get the requisite permissions for
rebuilding their own dilapidated houses and were forced to barter a floor
with the builder in return for one to live in decently, without giving
thought to where the next generation will reside and without bothering the
bad quality materials the builder will use to construct the new Ground+1
house which will result in monsoonal problems – leakages problems –
walls/floor as thin as paper and the resulting cracks…AND…daily consumption
of the unhealthy & unhygienic bakery maida pavs…AND…lack of interest in
education…AND…lack of interest in agitating for 5% job quota in bmc,
police, mmrdaoffices, mhadaoffices, rationoffices, collectorsoffice,
citysurveyoffices, town planning dept, urban development dept, building
proposal dept, suburbanrailways, metro, monorail, airindia, ongc, hp,
indianoil, rbi, nationalized banks, bombay/kalina university, iitpowai,
central/state govt. undertakings, public sector undertakings and other
government institutions operating in bombay…AND….lack of interest in
reading the Word of God i.e. The BIBLE.
Jorge Monteiro
Bombay.
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