Concani is destroyed after 1961. The youth of Goa do not speak the language. Abhi saab Goa kah bachon Hindi aur Angrezi mein baath kartha hai.
BC''''''''''''''''''''''' This is why we are deeply grateful, and offer heartfelt collective thanks to the Bharatiya Jnanpith for discerning the literary and cultural greatness of our icon, in a profound validation for our language, which is still in the course of rejuvenation after suffering greatly in the initial phases of the 451-year colonial period. The cataclysm following Portuguese conquest scattered our people so widely that Konkani is now the only language in the world in daily use in an incredible five different scripts (Devnagiri, Malayalam, Kannada, Perso-Arabic and Roman). In all five, our sentiment is the same today. *Deu borem korum.* -***************************
