Dears, Konkani, irrespective of the script, was recognised by the Central Sahitiya Akademi in 1975. The first Sahitiya award was given in 1977. In 1981, the Advisory Committee recommended that only books written in ..... or transliterated in to.... Devanagri script should be considered for the award. The Goa Official Language Act, 1987, is not binding on the Central Sahitiya Akademi but it makes the case of the Advisory committee recommendation stronger. There it stands to this day. Read the names of the winners of the award since 1977. The whole thing is self-explanatory. Mog asundi Miguel
--- On Mon, 5/1/09, Goa's Pride www.goa-world.com <goaworldto...@yahoo.com> wrote: GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994) Presented by Ulysses Menezes, www.goa-world. com Moderated by Gaspar Almeida LIST OF SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS - WRITERS IN KONKANI 1. 1977- Ravindra Kelekar - HIMALAYANT 2. 1978 - Dr Dattaram Sukhthankar - MANNI PUNAV 3. 1979 - Dr R V Pandit - DARYA GAZOTA 4. 1980 - Dr Manoharrai Sardesai - PISSOLIM 5. 1981 - Bakibab Borkar - SASAI 6. 1982 - Laxmanrao Sardesai - KHABRI 7. 1983 - Damodar Mauzo - CARMELIN 8. 1984 - Pundalik Naik - CHOWRANG 9. 1985 - J B Moraes Bhitallem - TUFAN 10. 1986 - Prakash Padgaonkar - HANV MONIS ASHWATTHAMO 11. 1987 - A N Mhabro - PONNJI ATAM MHATARI ZALEA 12. 1988 - Chandrakant Keni - VHONKOL PAUNNI 13. 1989 - Chafra D'Costa - SONSHEACHE KAAN 14. 1990 - Ramesh Veluskar - SANVULGORI 15. 1991 - Meena Kakodkar - SAPANFULAM 16. 1992 - Nagesh Karmali - VAMSHAKULLACHEM DENNEM 17. 1993 - Mahabaleshwar Sail - POLTODCHEM TARUM 18. 1994 - Gokuldas Prabhu - ANTAR AYAMI 19. 1995 - Dilip Borkar - GOMANCHAL TE HIMANCHAL 20. 1996 - Shankar Ramani - NILEM NILEM BRAHMA 21. 1997 - Sheela Kolamkar - BHUIM CHAFIM 22. 1998 - J. B. Sequeira - OSHI - AILIM LHARAM 23. 1999 - Sharatchandra Shennai - ANTARNAAD 24. 2000 - Pandurang Bhangui - CHAMFELLI SANZ 25. 2001 - Madhav Borkar - YAMAN 26. 2002 - Hema Naik - BHOGDAND 27. 2003 - Shashank Sitaram - PARIGH (Posthumous) 28. 2004 - Jayanti Naik - ATHANG 29 2005 Shri N. Shivdas Bhangarsall 30 2006 Shri Datta Nayak Jai Kai Jui Further updates now available on the Goa Konkani Akademi website. Those wishing to write to this organization may email i...@goakonkaniakad emi.org Furthermore some KAVITA (Poem) and Short Stories' translation is shown in the website, but not the original Konkani content. It appears strange to us. Are we 'promoting' English or KONKANI ? Examples are 1. B. B. BORKAR - PAINZANNA ( ANKLET BELLS ) 2. MADHAV BORKAR - I CONVINCE 3. MADHAV BORKAR - HORIZON 4. MADHAV BORKAR - LIFE 5. MADHAV BORKAR - LIPS 6. SANJIV VEREKAR - KID 7. SANJIV VEREKAR - IN THIS CONCRETE JUNGLE 8. JESS FERNANDES - THE ANGST 1. GAJANAN JOG - HURRY UP Translated From The Original Konkani Story by Mukesh Thali. 2. HEMA NAIK - KANCHAN Translated From The Original Konkani Story by Mukesh Thali. Gaspar Almeida www.goa-world. com www.goa-world. .com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/