PANAJI
“We must celebrate Goa Statehood Day and other India's and Goa's important days with all the fervour and pride. We must speak, write and read Konkani and thus save the language,” said President of Dalgado Konknni Akademi, Vincy Quadros. He was presiding at the poet's conference organised by Dalgado Konknni Academy held at the Reginald Fernandes Conference Hall, Panaji, to celebrate Goa Statehood Day. Present with him were the DKA Secretary, William Fernandes and Treasurer, Celso Fernandes. Narayan Khorjuenkar, Annie de Colvale, Shobha Fulkar, Pio Esteves, Dr Glenis Mendonca, Sara Rodrigues, Pushpa Naik and Bebinda Fernandes took part in the poetry conference. A poem written by Silvestrina Pereira and mailed from the UK on Goa's Statehood Day was read on the occasion.
