VOL 2. No. 3 FEBRUARY 2011 ?5.00
EDITORIAL BOARD
CHIEF EDITOR AND PUBLISHER BASTI VAMAN SHENOY Dr. P. DAYANANDA PAI PRESIDENT, KONKANI LANGUAGE AND Chairman, KLCF CULTURAL FOUNDATION
EDITOR ishing our readers a Happy and Pros- K. G. MALLYA WV V perous New Year. ASSOCIATE EDITOR In February 2011 national census GURUDATH BANTWALKAR I programme is going to be conducted by the Bl ^2 Government of India on a mass scale. Enu• MEMBERS merators will be coming to your doorsteps to FLORINE ROCHE f CHETANA KAMATH gather information on various aspects. They mil definitely ask information about your mother tongue. I earnestly request you IN THIS ISSUE to inform and register your mother tongue as "KONKANI", as we need to give Konkani language its due. Please ensure that you don't miss out on this aspect. • Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Saliithya The "Smt. Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Puraskar Puraskar Award 2010" award ceremony was held at Ravindra Bhavan Madgao, • Activities organized by World Konkani Goa, on 18-12-2010. Shri Digamber Kamat, Honourable Chief Centre Minister of Goa was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Veteran Oriya litterateur Prof. Prafulla Kumar Mohanty felicitated Shri Mahabaleshwar Sail, the recipient of Smt. Vimala V. Pai Konkani Sahitya Puraskar 2010, for his outstanding Konkani Novel "Hawthan" in this glittering ceremony. I congratulate Shri Kon karri Bhas Ani Sanskriti Prathistan i Konkani Language and Cultural Foundation) Sail and convey my sincere thanks to Shri TV. Mohandas Pai World Konkani Centre, Konkani Gaon, for instituting this award, which, I am sure would go a long way igar, Mangalore 575016 in encouraging Konkani writers.
Phone: 911 1887 I would also like to place on record our sincere thanks and email: edit gratitude to Advocate Uday Bhembre, Chairman of the jury and the members for their efforts in selecting this outstanding Konkani Book "Hawthan", for this prestigious award. Please \t our website www.vishwakonkani.org for news and updates Dev Bare Karo ith the awarding of the scholarships to the last Wbatch of 30 Students on 23-oi-20ii,the process EDITORIAL of awarding scholarships to the first batch of Vishwa mmwmmmmmfmmmmrmfmmm Konkani Student Scholarship fund came to an end for BASTIVAMAN SHENOYI the year 2010-2011. In all, 159 Engineering and Medical students received this scholarships instituted It is basically a "confidence by Vishwa Konkani Kendra. Konkani students from building exercise" for our Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala were the benefi• Konkani youth. ciaries of this scholarship. These students will re• This summer, World ceive these benefits for all the four years of their Konkani Centre is going to studies. conduct a "Summer Camp" on the banks of "Sitanadi", near Hebri, in the western World Konkani Centre has been working cease• Ghats forests from 27th April to ist May 2011 for the lessly not only to develop Konkani language, litera• students, in a all "Konkani Environment", to make ture, art, culture and age-old Konkani folklore, but them "Nature -Friendly" with lots of Konkani songs, also to provide maximum benefits to Konkani drama, ovyo, quiz etc. Hope you are all eagerly wait• speaking people, particularly the Konkani youth. The ing for this. singular objective of World Konkani Centre is to "Empower the Konkani Youth". The "KSHAMATA" scheme has been introduced Dev Bare Koro with the sole objective of training Konkani youth to face the world with better knowledge and courage.
World Konkani Centre has taken up the task of putting banners at prominent places to encourage and sensitize Konkani speaking people to record Konkani as mother tongue in the Census Register. This year the National Census will commence from 9th Febraury, 2011.
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} KON1KA MI IN THE CENSUS REGISTER. R.V. Deshapande Dr. P. Dayananda Pai Basti Vaman Shenoy Chairman Erairetus Chairman President •••••I KONKANI SAHITYA PURASKAR AWARD CEREMONY • Konkani writers brought respect to Konkani language - Prof. Prafulla Kumar Mohanty
MADGAON, DEC 18: achievements in the field Noted Konkani novelist of art, literature, culture, Shri Mahabaleshwar Sail language, liberal economic was presented Vimala V. Pai and political skills and ft 1 Vishwa Konkani Sahithya accomplishments. Puraskar for his outstand• Hon'ble Chief Minister ing Konkani novel of Goa, Shri Digambar "Hawthan" at a function Kamat, honoured Smt. held in Ravindra Bhavan, Vimala V. Pai on the occa• Madgaon, Goa. Eminent sion.
Oriya writer and poet Prof. Digumbi. Kamat, Honblc Chief Minister, Goa presents the VimalaV.Pai Visbwa Dr. P. Dayananda Pai, Prafulla Kumar Mohanty ar to Shri Mahabaleshwar Sail. T. V.Mohandas Pai, Vimala V. Pai, Dr. P. Day anand Pai, Prof.Prafulla Kumar Mohanty and Chairman of Konkani conferred the award to Shri Basti Vaman Shenoy are also seen. Language and Cultural Sail. The Puraskar carries a citation, memento and a Foundation, who presided over the function said that cash prize of Rupees. One lakh. The award is consti• "A pen can change the attitude of millions of people tuted by World Konkani Centre to promote quality over a period of time. A Good thought, good writing Konkani literature and Shri Mahabaleshwar Sail is the and a good talk on the tongue can result in a good first recipient of this award. book". Dr.P.Dayananda Pai, however, emphasized Presenting the award to Shri Sail, the need of literacy saying "without literacy any other Prof. Mohanty stated "the work of Konkani writers kind of development becomes invalid." such as Mahabaleshwar Sail, have brought Earlier, in his welcome address Basti Vaman respect and acceptance to Konkani language and Shenoy, President of Konkani Bhas and Sanskriti taken it to a higher level." Prathistan and founder of Vishwa Konkani Kendra, T. V. Mohandas Pai, Director of Infosys Technolo• who welcomed the gathering, termed it as a great day gies Limited, who established the award in the name for Konkani literature and said Konkani literature is of his mother and mentor, Vimala V. Pai, spoke on the experiencing the tryst with destiny with a Konkani occasion and said "the award was instituted to retain writer receiving the Jnanapith award and many the identity of Konkani culture and heritage. If we Konkani writers receiving Kendra Sahitya Academy don't recognize our identify and our cultural heritage and other awards. A five member jury had selected we will become a rootless community." "Hawthan" from among the entries received. Dr .P. Giving the example of the Jewish community Dayananda Pai presented a memento to the chair• T.V.Mohandas Pai said, though Jewish community is man of the Jury Adv.Uday L. Bhembre and members small, they are dominating the world intellectually of the committee Dr. Tanaji Halarnkar, K. Gokuldas and economically. He urged the Goa Chief Minister to Prabhu who were present on the occasion. adopt the Jewish people as the role model and said Dr. V. A. Pai Panandiker, well known economist "Goa should be made a knowledge state, a centre of and N. Shivadas, President of Goa Konkani Academy education, which will be known globally for its and Prashanth Naik, President, Konkani Bhasha intellectual achievements, scientific discoveries and Mandal, Goa were also present among others.