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At the peak of the Konkani agitation in Goa in the mid eighties -- the Hindu Brahmins in Goa who rallied behind the "Konkani Porjecho Avaz" manipulated the "Cristaos" of Goan origin to accept Devnagiri as the script in lieu of Roman script (which they as well as the Church authorities were acquainted with) on the assumption that --- if the Devnagiri script was accepted the Hindu Bahujans (non Brahmins) would easily accept Konkani instead of Marathi as they were familiar with the Devnagiri script. The gullible "Cristaos" and the Church accepted this and so also present MP Mormugao Parliamentary Constituency Mr Churchill Alemao the backbone of the language agitation fell head over heel and introduced primary education in the mother tongue Konkani in an unfamiliar non standardised language and worst still in the Devnagiri script -- (of course his son studied in a top english school in Panaji)....... Read the rest of the article at the above website ------------------------- Regards, Carlos ----- End forwarded message -----
