Big loss to tiatr world
Alfonso Bond Braganza, Mapusa
On Sunday, 28 Dec 2008, the tiatr fraternity lost one of their seniormost, renowned singers/stage artists.
Charles Frederick Barboza, born at Mumbai on 30th November 1930, was popularly known as Freddy Barboza in the dramatic field as well as to his friends. Hailing from Mumbai, his forefathers were from Mangalore, but Freddy was a Goan at heart. He was married to Benedicta Fernandes of Raia-Loutolim.
His work in Konkani tiatr is worth mentioning. He had written about 10 tiatrs and has staged them at several posh theatres in Mumbai in 1955. He had introduced renowned All India Radio singers like late Jerome DʼSouza of ʽMaka Gundailoʼ fame, and Henry DʼSouza of ʽYe Ye Katrinaʼ fame on stage. He had also presented many shows by Goan artists in Mangalore.
Freddy Barboza had acted in several tiatrs directed by veterans like Jacinto Vaz, Prem Kumar, C Alvares, etc. He was first introduced in Goa with Kid Boxerʼs ʽFuddarʼ in 1960.
He has acted in Konkani classic films like ʽAmchem Noxibʼ, ʽNirmonnʼ and ʽBoglantʼ, and had also acted in two telefilms, ʽFaxi Mogachiʼ and ʽSutkaʼ.
He used to run a recruiting agency in Mumbai wherein many of our very own South Goan boys were recruited to many Gulf countries. Besides that, he also hired out his fleet of tourist taxis. But with age he closed his business and led a happy retired life at Parra.
In Goa he passed his time writing many lyrics and side by side he released two albums, ʽJulianaʼ and ʽMarieaʼ.
Barboza has left behind his wife Benedicta, four daughters and one son, all settled in the Gulf and Canada. May his soul rest in peace.
(As published in Herald/1-01-2009)
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Monday, January 5, 2009
9th All India Konkani Literary Conference - 7-8 Feb 2009
Kelekar to open Konkani conference
5 Jan 2009, 0243 hrs IST, TNN
PANAJI: Jnanpith awardee Ravindra Kelekar will inaugurate the 9th all-India Konkani Literary Conference on February 7, to be held at Kundapur in
Karnataka.
The conference is being organized by the All India Konkani Parishad where Karnataka chief minister Dr B S Yediyurappa is likely to be the chief guest.
The conference follows close on the heels of Ravindra Kelekar bagging the prestigious Jnanpith Award.
His copious writings include a novelette, the transcreation of Mahabharata in two volumes, travelogues, biographies and several collections of essays.
The conference will be presided over by Ramesh Velluskar, a popular Konkani writer and poet. Velluskar has bagged several awards from Kala Academy and Konkani Bhasha Mandal. He was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award for Savulgori, a collection of Konkani poems, in 1992.
Union minister of state for labour Oscar Fernandes and home minister of Karnataka V S Acharya will be the guests of honour.
Digamber Kamat, chief minister of Goa will be the chief guest at the valedictory function on February 8.
R V Deshpande, former industries minister of Karnataka will be the guest of honour. President of All India Konkani Parishad and member of the Rajya Sabha, Shantaram Naik will also be present.
(The Times of India)
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5 Jan 2009, 0243 hrs IST, TNN
PANAJI: Jnanpith awardee Ravindra Kelekar will inaugurate the 9th all-India Konkani Literary Conference on February 7, to be held at Kundapur in
Karnataka.
The conference is being organized by the All India Konkani Parishad where Karnataka chief minister Dr B S Yediyurappa is likely to be the chief guest.
The conference follows close on the heels of Ravindra Kelekar bagging the prestigious Jnanpith Award.
His copious writings include a novelette, the transcreation of Mahabharata in two volumes, travelogues, biographies and several collections of essays.
The conference will be presided over by Ramesh Velluskar, a popular Konkani writer and poet. Velluskar has bagged several awards from Kala Academy and Konkani Bhasha Mandal. He was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award for Savulgori, a collection of Konkani poems, in 1992.
Union minister of state for labour Oscar Fernandes and home minister of Karnataka V S Acharya will be the guests of honour.
Digamber Kamat, chief minister of Goa will be the chief guest at the valedictory function on February 8.
R V Deshpande, former industries minister of Karnataka will be the guest of honour. President of All India Konkani Parishad and member of the Rajya Sabha, Shantaram Naik will also be present.
(The Times of India)
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About the Goan Language Konkani (Romi) issue
From: "ALDRIN COUTINHO"
To: GOAN-NRI@yahoogroups.co.in
Sorry none of the Goan MLA,s / MP's / or Minister's are bothered about the Goan Language Konkani (Romi) its a joke for them and just a political mileage for each one of them, if they where anywhere near or close to this issue then it should have been solved long time ago, cause all of them are selfish, so if you want KONKANI (Romi) to go ahead Sir / Madam then you and I have to fight for it, non of this so called leaders will not help to this issue. About the Mega Project in Goa, who do you think have brought this in GOA, and you want this elected leader to help you, think twice cause they (Mega Project) are the one who paid for there elections, so how can they revolt against it.
Peace.
Aldrin Nerry Coutinho U.S.A / Goa
PWD Minister Mr. Churchill Alemao is right; Romi Konkani must be incorporated in the Official Language Act, to preserve Goan Identity. But then, if Mr. Alemao is really serious about protecting Goa's Identity, then I request him to fight against other critical issues, which are seriously destroying Goa's Identity. For instance, Large Scale land sales to non-goans & mega-projects favouring outsider, not only brings in un-necessary migrant work force but also brings in majority non-goan settlers. Surely if the latter is not stopped or restricted, we Goans will soon be a minority in Goa; I hope we all appreciate that Romi Konkani will not be relevant, if Goa ends up with a Non-Goan majority!! Arwin Mesquita (UAE)--
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To: GOAN-NRI@yahoogroups.co.in
Sorry none of the Goan MLA,s / MP's / or Minister's are bothered about the Goan Language Konkani (Romi) its a joke for them and just a political mileage for each one of them, if they where anywhere near or close to this issue then it should have been solved long time ago, cause all of them are selfish, so if you want KONKANI (Romi) to go ahead Sir / Madam then you and I have to fight for it, non of this so called leaders will not help to this issue. About the Mega Project in Goa, who do you think have brought this in GOA, and you want this elected leader to help you, think twice cause they (Mega Project) are the one who paid for there elections, so how can they revolt against it.
Peace.
Aldrin Nerry Coutinho U.S.A / Goa
PWD Minister Mr. Churchill Alemao is right; Romi Konkani must be incorporated in the Official Language Act, to preserve Goan Identity. But then, if Mr. Alemao is really serious about protecting Goa's Identity, then I request him to fight against other critical issues, which are seriously destroying Goa's Identity. For instance, Large Scale land sales to non-goans & mega-projects favouring outsider, not only brings in un-necessary migrant work force but also brings in majority non-goan settlers. Surely if the latter is not stopped or restricted, we Goans will soon be a minority in Goa; I hope we all appreciate that Romi Konkani will not be relevant, if Goa ends up with a Non-Goan majority!! Arwin Mesquita (UAE)--
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LIST OF SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS - WRITERS IN KONKANI
From: Miguel Braganza
Dears,
Konkani, irrespective of the script, was recognised by the Central Sahitiya Akademi in 1975. The first Sahitiya award was given in 1977. In 1981, the Advisory Committee recommended that only books written in ..... or transliterated in to.... Devanagri script should be considered for the award. The Goa Official Language Act, 1987, is not binding on the Central Sahitiya Akademi but it makes the case of the Advisory committee recommendation stronger. There it stands to this day. Read the names of the winners of the award since 1977. The whole thing is self-explanatory.
Mog asundi
Miguel--- On Mon, 5/1/09, Goa's Pride www.goa-world. comyahoo.com> wrote:
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)
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LIST OF SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS - WRITERS IN KONKANI1. 1977- Ravindra Kelekar - HIMALAYANT2. 1978 - Dr Dattaram Sukhthankar - MANNI PUNAV3. 1979 - Dr R V Pandit - DARYA GAZOTA4. 1980 - Dr Manoharrai Sardesai - PISSOLIM5. 1981 - Bakibab Borkar - SASAI6. 1982 - Laxmanrao Sardesai - KHABRI7. 1983 - Damodar Mauzo - CARMELIN8. 1984 - Pundalik Naik - CHOWRANG9. 1985 - J B Moraes Bhitallem - TUFAN10. 1986 - Prakash Padgaonkar - HANV MONIS ASHWATTHAMO11. 1987 - A N Mhabro - PONNJI ATAM MHATARI ZALEA12. 1988 - Chandrakant Keni - VHONKOL PAUNNI13. 1989 - Chafra D'Costa - SONSHEACHE KAAN14. 1990 - Ramesh Veluskar - SANVULGORI15. 1991 - Meena Kakodkar - SAPANFULAM16. 1992 - Nagesh Karmali - VAMSHAKULLACHEM DENNEM17. 1993 - Mahabaleshwar Sail - POLTODCHEM TARUM18. 1994 - Gokuldas Prabhu - ANTAR AYAMI19. 1995 - Dilip Borkar - GOMANCHAL TE HIMANCHAL20. 1996 - Shankar Ramani - NILEM NILEM BRAHMA21. 1997 - Sheela Kolamkar - BHUIM CHAFIM22. 1998 - J. B. Sequeira - OSHI - AILIM LHARAM23. 1999 - Sharatchandra Shennai - ANTARNAAD24. 2000 - Pandurang Bhangui - CHAMFELLI SANZ25. 2001 - Madhav Borkar - YAMAN26. 2002 - Hema Naik - BHOGDAND
27. 2003 - Shashank Sitaram - PARIGH (Posthumous)
28. 2004 - Jayanti Naik - ATHANG
29 2005
Shri N. Shivdas
Bhangarsall
30 2006
Shri Datta Nayak
Jai Kai Jui
Further updates now available on the Goa Konkani Akademi website.
Those wishing to write to this organization may email info@goakonkaniakademi.org
Furthermore some KAVITA (Poem) and Short Stories' translation is shown in the website, but not the original Konkani content.
It appears strange to us.
Are we 'promoting' English or KONKANI ?
Examples are
1. B. B. BORKAR - PAINZANNA ( ANKLET BELLS )
2. MADHAV BORKAR - I CONVINCE
3. MADHAV BORKAR - HORIZON
4. MADHAV BORKAR - LIFE
5. MADHAV BORKAR - LIPS
6. SANJIV VEREKAR - KID
7. SANJIV VEREKAR - IN THIS CONCRETE JUNGLE8. JESS FERNANDES - THE ANGST
1. GAJANAN JOG - HURRY UP Translated From The Original Konkani Story by Mukesh Thali.
2. HEMA NAIK - KANCHAN Translated From The Original Konkani Story by Mukesh Thali.
Gaspar Almeida
www.goa-world. com
www.goa-world. .com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI
Dears,
Konkani, irrespective of the script, was recognised by the Central Sahitiya Akademi in 1975. The first Sahitiya award was given in 1977. In 1981, the Advisory Committee recommended that only books written in ..... or transliterated in to.... Devanagri script should be considered for the award. The Goa Official Language Act, 1987, is not binding on the Central Sahitiya Akademi but it makes the case of the Advisory committee recommendation stronger. There it stands to this day. Read the names of the winners of the award since 1977. The whole thing is self-explanatory.
Mog asundi
Miguel--- On Mon, 5/1/09, Goa's Pride www.goa-world. com
GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)
Presented by Ulysses Menezes, www.goa-world. com
Moderated by Gaspar Almeida
LIST OF SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS - WRITERS IN KONKANI1. 1977- Ravindra Kelekar - HIMALAYANT2. 1978 - Dr Dattaram Sukhthankar - MANNI PUNAV3. 1979 - Dr R V Pandit - DARYA GAZOTA4. 1980 - Dr Manoharrai Sardesai - PISSOLIM5. 1981 - Bakibab Borkar - SASAI6. 1982 - Laxmanrao Sardesai - KHABRI7. 1983 - Damodar Mauzo - CARMELIN8. 1984 - Pundalik Naik - CHOWRANG9. 1985 - J B Moraes Bhitallem - TUFAN10. 1986 - Prakash Padgaonkar - HANV MONIS ASHWATTHAMO11. 1987 - A N Mhabro - PONNJI ATAM MHATARI ZALEA12. 1988 - Chandrakant Keni - VHONKOL PAUNNI13. 1989 - Chafra D'Costa - SONSHEACHE KAAN14. 1990 - Ramesh Veluskar - SANVULGORI15. 1991 - Meena Kakodkar - SAPANFULAM16. 1992 - Nagesh Karmali - VAMSHAKULLACHEM DENNEM17. 1993 - Mahabaleshwar Sail - POLTODCHEM TARUM18. 1994 - Gokuldas Prabhu - ANTAR AYAMI19. 1995 - Dilip Borkar - GOMANCHAL TE HIMANCHAL20. 1996 - Shankar Ramani - NILEM NILEM BRAHMA21. 1997 - Sheela Kolamkar - BHUIM CHAFIM22. 1998 - J. B. Sequeira - OSHI - AILIM LHARAM23. 1999 - Sharatchandra Shennai - ANTARNAAD24. 2000 - Pandurang Bhangui - CHAMFELLI SANZ25. 2001 - Madhav Borkar - YAMAN26. 2002 - Hema Naik - BHOGDAND
27. 2003 - Shashank Sitaram - PARIGH (Posthumous)
28. 2004 - Jayanti Naik - ATHANG
29 2005
Shri N. Shivdas
Bhangarsall
30 2006
Shri Datta Nayak
Jai Kai Jui
Further updates now available on the Goa Konkani Akademi website.
Those wishing to write to this organization may email info@goakonkaniakademi.org
Furthermore some KAVITA (Poem) and Short Stories' translation is shown in the website, but not the original Konkani content.
It appears strange to us.
Are we 'promoting' English or KONKANI ?
Examples are
1. B. B. BORKAR - PAINZANNA ( ANKLET BELLS )
2. MADHAV BORKAR - I CONVINCE
3. MADHAV BORKAR - HORIZON
4. MADHAV BORKAR - LIFE
5. MADHAV BORKAR - LIPS
6. SANJIV VEREKAR - KID
7. SANJIV VEREKAR - IN THIS CONCRETE JUNGLE8. JESS FERNANDES - THE ANGST
1. GAJANAN JOG - HURRY UP Translated From The Original Konkani Story by Mukesh Thali.
2. HEMA NAIK - KANCHAN Translated From The Original Konkani Story by Mukesh Thali.
Gaspar Almeida
www.goa-world. com
www.goa-world. .com/goa/ music/ - The Online Music Station for KONKANI
Re: Catholics in Goa in Peril - Official Language Act 1987
From: Miguel Braganza <miguelbraganza@yahoo.co.in>
Subject: CATHOLICS IN GOA IN PERIL - OLA 1987
Dears,
The subject line is rather misleading as the script, dialect and language issues are not necessarily on religious lines. Of course, there have been worse subject lines on Goanet in recent years. I AM RETAINING A SMALL SECTION OF GODFREY'S POST TO AVOID THE NEED FOR REPEATING THE FACTS, DEBATABLE THOUGH THEY MAY BE.
It is the 22nd anniversary of the passage of the Official Language Act, 1987 on 04 February, 2009. Three days later, the pro-"Devanagri only" ABKP will have its session at Kundapur in Karnataka state ...a state that has rejected the alleged supremacy of Devanangri script and adopted the Kannada script for teaching Konkani in schools. Devanagri is an option for teaching Konkani, but it is not exercised even in one school in Karnataka to date. The Goa Assembly session begins one day after the OLA, 1987 anniversary. The former MGP minister-turned-Congress CM who saw the OLA Bill through is now the Speaker, the "Independent" MLA of Margao who?guided the KPA in that era is the Chairman of the Congress "Think Tank", the KPA President is the IPP of the Goa Konkani Akademi and all three swear by the OLA, 1987.
The lone Goa Congress MLA of that era is now a "retired hurt" former CM and some other leaders of the KPA are now gearing up for another "movement"?
The Goa Konkani Akademi has been reconstituted on New Year's Day 2009. No one has seen tomorrow, but one is hopeful of a new dawn. Status quo of the last term ... molestation of the OLA, 1987, but no consumation .... seems to be?on offer in the various cultural bodies, from Kala Academy [Art & Culture Dept] to Goa Konkani Akademi [Official Language Dept] with crumbs being thrown but not even on par with those given to the Marathi Akademi. these issues have been debated on the HCN programme CROSSFIRE aired yesterday and tonight [05 Jan. 2009]. There are requests to put out the video on Youtube. That will depend on the HCN policy on the matter. Perhaps, HERALD can host the Youtube clip on its website or give it to GoaMag [www.goamag.net] to host on its site or give it to any other Goa-linked website. The site that hosts it will get famous overnight.
Mog asundi
Miguel
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:22:31 +0530 (IST)From: godfrey gonsalves <gonsalvesgodfreyji@yahoo.co.in>Subject: [Goanet] CATHOLICS IN GOA IN PERIL - OLA 1987Message-ID: <814391.79503.qm@web95302.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
Subject: CATHOLICS IN GOA IN PERIL - OLA 1987
Dears,
The subject line is rather misleading as the script, dialect and language issues are not necessarily on religious lines. Of course, there have been worse subject lines on Goanet in recent years. I AM RETAINING A SMALL SECTION OF GODFREY'S POST TO AVOID THE NEED FOR REPEATING THE FACTS, DEBATABLE THOUGH THEY MAY BE.
It is the 22nd anniversary of the passage of the Official Language Act, 1987 on 04 February, 2009. Three days later, the pro-"Devanagri only" ABKP will have its session at Kundapur in Karnataka state ...a state that has rejected the alleged supremacy of Devanangri script and adopted the Kannada script for teaching Konkani in schools. Devanagri is an option for teaching Konkani, but it is not exercised even in one school in Karnataka to date. The Goa Assembly session begins one day after the OLA, 1987 anniversary. The former MGP minister-turned-Congress CM who saw the OLA Bill through is now the Speaker, the "Independent" MLA of Margao who?guided the KPA in that era is the Chairman of the Congress "Think Tank", the KPA President is the IPP of the Goa Konkani Akademi and all three swear by the OLA, 1987.
The lone Goa Congress MLA of that era is now a "retired hurt" former CM and some other leaders of the KPA are now gearing up for another "movement"?
The Goa Konkani Akademi has been reconstituted on New Year's Day 2009. No one has seen tomorrow, but one is hopeful of a new dawn. Status quo of the last term ... molestation of the OLA, 1987, but no consumation .... seems to be?on offer in the various cultural bodies, from Kala Academy [Art & Culture Dept] to Goa Konkani Akademi [Official Language Dept] with crumbs being thrown but not even on par with those given to the Marathi Akademi. these issues have been debated on the HCN programme CROSSFIRE aired yesterday and tonight [05 Jan. 2009]. There are requests to put out the video on Youtube. That will depend on the HCN policy on the matter. Perhaps, HERALD can host the Youtube clip on its website or give it to GoaMag [www.goamag.net] to host on its site or give it to any other Goa-linked website. The site that hosts it will get famous overnight.
Mog asundi
Miguel
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:22:31 +0530 (IST)From: godfrey gonsalves <gonsalvesgodfreyji@yahoo.co.in>Subject: [Goanet] CATHOLICS IN GOA IN PERIL - OLA 1987Message-ID: <814391.79503.qm@web95302.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
Churchill & Goan Identity
From: Arwin Mesquita
Subject: Churchill & Goan Identity
To: goa-world-europe@ yahoogroups. com, goa-world-new- zealand@yahoogro ups.com, Goa-World-Pakistan@ yahoogroups. com, goa-world-usa@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 6:03 AM
PWD Minister Mr. Churchill Alemao is right; Romi Konkani must be incorporated in the Official Language Act, to preserve Goan Identity. But then, if Mr. Alemao is really serious about protecting Goa's Identity, then I request him to fight against other critical issues, which are seriously destroying Goa's Identity. For instance, Large Scale land sales to non-goans & mega-projects favouring outsider, not only brings in un-necessary migrant work force but also brings in majority non-goan settlers. Surely if the latter is not stopped or restricted, we Goans will soon be a minority in Goa; I hope we all appreciate that Romi Konkani will not be relevant, if Goa ends up with a Non-Goan majority!!
Arwin Mesquita (UAE)
-- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity .blogspot. com/
Subject: Churchill & Goan Identity
To: goa-world-europe@ yahoogroups. com, goa-world-new- zealand@yahoogro ups.com, Goa-World-Pakistan@ yahoogroups. com, goa-world-usa@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 6:03 AM
PWD Minister Mr. Churchill Alemao is right; Romi Konkani must be incorporated in the Official Language Act, to preserve Goan Identity. But then, if Mr. Alemao is really serious about protecting Goa's Identity, then I request him to fight against other critical issues, which are seriously destroying Goa's Identity. For instance, Large Scale land sales to non-goans & mega-projects favouring outsider, not only brings in un-necessary migrant work force but also brings in majority non-goan settlers. Surely if the latter is not stopped or restricted, we Goans will soon be a minority in Goa; I hope we all appreciate that Romi Konkani will not be relevant, if Goa ends up with a Non-Goan majority!!
Arwin Mesquita (UAE)
-- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity .blogspot. com/
Konkan Marathi Parishad
Konkan Marathi Parishad to provide platform for budding Goan poets:
The 5th Shekoti (camp fire) Literary Seminar organised by the Konkan Marathi Parsihad on January 10 and 11, 2009 in the scenic environs of the Shree Shantadurga Devasthan at Dhargal, Pernem, promises a platform for budding young Goan poets to hone their skills in poetry writing.
The 5th Shekoti (camp fire) Literary Seminar organised by the Konkan Marathi Parsihad on January 10 and 11, 2009 in the scenic environs of the Shree Shantadurga Devasthan at Dhargal, Pernem, promises a platform for budding young Goan poets to hone their skills in poetry writing.
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