Dear Netgaokars, The data compiled by Thomas Stephen Konknni Kendr throws up some interesting details. Eighteen years after "Konkani in devanagri script" was declared as the Official Language of Goa state, it can boast of only 02 monthly newsmagazines with one more published in Belgaum, Karnataka. In contrast there are 04 monthly newsmagazines in Romi Konkani, which is not official tender in Goa..
While the Devanagari daily newspaper[ Sunaparant] has a paid circulation of less than 1000 copies[ about 125 copies sold by Varsha newspaper and book stall, Panaji] the Romi Konkani weekly [ V.IXTT] has a paid subscriber list of 10,640 copies [ about 1500 copies per day of the week]. This is no reflection of the editorial content, layout and other characteristics of the publication...just about the comfort level of the readership after more than a decade of teaching the subject compulsorily in devanagari script primary schools, and as an optional subject prior to that. ............................................................................ In Kannada script and Roman script there are a number of Parish bulletins across the Konkan, comparable in size and quality to regular journals. Perso-Arabic script periodicals are published by Konkani speaking Navayat Muslim community of Bhatkal, Karnataka. TSKK ................................................................. Devanagari, Kannada and Perso-Arabic script Konkani do not have a presence on Goanet while Romi Konkani has, thanks largely to Domnic Fernandes and Lino Dourado. Viva Goa Miguel