"SOTER" wrote : <so...@bsnl.in> To: <goa...@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Chalo Panjim! I support the PTA agitation against the attempts of government to make konkani compulsory from Std. V to X. These communal casteist politicians are doing no service to Goa nor konkani. They send their children to posh English medium schools and then to USA while the people in the villages are victimised with linguistic jingoism. If at all konkani cause is to be supported then it must be made compulsory for each and every school in the city to teach in konkani and no other language. How many politicians who shed tears for konkani have taught their children in konkani medium schools?
Comments : Camilo Fernandes It is no more a surprise that our crooked politicians preach one thing and practice another. They just pretend that they are true lovers of Goa and Konkani but in reality are destroyers. They will send their family members to the best English medium schools no matter how expensive they and for further studies abroad. Making Konkani compulsory especially in the Devagiri script is certain death for Konkani in the long run. I am all for Konkani to be studied in Roman script and it should be made compulsory as the second language, the first being English. These politicians are hypocrites just externally expressing their love for Konkani but not meaning it or practicising what they preach. A good example is of the Shiv Sena in Mumbai where their top politicians/leaders are against English while demanding admission for their family members/community in Catholic English medium schools. Dev borem korum Camilo Fernandes
