------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10) Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mogall Selma, Dev boro dis dium. Do not start mourning for Konkani Mai yet, she is far from dead. You and I will be dead in less than 50 years from now ...and no one is mourning for us yet! I cannot say whether you speak a "bastardized version" of Konkani any more than I can certify that the Konkani written in Sunaparant is the language I know. The child of parents who are legaly married can be a bastard in the eyes of a religion and the child of religiously married parents can be a bastard in the eyes of the law. It all depends on who is judging whom! BUT, as Voltaire advised, if a Mother calls her son a "Bastard", believe her. Some time back we were told that Konkani in Roamn script would die with the presently dying generation. Then came Gemma, a little girl from London with a Konkani speaking grandmother still in UK. From Divar she started sending emails to her grandmother in Konkani and Roman script. To help persons like her write better, the Govt. run Goa Konkani Akademi published an Orthography "Romi Lipint Konknni Borounchi Nemavoll" with two stalwarts of exclusive Devanagri Konkani in its committee. On 29 Sept. 2007, the TSKK is releasing its "Konknni Course in Roamn Script" with explanations in English for the new learners. It already has a similar book in Devanagri script. Eighty seven schools in Karwar and Mangalore areas teach Konkani in Kannada script. 126 Diocesan schools teach Konkani in the primary section in Goa. Most schools offer Konkani as a subject upto SSC. Eleven year old London-returned Gemma, acted in tiatr that won the first prize at the Kala Academy, Panaji. She played a major role as a child artiste. She will live more than 50 years more. Konkani will live with her. If someone still thinks Konkani is dying in the next 50 to 100 years in Goa and rest of the Konkan, he or she is in another world ...perhaps virtual reality. It is not based on ground truth. People are not crazy to publish books that no one will read ...and there are at least five books in Konkani being released every month. Three were released last week at the first anniversary celebrations of JIVIT, a colour magazine for Konkani readers who love it in the common dialects and in Roman script. Please check the basis of your assumptions. They just cant be right. Mog asundi. Miguel Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:03:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Konkani & Golgal Goans Konkani as a language will die. I give it another 50-100 years at best. I speak Konkani but reading Venantius's list of Konkani words, I realise that what I speak is not Konkani but a bastardised version of English, Portuguese, Marathi and smatterings of a language called Konkani. Especially being from Salcete, a lot of Portuguese words have been "Konkanised" for everyday use. selma ---------------------------------- --- Miguel Braganza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In my humble opinion, we have to begin somewhere to > encourage our > generation and the next to BEGIN CONVERSATION in > KONKANI and to > speak as much Konkani as possible. ---------------------------------
