The first day of the two day Konknni *Roman script" Literary and Cultural Convention organised by the Dalgado Konknni Akademi got of to a start at 1540 hrs with Prince Jacob and his troupe regaling the just less than two third audience that had gathered at the " Pai Tiatrist - Joao Agostinho Fernandes - nagar "1150 a/c auditorium . Wilmix and Sharon too contributed to the cultural programme.
This was followed by a welcome song by the Pilar choir , Floral tribute was paid to late Floraino Vaz who died on this date in 1986. The souvenir Yadostik was released on the ocassion at the hands of CM Digambar Kamat. There were two other books Salkam by Pio Esteves and another Ghons by Vincy Quadros. Short of any talk on amendment of the official language to include Romi lipi the CM stated that he had fulfilled most of the demands of the Romi protoganists viz; naming the 1150 A.c indoor auditorium after Pai Tiatrist , the grant of 15 lacs to the Dalgado Konknni Akademi and now recently the Tiatr Academy which will be functional in January 2009. and then left the auditorium Others who spoke were Vincy Quadros Working President of the Convention and DKA President. The awardees were ) Octavio Rodrigues - for culture, Cursinho Pinho - Konknni writer, Amalia - folk art, Patrick Dourado Tiatr and Enclidas de Elly - writer Cine Times. The speaker who won thunderous applaud from the audience was Dr (Fr) Pratap Naik Director TSKK who termed the nagri proponents of Konknni as "terrorist" and called upon the Goans to take pride in their own language lest they be considered as "Ghattis" This was followed by a Tiatr of Prince Jacob. Prominent among those who atttended were Dr Francisco Colaco Mr Teotonio Pereira ex MLA. Surprisingly niether Agnelo Alcasoas the committee member nor the Dy Speaker Mr Mauvin Godinho were present. from the Pai Tiatrist nagar GODFREY J. I. GONSALVES, BORDA, MARGAO, 403 602, GOA. (INDIA) +91 98221 58584 (24 HRS) [email protected] Be the first one to try the new Messenger 9 Beta! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/win/
