Dears, The World Konkani Day issue of the GOENCHO ULO has gone to print and hard copies will be distributed on Sunday 20 August, the day in 1992 when Konkani entered the *8th Schedule of the India Constitution via the 71st Constitutional Amendment.
For the convenience of those who would like to say a few words of Konkani on World Goa Day, the issue is being loaded by Joel on www.goacom.com on 19 August.It has a few easy to say snetences in Konkani with the English translation, courtesy Domnic Fernandes. It will also be available on www.fullerlife.in soon. In Goa, the 15th Festival of Plants & Flowers is being celebrated on three days from 19 to 21 August at SFX School, Siolim. We have to preserve our environment and our language. Our people have always migrated all over the world but Goa is changing rapidly. When they come home, there may be no Goa left. Take interest while there is still time. Money is not a great shake in Goa anymore. People from all over India, Israel, Russia, USA, Canada have invested in properties in Goa. Our beach fronts and our markets could be anywhere else in India. Hindi, Kannada and Oriya are more useful than Konkani in the market place. If you want that changed, be a part of the change. As we bring out this issue, I humbly acknowledge the support and encouragement of Ben Antao[Canada], Menino Peres [Director of Information & Publicity], Department of Tourism, Directorate of Agriculture and other advertisers, the ground work done by Joel D'Souza, Bonaventure D'Pietro [Editors] Fr. Pratap Naik/ Anagha Kamat and Preeta Naik of TSKK, Tomazinho Cardoz [Consultant Editor], the Production team consisting of Roque Fernandes, Varsha Jagui, Sapresh Karbe, Lita Pereira and the articles contributed by Cecil Pinto, Daniel F.D'Souza, Dr. Jayanti Naik[ Goa Konkani Akademi], Isidore Dantas [Mumbai]. I also thank Tim D'Melo of Goacom.com and Leo D'Melo of Fuller life for hosting GOENCHO ULO on the websites. Finally, it is the tremendous reader response that keeps a publication going. We look forward to people dipping into their long pockets to support the cause. We will not beg. It is in your interest to support it. It can help sustain change by giving every Goenckar a voice that can be heard by fellow Goenkars....in his/her Mai Bhas, Konkani. Viva Goa. Miguel _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org