The newspapers correctly point out that the 21st of March 2011 is the day or reckoning for Goa. The medium of instruction politics cleverly unleashed some 20 years ago by a section of communal konknniwadis through a then ego-inflated Cristao minister has now come full circle. The stark reality has been realised by the people of Goa. The blind emotions prevailing after the konkani agitation have faded away and Goans are now in a better position to reason out over the future of their child's education. The communal konknniwadis have bitten the hand that fed them. Truth reveals itself in time. The unspoken agenda remains that it is the Cristaos who need to be nationalised in the name of konknni in the devanagiri script. A Hindu friend of mine narrated how his daughter resented his suggestion that she opt for konknni as a second language over Marathi, French and Portuguese in her high school. This was solely because the grand daughter of a renowned konknni stalwart had opted for French as her second language. The children of the ministers who introduced the medium of instruction never went to a konknni medium school but completed their education in a posh English medium school under the CBSE Board. This is the cruel joke on the masses and minorities living in the villages. While the Cristaos are accused of being anti-nationals, the desh premis have not stopped short of sending their own children to the US for further studies and better job prospects. The number of konknni medium non-church schools in Goa almost do not exist and it only remains fossilised within the schools run by the Diocesan Board of Education. Inspite of all this, the Cristaos continue to be labelled as denationalised Goans by the communal konknniwadis and the heritage Roman script for Konkani denied its rightful recognition. History will be re-written in Goa today even though Konkani mai will suffer a set-back. But this is entirely because of the communal agenda of these handful of konknni frauds have done nothing for Konkani except convert it into a torture and exploitation weapon to be used against some communities in Goa. The truth is the truth and has to be spoken of at some point in time for the survival of Goa.
-Soter
