Mangalore: Konkani Manyata Divas Celebrated at St Aloysius College
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Mangalore Aug 21: Konkani Sangh celebrated Konkani Manyata Divas at St Aloysius College on Saturday Aug 21.
Speaking on the occasion, Mandd Sobhann gurkaar Eric Ozario said that Konkani language though having history of thousands of years needs to be developed by the Konkani speaking community. Konkani is a secular language as it is spoken by Hindus, Muslims and Christians, but sadly community members instead of patronising Konkani at home converse in English or any other language. This has given birth to a new language Konglish, a mix of Konkani and English with younger generation having no clue of Konkani in its original form, he remarked.
Ozario stressed that celebrating Konkani Manyata Divas once a year doesn't serve any purpose if Konkani is not spoken by the community members. He had a word of praise for sangh for doing a great job of developing the language.
Young Konkani litterateur Avina Mendonca said that the young generation is forgetting the Konkani words and asked to take a leaf out of Kannadigas on how to frame sentences in pure Kannada which will help the youngsters to perfect Konkani.
Konkani Sangh president Sevrin Pinto welcomed the gathering. Konkani litterateur Gladys Rego and secretary of Konkani Sangh Nevil D’Souza among others were present.
Mangalore: Kalaangann Observes Konkani Manyata Divas - 2010
Mangalore, Aug 21: Mandd Sobhann, Konkani Prachar Sanchalan, Naach Sobhann and Konkani Yuva Awaz organized Konkani Manyata Divas at Kalaangann, Shaktinagar here on Friday August 20.
Bishop of Bellary Henry D'Souza was the chief guest. Mandd Sobhann president Louie Pinto presented a memento and welcomed the bishop. Dayan D'Souza, Daiji Dubai, writer's forum founder member and former convenor and Walter Nandalike, daijiworld.com editor-in-chief were present as guests.
Speaking on the occasion, Bishop Henry urged the Mandd Sobhann to be faster than laymen in working relentlessly to promote Konakani as the organization is considered to be the torch-bearer of culture and language.
Appreciating the work done by the Mandd Sobhann to promote Konkani, Nandalike said that though specifically there is a day earmarked to celebrate Konkani, here in Kalaangann everyday is a day dedicated to Konkani.
Bishop handed over was the award of rs 1,001 announced as a gift by the chairman of Bank of Maharastra Allen C A Pereira to the youngest participant of the two-day Konkani singing and dance competitions - ‘Konkani Utsav’ organized by the above named four organizations to mark Konkani Manyata Divas - 2010’ to Simona Angela Monteiro.
Later guests handed over certificates and prizes to the winners.
Eric Ozario, gurkaar, Mandd Sobhann welcomed the gathering. Konkani Prachar Sanchalan president Roy Castelino, Denis D'Silva of Konkani Yuva Awaz and Naach Sobhann leader Avil D’Cruz were present.