29/09/2005
To all concerned.
This clarification is issued as there are reports,
that some select Hindu Brahmins are engaged in a
whisper campaign, to state the contrary of what has
been stated below:
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The lovers of Konkani in Roman script have been
consistent in their stand.
Konkani in Devanagari script the Official language to
continue and a similar demand for Konkani in Roman
script.
Remember two wheels of a bullock cart alone can move
it ; likewise is the case with Konkani in both
scripts Devanagari and Konkani in Goa. In Karnataka it
could be Kannada and so on
The slogan "UNITY IN DIVERSITY OF SCRIPTS"
No one desires to undo what was enacted on 4th
February 1987.
Only a clear DEMAND
and its NOW or NEVER ----that the 36 MLA's of Goa
Legislative Assembly should IN December 2005 / January
2006 enact and pass an amendment to include Konkani in
Roman script which in any case ought to deserve, if
not equal, but better preference as an official
language, considering it is in use since the 16th
century unlike Konkani in the Devanagari script
revived by "Shenoi Goembab" in the 20th century.
It is also the demand and an OPEN CHALLENGE once again
by all Konkani Roman script lovers that
01 ) All those who represented the interest of Goans
in the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi General Council for
Konkani ---with their evil designs, on 21.11.1981
stating ---that "only the DEVANAGIRI script would be
the script for Konkani" should STAND UP AND SPEAK
OUT -----now that a wild debate is raging on the
conspiracy committed by SOME select Hindu Brahmins
much before the language agitation of 1986 under the
"garb of maintaining communal harmony " with the
Bahujan Samaj Hindus and others;
02 ) Similarly those who fooled the top heirarchy of
the Catholic Church viz the then Archbishop of Goa &
Daman His Grace, Dr Raul Niclau Gonsalves to accept
KONKANI "ONLY" in DEVANAGARI SCRIPT, in the 125
diocesan run schools should similarly stand up and
speak out .
03) Finally those who misused the donations sent to
the now defunct "Konkani Porjecho Avaz" in 1986 for
their own "personal interests" should also speak out
now that the cat is out of the bag.
It would also be advisable to all those who condemn
---the demand for official language status to Konkani
in Roman script, ---- that they should instead of
straying away from the main issue ---channelise their
energies ----in getting the KONKANI "ONLY" IN
DEVANAGARI SCRIPT to respect the verdict of the people
of Goa as expressed online and in the local and
national media ---for equal treatment to both scripts
DEVANAGARI AND ROMAN and support the same.
It is also clarified here once again that contrary to
the common belieg, that there should be no iota of
doubt that every GOAN Hindu Bahujan Samaj (non
Brahmin) ACCEPTS KONKANI AS THEIR MOTHER TONGUE be it
in Pernem or Canacona
(this MAY not include those who migrated to Goa from
the State of Maharashtra and adopted Goan surnames
linked to villages )
BUT FOR WRTITING, RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL PURPOSES use
MARATHI and there is nothing wrong in this.
There is a general resentment that for too long the
Cristao Goenkars allowed their shoulders to be used
by some Hindu Brahmins to fire their guns in the same
manner that they would pour hot oil in the ears of
Hindu Bahujan Samaj not to hear good things or burn
their books to deprive them of knowledge thereby their
economic empowerment--- this time let it be the other
way round and watch the fun.
GODFREY J I GONSALVES
BORDA MARGAO GOA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
9822158584.
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