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INDIAN
PROGRAMME
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Welcome to Vatican Radio's Indian programme This is our first step into the cyberworld, in order to be in closer touch with those who follow us on the radio. As time goes by, we shall try to update our site in order to be more useful to you in many ways. The Indian Section broadcasts in three Indian languages - Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam - as well as in English. Our main target area is South Asia, comprising India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. However, our programmes also reach other parts of Asia and the world, whose issues often feature in our programmes and news. Each language broadcasts twice daily for 20 minutes each. The evening programme is rebroadcast the following morning. The Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and English programmes follow one after the other for a total of 1 hour 20 minutes.
To meet the spiritual needs of many of our listeners who, due to unavoidable reasons and circumstances, are unable to fulfil their Sunday obligation of attending Mass, we broadcast live the Holy Mass twice a week from the Chapel of the Annunciation here at Vatican Radio. Weekly Holy Mass
Each of the four languages follows an overall common format - a feature programme that ends with news from around the world, except for Sundays when there is no news. However, each language schedules its own programmes and content. Our news cover mainly Catholic and religious events from around the world, particularly those of the Pope and the Holy See, as also humanitarian and development issues. A click at each of our Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and English programme links will give a better idea of the issues we deal with in our programmes. Here, one must mention that once week, i.e. on Sundays, the Hindi language programme features a short programme in Urdu, the main language spoken in Pakistan. Each of the four languages of Vatican Radio's Indian Section maintains a monthly newsletter or magazine which we send out to our listeners regularly, keeping them abreast with the latest, particularly in the Vatican and the Catholic world.
For those of our listeners who justifiably feel it very expensive to write to us at Vatican Radio here in Rome, we have made it easy for them. All you need to do is to take a postcard or inland letter available at your local post office, and write to us at any of the several Vatican Radio offices in India and one in Sri Lanka, listed below. Our staff at these offices will redirect your mail to us here. For those who can avail of the e-mail facility, each of our language programmes has an e-mail address.
Vatican Radio, Indian Section, 00 120, Vatican City, Rome
Italy Or, E-mail us individually at:
Indian Section: india@vatiradio.va
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