Dear friends, The first Goan to advocate the exclusive use of devanagari for Konkani, just to pocket the award money, was Monsignor Sebastiao Rodolpho Dalgado whose name the Dalgado Konknni Akademi (DKA) bears. He did this in 1893 (not 1895 as the founder Secretary of DKA would have us believe). The award money must have been substantial, for he undertook a trip to Portugal in 1985! Sotachench zoit zatolem. Mog asum. Sebastian Borges
On 24 May 2010 MD <[email protected]> wrote: (The below post is self explanatory and it appears 'devnagari lipi only' was cunningly incorporated by those who write and read marathi and want devnagari for KonkNi..just to pocket the award money, who care if no one is interested??? Definitely not Mangaloreans, who by far are the largest producers of KonkNi literature in Kannada script, even old Goa records were maintained in Goikanadi, so Kannada script can and will claim as the recognized scripts for KonkNi.) Sebastian Borges
