The keralamonitor.com started first and with reports of labour woes, thefts, suicides, crimes and other stories that the local papers would not touch, the number of visitors to the site grew steadily. Interestingly, a scribe working with the official daily Oman Daily Observer is the brain behind the keralamonitor.com. Somewhere along the line the site took up the cudgels on behalf of the Indian ambassador, K. M. Meena, who began asserting his authority as the patron of the Indian School Board. Hitherto, the ambassadors had not interfered in the running of the schools. The ambassador's decisions to "correct" what he perceived was wrong made him unpopular among Indians, especially the business lobby. His decisions to make changes to the school committees were seen as interference.With the leading Oman Daily Observer keeping a stoic silence on the Indian school controversy and the other daily Times of Oman first praising ambassador‚s decisions and then critisising it, the keralamonitor .com took a strong pro-ambassador stance...The interrogation of some businessmen for financial irregularity could not be confirmed officially thus obviously didn't get space in the print media.However, keralamonitor.com, which doesn't come under the purview of Omani press laws, had a field day in speculating on the subject. And, suddenly everyone in Oman was talking about the website. It is a different matter that the website slightly went overboard with the language in reporting the matter. Full Report from Gulf News, the number one English Daily from the Middle East http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=93382

 

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Gulf Malayalis from Dubai Dominate Cyber Sex in Chat rooms..KM Special Investigation

V.M.Sathish writes in Khaleej Times.

Here are some links to my recent reports in the Khaleej Times.

 

Weblokam Series by V.M.Sathish on Cyber Sex Culture among Non Resident Keralites Exclusive

http://www.iht.com/pdfs/dstar/DS05-02_04.pdf http://www.iht.com/pdfs/dstar/DS05-08_04.pdf http://rasa.iht.com/pdfs/dstar/DS05-23_12.pdf http://www.iht.com/pdfs/dstar/DS05-23_04.pdf http://www.iht.com/pdfs/dstar/DS08-10_05.pdf http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=3&article_id=3392 http://www.rebuildiraq.ae/newsbiz-010104-0008.html http://rasa.iht.com/pdfs/dstar/DS05-05_12.pdf

V.M.Sathish Writes in International Herald Tribune/Daily Star

KM IN COVER STORY OF LEADING GULF PUBLICATION!

 

 

Harassed Teachers’ Association -August 17, 2002.

 Malayalam Newspapers.

 

(City Light, one of the most popular columns in the Gulf region has the following report on Keralamonitor.com KM Was the daily topic of heated public discussion - thanks to the media attention.

 

http://www.keralamonitor.com

 

THE web portal, keralamonitor.com, which has always highlighted problems faced by many labourers and not-so-well-to-do segment of expatriates in the Gulf, has gone a step further in its approach by highlighting the travails of a Malayali family, who are stranded in a nearby country after being sacked from the Indian school there. Because of the portal’s efforts, they had managed to bring some relief to the family whose plight has come to notice of many in the Gulf and India. Story so far: According to the KM report, Jerry and his wife, both teachers at the Indian School, were summarily sacked on different occasions. Jerry’s wife, an English teacher, was sacked in October 2001, while Jerry was sacked in March 2002. No reasons were given to them. They and their children are stuck in the country without any succour. Their dues were not paid to them. Now, KM reports that the harassed duo are mulling strategy to form an association of harassed, ill-treated teachers of Indian schools abroad. “We are facing a very grave problem and would like to form an association of harassed, ill-treated and tortured teachers of Indian schools (IS) abroad,” Jerry Thomas, one of the several unfortunate teachers, told KM. He noted that teachers were sometimes treated like contract workers by the school management. “The teachers, as a class, are being ill-treated all over. This should be stopped and some dignity and respect should be brought back to their lives. “If you can help us in this mission it will be a great service to the whole community of (Indian) teachers living abroad and doing a yeoman’s work for the future of our youth and the young generation,” the sacked teacher told KM. For more details, check out the site www.keralamonitor. com

Madhyamam, the leading Malayalam Newspaper with a Gulf edition from Bahrain has the following report about Keralamonitor.com 

 

Weblokam Report on Keralamonitor.com

  

Mathrubhoomi, one of the well respected  Malayalam dailies, has published a full page report based on the first Net Interview conducted by www.keralamonitor.com with the Dubai based Writers Forum. (Date: February 16, 2001) While we are monitoring everything within our reach, others are monitoring us.Read the Article in Malayalam Kerala Monitor in the News

The First Special Report by keralamonitor.com on the accidental death of a Gulf Malyali and the problems faced by his relatives to get the dead body for nearly twenty days was reported by a leading Gulf based English newspaper. Following this report, the Indian Embassy started moves to introduce group insurance scheme. The deadbody was released without paying huge huspitals bill of Rs. 7 lakhs, which was not affordable to his family. The Indian Embassies in theGulf are abolishing the death registration certificate charge. We are the first in the Gulf to report about this problem.

Kerala Monitor.com Sweeps Malayali Community off their Feet, says the

Times of Oman

 

Dubai; Asianet, the leading Malayalam Channel, has reported about Keralamonitor.com in its regular Gulf Varthakal (Gulf News), which is quite popular among the Malayali community in the Gulf. The detailed report presented by the Channel said that the portal started by a group of Gulf based Malayali journalists has come out with special investigative reports. The channel also covered other aspects of keralamonitor.com.