As to where and when this whole raging Medium of Instruction controversory will end is anybody’s guess. That some uneducated politicians have high jacked the issue while keeping the educationists at bay is a matter of great concern. That the issue has been raked up just months before Goa goes to the Assembly polls will fool no one.
The only silver lining is that at least this controversory has brought the Konkani and Marathi activists together. Something one could never have visualized during the 1986 language agitation. Time is a healer so they say. At least on this issue the diminishing number of Goans in Goa have joined hands. On the June 6th bandh we left it to our daughter whether she wanted to go to school or not. Having been actively associated with so many bandhs over the last 30 years of activism, I did not wish my daughter to inherit that one gene. Infact her school like the Navtara restaurant has always been open on every Bandh day in recent history. Whatever the medium of instruction, let every Goan child be at least taught to distinguish between a rupee, dollar and dirham. Having lost most of what was once beautiful Goa they would at least be able to identify a currency they can save. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
