Mogall Sebastiao-bab, You wrote: Godfrey Gonsalves (you too?) reported that, though my speech was distributed in Devanagari, what I SPOKE was in Romi! But none in your CAMP thought of correcting this; so, why now? A couple of editorials in English dailies said much the same thing.
Comment: I speak Konkani [written as "Konknni" in Romi lipi, phonetically and not fanatically]. The spoken form has no script or lipi. If the Editor of the oHERALDo or Godfrey writes about speaking in a script, I hold no brief for them. What is wrong is wrong, even if the error is not yours. However, do not add me to the ranks of people who do not know the difference between a language, a dialect and a script. I may not have a Ph.D. ...but I am not a dud like the veneral Dr.Tanaji Halarnkar, former Editor of the G.U.'s Konkani Encyclopaedia, who calls dialects as "facets" ...and fools no one except himself! The only CAMPs I know are the camps I attended during my days in Boy Scouts and NCC. Unlike the President of USA, I have no Camp David type of holiday ranch. You wrote: Tomazinho Cardozo (the originator of the controversy and the General of your CAMP) still using the same term (see e.g. yesterday?s NT Panorama p. 2). Or is Tomazinho also misrepresenting it? Comment: You have subsequently corrected yourself on this count and accepted that it was Mario Cabral e Sa who wrote it in the NT Panaorama. I have accepted that. To err is human. the error and the retraction only reinforces my firm belief that you are human .... and the goodness is not lost to the Devanagri cause as in the case of some others from Margao whom I know only too well by now. You wrote: Just because you indulged in some dishonest acts while working in Government or semi-Government autonomous organizations or because such acts are quite common in such offices, you cannot presume that GKA did likewise; you have to provide proof. And it better be fool-proof; too many members of your CAMP have been exposed as LIARS. Comment: If you are accusing me of being dishonest, you better be careful. I have an impeccable record for honesty and dedication to work, where ever I have served. I have been brought up on the basis of "When honour is lost, it is a relief to die." I do not excuse such allegations against my character on the grounds of age, education or senility of the accuser. You know what I said about Fr. Moreno de Souza sj while he was alive after the Catholics for Devanagri meeting in the Art Gallery of IMB, Panaji. It is good for one to maintain his own respect. I hope I do not need to remind you of that. The record of what has not been entered in the books cannot be produced now. How much the GKA wants the Romi lipi writers to use its schemes is answered by its latest CITIZEN'S CHARTER published in Konkani in Devanagri script and English in Roman script! So what happens to applicants who write Konkani in Romi lipi as per GKA's own orthography co-authored by you? In response to a GT question on whether the Goa Government's proposed "Tiatr Academy" should have its research in Roman script Serafin-bab of your very own "Konkani Ekvot" replied in the afirmative thus, "YES. It should be writen in English" Such are the devious ways of your companions and fellow Ekvot,ek samaj, ek lipi votaries. The duplicity of your other Ekvoter, Shridhar Kamat is exposed by the Goa 365 channel this evening. The Trojan horse of the Digu-bab lobby in the GBA is not as smart as the Rane's Uday of the KPA. The GKA office has not been able to give a complete answer to a RTI application on books subsidized by it. If you can fill in the gaps, I would be obliged. The Guard File copy will be accessible to you as an Executive member of the GKA, I presume ...or else, I can make a photo copy of the reply available to you. When the proof is available to you in-house, why ask me to produce it to you. Mog asundi. Miguel Message: 12 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:47:19 -0800 (PST) From: Sebastian Borges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Konknni Talkies: The Tom & Bhembre Show Mogall Miguel bab, You wrote: << .....writer, author and reader of Konkani written in Romi script [NOT "Romi Konkani" as some want tomisrepresent it now a days.....]>> My comment: Is this a belated realization on your part? Dhomprantlem koplant pavonk itlo vell laglo? And why blame others for your own sins? You and your CAMP has been using the expression "Romi Konknni" to mean variously:(1) Konkani written in Roman script, (2) Konkani spoken by the Roman Catholics in Goa, (3) the Bardexi dialect of Konkani, (4) the Konkani used in the Roman Catholic Church litturgy in Goa. Some of you (e.g. Fr. Conceicao D?Silva)have even been claiming to be SPEAKING IN Romi Konknni. A couple of editorials in English dailies said much the same thing. Two years ago,I gave a talk in Konkani about Msgr. Dalgado at Menezes Braganza Hall,Panjim. And Godfrey Gonsalves (you too?) reported that, though my speech was distributed in Devanagari, what I SPOKE was in Romi! But none in your CAMP thought of correcting this; so, why now? And further, has this revised attitude of yours to the term "Romi Konkani" been ratified by your CAMP? I doubt it, because I find Tomazinho Cardozo (the originator of the controversy and the General of your CAMP) still using the same term (see e.g. yesterday?s NT Panorama p. 2). Or is Tomazinho also misrepresenting it? -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
