20/08/2006 >From the desk of PRESIDENT - south goa public interest action group - margao goa india. ****************************************************** a MESSAGE -
We,at South Goa Public Interest Action Group (SGPIAG) a registered NGO based in Margao,Salcete, South Goa District ,with jurisdiction, at present, over the entire South Goa Parliamentary Constituency are pleased to note of the World Goa Day 2006 events on 20th August, 2006 world wide. States have been formed on liguistic basis in India The mother tongue of Goans - Konkani was given State recognition on 04/02/1987 and received the assent on 14/04/1987. It was included in the VIII Schedule of the Constitution of India on 20/08/1992 Unfortunately the script that was compromised then giving official recognition only to the devanagari script appears now to have resulted into a controversy as it is believed to have alienated a significant community who are conversant in the Roman script from enjoying the fruits that have come to be accorded to Konkani language in only the Devanagari script. This it is believed can be rectified either by removing the "script" distinction in the The Goa Daman and Diu Official Language Act 1987 or adding the Roman script by a suitable amendment in The Goa Daman and Diu Official Language Act 1987. Scripts should be recognised to enhance the promotion of the language not to restrict it being the monopoly of a singular community. On World Goa Day 20th August we hope that this view receives wide support to ensure that Goa and Goans have an Identity of our own (in the fast changing demographic composition of the State ) just like linguistic states elsewhere in the rest of the country would vie for. Our warm wishes to the organisors of the events world wide and in special to Mr Rene Baretto the mover of this unifying movement. For SOUTH GOA PUBLIC INTEREST ACTION GROUP Regd No 171/GOA/2000 dt 12.12.2000 sd/- TERENCE MAZARELO PRESIDENT (SGPIAG) 1st Flr Benlix Bldg Opp Fatima Convent Margao Goa India [EMAIL PROTECTED] weblink http://mumbai.sancharnet.in/manojnd FAX +91 832 2712430 HELPLINE (24 hrs) 9822158584 Tel +91 832 2731373 (O) __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
