DALGADO KONKNNI AKADEMI C/o Rhythm House, Opp Meenakshi Hotel, Margao, Goa - 403 601 Phone: 2714299
Demands of Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA): 1.Goa Govt. should amend the Official Language Act 1987 to insert three words in 2 (c) Konknni means .. and Roman script. DKA demands equal and official status in the Official Language Act to Konknni written in Devanagari and Roman scripts. 2.Goa Govt. recognizes Marathi Akademi as the official Akademi for Marathi in Goa and gives grants through the Directorate of Official Language. In the same way, Goa Government must recognize Dalgado Konknni Akademi as the official NGO of Konknni in Roman script, and give the same amount of grants directly to DKA. 3.So far, Goa Govt. has not appointed the president of Goa Konknni Akademi (GKA) from the Roman script group. In the future, Govt. should appoint the president by turns from Devanagari script and Roman script promoters alternatively. 4.GKA is a Govt. institution. At present a nominee of the All India Konknni Parishad is the ex-officio member of GKA. GKA Constitution must be amended to include a nominee of Dalgado Konknni Akademi as the ex-officio member of GKA. Goa Govt. appoints three eminent persons in the field of Konknni language, literature or culture as ex-officio members of GKA. While nominating these three persons Govt. should give equal representation to Devanagari and Roman script. 5.Kala Akademi (KA) gives annual prizes for one book published in Konknni in Devanagari script and a book in Marathi. KA must also give an annual prize to a book written in Roman script. KA should give to Konknni in Roman script the projects and schemes which are available to Konknni in Devanagari script. 6.Kala Akademi gives Gomantak Sharada Puroskar to Konknni writers in Devanagari script and Marathi writers. In future KA must consider and give this prestigious award to Konknni writers in Roman script and artists as well. 7.Kala Akademi is established to promote the culture of Goa. Hence it should be asked to hold competitions and to promote Khell tiatrs (non-stop Konknni drama), one-act plays in Konknni in Roman script, Mandos, Dekhnnis, Christmas carols, Christmas cribs, Sangodd, Church hymns, Motets, Intruz khells, Kantaram, Kunnbi songs and dances, and other folk arts. 8.Govt. must name its new theatre for the performing arts in Margão, in honour of Late João Agostinho Fernandes, who is popularly known as "Pai Tiatrist". By doing this Govt. will honour a great Goan tiatrist and his minority community. 9.Goa Govt. has the Advisory Board for Directorate of Official Language. In this Advisory Board the Govt. must give equal representation to Konknni writers in Roman and Devanagari scripts and Marathi. 10. Goa Konknni Akademi, Kala Akademi, Directorate of Art and Culture, and other Govt. departments while publishing Konknni books, should publish them in both Devanagari script and Roman script. 11. Tiatr is the most popular form of theatre in Goa. To promote this local art form, Goa Govt. should make available its theatres in Panaji, Ponda, Margao and elsewhere at subsidized rates for tiatrs. This generous gesture of the Govt. will boost the tiatr industry. 12. Konknni has two representatives in Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Goa Govt. sends three names to Sahitya Akademi as its nominees. Let the Goa Govt. send names of both Konknni writers in Devanagari script and Roman script. 13. To promote Konknni films the Govt. must establish a separate board of films consisting of writers, artists and experts in filmmaking. This board too must have equal representation of Roman script experts as demanded in all other cases. 14. Education department must publish Konknni books written in Roman script to promote adult literacy programme In Goa. Wilson Mazarello President