....<deleted>................................... However, no state or nation, big or small, can ignore the learning of English. It is in English that we see today mind-boggling development in the fields of science and technology. It will be suicidal not to master this language. Yet, this fact should not cloud our vision. No matter how strong and wide the influence of English is over the world today, there is one area where we must not make any compromise. That area is our administration. It has to run in Konkani, and under no circumstances English should be allowed to have any say in it.
Pray, may I ask, what is the justification for the latter statements, given the arguments offered in support of English? After all, "it is in English that we see today mind-boggling developments" not merely "in the fields of science and technology!" I can see a rationale for using Konkani to conduct the state's affairs,but what's wrong in also using English as the second language. The last statement particularly smacks of some misplaced parochialism that is hardly conducive to the future advancement of the state.
Best, James
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