Pandit whose prodigious works on love, devotion, nature and As with most languages, poetry was the first genre toīlossom with noted poets like Bakibab Borkar, ManoharRai SarDessai and To march ahead at an accelerated pace to catch up with Indian writing in Tremendous fillip to the literary movement, enabling Konkani literature The Sahitya Akademi as an independent literary language that provided a Liberation of Goa from the Portuguese, it was its 1975 recognition by Though the dazzling march of Konkani literature began with the Kelekar was honoured with a Fellowship of the Sahitya Akademi, and the Probe diverse issues from religion to politics to environment. His forte isĮssay-writing and today, with the translation of his works, he hasĮmerged as one of India's best essayists. Sage's classic in a refreshing new style.

Rationalized mythological characters and events, interpreting the old His majorĬontribution is Mahabharat: Ek Anusaljan (two volumes), a transcreation Others to write, Kelekar penned 60 books over the decades. Raise the standard and volume of Konkani literature.

Goembab inspired the young Ravindra Kelekar who strove ceaselessly to Visionary whose intelligence, rational thinking, tolerant attitude andĪspirations for his people elevated him to a high plateau. Present resurgence of literature in Konkani is primarily due to this Raghunath Varde Valaulikar, popularly known as Shenoy Goembab. Konkani's transition to modernity was pioneered by Vaman Schedule of the Constitution of India, albeit achieved with a struggle,

Legislative Assembly of Goa and the inclusion of Konkani in the Eighth The passage of the Official Languages Act in the Liberation of Goa just over five decades ago gave the necessary boost to In keeping their mother tongue alive is truly praiseworthy.Ĭensorship introduced by the Portuguese continued until the end ofĬolonial rule, exiling writers of Konkani to carry on their pursuitsįrom places like Poona (Pune) and Bombay (Mumbai). TheĬolonial Decree of 1684 banning the use of Konkani was another blow to Widespread conversions followed by the infamous Inquisition. The medieval dispersal of population was mainly due to the Language was a late entrant in the field of literature as it had toĮndure the great blight of history that has created its present Konkani, the official language of Goa, is widely spoken along theĬoast of Karnataka, as well as parts of Maharashtra and Kerala.

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