NT News Service
Margao July 11: The Dalgado Konkani Akademi (DKA) has written to the Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, urging it to consider literature produced in Konkani Roman script for literary awards.
The DKA has cited many reasons to emphasise why Konkani Roman script is popular in the state and deserves the consideration of the Sahitya Akademi.
It argues that the use of Roman script to write Konkani dates back to 16th century when a printing press was brought in Goa in 1556 by the Portuguese. Since then, writing and printing of Konkani books continued in Roman script.
Most of the books printed that time were religious books and since then, the Christian community of Goa is writing, reading and printing Konkani books in Roman script. The Catholic church of Goa has translated all the religious scriptures in Konkani in Roman script and till date, in the Catholic church of Goa, everything is conducted in Konkani in Roman script.
There are over 200 writers which includes poets, short story writers, essayists, tiatr script writers, lyricists, novelists etc. At the same time there is a strong readership to Konkani in Roman script which is any time much more than in any other script in Goa, the letter says.
The DKA states that presently Goa has Vavraddeancho Ixtt, a weekly, Gulab, a monthly, in Konkani Roman script, both of which have a readership of over 10,000 each. There is no other journal in Goa in Konkani in any script having such a large readership. In view of this denying the benefit of Sahitya Akademis literary awards to writers of Konkani in Roman script is unjust, the letter states.
It also notes that the General Council of Sahitya Akademi recognised Konkani, not in any particular script, but as an independent literary language. The resolution passed by the General Council of Sahitya Akademi on February 26, 1975 is very clear in that respect, the letter states.
The DKA has cited other strong arguments to strengthen the claim of Konkani script literature for Sahitya Akademi literary awards. Dalgado Konknni Akademi has resolved to request you to consider Konkani in Roman, Kannad and Devnagiri scripts for the literary awards and for all the related benefits. Dalgado Konknni Akademi also requests you to see that the panel of judges for the selection of the books should include representatives from the three scripts, states the DKA.
The letter is written by the DKA president, Mr Tomazinho Cardozo, vice-president Fr Peter Raposo and secretary, Mr Jose Salvador Fernandes. Copies of the letter have been addressed to members of Parliament, Mr Churchill Alemao, Ms Margaret Alva and Mr Oscar Fernandes.
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