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Think seriously about our people, our land

If we observe minutely the total scenario of Goa and Goans we come to the conclusion that all good hearted people are silent observers to what's going on in Goa. They believe in the saying 'Silence is golden'. They do not participate nor speak out about the  treatment being meted out towards our Golden Goa by so called 'decent thieves'.  We keep aside our mother tongue in our day-to-day life, we don't read Konkani and we believe speaking in Konkani makes us second class citizens. This mentality will make our once golden Goa into another restless State . Let's believe in our identity, our language, our people, our land . Many flock to Goa from elsewhere thinking it's heaven for them. Let's think seriously about our people and our land.



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Konkan Railway has yet to use Konkani in all announcements

DIOMEDES PEREIRA, Corlim
Published May 24, 2023, 8:32 PM IST
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Konkan Railway in Goa were not announcing on their public address system at the railway stations arrival and departure and the coach position in Konkani and preference was instead being given to Marathi as first language, then Hindi and lastly English. A few days ago, I went to the Karmali railway station and I was surprised to hear that Konkani language was used as first language for announcement of arrival and departure for which I whole heartedly thank the konkan railway…

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