-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Borges,
Read your long thesis in two parts on the topic. What you have not mentioned anywhere in this topic is where Marathi came into existence in Goa. If the original Konkani was in Devanagri as you say existed in the temples (as far as I know the religious scriptures of hindus are in sanskrit) which were destroyed by the Portuguese, and later on Portuguese translated/ wrote some books in Roman script, than why is Marathi given the equal status in Goa, which could have been given to Roman Konkani? The day to day language of Goa is not Devanagri, and its not only with the minorities. Even those who are educated in Devanagri use Roman konkani in their conversations. Although in different dialects depending on the area. It’s a daily language of business by the business community, which are mostly majority community. The demand so far has only been to give equal status for Roman Konkani, especially where grants are concerned, but unfortunately, the matter seems to go out of hand. If marathi can be given grants why this big neglect for Roman Konkani, which is a major entertaining source for Goa? How many tiatrs do take place in Goa? How much tax is collected from these by the government? What about audio cassettes / Cd’s? all are means of tax for the government coffers, yet they are reluctant in doing anything for the Konkani which gets so much revenue. Why this treatment for the Konkani? Imagine, if this was followed in England, the country which has given the world English language, than it should have been Queens English, and not the English which is spoken now, but the world moved ahead, and it has also accepted so many words from other languages in its vocabulary, and here we are forced with Konkani which is hardly spoken except on doordarshan. Cheers Jerry Fernandes From: Sebastian Borges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Re: ?UDAY BHEMBRE's ROAD MAP TO HELL? by Godfrey Gonsalves ....The truth is that in the sixteenth century, when Goa was conquered by the Portuguese, European missionaries followed them and began their conversion activity. But they found that the natives already had a religion with temples and scriptures of its own. These temples and scriptures came in the way of their mission of winning souls for Christ. So they, especially the Jesuits, set about destroying all the temples and literature. They instigated the converts to steal written material from their Hindu neighbours. They also raided private homes and confiscated any written material found there. All this material was systematically destroyed.....
