Dear Ancy,
Shenoi Goembab was in Mumbai, Uday Bhembre was in Mumbai and Mumbai has many
Konkani speaking people. The previous Editor of Sunaparant was even a prize
winning journalist of a regional Marathi newspaper. At one point of time,
Marathi-wadis even spoke of Konkani as a dialect of Marathi.
When Goa has given all facilities for the use of Marathi "for all official
purposes" [ a privilege that is denied even to Konkani in Roman, Kannada,
Perso-Arabic or Malayalam script], why cannot the Government of Maharashtra be
prevailed upon to give similar facility for Konkani in the Devanagri script in
Maharashtra?? It will also protect the interests of the Konkaniwadis in the
increasingly xenophobic Mumbai. "Amchi Mumbai" is on the Konkan coast and
celebrates Ganapathy does it not? It was also a Portuguese territory once upon
a time.
If that happens, we can even realise the dream of Vishal Gomantak from Mumbai
to Honnavar and make the greenfield airport approved at Sindhudurg a part of
Goa. It is rumoured that Cidade de Goa group is already expanding to Tirthbag
beach, between Arowli and Vengurla. We would also have a ready made hillstation
at Amboli. There will be land for SEZ aplenty in this so called "ghantti"
territory. In any case, Maharashtra and Karnataka are two too big states. Let
us do a "Jhara-khand" or a "uttar-aur-chal" on them. Goa must have at least six
districts, if other states can boast of 18 or more districts. Why limit
ourselves to what the Portuguese could capture or administer? Where is the
nationalism for Goa? Did not the Marathas, Kadambas, Chalukyas, Bijapuris rule
over Gopakkapatna? Why treat us as if we were foreigners in our own country.
Give us some land, even Goa Govt. Departments can be treated on par with a SEZ
promoters and alloted maximum land to
each. We will set up corporations headed even by opposition MLAs.
Mog asundi.
Miguel
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:38:01 +0530
From: "Ancy D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Konkani Devnagiri Script Supporters should Act
Immediately
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Konkani Devnagiri Script Supporters should Act Immediately
In the recently concluded Goa State Legislative Assembly, the Leader
of the Opposition Mr Manohar Parrikar raised the issue of the
grievances by Marathi group and supporters of Roman script for Konkani
group. He said that the Govt. should appoint a committee and settle
this issue. The opposition parties will fully cooperate with the govt.
While replying to this point the Chief Minister Mr Digambar Kamat has
assured the house that he would form a committee to settle this
language issue once and for all. In this background, the Nagari lobby
should join hands with the supporters of Roman script to give equal
status to Roman script at the earliest to avoid Marathi also to become
the State Language. If the Nagari lobby delays there is a danger that
Roman script supporters and Marathi supporters will join hand and
succeed to their objectives and in the bargain Konkani will be defined
the New Act "Konkani means Konkani in Roman script". If this happens
that will be the end of Konkani in Nagari script because as it is, it
exists mainly due to the financial support of the state and Central
govts.
In Goa most of the books in Nagiri script are published with the
government aid and practically there is no readership as the books are
not sold in book stalls. Childrens of Nagari lobby people study either
in English medium or in Marathi medium. Their schools are either in
Marathi medium or English medium. In Karnataka Konkani is taught in
schools only in Kannada script in 102 schools. More than 1800 children
study Konkani in Kannada script. Though there is a provision to study
Konkani in Devnagiri script too, not even a single student has opted
for it. All the proceedings of Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Akademy are
done only in Kannada script. In Kerala too there is a provision to study
Konkani but no student has opted to study Konkani in Devnagiri script.
Such provision is not awailable in Maharashtra.
Ancy Paladka
Konkani Poet, Mumbai
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