1. The hullabaloo that is ongoing with ENGLISH as the medium of instruction
is nothing but a massive effort to SAVE MARATHI in GOA.
2. The Marathiwadas had it going for them at the cost of Konkani, the GOA's
mother tongue, since time immemorial, even with the Portuguese blessing
Marathi over Konkani.
3. That 'English' has come in as the rescuer of 'Konkani' to behead Marathi
Mauxi once and for all has brought the Marathiwadas to the streets as a last
resort to save Marathi in GOA. Having failed to take GOA lock-stock and
barrel into Maharashtra, this is a death blow to them. When this breed is
talking of KONKANI, as MOI they mean MARATHI.
4. No parent in Goa is going to send their kids to the dilapidated Marathi
Medium Schools ever. They will all opt for English Medium. That is the sore
point for the Marathiwadas.
5. I have always been solidly for KONKANI Medium Primary schools in GOA with
English as an extended subject simultaneously so that the transition from
Primary to Secondary is smooth and easy. I have always maintained that the
language that the child has mastered from birth (mother tongue) is the best
language to instruct the child in the formative years of the Primary School.
Teach the child another alien language altogether to it ( in case of Goa,
Marathi and English ) the child is bound to be confused and learn less what
it should learn in these formative years. For those children who speak
English at home (which is just 5% or less as compared to the bulk of Goans)
this becomes an added advantage since these children also have mastered
Konkani, it having universal influence on the child. (dual tongued child).
6. That Marathi or English is not Goa's mother tongue is an accepted fact.
But I willingly want to go with ENGLISH as MOI in Goa because it will kill
the devastating influence that Marathi has had DIVIDING GOANS. Marathi is a
developed language. BUT IT IS NOT GOA'S MOTHER TONGUE as these Marathiwadas
and communalists are trying to tell the people of Goa.
7. Konkani has survived for the past 450 years of the erstwhile Portuguese
rule. It will always survive because it is Goa's mother tongue. Only Marathi
will die without this added vitamin shot which the Marathiwadas seek in it
being the MOI in Primary schools.
8. Eventually, this isolation of Marathi will lead to it being removed from
the Official Language Act of GOA [Goa Su-Raj Party's number one priority]
where it has been given an unofficial and undeserving share with Konkani as
the Official Language of Goa.
THIS IS WHAT GOANS UNIVERSALLY WANT. i.e. TO PUT THE CROWN ON KONKANI ONLY
AS THE STATE LANGUAGE OF GOA AND GOANS. AND THIS WILL COME TO PASS,
EVENTUALLY.
Cheers
floriano
GRA/GSRP
9422060347/9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Freddy Fernandes" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:11 PM
Subject: [Goanet] WILL ENGLISH MOI CREATE A PARADIGM SHIFT IN GOAN POLITICS?
In response to:
Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:18:42 +0530 (IST)
From: rajendra kakodkar <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Goanet] WILL ENGLISH MOI CREATE A PARADIGM SHIFT IN GOAN POLITICS?
Dear Rajendra
Politicians not only in Goa but all over India just love to turn and twist
the
simplest of issues into ugly communal and religious ones. They are known to
do
anything and everything possible to divide the people so that they can rule
the
roost. Even then people willingly try to jump into this bottomless pit head
on.
I have a lot of regard for my good friend Rajendra Kakodkar, he has been
upto
his neck fighting for Goa's causes, an active member of the GRA, with a good
head on his shoulders. His post "ENGLISH MOI CREATE A PARADIGM SHIFT IN GOAN
POLITICS ?" Has some truth and I fully agree with him when he says, the
support
of the Catholic MLA from south Goa for English as the MOI is nothing but
politically motivated. There are also a few raw areas that I do not agree in
his
post.
What we need to look at, as Goans, is where do we stand today in this once
paradise called Goa and what is good for the future of our children and our
land. Unity is the key and we should not fall prey to the communal,
religious
and personal agendas of our conniving corrupt politicians.
Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
