Soter bab,
For your information, the Portuguese, in concert with the chamcha Hindus,
suppressed Goa's mother tongue which is Concani, which after Goa's
annexation tobe called Konkani or Konkni.
While suppressing Concani, the Portuguese allowed Marathi to flourish (
Xalas). Why the bias is a well known fact. You may ask Uday Bhembre that.
Yes, you are right. During my primary schooling, which was after completing
7 years of age, I was introduced to E N G L I S H and nothing but
Tutti-Fruity E N G L I S H. I could have been a scientist of renown or a
literary figure of Booker Prize stature if those few years in the primary
school were devoted to giving me knowledge about life rather then make me a
confused lad throughout my school days. If I must tell you, I couldn't talk
one complete sentence in English without first rehearsing it mentally when
I stepped into St. Xavier's College, Bastora. And mind you, I passed a
little short of distinction at 67 % in SSC board exam. If at all I have any
mastery over the English Language, it is because I have been a voracious
reader all my life. And the pity of it all is that even having Hindi as a
subject for SSC and even upto Inter Science, I cannot read my Concani in
devanagiri.
Therefore, don't you go with what was then and what is now.
Mother tongue is the tongue that the kid understands without teaching him to
understand. It could be any language. And it is incumbent on the state or
the country to give the citizen the best of his/her mother tongue.
Goans have always hated their own mother tongue. The result is that even God
cannot unite them for even a single purpose of their own survival.
Do not bother to tell me more on this topic because I know fully well what
beautiful phylosophy comes out of your confused mind.
Cheers n B/rgds
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
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So here we have Floriano Lobo of Goa SU-RAJ posing a battery of questions to
probably their illiterate Goans like me who assumably responds to emotions
like his fellow Goans and has no understanding about the sciences.
Before answering the questions posed by ded xanno moidecar, I would like to
put forth my questions.
Floriano bab, When was konkani imposed as the medium of instruction in Goa's
schools?
What was your medium of instruction in primary school, was it konkani or
marathi?
I do not remember of any medium of instruction other than English and
Marathi in post liberation Goa. If it was prior to liberation then it could
be Portuguese.
So how has not imparting of teaching in one's mother tongue, which you claim
to be konkani, stunted your mental development and suppressed your
creativity?
Who decides one's mother tongue, a bunch of self-imposed politicos and
handful of fanatics?
More questions will follow after you have satisfied me with this data and
only then will I answer your questions.
-Soter D'souza
