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The V.IXTT celebrated 73 years of publication just yesterday with a mega event at Kala Academy. the President of Goa Heritage Action Group, Vice-President of Travel & Tourism Association of Goa and Secretary of GCCI [all rolled into one] Ralph deSouza of the deSouza Group of Companies was the Chief Guest and the one and only Pooja Bhat of Bollywood was the Guest of Honour at the event. With a current paid-up subscriber base of 10,664 copies and a print run of 12,000 copies per week, V.IXTT has reason to celebrate.
Compare this with the miserable performance of the Sunaparant, the only Devanagri newspaper first edited by Adv. Uday Bhembre and then by Raju Nayak and published from Margao and now, after resurrection by Dattaraj Salgaocar and published from Panaji, edited by Sandesh Prabhudesai. It is only academic to point out the caste and creed of the three Editors, there is no other choice of leadership when it comes to Devanagri Konkani. The sale of SUNAPARANT has always been below 1000 copies. Although it is in Goa's official language and script...and drws government advertisements....it cannot survive without massive doses of generosity from the publisher. Sermons do not sell, even in the Official Language!
I have been associated with a alternate model that has been successful since 2001.[ It was it was introduced into Goa in 2000 by the Vasco Watch, Edited and Published by Cmdr.[Retd] Ananta Narayana based in Vasco ]. This concept is called a 'free-sheeter' and is totally financed by advertisements. It has its limitations...but lack of funds is not one of them. The MAPUSA PLUS started in July 2001 gave rise to the MARGAO PLUS and PANJIM PLUS in December, 2001 to coincide with the feast of Immaculate Conception. The Panaji Plus now has INVESTOR PLUS in its stables while the Margao Plus has added NORTH GOA PLUS, BICHOLIM PLUS, PONDA PLUS and VASCO PLUS to its group. The number of free-sheeters is growing even though the original group that published Mapusa Plus split four ways. It is an eminently adaptible model that survives on a large support base of paying advertisers and free readers. It is a model that I would
recommend to any self respecting Konkani news magazine in tabloid or standard magazine format. In fact., most Church bulletins [ XX Igorjecho Awaaz,Saad or Sondex] almost follow this format unknowingly or knowingly.
It would be nice to have an on-line version of the V.IXTT for the world-wide Konknni readership. Those living in India would do well to subscribe to it with pre-paid postage. Definitely, World Goa Day or Goa Dis [and Dat] can promote the Konknni readership or get advertisements to them so that they can pay the contributors who will be encouraged to write better and more often in Konknni.
I do not know if Adv.Uday Bhembre and Prof. S.M.Borges will still write in Romi Konknni after the open schism in goa these days. If they do, that will be an achievement.
The Thomas Stephen Konknni Kendr- Porvorim [TSKK] and the Dalgado Konkani Academy[ DKA] can help to get relevant literary contributions to these magazines and, may be, even create a pool of articles available on request for publication. We could set up a Trust to receive and disburse funds from overseas Goans and others from the Konkan who would like to fund Konknni publications. World Goa Day committees could help in this regard. Special "Goa Day" issues of these magazines could be sent to these committees for distribution the world over. The principle of TEAM-- Together Everyone Achieves More-- could be applied here.
Let's put our minds together for a change. We have proven expertise in breaking heads.
Viva Goa.
Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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