Soter is smack on. Good questions. Could this have been perhaps been a pretext for the Goa Govt. internally celebrating one stage towards a plausible demise--accelerated erosion of Konkani.
Remember dear Vidhwans---demise in the case of a language such as Konkani does not mean death. Consider the word before it--plausible, "before going ballistic". ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:46:49 +0530 > From: "soter" <so...@bsnl.in> > To: <goa...@goanet.org> > Subject: [Goanet] State mourning for what? > > "One and half day's state mourning, for what?" This is the question asked > by commoners on the streets of Panjim. (DEL) Did he raise his voice against the injustices perpetrated on the people of > Goa? (DEL) We also join in paying our respects to Ravindrabab as a literary person and > definitely pray that eternal rest be granted for his soul. > > -Soter > > ------------------------------ > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Goa-launch of the well-received *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho on Aug 29, 2010 (Sunday) at 11 am at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao. Meet the author, buy a signed copy (only Rs 295 in Goa till stock lasts). http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
