The '''Dalgado Konknni Akademi''' is an organisation located in [[Panjim]], [[Goa]] that works for the development and promotion of [[Konkani in the Roman script]].
The '''Dalgado Konknni Akademi''' is an organisation located in [[Panjim]], [[Goa]] that works for the development and promotion of [[Konkani in the Roman script]].
==History==
==History==
The academy was established in 1988 by [[Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado|Msgr. Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado]].<ref name="dka-activities">http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/2010/05/dka-activities.html</ref> During the period 1988-1992, DKA was very active. Fr. Freddy J. da Costa was the President, Mr. Tomazinho Cardozo was the secretary and Mr. Prabhakar Tendulkar the treasurer. During this period, DKA published 'Konkani Orthography in Roman Script' with the intention of bringing about a desirableunityamong the writers, so that the writers could understand the principles and rules of writing Konkani in Roman script.
[[File:Bonaventura d'Pietro, Konkani writer. 2015. Goa.jpg|thumb|Bonaventura d'Pietro, a prominent Konkani writer, in 2015. An award has been instituted in his name after his death.]]The academy was established in 1988 and named after [[Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado]].<ref name="dka-activities">{{cite web |author=Goa-World.COM |url=http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/2010/05/dka-activities.html |title=Updating News on the Tiatr Fraternity of Goa: DKA activities |publisher=Tiatracademy.blogspot.com |date=11 May 2010 |accessdate=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426054950/http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/2010/05/dka-activities.html# |archive-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> During the period 1988-1992, the DKA was very active. Freddy J. da Costa was the President, Tomazinho Cardozo was the secretary and Prabhakar Tendulkar the treasurer. During this period, DKA published ''Konkani Orthography in Roman Script'', a publication intended for writers to understand the principles and rules of writing Konkani in Roman script.
[[File:Premanand Mahambre, Konkani writer. Goa. September 2015.jpg|thumb|Premanand Lotlikar in September 2015]]Tomazinho Cardozo was the second president and Jose Salvador Fernandes and Prabhakar Tendulkar were the secretary and treasurer respectively. Premanand A. Lotlikar was the President of Dalgado Konknni Akademi for three consecutive terms of 3 years each (2008 to 2017) while Vincy Quadros has been the secretary from the year 2014. There have been calls for the government of Goa to stop discriminating against Romi Konkani and officially recognise the DKA.<ref>[http://www.konkaniworld.com/news/index.asp?ID=1047&next0=1047 ]{{Dead link|date=June 2017}}</ref>
Tomazinho Cardozo was the second president and Mr. Jose Salvador Fernandes and Mr. Prabhakar Tendulkar were
the secretary and treasurer respectively. The current president is Premanand A. Lotlikar, while Mr. Vincy Quadros has been entrusted the task of the secretary. There have been calls for the government of Goa to stop discriminating against Romi Konkani and officially recognise the DKA.<ref>http://www.konkaniworld.com/news/index.asp?ID=1047&next0=1047</ref>
[[File:Walter Menezes, Konkani and English writer.jpg|thumb|Walter Menezes, Konkani and English writer]]
The Managing Committee for the period 2014-2017 is as follows :
The organisation aims to promote the study and development of the Konkani language in Roman script; recognize schools that promote the Konkani language; and hold cultural activities for the Konkani language, its literature, and the culture of its writers and speakers.
President : Mr. Premanand A. Lotlikar,
Vice President : Fr. Conceicao D' Silva,
Secretary : Mr. Vincy Quadros,
Treasurer : Mr. Walter Menezes,
Other Members : Alfonso Braganza, Pandharinath D. Lotlikar and Pio Esteves.
Ms. Selza Lopes is the nominated member of the Executive Committee.
The Members representing the Romi Konkani Institutions are :
Tomazinho Cardozo, Daniel F. De Souza, Vassalo Carvalho and Anthony Miranda
==Aims and Objectives==
The Executive Board outlined the aims and objectives of the DKA in 2004 as follows:<ref name="dka-activities" />
"The first and foremost objective of DKA is to promote Konkani language in Roman script, which is neglected, side tracked and given step motherly treatment. Konkani written in Roman script goes back to 1560. Without its Roman script history, Konkani would not have got the recognition by [[Sahitya Akademi]], [[New Delhi]] in 1975. It has the rich cultural heritage and it has become integral and unavoidable part of Goan culture, specifically of Christians. The vast majority of Goan Christians read Konkani written in Roman script. Hence it has to be preserved fostered and developed.
DKA will make all efforts to provide support, financial and otherwise, for writers of Konkani in Roman script. It will work untiringly to obtain for them their just and lawful demands, dues and rights. DKA will recognize those
institutions, which are working for the promotion and development of Konkani Language, literature and culture in Roman script. It will initiate various activities in literary, cultural and social field through all the modern means of social communication.
It will provide financial assistance, and scholarships to writers, dramatists, talented important people, scholars and students to carry out research and other undertakings in the field of Konkani. Holding and organizing seminars,
conferences, workshops, exhibitions, lectures, competitions of different types; undertaking and editing Konkani folk songs, music, folk literature, stage performances and other expressions of Konkani culture; Library and
documentation centre facilities to the students, writers, teachers, producers and actors/actresses of Konkani; collecting and preserving Konkani documents, records, books and objects scattered with individuals and families which are related to the cultural and literary development of Konkani are other objectives.
The Akademi will focus on promoting, assisting, and undertaking publications of children's literature in Konkani along with providing books or magazines in Konkani language to the libraries and institutions."
==Activities==
==Activities==
[[File:Wilson Mazarello, WilMix, Konkani tiatrist.jpg|thumb|[[Wilson Mazarello]], WilMix, Konkani tiatrist]]The main events organised by the Dalgado Konknni Akademi are:
The main event organised by the Dalgado Konknni Akademi every year is bestowing of DALGADO Annual Awards for Konkani Writer, Cultural Activist, Heritage Activist, Young Writer, Best Romi Lipi Konkani Institution and Fr. Freddy J. Da Costa Journalist. These awards carry Cash, citation, shawl ani a Memento besides buquet of flowers. Akademi has also initiated the ''Konknni (Romi Lipi) Sahitya ani Sonvskrutik Sommelan'' (Konkani Literary and Cultural Conference) which has been held since the year 2008.<ref>http://www.sezariworld.com/component/content/article/46-goa/1389-questions-of-script-apart-it-is-the-konkani-language-that-can-save-goan-culture-and-identity-says-tomazinho-cardozo</ref>
Celebration of the following days:
Apart from this, the academy holds literary competitions on short story, poetry, essays, once act plays and novels. <ref>http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=99062&n_tit=Panaji%3A+Dalgado+Awards+for+Fr+Manuel+Gomes%2C+Roseferns%2C+Vincy+Quadros%2C+Romano+Rodrigues+</ref> and organises poets' meets.<ref>http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=124594</ref> The DKA also publishes a large number of Konkani books.<ref>http://www.navhindtimes.in/iwatch/konkani-book-jvalmukhi-released</ref><ref>http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/2009/10/amontronn-dalgado-konknni-akademi.html</ref> The academy also organises contests such as novel writing and story reading in order to increase the readership and simultaneously to inculcate the habit of reading Konknni in Roman Script and to instill the love of the language among the youth.
* [[Opinion Poll]] Day - Jan. 16;
The year 2015 made a way for State level Konkani Reading Competition. Those secured first three places are selected for Final Round at Akademi's Panjim office. Cash prizes and Certificates are awarded at all levels. <ref>http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=99066&n_tit=Goa%3A+Dalgado+Konknni+Akademi+Announces+Contest+Winners</ref><ref>http://www.canaraworld.com/nsite/htdocs/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6233</ref> The DKA has ties with the [[Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr]]<ref>http://www.tskk.org/annual_report_disp.php?id=4</ref> and coordinates several activities with it.
* [[Konkani Journalism Day]]- Feb 02;
* Konkani Cinema Day - Apr. 24;
* Dalgado Memorial Day - May 8;
* [[Prabhakar Tendulkar]] Memorial Day - June 4;
* Reginald Fernandes Memorial Day - June 14;
* Fr. Freddy J. Da Costa Memorial Day July 20;
* DKA Foundation Day Aug. 28.
Annual Awards:
==Publications and Brief Summaries==
[[File:Isidore Dantas, Konkani writer, translator, lexicographer.jpg|thumb|Isidore Dantas, Konkani writer, translator, lexicographer, one of the writers honoured by the DKA.]]
''Kallzache Kholayek Thaun'' is a novel by Epifanio Valadares,a Gulf-based engineer, who took to writing because he had a lot of free time or leisure. Punching the keys on his laptop, Epifanio Valadares says that slowly the pages accumulated into a full-fledged novel. ''Kallzache Kholayek Thaun'' is conceived as a tale of a boy from humble origins who goes on to do many great things – some nothing short of a miracle. Kudov, the protagonist, is a person whose innovations and inventions take him across the Indian sub-continent as a fugitive on the run from the arms of law. Kudov is the pet name of the protagonist given by his villagers – as it happens in many Goan villages – after a bird which never stays in one place. Kudov has the immense ability to acquire knowledge and use it to invent technology that could possibly change the face of the world. He invents a cure for a very deadly disease that is poised to wipe out the whole population of his village. Next, he invents a thermo-dynamic engine which can run on water. When he elopes with his lover – who later becomes his wife – to Bombay and reaches the Taj hotel, it is that fateful day when this hotel is attacked by terrorists. Kudov and his wife were on a run from the police (and also on their honeymoon) and in the crossfire of the security forces and the terrorists, Anushka, his wife meets an untimely death. This moves Kudov to invent a device that would detect the locations of explosives that could potentially pose a threat to national security. Kudov anonymously tips-off the police about the whereabouts of terrorists. Since Kudov is unwilling to share the secrets of his innovations and because such innovations can be deadly in wrong hands, the security forces are constantly on the lookout for him. As a result, Kudov is on the run again and he lands up in Nepal. It is here in Nepal that he finally gets arrested and is brought down to Goa.<ref>http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2012/12/mind-and-heart-over-matter.html</ref>
* Dalgado Sahityik Puraskar (Dalgado Literature Award);
* Dalado Sonskrutik Puraskar (Dalgado Cultural Award);
* Dalgado Romi Konknni Seva Puraskar (Dalgado Roman Konkani Service Award);
* Fr. Freddy J. Da Costa Potrkarita Puraskar (Fr Freddy J Da Costa Journalism Award);
* Prabhakar Tendulkar Romi Konknni Sonstha Puraskar (Prabhakar Tendulkar Roman Konkani Association Award);
* [[File:An award has been institute as a tribute to the late journalist Joel D'Souza. Seen in photo on background. in foregroundPremanand Mahambre, Dalgado Konkani Akademi, Goa.jpg|thumb|An award has been institute as a tribute to the late journalist Joel D'Souza, represented in the background background; in foreground, Premanand Lotlikar]]Joel D'Souza Daiz Puraskar (Joel D'Souza Heritage Award);
* Bonaventure D'Pietro Vorsachem Pustok Puroskar (Bonaventure D'Pietro Year of the Book Award);
These awards are instituted to give recognition for the work done by the writers and others in the field of Romi Konkani literature, cultural activists, heritage activist, young talent, best Romi Konkani institution and journalism.
The Akademi has also initiated the ''Konknni (Romi Lipi) Sahitya ani Sonvskrutik Sammelan'' (Konkani Literary and Cultural Conference) which has been held since the year 2008. Vincy Quadros was the President of First Sommelan. Akademi also organises Writers Conference every year for the benefit of Romi Konkani Writers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sezariworld.com/component/content/article/46-goa/1389-questions-of-script-apart-it-is-the-konkani-language-that-can-save-goan-culture-and-identity-says-tomazinho-cardozo |title=Sezariworld.com |publisher=Sezariworld.com |date=21 February 2010 |accessdate=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520060623/http://www.sezariworld.com/component/content/article/46-goa/1389-questions-of-script-apart-it-is-the-konkani-language-that-can-save-goan-culture-and-identity-says-tomazinho-cardozo# |archive-date=20 May 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
''Sopon'' by James Fernandes is a collection of ten one-act plays. The author is a high-school teacher by profession.
Apart from this, the academy holds literary competitions on short story, poetry, essays, once act plays and novels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=99062&n_tit=Panaji%3A+Dalgado+Awards+for+Fr+Manuel+Gomes%2C+Roseferns%2C+Vincy+Quadros%2C+Romano+Rodrigues+ |title=Panaji: Dalgado Awards for Fr Manuel Gomes, Roseferns, Vincy Quadros, Romano Rodrigues |publisher=Daijiworld.com |date=13 April 2011 |accessdate=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108064619/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=99062&n_tit=Panaji%3A+Dalgado+Awards+for+Fr+Manuel+Gomes%2C+Roseferns%2C+Vincy+Quadros%2C+Romano+Rodrigues+# |archive-date=8 January 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and organises poets' meets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=124594 |title=Margao: Dalgado Konknni Akademi Holds Kavi Sammelan |publisher=Daijiworld.com |date=13 December 2011 |accessdate=11 June 2017}}</ref> The DKA also publishes a large number of Konkani books.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/iwatch/konkani-book-jvalmukhi-released |title=Konkani Book Released |accessdate=2011-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612224928/http://www.navhindtimes.in/iwatch/konkani-book-jvalmukhi-released |archivedate=12 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Goa-World.COM |url=http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/2009/10/amontronn-dalgado-konknni-akademi.html |title=Updating News on the Tiatr Fraternity of Goa: AMONTRONN - Dalgado Konknni Akademi - Pustokanchi Uzvaddavnni |publisher=Tiatracademy.blogspot.com |date=8 October 2009 |accessdate=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211450/http://tiatracademy.blogspot.com/2009/10/amontronn-dalgado-konknni-akademi.html# |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The academy also organises contests such as novel writing and story reading in order to increase the readership and simultaneously to inculcate the habit of reading Konknni in Roman Script.
''Budd’tti'' or flood by Manuel Fernandes is a novel which takes its inspiration from the Biblical tale of Noah and the deluge that God had sent on the earth. Manuel Fernandes has tried to use the symbolism of the Flood and how it inundates everything, in trying to comment about the abysmal and egregious conditions of Goan political life and also (one suspects) the declining moral values of Catholic families. The novel opens with Ronald, a small-time cloth merchant and his wife Ravina who are very devoted to each other. But there is a sudden twist in the story: Ronald starts having an affair with a young widow, Sofia. Ravina is divorced by Ronald and he drives her out of the house – and into destitution. In another turn of events, Ronald is shown as leading an agitation against a pollution-causing factory. This agitation snowballs into a popular movement which propels him into politics. In due course of time he also becomes the Chief Minister of Goa. Agitation against big industries is an important theme in the book and I believe it is included in the narrative because in recent times Goa has gone through many such agitations. Ravina is shown as migrating to Bombay, only to make a dramatic and somewhat surreal entry in the end. Meanwhile, due to his power and influence Ronald starts indulging himself in corrupt practices. He starts smuggling arms and precious metals as well as making under-the-table deals to set up pollution-causing industries. Ronald chances upon a hidden vault when constructing his house and he converts it into an underground cave; a haven for his contraband. This hidden cave is accidentally discovered by Felicio, a journalist who puts his principles and the ethics of the profession first and follows them to the book. After a lot of rather bizarre twists and turns, Ronald receives punishment for his evil deeds. His criminal activities are exposed (though in a way that would never stand a chance in a court of law!) and he has to run away from the long arm of the law as well as the frenzied fury of his voters. Ronald escapes to the surrounding jungle and returns in a state of destitution and injury to a dilapidated house, where he breathes his last. During his funeral, suddenly, the sky becomes overcast and there is a torrent of rain. And since the novel is set on the banks of the Zuari (Cortalim to be precise), the banks of the river overflow and the resulting flood washes the coffin and with it the corpse of Ronald into the sea.<ref>http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2012/07/deluge-and-damnation.html</ref>
The year 2015 made a way for State level Konkani Reading Competition. Those secured first three places are selected for Final Round at Akademi's Panjim office. Cash prizes and certificates are awarded at all levels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=99066&n_tit=Goa%3A+Dalgado+Konknni+Akademi+Announces+Contest+Winners |title=Goa: Dalgado Konknni Akademi Announces Contest Winners |publisher=Daijiworld.com |date=13 April 2011 |accessdate=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108070016/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=99066&n_tit=Goa%3A+Dalgado+Konknni+Akademi+Announces+Contest+Winners# |archive-date=8 January 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canaraworld.com/nsite/htdocs/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6233 |title=News |accessdate=2011-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426032059/http://www.canaraworld.com/nsite/htdocs/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6233 |archivedate=26 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The DKA has ties with the [[Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tskk.org/annual_report_disp.php?id=4 |title=Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr |publisher=Tskk.org |accessdate=11 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305025559/http://tskk.org/annual_report_disp.php?id=4# |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and coordinates several activities with it.
==Location==
==Location==
Dalgado Konknni Akademi,Old Education Dept.Bldg,2ndFloor, Near Pharmacy College,18JuneRoad,Panaji Goa
The Akademi is located in the old Education Department Building's second floor, near the Goa Pharmacy College on the second floor of the building based in the [[Goa]] state capital of Panjim or Panaji.
Contact:0832-2221688
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Konkani organization based in Panjim, Goa, India
Dalgado Konknni Akademi
Poster at Dalgado Konknni Akademi Wikipedia workshop
Formation
1988; 37 years ago (1988)
President
Celso Fernandes
Secretary
Myron Jeson Barreto
Key people
Freddy J da Costa, Tomazinho Cardozo, Prabhakar Tendulkar, Premanand A. Lotlikar, Vincy Quadros
Bonaventura d'Pietro, a prominent Konkani writer, in 2015. An award has been instituted in his name after his death.
The academy was established in 1988 and named after Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado.[1] During the period 1988-1992, the DKA was very active. Freddy J. da Costa was the President, Tomazinho Cardozo was the secretary and Prabhakar Tendulkar the treasurer. During this period, DKA published Konkani Orthography in Roman Script, a publication intended for writers to understand the principles and rules of writing Konkani in Roman script.
Premanand Lotlikar in September 2015
Tomazinho Cardozo was the second president and Jose Salvador Fernandes and Prabhakar Tendulkar were the secretary and treasurer respectively. Premanand A. Lotlikar was the President of Dalgado Konknni Akademi for three consecutive terms of 3 years each (2008 to 2017) while Vincy Quadros has been the secretary from the year 2014. There have been calls for the government of Goa to stop discriminating against Romi Konkani and officially recognise the DKA.[2]
Walter Menezes, Konkani and English writer
The organisation aims to promote the study and development of the Konkani language in Roman script; recognize schools that promote the Konkani language; and hold cultural activities for the Konkani language, its literature, and the culture of its writers and speakers.
Isidore Dantas, Konkani writer, translator, lexicographer, one of the writers honoured by the DKA.
Dalgado Sahityik Puraskar (Dalgado Literature Award);
Dalado Sonskrutik Puraskar (Dalgado Cultural Award);
Dalgado Romi Konknni Seva Puraskar (Dalgado Roman Konkani Service Award);
Fr. Freddy J. Da Costa Potrkarita Puraskar (Fr Freddy J Da Costa Journalism Award);
Prabhakar Tendulkar Romi Konknni Sonstha Puraskar (Prabhakar Tendulkar Roman Konkani Association Award);
An award has been institute as a tribute to the late journalist Joel D'Souza, represented in the background background; in foreground, Premanand LotlikarJoel D'Souza Daiz Puraskar (Joel D'Souza Heritage Award);
Bonaventure D'Pietro Vorsachem Pustok Puroskar (Bonaventure D'Pietro Year of the Book Award);
These awards are instituted to give recognition for the work done by the writers and others in the field of Romi Konkani literature, cultural activists, heritage activist, young talent, best Romi Konkani institution and journalism.
The Akademi has also initiated the Konknni (Romi Lipi) Sahitya ani Sonvskrutik Sammelan (Konkani Literary and Cultural Conference) which has been held since the year 2008. Vincy Quadros was the President of First Sommelan. Akademi also organises Writers Conference every year for the benefit of Romi Konkani Writers.[3]
Apart from this, the academy holds literary competitions on short story, poetry, essays, once act plays and novels.[4] and organises poets' meets.[5] The DKA also publishes a large number of Konkani books.[6][7] The academy also organises contests such as novel writing and story reading in order to increase the readership and simultaneously to inculcate the habit of reading Konknni in Roman Script.
The year 2015 made a way for State level Konkani Reading Competition. Those secured first three places are selected for Final Round at Akademi's Panjim office. Cash prizes and certificates are awarded at all levels.[8][9] The DKA has ties with the Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr[10] and coordinates several activities with it.
The Akademi is located in the old Education Department Building's second floor, near the Goa Pharmacy College on the second floor of the building based in the Goa state capital of Panjim or Panaji.
