Well written, well said, Miguel. Konkani is dear to us Goans, period.
It could not have been designed in some private bedrooms or some clasic designing rooms. One had to get down to the local MARKET PLACEs to put down Goa's Mother Tougue in the writing form and standardizing it for prosterity. It is a pity that our market places do not reverberate Konkani ani more. Is this the sign that Konkani is dying?. Or is it dead already that we do the dressing up for it just like the undertaker does for the stiffs??? I really don't know. Mostly, it is anything else but Konkani that we hear in our market places. I myself am surprised at myself sometimes when I automatically speak in Hindi to our local vendors in our market places. Is it confusion??? This never used to happen say some 10 or 15 years ago. It used to be spontaneous Konkani. Today, I hate to tune in the TV channel to News in Konkani. I get less peace and more of anger at not being able to follow what is being said. It is like being a stranger in one's own house. Ex. The other day I was looking for a place/shop in Margao (Borda). Every attempt I made to ask for directions in Konkani, I heard strange sounds. Believe you me, after almost a dozen attempts, I gave up asking for directions in frustration and found the place through trial and error going from street to street until I found the place. In the bargain I had wasted one liter of petrol. Is this not the price we pay for letting out politicians and political philolsophers think for us from the skies rather then from their hearts?. floriano goasuraj [Say 'NO' to 2nd Term for MLAs] [Say 'NO' to outside High Commands] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miguel Braganza" > GOA'S EVOLVING HELL: Tour de Babel ! > > The South-West monsoons rains of the last few days have reminded many a > person on the Konkan Coast of the 'Great Deluge'. In the land of the Old > Testament, the Indian Navy frigates and missile boats in the Mediterranean > Sea have played the role of Noah's Ark to many Indians trapped in war-torn > Lebanon. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
