A. N. Nagvenkar is Gulab's 'Man of The Year'
Commissioner for NRI Affairs Eduardo Faleiro has said that the Sahitya
Academy awards should be made available to eminent writers in Konkani
whether they write in Romi, Devanagiri or Kannada scripts.
Faleiro was speaking at the Presentation Ceremony of Gulab awards organized
by Fr. Freddy J. Da Costa Memorial Trust at the Grace Church Hall in Margao
on July 20, 2010, on the 57th. birth anniversary of late Fr. Freddy J. da
Costa, founder editor of Gulab.
The presitigious Gulab awards were presented to five eminent personalities.
The Gulab 'Man of the Year - 2009' was presented to A N Nagvenkar, Chairman
Ann Institute, Romi Writer of the year award to Felix P. da Cruz, Female
singer of the Year to Roma Fernandes, Male singer of the year to Sidanath
Buyao while Tiatrist of the Year award went to comedian Ambe.
Faleiro while congratulating Fausto V. da Costa, editor of Gulab, said that
for the past about 50 years, Konkani is being taught only in the Devanagari
script in all schools in Goa including Diocesan schools and even in the
seminaries where catholic priests are trained. As a result, Faleiro said
most Goans can now read Konkani in devanagiri script. Faleiro called upon
the Catholic Church in Goa to circulate their written material during
religious services in Konkani both in Romi and in devanagiri scripts.
Felix D'Cruz spoke on behalf of the awardees.
Fr. Conceicao Da Silva said that late Fr. Freddy was a dynamo of Konkani and
worked tirelessly for the upliftment and promotion of the language. Guest of
honour Domingo Araujo, President of Kala Mogi, Fr. Manuel Gomes and Prof. S
M Borges, President and Secretary respectively of Fr. Freddy J. da Costa
Memorial Trust also spoke on the occasion.
Editor of Gulab Shri Fausto da Costa earlier welcomed the guests while
Marcos Gonsalves proposed vote of thanks.
Earlier creative writing workshop was organized which was conducted by
Konkani writers Dr. Jayanti Naik and Guadalupe Dias.
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