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Volume: 4

No: 31

Volume:3

Zulai 1, 2021

Konknni Rongomoncha Voilo Mehomud

Bautis Menddonsa, Kirem 1 Veez Konkani

Sompadoki-i:

Somsar pattim ailo?

somsarar korona yeun dedd vors zamvnailem ani atam osem dista ki somsar patti porton veginch yemvchear asa mhonn. Omerikant sangchench naka zoilant pichhar kel'lea lokak ekachchhanne soddl'leaporim sontosan uchamboll zala. Tonddar mask nastana lok sogllean veta ani sogllem poilenchyeporinch korunk suru zala. Ha hofteakherik sangchench naka sorvank 3 divos roza kitea mhollear aitara zulai 4 tarik - omerikak svatontr melll'lo vhorto divos! lok sogllo aplea karamni, vimanamni roilar hennem-tennem bhomvonk suru zala matr nhoim koronapoilencho dakhlo viman poinnant marla mhonnyet. Dedda vorsa uprant ghorachch ason bhomvonk ovkas nasleleank bhazl'le mell'llam. Karamni poinn korteleank geasache (pettrol) poixe viporit choddleat tori kitench guman na; tankam bhomvdde marlear zalem! tollim, nomyom, dorea toddimni lokachi raschch poddlea goddacher muyo poddl'leaporim. Sonvara sanjer choddttavo vhodd xohoramni gornallincho nad

bhoinkor ritin poilenchyeporinch prosarla ani hem polleunko lok momvachea musaporim ras poddla. Hatim biyor ani barbikyu kel'lem mas khamvn bharichch mozha marta. Kitea te sorv omerikon ani tankam pattlavo korche he dexam thamvn ayil'le nivaso ani onivasi. Khoim polleleari omerikache bautte ubhtat. Thaivan/choinant toyar kel'lea bautteank bharichch khais. Amerikant te toyar korun unnea molak vikunk puro poddana mhonn sorv medd in thaivan vo choina! darui tosichch- "medd in choina, soldd in omerika!!" yemvchea mohineant agost 15 tariker hochch mell bharotant cholonk asa. Amkam svatontr mell'lla! kitea zonnank tanchim hokkam mell'lleant ti matr khobar na. Raz karonni mankodd nachtat mhonn amim-i nachtamv mankddachea ximttek uzo pettl'leaporim!!

-Dr. Austin Prabhu, Chicago

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Thoddem thoddem novem novem

Bams – Konknni Rongomonchauhoilo Mehomud

mhozo eklo ixtt aslolo, taka hamv ’bautis’ mhonn apoitalom. Tachim vhoddilam, tachim bamvddam toxem lagxilim soirim-dhairim taka ’babutti’ mhonn apoitalim. Tachi potinn taka mogan ’ba’ mhonntali ani konkonni rongomonchacher to ’bams’ mholl'llea namvan famad zal'lo. *hemacharea 3 Veez Konkani

oskotkai asloli - sobhit cholio ani konkonni bhas!

"bautis menddonsa, tazmohol" mholl'llea likhnnenamvakhal tanne konkonni potrancher sovalam vicharocheamukantr sahiteak provex kel'lo. Namvam sobar, punn vekti eka opurv somybachi. Rongomonchacher tache havobavo polleyil'le ani tache somvad aikal'le prekxok taka konkonnintlo mehomud mhonn apoilagle. Tachye jinniechea horoyek korotubant sttail astali. To fokot zoni vakor blek lebol skoch viski pietalo ani rothmons sigrett voddtalo. Rongrongin hovai ttixorottam nhestalo ani sttar hottelaninch rautalo.

Tannench mhojelagim sangloleaprokar taka soroea ani sigrettixivai ani don songtim voir

dusri klas poroyant mat xikop xiklolo tor’yi bomboi aileauprant ’poinnari’ doftorant potram doddchem kam' korotana, utram zoddun vachunk, borounko xiklo. Sobar potramni tanne kovitam borounko suru kelim. Tachim boropam porogottchea pamvddear nant mhonn sompadokamni inkar kel'lea vogta poixe pavit korun zairatarupar porogottlolim-i asat. Tea poiki tachea mogachem koun ’papache dolle - devache dolle’ ek. Tea vellacho papsaib paul soveachea dolleancher akoroxit zaun tanne voilea namvachem koun boroyil'lem ani ’raknno’ potrak dhaddlem. Tea vellachea ’raknno’ sompadokak tem koun potrachea sahitik pamvddeachem mhonn bhoglemna zaije. Tem koun tiroskar zalem. Hem kollit zalelea bamsan ek boro aivoz ddraftt koron ’raknno’ doftorak dhaddn dilo. Teach hofteachea ’raknno’ potrar bamsachem koun papsaibachye

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prodoroxonankhatir, potrampustokanchye udorogote khatir khorochilo. Sobaramni tachea nattokantlim utram oxlil mhonn tthika keli, to rongomonchacher seks prodoroxon korota mhollem, tachea nattokamni sahiteachi mur na mhollem. Punn taka hea sorovanchi porova natloli. Az amchea nattokamni zal'li bodlaunn dekhtana mhaka bhogta, bhovoxea bams vis vorosam mukar asl'lo.

tosviresangata muklea panar porogott zalem - punn zairatarupar. Bohuxo ’raknno’ potrachea zairatamvoir sahitik molam-mapam tlelim zauyet, atam-i asat mhonn hamv chintina. Hamvem sanglem nhoi - konkonni sahiteant tachi ek sttail asl'li, morotaporoeant. Kaim bore konkonni nattok tanne amchea moladhik sahiteak vorodan zaun dile. Aplye zoddintlo kitloso duddu surat lekinastana nattokanchea

Konkonni rongomonchacher aplo guru devadhin stteni tia pintto mhonnon to optalo tor konkonni rongomonchak ek khorem rup dil'lea xri cha.Fra.Dekostacher taka vhoroto gourou asl'lo. Cha.Fra.Chea pamvddeache nattok apnnem hye jinnient borounko ani khellounko sadhy na mhonn mhojelagim ugtean tanne sanglolem asa. Apnnak ani cha.Fra.K raji koron ghal mhonn tanne horoyekpauttim rojer ailoleavellar mhojelagim poratchem aslem. Punn vellakallachea proharant logbog panch vorosam oxinch paxar zalim.

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Logbog vis-ponchvis vorosam uprant cha.Fra.K aplea ghorache darar polleyil'lea bamsachea mukhomollacher zal'li khuxi, dhadoskai oni vijmitgai polleunko zai asli. Eka vorosa to suyog udelo. Cha.Fra.K tednam aplo mholl'llem ghor ani zago gheunko zai mholl'lli axa udeli. Kin'nigolli-kiroeant borebore zage unneamolak melltat mhonn tanne aikal'lem. Toxem don’y firogozamni vikrapak asat mhonn aikol'lea thoddea zageank ami bhett dili. Teapoiki damoros kott'tte bamsachea ghoralagxilo ek zago. Cha.Fra.K tem ghor posond ailemna. Dekun pattim vochonk ghumvtana hamvem mhollem"bams gamvak aila, tuka mellonk zai mhonntalo, tanger vochon yeveangi?" "ya" mhonnalo cha.Fra. Mhaka vhorotem koutuk zalem. Poinnarimitra modhlea kochchattauprant tanchemodlo sombondh boro nat l'lo. "bams zo.Sa. Alvarisacho chomcha" mhonnchem asl'lem cha.Fra.N.

Bamsak kanttbhor ulounko zai, punn ekameka modlea bhigoddlolea sombondhaurovim ulounko dakxenn. Cha.Fra. Ulomvcheant bhextto surati. Dogam modlea ot'toddak hamve pois korije poddlem. "aichea disa konknnentledog xrextt nattokist sangata aileat," mhollem hamve. “ami sombhromunk zai hi ghoddi.”

punn sombhrom' korcho koso? bamsan dhamvon vochon don glas haddle ani bleklebol viski haddli. (tacho glas poiloch bhorololo asl'lo). Apunn viski piena mhonnolaglo cha.Fra. Vot'tai kelea uprant ek glas biyor pietam mhonnalo. Bamsak khuxi zali.

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dolleamadd tanne gobrachye pirient dambli, chidd'ddili ani kitem kitem keli. Sigrett palvonky aikolina. Punn bamsan sangloleaprokar tanchemodlo podd'do ugto zal'lo.

Tache uprant suru zali, konkonni potram pustokamvoir khodd. Bahrenant "udevo" apunn vikreak ghaltam mhonn bamsan utor dilem. (halinch ’udevo’ udel'lo matr) chafrak khuxi zali. "az amchea modlo podd'do ugto zala," mhonnalaglo bams udrek zaun. Viski ani supt bhognnam, doni zagi zal'lim. "tumvem ek sigrett voddunkzai," mhonnalaglo to chafrak vodd'ddayit. "hamv sigrett voddina," "az ek voddijech," chafra dakxennek poddlo. Sigrett ghetli, pettoili. Zoxem poilepauttim okxoram boromvcho lhan bhurogo kodd'ddi hatamni gheta, teaporim. Il'li voddtoch palvoli, bamsachea

Kitlo polleunko sobit titlo kallzan dadhoxi bams. Ghoddyen taka rag yetalo ani titleach veggim nitolltalo. "angant rogat hun astana hamve zaiteo hutaulli keleat, atam thoddepauttim eksuro zal'lea vellar ekekuch ugddasak yetat. Thodde pauttim adlim ghodditam chintun nid poddana," mhonn kalliz ugtem korn sangtalo. Taka khonchoi ghutt lipoun dourunk kollit natl'lem. Ekch potinnilagim kumsar zatalo, na tor lagim mell'llelea isttamlagim. Taka aslelea ani tache ghora khaun gel'lea isttanchem lekh taka ani pal'lubayek, dogamyki natlem. Konknnecha namvan ailele sokkodd tache, kallza lagxile. Apli chuk mandun ghemvcheant ani bogsanne magcheant taka lagul'lo kolakor hamve polleunko na. Tea khatir mhonn dista, mottvi jinni jielo

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ugddasak ek vixes onko prokottlo. Mukhlea foracher devadin vilpi rebimbosan likhlelem ek git ’poinn tujem sasnnachem’ bamsak xrodhdanzoli zaun bhettoilolem.

punn sobit thoran ani voibhovan jielo. 1988 vea vorsa doxembroche 4 taroker, aplea 47 vorsanche toronea prayer bamsan hea somsarak, aplea mogachank ani aplem sorvosv somorpit kel'lea konknni rongomonchiek adheus maglo. Bams devadin zaun eka vorsan hamvem ’udevo’ potrachea silvestor ddi’sozalagim uloun bhamsachea

Hea vixes onkeant bamsak lagsilean vollkonchea sorvoxri vilpi rebimbos, pi. Ddi’soza, jeri kulxekor, sijyes takodde, gleddis rego, mik’meaks, vikttor roddrigos anjelor, piddvaz kundapur, luvi pirer, leansi pintto naik, emiar mumboi ani mhojim borpam aslim. Hem lekhon hamvem punor prokottchea vogta vhoilea ponktintle novo sahiti hea somsarathaun vhoilea somsarak paxar zaleat dekun hamv bamsa sangata tanchea otmeank’yi sasnnachi xanti ani soustokai magtam. *******

poppacho svadhik ugddas *pressi ddi’mel'lo (premi kirem, devadin bamsachi malghoddi dhuv) amkam khonchea sobhannamni

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kazara konnem-i

mhoka polleunko zai mholl'lli axa tannem zahir kel'li tor hamv saudi thaun taka polleunko ailim. Tannem nimanno usvas soddchea vogta hamv tache bhoglen aslelim. Hench ek somadhan mhaka.

polleyil'leamni poyil'lem vicharchem asa – “tum bamsachi dhuv nohimve? to ekdhom' femos aslo.” hea vorvim amkam poppachea so bhurgeank’yi vortea sontosan sangonk obhiman bhogta ki amchea poppaurvim amkam ozun konn tor’yi vollkatat ani tacho ugddas konknni lokachea kallzamni ozun jivo asa. Punn mhojea kallzant hea logtim ek ovyokt dhukh asa, ti az mhaka hea mukhantr vanttun gheuyet. Ti hi ki hamvem konknnent borounko zai ani hea mukhantor tachem namv (tachi Legacy) jivi dourunk zai axem taka axa asleli. Saudi asche disamni mhaka konknnent borounko sadhy zalem na, punn tachelagim hamvem sanglem na. To kotthinn osvosth aslelea ghoddie

Tachea nattokamni hamvem patr ghetla, protyek zaun kirant ani mongllur ttoun holant sador kel'lea ’tisri bhail’ nattokant hamvem obhinoin kelam, bombomyt tache sangata ek vors ravon konknnentlea tachea sorv yozonamni taka sangat dila, punn taka dil'li ek bhas, konknnent boromvchi hamvem 1986 vorsa uporant zagi dourunk mhaka sadhy zaunko na. Tannem mhojim borpam tidvunchim aslim ani gorjeche hixare dimvche asle. “tum mhozo malghoddo put, tuvem mhojem namv dourunk zai,” axem tannem mhonnchem aslem. Atam titlea vorsam nontor poppache khas istt zaun aslele osttin ani hemacharyo onkol – hanchye vinontekhal mhojea poppacho ugddas kaddcho suyog mhaka favo zala. Hamv

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tancho dogamycho kuttma torpen upkar attoitam.

bhogta. Khonddit zaun ek dis konknnent borounko hamv porot proitn kortelim. (boroi premi, boroi; viz tuka ugtea hatamni vengunk rakon raulam! - som.) ********

hamvem bamsak pollel'lo -jeri, kulxekor

Hamv atam mumboyant charkop mholl'llea zagear mhojea ghova ani chougam bhurgeam sangata vosti korun asam. Mhaka teullim zal'lea sondhorbar poppachi lagxili ixttinn /konknni sahiti gleddis rego anttin ’bamsachea kuttmant teullim’ namvachem lekhon boroyil'lem. Tea teulleank ailevar 21 vorsam bhorlim. Hamv kazar zal'lea vorsa mhojethaun mhojea poppan ek bhas ghetleli – ti hi ki ami khonchea gamvant aslear’yi konknni ulounko zai ani amche bhurgeank konknni xikounko zai mholl'lli. Ti bhas ami jeari kelea, axem sangonk obhiman

konknni rongmonchacho ek khambo portalo. Konknni kolakor xri bautis menddonsa devadhin zalo. Hi khobar mhaka toddou korn melltana nizaiki hamv khub dukh paulom. Taka hamv lagxilean vollkana tori, polleun zanna. Datteamottea kuddichea bamsak hamvem tin vorsam adim pollel'lo uddas. Mhoje thoim jivo asa. Tea xivai konknni potramni sovalam vollimni horyeka hofteamni tachem namv vachunki melltalem. 'bautis menddonsa tazmohol' sovalam vollimni konknni sahiteant provex

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vachtana, thoddeamni nattokank hogollsilam. umhedik protsah dila.

ghetl'lea bamsan soukas lhan lhan lekhonam boroilim. Mhojea chintpa prokar xikpant unnom asl'lea bamsak xriman cha.Fra. De'kostan tacha likhitank adhar dil'lo. Uprant to svotontrponni boroun vetana konknni sahiteant rongmonchar tachem namv gazon ailem. Konknni rongomonchar provex ghetl'lea bamsan sobar nattok boroun digdorxon diun svotoho khelloila. Hamvem aikal'lea prokar hea kole khatir rat-dis vavurn svotH: bonddvall ghalun hat hulpaun ghetle. Tori, tacha kolechi urba nivonk natli. Mhonnchem potramni hamvem vachlem. Potramni tacha nattokache vimorxe zatana tea nattokamni bhurxea utranche vinod , na razamvik somvad, xistek virodh manddaull mholl'llem dursonnem

tachea Tachea

Kitem-i zamv, xri bautis menddonsa konknni rongomonchar khub vavurla. Gham' vhalloila. Konknni kolent, konkonni sahiteant namv omor kelam. Xri bams konknni kole khatir, konknni potram khatir bhorpur vavurla. Nizaiki tea vellar konknni potrancho patticho khonno ghott natl'lo. Osolea vellar arthik sthiter ghottai diun potrancha ellge khatir vavurn nitranni zal'lea potrank zaitea thoracho vaur bhettoun ghott mutt keleant. Punn itli matr bezarai bhogtagi. Hem khonchea potram khatir to vavurlagi tea potramni nimannem taka yettlam!!! bamsan konknni sahitea khatir rogtacho gham' vhalloila. Mhonnje konni visron vochasona. Tacha kuddint sollsollem rogat vhalltana kuddint sokot astana pettent bhonddvall astana tannim konknni sahitea khatir bhorpur sohokar dilo.

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Potrancha ellge khatir vavurlo. Punn xiro oskot zaun yetana bholaiki vibhaddtana bhonddvall khorgatana konnem tacho uddas kaddlo? khonchea potragaramni taka kumkecho hat dilo? konnem taka adharsilo? konnench na... Hem konknni somajent, konknni sahiteant, konknni potramni matr na.. Zortor her bhaxentli sahiti vo somaz seuk piddent poddle, koxttank sampoddle, akosmat moronn pavon tancha kuttmak koxttank ghalun gele tor, tea bhaxentlim potram bhatmi prokott'tat, tanche vixeant khobor prokott'tat. Hankam sohai dimvche khatir vachpeank ulo ditat. Tanchea koxttank pautat. Tancha sahitik vaurak tanchem namv omor dourtat. Punn amchea potramni yedoll osolem mett kaddl'lo asa? bamsa vixeant ek lekhon borounko hemacharyon ot'tai kortana nizaiki tache vixeant khud'd kitem-i nennaslari hamvem zannam zal'lem boroveam mhonn mon kelem. Kiteak, konknni sahiteant hem prothom' mett hemacharyon

kaddchem. Nizaiki bamsan adharsil'lea potramni korizai zal'lem kam' ho lekhok korta. Tem dadhoskayechem. Xriman vijepi solddaFn poinnari potr soddtana tem potr vixevacha pott'ttent servatana xriman cha.Fra. De'kostan dhoiran mukhar soron rod'dechea pott'ttentlea tea potrak svadhin korun `poinnari kolchorol sosaitti' hea namvan somstho bandhun haddta. Umhedvont tornatteank hea somstheakhal haddun poinnari potracho bautto unchayek pavoilo. Tea potrak jivall bhorun char bhomvtonnincho sompork korun potracho vikro ani prosar mulea muleank pauylo. Tea vellar urbest, puddpuddi kuddicho to konknnecho usvas tacha xira xiramni dhamvtalo. Konknni sahitea khatir tachi likhnni zhori porim vhalltali. Konknnechea ulea khatir jivall muleacho itt to ghaltalo. Ani osolea vellar tannem bomboyantlea tornatteank yekttam-i korun tanchea xira xiramni umhed bhorun 'doti virod songh' ghoddon tacho prosar poinnari mukantr gamv

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fernanddisacha mukhel soireancha bosken ubo kel'lo mhakai ot'tayechem apounnem asl'lem. Toxem zal'lean mhakayi axa asl'li. Bomboi sorg pollemvcho, motint dharmik seremonint matr ghemvcho ani atam tisro ovkas doti virodh songhacha varxikotsovant patr ghemvcho.

pogamvamni holl'lli muleamni kelo. Ho avaz ghatta voilea bosrikott'ttechea muleak pautana likhnni zhoromvchea mhojea kallzant yi jivhall bhorlo. Poixilea ghatta thaun tednam xud'dh ankvari zaunaschom hamvyi sodosy zalom. Thoddea tempan hea songhacho moisur dexacho odhyokx zalom.

1959 isvi sopttembor mohino 'doti virodh songh'cho varxikotsou sointt meris holant kamgar fuddari maji koigarik montri xri zorz

Mhojeo tinyi axa bhagl'leo. Doti virodh songhacha varxikotsovant yuvozonnam holbhor bhorl'lean vhorto sontos mhaka zal'lo. Tornatte matr nhoi, onkvar choliancho sonkhoyi dorobost as l'lo. Uprant mhaka eka mhojebhorich kuttant servoncho ovkas tin dis labhlo. Ani hea tinyi disamni devadhin bamsak hamvem pollel'lo. Tea vellar `bams' namvan taka konni vollkanatl'lo. 'bautis menddonsa taz mohol' hea namvan vollkatale. Tacheaki thoddea tempadim poinnari potra modem tisrem zhuz prarombh zal'lem.

Poinnari ani mitr mhonncheaki zo. Sa. Alvaris ani cha. Fra. Dekosta modhem mhollear ch sarkem.

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Mitrar "sontanam'..." kutt'ttitalo zalear cha. Fra. Tachea vakradharichea likhnnen novea novea sobhit sobdamni katrun benddtalo. Hea vellar vachpeank mojedhar zatalem. Poinnarichea eka onkeant chafran zap diun "mitrachea sontanamam, him kosolim bhurxim kamam?" mholl'llea xironamvan potrachea muk panar vomto udaro blok ghalun sontanamak zap dil'li. Ani hi zap khar zaun jeor zali. Xri alvaris man noxtt davo manddun korttak gelo. Hi kez chalu astana nimannea tin disanchea vada vellar hamv yi korttak paulom. Munsup daran hason tirp ditana korttant asle purayi hastana havemyi dant soddul'le. Hea keji vellar barichch mojedar songti ghoddtaleo. Alvarisa pattlean ek geang zalear, cha. Fra pattlean ek kutt astalo. Alvarisak ghott mutt lamb kuddicho bams dhoirak mukel zalear, cha. Fra k muklo sangati xri ligor lob aslo. Hea doni paddti modhem dorobost tornatte sangat ditale. Zayit'te

kamak sutti ghalun yetale. Raz rosteachea tea kuxilean alvarisachem geang korttak veche khatir vetale zalear hea kuxilean cha. Fra. Cho kutt hem'mean chomkatalo. Tea kuxilean dhattea mottea kuddicho, lamb dig manai rongall peantt, vhodd vhodd fulancho bux kott xirkaun, gomtteak tuvalo reuddaun bams dada porim mukhlean vetana pattlean alvaris ani piddvaz tancha pattlean tanche umhedichem geang. Hea khuxilean gorya katicho kuddin hollt mottayecho dhovea peantt xorttacho hatant ddoiri chukainatlo ligor lob mukhlean hiroporim choltana, pattlean cha.Fra - feliks ddisoza ani tanchi partti hason vinod choloun vhetali. Hea modhem ghattagor ghott kochom, mottvea lambayechom hamvyi tanche pattlean pam-i kaddon, teuxileanheuxileamni heuxileankheuxileamni ekamekak tuklaun noklam korchem aikatelea mhaka mozha zatali. Oxem tin dis hea mojhedar kuttant hamvyi chintinaxem bhorsal'lean bomboichea kodelamni boscho

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bamsak pollel'lo. Hea vellar konknni suputr kolakor bamsak hamv " omor zamv" mhonn magtam. _jeri kulxekor. --------------------------------------bamsachem mukhomoll dollea mukhar dista

ovkas mhaka melll'lo. Kiteak korttachea holant ami poile ami mukhar mhonn bhitor rigtana tennem bams tancha partticheank turtan apoun korttant khali aschea kodelamni bosounko ot'tai kortana, hennem ligor lob hea parttinchancha hatak dhorun bosoitalo. Ani hea vellar pattim yetana ekameka uloun tomase korchem aslem. Tisrea disa tirp ditana doni partti chupp zal'leo. Hench poilem ani hench nimanne

ek kal asl'lo, tednam bomboitlea konknni lokak, konknni nattok vo konknni podanchi sanz mhonnche tosolem monoronzon karyokrom' polleunko mellchem bhovo oprup zaunasl'lem. Gõykar bhavanche nattok toull toull zatale ani xherant don-tin prodorxonam tori zatalinch. Tancha nattokank kolbadevi rostear aschem bangvaddi thiettor prothom' stholl zaunasl'lem. Mongllurgaranche nattok zamvche bhovoch oprup zaunasl'le. Zaleari mongllurgarank nattokank baikalant aschem gloria igorjechea iskolachi em ontonio ddisoza hol kendr stholl zaunasl'lem. Tea disamni xri peris mholl'llo (tachem namv atam hamv visorlam) 'pasing x' mholl'llea namvan prokheat

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zal'lea mi| ddisoza mholl'llea songi (tachemyi namv atam hamv visorlam) nattok khellon dakoitalo. Tea disamni dusrem vhoddlem sal zaunasl'lem ddobitolavo aschem sam. Saver kolejichem hol. Karonn tea disamni atanchebori ani atanche titlo monglluri konkonni lok bombomyt natl'lo. Asl'lo choddaut lok kolaba thaun baikala, mahim', ani benddra vottaramni matr chodd sonkhean asl'lo zal'lean nattok khelloun dakoiteleamni prekxokanchi yemvchi - vechi soulotai gomonant dourn nattokacho dis ani stholl thoraizai as l'lem. Nattokak prekxokamni yezai tor, mongllurkarancha ghoramni vochon puslaun ttikettincho vikro korizai asl'lem. Hem sumar 40-45 vorsam adim. Tea disamni bomboit mongllurant thaun raknno hopteallem potr konknni thoddea obhimanink yetalem tor, thoddea tthikanneamni mhonnje kolobantlea ot'tur sttorsant, kathedral igorjechea buk sttolant, baikalantlea jek-af-al dukanant iteadi viktem melltalem.

Tem thodde matr bhaxa premi gheun vachtale. Tantum bombomyt khellomvchea nattoka vixim istiharam vixim prokottnatl'lim. Karonn tea kalar konkonni prosar madyom' titlem probol zaunko nat l'lem. Konkonni bhas `aya-boyamni' ulomvchi mholl'llem chintop inglix bhas zannaryanchem zaunasl'lem. Tosolem chintop bodlizai, konkonni bhaxek konxant thaun monxank haddizai mholl'llea ud'dexan konkonni bhaxa premi, nattokist ani lekhok zaunascho malghoddo sahiti xi ji.Em'.Bi. Roddigsan bombomyt 'sukh-duHkh' mholl'llem prothom' hopteallem konknni potr prarombh kelem. Tacho prosar ani vikro zaunko amcho lok yemvchea marketti lagim legun ubhem ravonk poddl'lem khoim. Tem potr chodd kal ballvonk sokonkna tori, monglluri konkonni lokam modhem tea potran zag uttoilea ani cheton uskailam mholl'llem sot zaunasa.

Tacho porinnam' zaun tea uprant bombom-i lokamodhem konknni bhaxecho mog ubzon ailo. Konknni

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potram vachtele choddonk lagle ani torunnam modhem asl'lem boromvchem dennem vrid'dhi zale. Tea uprant 1950 isvent 'poinnari' potr ostitvak ailem zal'lean prosara khatir potracho madhyom' upoyog zaunko laglem. Nattok boroinnar choddle. Nattok khelloun dakomvchim esosiexonam udelim ani nattokanchem bellemyi dorobost piklem. Mojgamvchem sointt meris sal kendr stholl zalem. Toxem nattok boroinnaram poiki ani esosiexon ghoddnnara poikintlo eklo zaunasl'lo konkonni kxetrant 'bams' mholl'llea namvan prokheat zaunko pavol'lo zuvamv bautis mendos yane je. Bi. Menddonsa tanne ke.En.En.Pi. Namvacho songh ghoddn, tea songhacha namvar most nattok khelloun dakoileat. Konkonni mai bhaxecho mogi to ani ticho khoro putr mhonnyet. Kiteak tea bhaxecha obhivrid'dhe khatir tanne tachem ton-mon ani dhon orpilam. Chodd xikpi ani duddvandar to nhoi tori, konkonni

boroinnarancha pongtint aplea somzonnedayek borpamvorvim ani kovitam vorvim tanne tachem namv thirailam. Konknni rongmonchar aplench mhonnchem novesamv tanne korn dakoilem. Tea khatir tanne tachem rogat attoilam ani labh-noxtt lekinastana aplo duddu pitto kela... Nhoi, apnnachea somorthek onsursun, bogar aplea tankik mikvon khorch korn to fonddant poddla mhollear otixoi zamvchemna. Mhoji ani tachi vollok sobar vorsam poilenchi. Poinnari potra mukhantr amchi vhollok zal'li. Poinnarint mhoza sompadok ponnakhal mostu vaur tanne kela. Golfak kamak gelea uprant poinnari potracha prosara ani vikrea khatir tanne proxonxoni-i seva bhettoilea. Golf raxttramni aschea konkonni potrancho mog ani prosar choddla tor prothomot tem bamsaurvim mhollear otixoi zait mhonn hamv chintina. Konknni bhaxe khatir ani mukhyo zaun nattok kola khatir vaurun viporit noxttak ani koxttank ollog zal'leam poiki bamsyi eklo zaunasa. Osolo

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eklo bhaxa premi ani konkonni matecho suputr pattlea tempar okalik moronnak unddi zal'lean konkonni matek opar noxtt zala. Konkonni sahity ani kola kxetrant ek urbeunt vauraddi unno zala ani tachea kuttmak opar duHkh bhoglam. Hea dvarim hamv tanchea duHkhant vantteli. Zaun tankam bhuzaunn patthoitam. Tacha mornnaurvim tankam bhogchem vegllacharachem duHkh sosunk devo tanka kumok korundi ani bamsacha otmeak sasnnacho vixevo labhomvdi. Bams bombomyt ason nattok khelloun dakomvchea disamni heryi sobar pongodd nattok prodorxitale. To kal konknni rongomonchar bhortecho zaunasl'lo. Kromenn ekekloch nattok boroinnar ani khelloun dakoinnar fuddar sodhun golf raxttrank pavul'lean bombomyt konkonni nattok rongar sukidadd aili. Mohineant ek-don vo chodd nattok zamvche kodden vorsant don nattok zamvchemyi atam koxttanchem zalam. Konkonni sahiti

ani sahity dorobost choddlam ani vachpi - boroinnaryi choddleat zaleari konkonni kola kxetrantli umhed nimvon ailea. Konkonni nattok polleunko yeunko amchea lokanchem mon unnem zalam. Haka don mukhyo karonnam asat. Poilem karonn zaunasa tti.Vi. Nattok khellounko dis tthoraitana prekxokanchi onkulota polloizai. Sonvar ani aitar amchea lokak chodd zaun onkulachi. Tea disamni sanje vellar tti.Vi.Cher moratthi ani hindi nattok vo filmam dakoitat. Choddaut horyeka ghorant atam tti.Vi. Ason ghorant bosl'lekodden poiso khorch nastana monoronzon melltana, poixe khorchun ani vamvtt kaddn nattokak vochonk amchea lokak naka. Matr nhoi, amche nattok tthoravik vellar prarombh zainant ani 9.30 - 10.00 voram rat mhonnasor okher zainant zal'lean lok nattokak. Vochonk norgata. Toxem zaun salam bhoranant ani lukxonnak karonn zata. Vinchnnar thoddea gaikanchim podam aslear matr il'lo lok zomta.

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_pi. Ddisoza, bomboi. --------------------------------------kallzam bhorlelem git

Kes bisudde zal'le. Mhaka dekhon mhonnalovinsi sorlo ya...!

1977 _nt ke.En.En.Pi.Chea bonderakhal bamsacho "onkvareancho honkar"' nattok kirem firgojechea vottharant ami sador kel'lo. Hea nattokant ek patr dhari zaunasl'lo (kirem) pompoi hoiskulacho maji odheapok xri vinsentt sikvera (vinsi masttor). Amchem obheas bhoran choltalem. Nattokachea don disam adinch primiyor xho yoxosvi thoran sompoun sorv patrodharimni apaplea patramni jivo bhorla tem dekhon bamsak vhorto sontos zalo. Aspasche nove kolakor nhoi astam, bamsachea uleak pallo diun xrimoti mebol kentt, xrimoti ddotts hea nattokant mukel patr nibhomvcheak mongllur thaun yeun bamsager vosti korn raulelim. Xri vilfi rebimbosachem podam songit.

Primiyor xo zal'lea dusrea fantear bams mhojea ghora dhamvon ailo. Tachem mukhomoll bavon gel'lem.

mhojea tokler narl poddlolo onbhog zal'lo. Sot'tavis vorsancho vinsi masttor sorlo? bara voram poryant amche sangata nattokachem obheas korun aslolo torno jivo nopomych zalo? vhoi, koddhu sot khorem zal'lem. Kallza oghatan vinsi masttoracho jivo boli ghetlo. Atam kitem korumyam? mhollem hamvem. Devachi khuxi mhonnalo bams. Hamvem frenkik (frenki izoi) vilfi rebimbosager dhaddla. Vinsichea ugddasak ek git rochun nattokavellim gamvcheak. Vell unno aslo. Novem git vinnunk pursot na. Tokli attoun attoun vilfin gailelem hench git jem thoddea tempa odim vilfin aplea mitracha melvinachea smritent ghoddlelem "poinn tujem sasnnachem..." tem git atam hea ankear tisrea pauttim jivo gheta.

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Bamsacha ugddasak. Nizaiki kallzam bhorlelem git hem. -hemacharyo --------------------------------------bams.... Ek uddas

vorsancha vorsam thaun hamv bamsacha nattokancho prekxok, obhimani. Xri hemacharyo mukhantr, "tisri bail " nattokavellim mhoji ani bamsachi lagsilean ixttagot zali. Ani teach nattokant havem-i patr ghetlolo. Te dis mhojhechi ani sontosache zaunasle. DuHkhacho dis itlea vegim yet mhonn havem chintunk na. To devadhin zamvchea panch mohineam adim hamv ani hemacharyo taka bhettonk gel'leamv ani tea vellim mukhlea vorsa tacho novo nattok khellomvchea vixeant tthoravo kel'lo. Tachea auchit nirgomonachem duHkh mhaka kitlengi titlech churchure. Itlea denneambhorit kolakorachem onty itlea vegim zalem mhonn.

magtam. -xri henri dantis, yunaiddedd frendds nattok pongddacho nirmapok -------------------------------------konknni sahiteacho aradhok bams konknni sahiteacho aradhok zaunaslelea bamsachem auchit't moronn mhaka duHkh diunko paulem. Torni kholi pikchea adinch varyar zhoddon gel'li bezarayechi songot. Ke.En.En.Pi.Chea nattokam dvarim hozarom prekxokank kusallam duHkhasor tannem hasoilam char kolakorank sangata haddchi xeathi tache thoim asli. Jinnye tarum sobar pauttim vadallank sampddalearyi nimannea ghoddye poryant aplea konknni auyk to visralona. Tachea kuttmak mhoji khalti bhuzaunn. - xri fredd menddis, takodde (kovi, kolakor) -------------------------------------duHkham

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..Konknni kolechea sahiteacha vaurant umhed asleleakodden dennem asana, dennem asleleank umhed asana. Doni asleleakodden poixe zainant. Ani poixe asleleak kola sahity ruchana. Ho ek vichitr mister. Devadhin bamsan ek farmula sodhun kaddlolo mhollear axavadik umed! konknni kolakoramni tachi umed ani adorxponn mandunk favo. Umed kolakorachem dennem vrid'dhi korta. Bamsch ek drixttant! osolea umedvont kolakorak itle vegim ami hogddaun ghetlelem amchem nirbhagponn. Hamv taka xrod'dhanzoli bhettoitam ani tachea xrimotichea ani kuttma sandeancha duHkhant vantteli zatam. -xri leansi pintto naik, kulxekor (nattok boroupi) -------------------------------------somsar tachesongim haslo sijyes, takodde

bamsachi ani mhoji ixttagot sumar pondra vorsanchi. Xri luvi pireran sompadit korun bamsan prokott

kel'lea 'mannkam-motiam' kotha songroha khatir tanne mhoji ek kotha vicharl'li. Uprant amche ixttogoten mhaka thanger (bams bhoun kirem) sobar pauttim pauyil'lo. Xrimoti paulin menddonsa ani tanchim so zonnam bhurgim bohuxa mhoje tosolea sobar lekhokank vollkichim mogachim. Kirent bamsacho 'mamvadd' nattok zatana va her khonchyai kareak mhaka voiyuktik apounnem diunko bams visronat l'lo. To bahren paulea uprantyi amche modhem potr sompork asl'lo. Toull bamsan 'ulo ani zhol' 'rovi ani kovi' mholl'llo kotha kovita songroh sompadon korchi zovabdari mhaka dili. Hea pustoka dvari tanne sobhar novea boroupeank kovink protsah dilo. Konkonni rong manchiek ani bamsak vixes soirik. 'bailecho gulam', ankvaryancho honkar, don tokleo chear saulleo mamvaddo, bhangar put' tacha nattokam poiki thodde. Bomboi thaun nattok obheas choltana mhoje tosolea sobar mitrank ho chukanastam

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apoitalo. Ani hangasor mhaka bamsacha nattok - pongddantlea zorz pintto, heri moskorenhos (hemacharyo) ani herank vollok zal'li. Konkonni rong manchie khatir apnnachem sorvosv bhettoyil'lea bamsak konkonni kolen'nch sompurnn khali kelo mholl'llem sangonk duHkh bhogta. Tanne istiharam zomoun arthik pattimbo dil'lea konkonn potramyi taka visorlim mholl'lli onikyi chodd bezarayechi gozal. Mottvean sangchem tor, bamsan somsarak hasoilem. Somsar tache songim haslo. Punn bams roddtana, tache songim roddonk konnyi natl'lo. Vhoi, bams roddlo... Eklo eksuro zaun atam bams konkonni itihasacha panamni lipon gela. Ani jivont asa mhollear bamsacho ugddas ani sintimentam matr.

menddonsa _hilori karddoza, paloddko. Eka disa udevo potrar bautis menddonsachi khobor, devadhin to zalo mhonnon, vachun zalem bezar. Bautis ek borpi, ani kolakor vachpeank zal'lo to mogall... Polleun nattok vachun lekhonam, urbhest to tornatto doyall. Lhana vhoddank kumkek pamvcho mogan ulomvcho svobhavo tacho.. Hem aikal'lem havem tacha vixant uddas ami tacho visrom koso? bautisa vixeant vixes onk hogllik favo hemachareak, menddonsachem namv omor urom, borem magtam tacha kuttmak

_sijyes takodde. -------------------------------------kovita

otmeak tacha xanti magtam amchea modhem to na atam, konknni vachpeank luksann zalam nastam fuddem tachim borpam.

mogall boroupea.. Bautis

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kuttmak tacha besamv tum di duHkhant tancha vantteli zavun orpitam mogachi kannik hi! -hilori karddoza, paloddko -------------------------------------bamsachem mukhomoll dollea mukhar dista _piddvaz, kondapur. Lokamogall nattok boroinnar ani kovi 'bautis menddonsa' (bams) hachea okalik mornna vorvim dukhest zal'lea sobhar zonnam poiki hamvyi eklom. Sumar 1958 isvent hamv bomboint kamar astam mhaka tachi porichoi zal'li. Tea vellar hamv 'mitr' potracho sohosompadokyi zaun vavurtalom. Sovalank zapi dimvcho vibhag hamv polletalom. 'tazmohol hiro 'inglix hir' osolea sobhar feansi namvankhal tachea sovalanchi (choddaut mogak sombondh zal'lim) rasch yeun poddtali. Horyeka 'mitr' onkeant tachem ek punni soval asasem hamv polletalom. Kromenn amchi mukhamukhim porichoi zali.

Horyeka tacha utrant 'hasy' chakunk melltali. To tea vellar vhoddlea 'taz mohal' hottelant lhanxa kamar aslo. Mhaka ani mhojea xrimotik 'taz' hottela bhitorlean pollemvchem, tantlo svadhik kafi - follhar chakchem bhag favo kel'lench bamsan. Nimanni amchi bhett 1982 isvent moladdant zal'li. Tachem hasy bhorit mukhamoll atamyi dolleam mukhar asasem bhogta. Sasann xanti mhojea mitrachea otmeak labhoi somea mhonnchem mhojem khaltem magnnem. - piddvaz, kundapur -------------------------------------kuttmachi vhollok bamsachem kuttam' bams kuttam' atam moladdant zonokoleann nogorant xalimar bilddingant jieun asa. Vidhou paulin ani bhurgim - pressi (premi, kirem), flevi, filomen (bebi) fen'ni; novin ani flossi (bon'nu) him tanchim namvam. Dhuvam poiki doganchem kazar zalam. Pressi, kin'nigollichea vinsentt ddimel'lo lagim 1986

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sopttembor 6ver bomboyant (atam tim soudi asat) dusrem filomen bomboyantlea heraldd branzalagim 1986 okttobor 25ver bomboyant tankam eka vorsacho 'rikki bortt' namvacho cherko asa. (tim bomboi asat) nimanne flossi kolejik veta. --------------------------------------konknni kolent omor zal'lo 'bams' -vikttor (bahreyn)

roddrigos

anjelor

de| bautis menddonsa mhonnje bams konknni somajentlo ek omor kolakar. 'bams' konknni xhetantlem ek tik. Hea thikak zayit'te dag rong poddl'le. Sobar pauttim hacher mhellop usoll'llam. Haka karonnamyi zayit'tim asl'lim. 'somaz - somsar' mhollear borya-vaittant bhorson asl'lo ek rongmonch. Khonchich vost eka kuxichi asana. Doni kuximni sompurnn asta. Ani heo doni kuxi dakomvchem svabhavik zaunasta. Borem matr prodorsizai mholl'llem chintop osvabhavik. Haka orth na. Borem

vaitt somasom' attapchem likhap zaunasta. Sompurnnota attapchem sahity, punn hantumyi ek mott'tt ani regr asa. Amche thodde borpi kolakar hea vixim zannant tori bovo thodde hea regre ani xiste bhair vetana somaz tanchi tthika korta. Godd mirvatana bohixkaryi ghalta. Porinnam' zaun tosolo borpi kolakar somajicho voiriyi zaunko pauta ani somaz taka pois dourta. Bamsachi ani mhoji protyokx vollok milagot zal'li 1974 isvent mongllurant. Tachea `mamvadd' nattokachem muhurt karyem zal'lye vellim tachim borpam hamv tea adimyi vachun asl'lom. 'bautis menddonsa' bhurxe, pojddem boromvcho ek lekhok mholl'llem ulounnem oykonk mellon asl'lo kall to 'mamvadd' nattokachea mohurt karyacho odhyokx zaun mhaka boska dil'lea tea karea vellim nattokachi kotha vost vachun prothom' pauttim mhojim thoddim suchonam hamvem taka dil'lim. 'poinnari'cho maji sompadok xriman pi. Ddisoz hovi karyak mukel soiro zaun hazor asl'lo. Tujea borpamni lokan bhurxe, goliz,

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pojddem mhonn volaun kantthallchea tosolea doddea orthabhorit utranchem bodlaunn korxi tor tujea sahitik likhnnek oni namvak ujvol bhovixy asa mholl'llem hamvem. Punn tachi zap. Lokan tem somzon ghetlelea orthar asa. Punn lokan bamsak tachea jinnyechea okhre poreant kosolea orthar somzon ghetl'lem mholl'llem amche vachpi prekxok choddaut zannant. 'bams'n konknnint bhorpur kranti kelea. Tachim borpam sobarank duktalim, zayit'teank ruchtalim. Bamsacho ek svobhavo to tthika svikar korinatlo. Hem ek duradrixtt zaunko pavol'lem. Bahrenant mongllurgaranche konknni nattok khelloun namv zoddleli kirt fokot't bamsak matr favo. Konknni nattok kole khatir tanne bahrenantli apli noukori somet hogddaili songot khori zaun asa. Aplea kama virama bholaike pras chodd to kolecho mog kortalo. Soro ani sigrett he dog tache mitr tachea jivo kole pras chodd mogache zaunasl'le. Ani tanninch taka boli ghetlo.

Bahrenant aplea nattokanchem prekttis korche vellim kolakarank pott bhor khann piun diun dhadhoxi kortalo. Hea porim kolakarank khonchoch digdorxok korunk sok l'lo na mholl'llo ek vad sot zaunasa. Aplea namva ani nattoka khatir tannem khorchunchea duddvak suratch natl'lo. 'xohobhas bams' tuje tosolo kolakarch na. Oxem voir dourlem tor bams tosoleank bhorpur sontos bhogtalo. Heach khatir thodde taka mosko laun faido zoddtale. Ani pattlean galli soutale. Osolea monxam thaun bams n boroch mar kela mholl'llem hamvem aikalam. Sahity kola tachea rogtant mellon asl'lem ek dennem hea denneacho - tannem doni vantteamni proyog kela. Borya ritir ani lokamni thoddea kantthallchye ritir . Hea nimtim nimannea tachea jinnyechea auder ugtea rongomonchar aplea kolek tannem adeus magonk soit poddlem mholl'llem aikonk mell'lle. Eka borya kolakarak osoli mojbhuri yeunko nozo asl'li. Tori tannem aplo likhnne vaur xevott poryant rauylo na.

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Bamsan aplea nattokamni upeog korchea doddea orthancha utram vorvim to ek vivadatmak kolakor zaunko pavol'lo. Hea khatir sobar prekxokamni taka hinnsil'lem-i asa. Thoddeamni to skandol dimvcho nattokist mhonn boroyil'lem asa. Thoddea pauttim tachea kanniamni aschem borem vaitt vachchea adinch tacher bohixkar ghal'lo asa. Hea vorvim 'ankvar bapoi' namvachi tachi sankoll kotha eka hoptealleacher ordhearch bond poddl'li. Khonchoyi borpi aplea borya borpamni prokheat zalo tor, tachea borpam lik l'lem vaittyi lipon veta ani lokachea somzonnent to boroch urta. Punn 'vaitt bhurxem' aplea borpamni attapun prosid'dh zal'lea borpeanchi kritiyi lokachea somzonnent bhurxich zaun urta. Osolea poristhitent bamsan somaje thaun borech mar kheleat. Bams konknnentlo ek namvadd'dik lekhok, nattokist ani digdorxok. Sobar kolakarank tannem voir haddlam, mozot kelea, adharsilam. Sobaranche nattok tannem khelloileat. Digdorxileat. Konknni

potramni boroch vaur tannem kela. Punn amchea thoddea konknni potramni taka kiteak pois kela. Mholl'llem ek somosyench dukhaHbhorit zaunasa. Bamsachea okalik mornna nimtim thoddea konknni potramni duHkh pacharlam ani tachea otmeak xanti maglea. Punn thoddim potram taka visorleat. Tem tanchem duradrixtt. Kednam poreant gai dud dita toull poreant matr dhoni tika pendd ghalta. Kednam ti duda vin zali. Tednam tika vag vhorondi mholl'llo vad mandun asl'lea amchea thoddea potram vixim chintana bezarai bhogta. Kitemyi zamv bamsan konknni somajik seva kelea. Tachem namv az konknni zanna aschea hor monxachea motint rigon asa. Punn bams kuddin mela tori, namvan to omor zala. Konknnentlo ek prosid'dh kolakar lekhok ani nattokist bams somsarachea borya vaitta thaun mekllo zaun devarazak paula. Thoim tacha otmeak xanti mellondi. `duHkh' tuza mogachi

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lambai rundai gunddai - thonddai mezunk soklom. Toryi... Parkunk xiklom na! tujea utranchi dhar!!

gleddis rego

_vikttor roddrigos, anjelor. -------------------------------------inglix hiro, taz mohal _ bams sempol: soval: vatt chukon vechye choliek vatt dakhoyil'leak tinnem vhann ukol'li. Hi atanchi rivazve? zovab: rivaji namvim motlab! bott dilear hat gillchi sontot aiji. Vatt dakhoitech tthikann poryant payil'lem zalear! sokallim vhann ukol'leli choli, sanjer teach hiro songim hottelantlea femili rumant ois krim' chimvta tor. (3.11.1969 isvechea `mitr' potrar 'vad vivad' vibhagant bamsachem ek soval ani taka luvichem tirp). -------------------------------------atmi-i vyokti bams'

konkonni somajentlo kolakor, boroinnar, digdorxok, toxench somajek ek soval zaun jiel'lo `bams' mholl'llea namvan lokamogall zal'lo. 'zon bautis mendos' konkonni rongomonchar apleachch mholl'llea vixes protibhen porzoll'llolo bams amche modhem ani na mhonn chint'tana kalliz roddta. Mon kodvollta. Dolleamni duHkham bhortat. Tanne boroyil'le thoddechch nattok tori... Nattok premincha kallzamni mhor dhambun stan thir kel'le nattok! bamsacha vixal monobhavachi saks zaunasat. Vyokticha borpamni tachem ontHrong thoddea mafan tori vachunk sadhy zata. Bams jieun astananchch tannim boromvchea borpam vixim, vyongy doddea orthacha nattokam vixim ani tache khasgi jinnie viximyi vachpi, boroinnaram modhem, tanchim chintnam ulonneacho ek kotha vost zaunasl'lo bams. Bamsan, boreyil'lim jivitam, kannio oni lekhonamyi teachporim doddea

27 Veez Konkani

orthachim, kuttma asle. Chup sobd kallzak rombon rautale. Amchori mottvim kovitam ani thoddeachch sobdamni katt bandhl'lea eka vistar pagora porim zaunastalim. Thoddea nattok premik to aradhak zaunaslo tor, thoddeancha talleak apttoncho kantto. Tannim sahity seva kortana, prosara khatir chodd gomon ditalo. Tea vorvim bamsacha kareank khorch chodd. Unno zal'lo dakhlechch chodd. Hamv ya bams mholl'llea namvank sumar ponchvis vorsam thaun vollkatam tori, thoddea vorsam'di tannim progott kel'lea rovi ani kovi pustoka vellar amchi vhollok zal'li mhonnyet. To heachch babtim kuvoitt paulelea toull hamv taka vyoktigot bhettl'lim ani toull filmantlea namvadd'dik hirok vyoktigot bhetton tachelagim uloyil'lea titlo sontos mhaka bhoglo. Tonddar sodam haso. Opddett nhesann, nattoki-i kovi, ulonneant toxenchch amvsori. Peleank khuxal korcho svobhavo. Akorxok vyokti zaunaslo bams. 1980-nt dusre pauttim bhettlim hamv bamsak bomboint. Eka gorjen eddres as l'lean tthikanno sodhun kaddunk

tras zale tankam. Punn vollki bhailea mhaka tanger mell'llolo svagot sotkar matr vixes. Gleddis rego mhonn mhoji vhollok. Aplea auy-bhoinnik korun ditochch hamv tanchem lagsilim, bhovo chodd faideachim mholl'llea titli sorbharayi keli. Mhoji gorz mhollear bomboi tosolea moha nogorant hemachareachi bhett korchi. Bams tacho jigri dost zal'lean hamvem poilem bamsak bhettonk chintl'lem. Donparanchem jevann zatochch boik sttartt kel'lenchch hamvem chintlem. Atam ho boikar veta ani mhaka tteaksi korun yeunko sangta astolo mhonn hamv dakxeun, thoimch ubhim aslim dekun ye bos pattlean mhonnalo. Edo vhodd nattok boroinnar, digdorxok kolakar, popyulor vyokti sangata santakruz thaun mahim' poreant boikar lagsilean boson, gozali marun vecho mhollear? osolem bhag naka konnak teach vellar hamvem parkilo bamsacho onyek hoveas. Golfantlea raxttramni koxttamni ghollon, fokot't apleancha ani aplea

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svotH morjek ani gorjek dharall khorchun addomborachem jiun sartele/lim amche somajent zaitim asat. Punn apnnem gholl'lleleantlo thoddo vantto tori somaje khatir aplea mai bhase khatir khorchita to zaunasa vhorto. Igorzank, kanventtak ani vorpanejink mhonn dharmikancha uleak pallo diun, marbol fatracher namv khonchomvcheam axen, igorzbhor loka mukhar, manachi vat ghemvcha ablesan kitloyi duddu ami dan ditamv, uprant tannim adhar dil'leach iskolant tanchachch bhurgeak provex mellanatl'lea vellar, dharmikam virodh zhogddonk osadhy zaun roddon bostat. Golfant gholltelean sahitea khatir kitem-i borem yozon kelem tor golfache poixe mhonn vyongy thoran kenddunk amkam unnemponn bhogana. Bamsan aplea mai bhaxecha potram khatir rongomoncha khatir, nattok kole ani pustokam khatir, apnne zoddl'leantle zaitem orponn kelam. Zaitem vattailam. Tachi ho teagi ani udar prourit'ti zaunasa.

Premi, kirem mholl'llea namvan konknni sahiteant vollkichi presi menddonsa bamsachi malgoddi dhuv zaunasa. Hichi mhoji bhett sobar pauttim londdonant zal'li bamsachi bholaiki bigoddlelea vellar, sukh-duHkh uloitana, kednam-i voni mhonnchem aslem. Konkonni amchi mai bhaxe khatir poppan zaite poixe hogddaileat tori, amkam tannem kaimch unnem korunk na. Borem palon poxonn diun, xikap diun amchea fuddarachi vatt dakoun dilea tosolo bapui mell l'lo amchem noxib. Kedallai amcho poppa kortoveant bapui zaun, eka ixtta porim bhurgeank mog ani margodorxon dita. Titloyi obhiman tacha bhurgeank bapaicher. Kitem-i zamv xri bautis mendons bams mholl'llea namvar matribhaxa sahiteant, konknni somajent, aplea jivitacha mottvea audent ek odhyai rochun omor zalo. Bams asvosth zaunastamyi aspotrechea khattyer thauni tache likhnne thaun kovitam vall'lleant. Xri bams, choddtavo kolakorank, boroinnarank, nattokistank,

29 Veez Konkani

vyoktigot bhetton sorvancha vollkicho to zaunaslo. Sahity premincha, vachpeancha, nattokistancha, toxench prekxokancha konknni somajecha hridoyant bams mholl'llea namvanchi mor sodanch urteli. Urazai mholl'llichch mhoji opekxa. Eka sahitik hache vorti xrid'dhanzoli dusri kitem divonko sokat? amchi axir monobhavachi dublli somaz. Bamsacher konknni vachpeank os l'lo obhiman sangina tor hamv chukidar zaunasam. Poinnari mukhantr hamv piddest asam. Mhoje khatir magnneachi gorz asa mhonn ulo dil'lea toull kuvoittant kitlexa zonnamni bohut churchuryamni, dolleamni duHkham golloun poxchatap uchar l'lo hamvem khud'd polleylam. Konkonni somajent sobar songitkar, nattokist, boroinnar vividh kxetram thaun mai bhaxechi, kolechi, sahiteachi seva korun omor zaleat. Jiunt astana ami tanchim protibha vollkanamv tori, mornna uprant mel'lea moxik bara kutt'ttim dud mholl'llea gadiporim dhumpoitamv. Hamvem mhonnchem tor, horyeka

kxetrantla protibhaunt vyoktink jiunt astananch tankam favo ascho puroskar mellonk zai. _gleddis rego. -------------------------------------zonm' ani moronna modhlem ontor.... Jivit _luvi pirer. Zonmal'lea nontor morasor vanchazai zal'lem onivary. Somsarant ho jivo yemvchoyi eksuro; cholchoyi eksuroch. Rott'ttea mutt'tteamni rogta sonchar asa sor. 'opunn-aplem' mholl'llem akorxonn. Ghumvoti bhomvtileanchem onukoronn. Eka na eka disa konnaiki tillsinaxem hangachem hanga sanddit't xida choltech ramvchem zonmarohosy. Mam- bap, bhortar, ghorkarn, bhurgimballam, daiji gotram hanche bhomvari bhomvaddo kaddit't hancho bandh sombondh voddni sollaull bhasayil'lea audent jinniecha sondhank tel soddl'lebori. Monxacha chintnam ani korneam modhgot ek khondok asta. Hea

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khondkantli gunddai tache bhitorli aturai matr tillunk sokat. Mungodd alochon zagronn naschem jiun bor nirzon podva soman. Eklo onyeklealagim hat vodd'ddaitana togsatam mholl'llem monobhavo "aplench mholl'llem..." natleleak hi somaz gourovacha drixtten lekhina. Mhonntoch khonddit apnnemyi svabhimani zaizai. Tea prokar svont ghor-khaxa fuddar - rogtachim follam, chindgi bodik zai zal'leo souloteo eka utran eklea sarkem vorton! jinniecha somdirant konn tor nirbhagponnim vonchit zamvchea pattlean kitem-i tori nibam astatch! zoitacha rajvak dhorun umkallchem boll kaim chil'lor? pisaich ek sosai voir choddomvcheak. Tosolea tea sohovasant to kosologi aveg... To kitlogi unmad... Utsahacho fugo puttlear svopnnanchem bhurz kosall'llear kedo aghat? kitli ghor niraxa? 'oyeo! itlenchgi hem jiun..." mholl'llo aklasi udgar... Punn sohozponn kitlem marekar? konn konnaiki orth ch zainant. Misterabhorit huminn.

Tuvem bhoryet va khali koryet, he `ugddas' mholl'llem asat polle. Bhilkul majvonkch aikanant. BohuxH ugddas mhollear bolladhik tolvare pras dhomos! vellakallacha dhamvnnent padrosabori churuk asl'lea tea vyoktichem pattlea audechem dostavez ustitana... Mhoje ani bamsa modhlye porichoyak yedollch choddunne ottra vorsanchem torunnponn. Ani onkulai. Xri gobbuchea ruprag somsthea marifat. Tori oprotyokx zhollok - apnnem konknni potram vachunk xikl'lea logait inglix hiro 'tazmohol' hea namvakhal. Ji vollok sollaullent rupantor zaun nimanne mitrotvant bhoddti zodd l'leacho porinnam' - kagdam sompork ani gamvak ayil'lea toull bhett. Osolea tea sondorbhamni sukha-duHkhachi boxi adli bodli, konknni potrikam babtim chorcha, pottli - boroupi ani borpam torfen zhoddti. Osem ani toxem okherek apnnam vixeantlim vixexonnam, karbharam vogoire vo goire...

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Vell paxar korunk ixttagot ek sukt madhyom'. Ulounneant bams khuxali. Kallacho bank bamsan chodd hun korunk naslearyi apnnayileo onbhogacheo sonodeo eka geryak mikval'leo. Xellmuddye dhornnithaun davo utthoizai mholl'llea hott'tta hujrim taka bhuloyil'lem hater konknni kochrap ani zhorap! eka tempar fokot't sovalam uddoun asl'lo bams lekhonam, kannio, kounam, kromenn nattokam boromvche tit'tun pauloch. Nhoi svotaH digdorsun rongosthollim apli nottona cholaki dakhounko soklo mhollear kopalar mirio haddchench soi! ambear thaun kumbear uddchea vandracher bamsak kiteakgi mechvonn! 'aplemponn' zahir korchea tachea xevottant aploch pongodd, aploch nattok, aplench digdorxon, ani svothachoch khorch! iddeant iddeant dusreancheyi nattok khelloyil'lem ani digdorxon dil'lem. Pun tachem. Pavanatleleak apnna sovem herancheoyi kannio pustokant

chhapun aplea khorchar porgottayil'li vamvtt tachi! rong rongall vakeancha istiharam vaurant bamsan konknni prekxokancher ghal'li moddi zadu ti toullchi atam na. Tacha choddaut nattokamni zamv, kanniamni doddtea utranchi khoroch, khorpiteleak khorpun khorpun nonji zainatlench ojeap... Loingik somoseancho vas tacha naka fuddank lagim vegim. Konknni potram ani konknni rong monch mhollear bamsak bohuxo dhakttea bhurgeak `lolipop' chimvonk dil'le titli apurbai kondd'ddatto. Hea porim bamsacha dhamvchecho goddo dhamvtana. Tannem ukoddem bosl'lyekodde thaun pattim ghumvon polleyil'lem bharich unnem. Bamsacha eka pustokachi homidari mhoje bhair soddn dil'li zalearyi tacha 'mannkam motiam' pustokachem sompadokponn gamvant zamvchea nattokancho vimorso mitrar tachea sovalank zapi - ho suyog mhojea vantteak palka voilea udkabori. Notton tin

32 Veez Konkani

ghontteanchem. Jinnyentlem obhinoin vorsam vorsanchem. Sokddank hasounko polletalo. 'zokor' horyekleak mechvonk chint'talo soir bhoir! mulam' (bam') duHkhichi. Goddsann (zam') ruchichi. Hea donamychem som'mixran bamscher vidhin titlea amsoran mornnachem formann vachun 'jeam'' kel'lem - orthat bamsacha

hitedarank gupt nixim duHkhicho murmuro. Ani atam - kritarth. Bams khatir, hi utranchi khamvonn - ek mutt mati! ho ontim' vidai - fonddauylo rid!! hem rinn sondai ofis mis!!!yotharthok bams ontim' vidai: zam' bam' jeam' -luvi pirer. --------------------------------------

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34 Veez Konkani

Mottvi kanni

datt'ttu forin gel'lo... _ ponchu bonttvall.

Hea pauttim datt'ttuchea ixttachem

mamyn datt'ttuk somzoilem... Tori

pon ailea uprant mam-i akantan

datt'ttu tea vixim uloilochch na.

bhor l'li. Adlta hopteant datt'ttucha ixttan Eka mohinea poilem ' hea pauttim

pon korun sanglem.

hamv gamvak yena... Yemvchea vorsa don mohineachi roza kaddn

"yemvchea hopteant putak gheun

yetam' mholl'lleak mam-i mhonnali

amim gamvak yetamv. Amim teg

' zait puta.. Adlea vorsa bayechem

zonn asamv. Dekun tumim mukar

kazarak

yeun

khorchilyai...

tumvem

poixe

yemvchem naka. Amim kedalla

Yemvchea

vorsa

yetamv. Mhonn yemvchea poilem

tujem-i kazar koream...' mholl'lleak

pon korn sangtamv"

datt'ttu "maka kazar naka... Hamv ankvar rautam.."

"to khoim asa? tachem pon na kiteak?" 35 Veez Konkani

"to dusrea kaman anyeka zageak

zal'lem. Mamyn ani bayen babak

gela. Thoim taka pon lagana..."

aspotrek

bhorti

khobar

dil'li.

'"nhoi

por

mohinea

adim

mhonntalo gamvak yena mhonn?"

khinddelam,

datt'ttuk

Xiramni

rogat

oporexon

korije

mhonntana datt'ttun zait mhollem. Babachem

ixttan pon bondh kel'lem.

korn

Aporexon

aporexon kortana

kelem.

kaim

bab

bhimyel'lo konn'nna... Bab kallzak Ixttachem pon ayil'lea uprant mam-

aghat zaun melo.

i sodam-i dukham golloitali. Bab sorlea uprant mam-i ani bai ****

***** **

ghor polletalim. Datt'ttu khorchak dhaddtalo. Bai soiklingant gamvant

datt'ttu amkam sokttank mogacho.

toxem

porgamvant

Bab , mam-i, datt'ttu, bai ani hamv...

zal'lem. Tem choddaut torbheti

Amchem lhanxem kuttam'. Datt'ttu

khatir vetalem. Ghora yeun fitt'tt

oi. Tti. Oi. Xiklea uprant porin gel'lo.

ness samballunk kosrot kortalem.

Taka thoim borem kam' mell l'lem.

Dekun

Horyeka vorsa to gamvak yetalo.

mamyk samballunk sangtalo.

datt'ttu

lokamogall

kedallari

maka

Ghor samballtalo. Achanok

mholl'lleporim

So vorsam poilem bab huxar na

soiklingachem

mhonn

vegan niyontronn chukon ayil'lem

khobar melltana datt'ttu

kar

hordheant dukh podd l'li. Poilem

bayechea pamyam voir paxar zalem.

bab hordheant geas bhorla mhonn

Bayechea pamyanchi haddam pitto

kosai korn pietalo. Kromenn ti dukh

zal'lim. Aporexon kortana bayeche

chodd zaun hordhem hulponk suru

doni

pam-i

soikolak

kortana

uttauttim gamvak ayil'lo. Babak

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bayechea

prakttis

bai

aptton

pamyanchea

ganttikoddem

katrunk

poddle.

redd' vach yi dil'lem.

Bayechem svopann bhesam zal'lem. Kazara Uprant

torbheti

mastteran

taka

namvadd'dik

dimvchea

bomboi

aspotrent

uprant

porin

gel'lea

datt'ttuchim ponam aprub zalim. To

eka

kamar chodd bhijhi asa mhonntalo.

apoun

Datt'ttucha bodlak datt'ttucho ixtt

vhorn chikitsa diun, pamyanchea

hopteak ek pauttim

gantti sokoil sttilache pam-i bosoun

uloitalo.

cholonk zaixem kelem.

sangtalo.

Datt'ttuchi

fon korn khobar

Datt'ttu horyeka mohineant ghora Tache upranti bai soikling prakttis

khorchak poixe dhaddtalo. "apunn

kortalem.

kaman pois asam. Thoim thaun fon

Ekachch

vorsa

bhitor

bayen ontoraxttri-i mott'ttar apang vorgant

champiyon

xip

korunk zaina" mhonntalo.

jiklem.

Gamvak ani dexak namv haddlem.

Mam-i datt'ttuchea borea bholaike khatir sodam magtali. Datt'ttuchem

Adlea

vorsa

bayechem

kazar

zal'lem. Taka soiklingak koch aslo, ani

bayechea

ovghodda

kazar pollemvchi axa as l'li. Punn datt'ttu kedallari nibam sangtalo.

vellar

chikitsa divoyil'lea masttera laginch

***

* **

bayechem kazar zal'lem. Datt'ttun bayechem

kazar

god'dollayen

hea vorsa pausant datt'ttu gamvak

kel'lem. Bhangar, kapddam, ani hor

yeje aslo. Punn kamacho bhor asa

eka ritin bayechem kazar godd'd

dekun

kel'lem.

yena mhonn datt'ttun mamyk fon

hea vorsa hamv gamvak

korn sang l'lem. Mamyk kanknnam, nekles datt'ttun dil'lem tor maka sutt kott, ani '

Punn pattlea disamnim datt'ttuchea 37 Veez Konkani

ixttan fon kelea uprant mam-i il'li

boro asa." mhonn fon bondh

suddsuddhit zal'li. Punn modhem

kelem.

modhem atonk uchartali. Il'lem bhimyel'lem bhaxen chintun ch

Mamyn roddonk chch suru kel'lem.

astali.

Tika

koxem

bhuzoileari

tichem dukh raulench na. * ** * * * * ****

gondoll

chch

zal'lo

Vhodd ghorant.

Sezarchim yeun dhoir dileari mam-i kal nom-i por mamyk portun fon

roddtali. Hamvi bezarayen bhoron

ailem.

gel'lom.

"forvam amim gamvak

yetamv. Tumim mukar yenakat. Amim ghora mhonnasor sangata

Soglli rat nid nastam mamyn ani

asamv. Kaim bhiemvchi gorz na..."

hamvem

paxar

keli.

Amim

datt'ttuchi vatt rakon rauleamv. "olle ba kaim choddunnem zaunko na mum?" mam-i pad'deun vichari.

Gamvchim thoddim tonddak ayil'le porim

"toxem kaim na mam-i....Il'li bholaiki

uloitalim.

Gamv

bhor

datt'ttuchichch khobar...

bori na."

Mam-i matr thondd gar zal'li. "kitem zalam taka?" ** ** ** **** "boro asa. Kamakoddem poddon mar

zal'lo.

Atam

Sokttamborinch

asa..

boro

asa.

dhonfar

zatana

datt'ttu

tachea

Sokkodd

dogam ixttam sangata ghora paulo.

soma asa. Faleam amim yeun

Tachea dollea khanchimni dukham

pautamv nem... Tedalla tuka tuzo

vhallon aslim. Karar thaun demvtana

put koso osa mhonn polleteliy... To

mam-i dhamvon vochon putak

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araun dhorun roddli.

golfak yetana tachea ixttak diunko inda pitt dil'lem. Tem polisamni

Datt'ttuyi roddon mamyk vichari

tojviz kortana madok vost zaunas

"koxi asai mam-i? besamv di.."

l'li. Polisamni koidi kelo. Magir vostechea

mam-i besamv diunko hat ukoltana

sangateamni

ekachpara

bodlam'

mam-i

kinkrattli.

Tokxonn ti mot chukon poddli. mamyk

ukoln

tachea

hacher

bhextto

ghaln

choriam

madok

vostu vikta mhonn sangon tachea kopatta

Sorvamni

kuddant

ghora

dhoroileo.

thaun

madok

Thoinchea

vostu kanuna

haddlem. Tonddak udak marn tika

formannem choriam madok vostu

sonin kelem. Mam-i motir yeun

vikcheak hi xikxa dili..." te sangon ch

suskartali. Datt'ttuchea dogi ixttank

vetale.

haloun dhonkulln vichari. ' "axem koxem zalem?"

Hamvem

datt'ttuk

lagsilean

pollelem. tannim

dogamyni

mamyk

somadhan kelem. Ani soukasayen

" datt'ttuche doni hat kator l'le..."

soglle vivorun sangalagle.

_ ponchu bonttvall. "adlea vorsa gamva thaun patti -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

39 Veez Konkani

fesbuk mhonnje mukhpan hea vixal

Mhoza

somsarant ximpddon ascha ixttam

hozaramvoir

mitrank sangata haddchi ek vixixtt

tantum jivall asche logbog pon'nas-

vedi, sotri, satem vo mattovo.

---tantrik somoseavorovim mhoji

Osoleam mitram modem choddaut

soglli frendds listt ‘ddilitt’ zali.

amche vollkiche, bhurogeaponnale sangati, klasmett, glasmett, rum' mett iteadi astat.

natl'le,khoncheagi

gamvche,

khoncheagi

oporichit

dexanche

amcha ixttanche pott'tter bhitor sorotat. Ani dispoddtem ‘frendd

rikvestts’

yete

Ailevar

astat.

Hamvem

choddaut pon'nas-xembor istt-mitr asl'leank matr ‘ekseptt’ korochem.

namvam

mhaka

don

asat

yuke

tori

thaun

‘reverendd sisttor elizabet’ hiche

thaun

Thodde pauttim amkam vollok

ixttam-pott'tter

frendds

rikvestt

ailem.

Sisttorichi fotto polleli hamvem. Gori gori, leddi ddainaporim sobit, akoroxik

mukhomollachi,

nillxa

dolleanchi, bhangrallea kesanchi...! tichem frendds rikvestt hamvem ekseptt kelem. Sisttor elizabetan mhojem vicharolem. hamvem.

40 Veez Konkani

vhattsop Tokxonn

nombor dilem

“hai”

vhattsopar

sisttor

elizabetan cheatting suru kelem. “gudd

moroning,

tuvem

novikrit

nitoll

kel'leaporim mhakayi novikrit ani

sisttor

elizabet.” “ godd bles yu, siril. Tum kristamv mhonn chint'tam”

nitoll kor mhonn magtam. Hamvem kal kel'leo chuki bhogsun az bhovo lagxilean

tuzo

pattlavo

korunk

tujem besamv di. Az hamv novem jivit aromb korotam. Mhozo hat

“vhoi, sisttor.”

dhorun

“preyz do lorodd!”

somea, amen”

mhaka sanjer

“al'leluya!”

choloi sisttor

mhoza elizabeta

thaun ani ek messez aili:

“ hamv atam magnneak

“hamv suvarota procharacha

vetam.”

kamak gel'lim, at'tam komventak

“mhoje pasot mag, sisttor.”

pattim ailim mat.”

“khonddit zaun, tum edollch mhoza magnnea-pott'tter asai.”

il'lexem chatting korotoch apnnak piddestanchi zoton korunk

“devo borem korum, sisttor.” hazor

ani

asa mhonn sisttor elizabet geli.

“magnnem somptoch misak

Porotean ek messez aili:

zatam.

“dublleanche seve thoim: ami

Uprant

thoddem

charittichem kam' asa.” thoddeach

thodde manadik yazok, devache ghoddiamni

sisttor elizabetan vhattsopar ek lamb magnnem dhaddlem:

“

mogalla

somea,tuvem

mhaka novo dis favo kel'lea khatir hamv tuka orogam ditam. Somsar

seuk,

tacha

mettamni

cholonk

proiton korotamv. Hea festacha suvallear dublleank ami kaim tori

kumok khontixtt haso

korotamv

ani

tancha

mukhomollar thoddo haddomvchem

proiton

korotamv. Hea boroea kama khatir

41 Veez Konkani

amcho arochbisp asttin garosian ek biliyon omerikon ddolor Amcha

pongddantlea

dileat.

hor

eka

sandeak 60 hozar omerikon ddolor melltat. Odruxttan mholl'lleporim hea pott'tter tujemyi namv asa. Karonn hamvem mhoza vhattsop pott'ttentlea sorov sandeam pasot, protyek zaun

tuje pasot mostu

magnnem kelam. Tuvem kel'lea boroea kama khatir zaunko puro, devan tuka hem inam' favo kelam. 60

hozar

omerikon

ddoloramsongim thoddeo vostuyi tuka

dhaddn

ditam.

Devachem

besamv tuka.

“ mogacha ixtta, tuvem dil'lea eddresak

hamvem

tuka heo vostu dhaddleat: bhangarachem bhangaracha sompuronn

ristt

vochy,

noganchem sett'tt,

oifon

bhangarachem

ek 12,

kont,

magnneavellim vaporoche tosolem oliv tel, povitr boibol, ani ek lokatto. Vi.Su. Tea lokatteant hamvem tuka mogachi kannik zaun 60 hozar omerikon ddolor ghaleat. Parosel

hatak melltoch lokatto ugto koron polle. 60 hozar omerikon ddolor astole. Bovoxa somara dis hem parosel inddiak pautolem. Videxi

Doyakoron tujem puronn

parosel

zal'lean

tem

kosttoms

namv, ghorocho eddres ani mobail

odhikarim thaun kliyor korunk asa.

nombor dhaddun di.”

Tuvem

hamvem

sisttor

upkar bauddun messez dhaddli. Mhozo eddres, mobail nombor ani

hamvem elizabetacho

sisttor upkar

attoun messez pattoili.

“ az aitar, hamv atam igorojik

her vivor dhaddlo. Dusrea

kosttoms

kliyorensache poixe bhorolear puro”

elizabetacho, yazokancho ani vixes zaun tea arochbispacho kallza thaun

fokot

disa

elizabetachi messez aili:

sisttor

vochon devak orogam ditam. Tumyi igorojik

vetoloi

mhonn

bhorovostam. Hamv tuje pasot vixes 42 Veez Konkani

thoran

magtam.

Sady

zalear

eke cholien fon ukol'lem khoim...”

amchem misamv kam' ami inddiant yi suru koroeam.”

mittingar asl'lom. Toxem amcha

“ bhovo borem chintop, hamvyi tuza

“vhoi sisttor elizabet, az hamv

misamv

vaurant

hat

melloitam.”

risepxonixttan fon ukol'lem zaunko puro.” hamvem tika pattim messez dhaddli.

“faleam tujem parosel pautolem. Ani

kuriyor

afisathaun

tuka

somporok korotole”. elizabet.”

“az hamv magnnem korotolim ani upvas dhorotolim. Mhaka az axromantlea

mellonk asa zal'lean

ani omerikon korensi asa, ani tum kaim poddon vochonk natl'leporim

“devo borem korum, sisttor

onath

“paroselant bhangarache nog

bhurogeank tikke bijhi

korotai...

Hamv

kompenichem

tuka

mobail

kuriyor nombor

ditam. Tankam somporok koron

tujem parosel soddoi...” “

khonddit

zaun,

sisttor

elizabet...”

astolim. Kuriyor afisathaun tuka fon

hamvem konnai thaun ayil'lem

ailear mhaka messez dhadd, oke?

fon svikar kelem na, xivai sisttor

tannim sangl'lea poromannem kor.

elizabetan dil'lea mobail nombrakyi

Kiteak

somporok kelo na.

tuka

kosoleach addkollivinnem hamvem

dhaddl'leo

bhangaracheo vostu ani 60 hozar omerikon ddolor pavit zaizoi.” te ratim sisttor elizabetachi

messez aili:

Dusrea disa sisttor elizabetan ragan mhaka messez dhaddli: “ tuvem mhaka ghat keloi. Hamv tuka patyeun fottvon poddlim. Devo

tuka bhogsuncho na. Hamvyi tuka

“ kuriyor kompenithaun tuka

maf korochim na!”

tannim fon kelem khoim, konnengi 43 Veez Konkani

“ sorri sisttor elizabet, hamv

afisacha kamant tikke vyost as

bhorocha

l'lom.”

boson bhik magon pott bhorochem

“tum fottkirim nibam dinaka. Kosttoms afisathaun tujem parosel soddounko

goroz

asche

poixe

tancha beank ekamvttak dhadd ani

tujem parosel soddoi” “ parosel mhoza hatim melltoch hamv kosttomsache poixe farik korotolom...” “nikoll

bodlak

marogadeger

borem. Bai...!” ho mhaka poilo

onbhog

nhoim. Hacha adim osoleo vevegeo bonddol kannio aikaleat. Biliyon omerikon

ddolor

bharotantlea

beankak ttransfor korunk zai. Tuka 40% komixon ditam. Bharotant bisnes suru korotam ani tuka bisnes parottnor korotam...!

tum

mhoza

ailevar

disallea

potramni

vhattsopantlo. Mhaka tuzo kotthinn

osoleo khobro vachunk melltat.

rag aila. Mhozo

Thoddeamni patyeun

xirap tujer poddtolo... Bai!” “ sisttor elizabet, tum sisttor nhoim,

ddhongi

dadlo.

Tum

noijiriachogi ani khoncha gamvcho

mholl'llem hamv nennam. Oxem devacha namvan lokak fottvon pott

osolea

chorank

lakhamni

poixe

hogddaileat. Lottri uttlea, inam' favo zalam, mungodd poixe dhadda mhonn ayil'lem imeyl patyeun

tumi

poixe

vo messez dhaddlear

tumkam mellche tin nam' matr!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

44 Veez Konkani

tonddak dour... Bari borem asa

Vorn

(kanngheun pieta) charli :

vhoi re ddol'la... Vorn

(charli vatter vetana ddol'la chembu

mhollear vorn... Fostt klas asa... Az

gheun provex)

kitemre tumger vixes?

ddol'la : charle tum hanga asai gi?

ddol'la : az mhozo zal'lo dis...

hamv tuka sodhun

tujea ghora

gel'lom... Tujea ghora big.

Charli : dekun vorn kel'lengi?

Charli : vhoye?... Tem kitem maka

ddol'la : vhoi... Hea vornachi kanni

sodun ailoi?

got'taye? mhoza mam'min, az tuzo

zal'lo dis nem puta vorn kortam ddol'la : hamv tuka vorn haddn

mhonnali. Vorn zatoch ... Ekdom'

ailam... Tuka

hun aslean topleant nimvonk dourn

vorn mhollear bari

nem...

ami

madhlea

Polleunko

kuddant

bosleamv.

tti.

Vi.

Thoddea

Charli : vhoi re ddol'la... Maka vorn

vellan

mhollear bari...

"ddom'm'" mholl'llo kosologi ovaz

bhitor randchea kuddant

zalore.... Bhitor vochon polletamv Ddol'la : dhor kannghe... Chembu

zalear charle kitem pollemvchem?...

ch 45 Veez Konkani

Charli : kitem zalem?

ddol'la oniki roddta) atam roddtai kiteak?... Poddpoxea....

ddol'la : pattlea bagla thaun amcho roki petto bhitor yeun topleak

Ddol'la : oni roddanastana..? tuvem

tondd ghaln vorn khata. Nhoi

chembu kiteak uddoiloi?

charle... Dolleamni pollel'lea uprant amkam

vorn

khaunko

zataye?

charli : ani uddoinastana...

tokxonn tuzo ugddas oylo... Tuka vorn mhollear bari nem... Dekun

Ddol'la : to amchea kaksak vhorcho

uddomvche bodlak tuka haddlem...

chembu...

Charli : (ragan) kitem petteachem uxttem mhoje korna khauylem-i... Bhekupa...

(chembu

Charli : ham......😃😃😃

uddoitana,

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Vinodik mini kadombori-6

abelache dukiche mister Aspotrent vell paxar korunk bolak

bari koxtt zale. Boli huxar nastana

46 Veez Konkani

pul'lucho louv koso suru zal'lo?" bola vichartana boli pottak hat diun hastalem. "olleba...

Ballachea

bamllterak

hanga yetana pul'lu noitt ddyutter aslem. Mam-i maka kaim pieunko

_ ponchu, bonttvall.

haddtam mhonn hottelak gel'li. taka virar zatalem. Bolik glukos diun

Amcho zola tachem kam' zavun

zal'lo. Ani daktern yeun skeaning

pattim

polleun

mhonn hanga aspotrek

sangta

mholl'llem.

Il'li

yetana

polleunko

Mukar

mhonn bolan zolacho ani pul'lucho

polleunko zai mhonn vichartana

lou ustilo.

pul'lun

"boli ghora pautana tuka pottant

mell'llem.

oyil'lo.

khuxalai uloun bolik khux douream

zolan

pul'lu

maka

Maka

zaina mhollem. Tedalla mhollem

"atam

visitting

ttoim'... Jeunnacho vell.."

duk, vai, gantti duk... Hangam aspotrek ayil'lench tum bindas astai.

"to vell hanga na... Bhitor vochonk

Kitem

zaina..""hamvem visitt kel'leant tuka

meajik

aspotrechi?

kaim

pul'lun gozali kantunk apounko

kaim froblem' asa?"

namu?" "vatt yu min? hem mettornitti "pul'lulagim gozali kantunk taka

vardd... Hangam dadleank provex

hanga kiteak ghorachch apouyet.

na... Striyank matr.."

Titlem tem atam ghorchem monis

"dakter dadlo zalear?"

zalam.." "kazar zamvchea poilench gi? hem

pul'lu vogech raulem.

borem asa. Sang maka... Zolacho ani 47 Veez Konkani

"vardd boi zai zalear?"

hasoitalem... Ballan ozapanch kelim. Tea

uprant

tem hollu hason bhitor gelem. Porot

aspotrek

pattim yeun

Atam

vichari... "tum ticho

bhett

poreant diunko

aspotrechea

zolak ddyutti.

khundeaki

ghovo gi?"

zolachi vhollok asa.

"na... Ghovacho bhavo... Der"

Bola ani boli zolachea kanniek puro zata poreant haslim.

ti tonddak polleun hasli. "tum polle kazara poilem kitem "hastai kiteak? tonddar mankodd

kitem add namvam dourn apoitai

nachtaye?"

polle toxench zolayi add namvamni mokkor korta. Nhoi tumim ghora

"tunch mankodd... " tem kittkittlem.

sokkodd bindas... Mam-i abolea

"kirak mog peracho, voniek mog

tottant,

deracho... Pliz ye... Don minuttam

tum, zola, rola sokkodd tumchea

matr." mhonntana zola klin boldd

tumchea kamar... Bari vixes...

ddadda maddie mullant,

zalo. Mam-i sodam astali. Zola pul'luk polleunko yetalo... Maka

"bola tumkam him add namvam

polleunko nhoi.." haslem boli.

koxim melltat? tum maka itlea add namvan apoitaloi ... Maka ekachoi

"vhavo... Ek borem film' kaddyet..."

arth got'tuna.."

"atam

Ani

"sot't... Hamv sangtam aik... Amkam

novench film' "zolachem filu" ham...

khuxalai uloun souy. Utram utrank

Tache uprant ful'lu mhojelagim

rong dimvcho... Olle aikon, magir

chodd uloitalem. Bori seva ditalem...

tuka hason

Mogan

yeunko asa.."

khorar

zalam

samballtalem.

ne...

Ballak

48 Veez Konkani

hason

potta duk

"tuvem kovi zaije aslo"

"mhollear?"

"hamv kopine... Ximtti matr...."

"hamv tuzo mog kortam"

"xxi... Tuka mokkor chch..."

"vhavo.. Maka az chch koll'llem.. Magir raza, boza mhonn namvam

"tum disak ekeka bhaxent ekek uloitaloi..

Hem

sang

apoitaloi?"

maka...

"somosa... Somosa" mhonntaloi.

"raza mhollear rat zaliba mhonn... Boza mhollear bor zata mhonn"

"somosa mhollear... "tum maka zai zai mhonn ghoddye "sokkodd mogan sang ba..."

ghoddye "momo" mhonntaloi... Loz natlo

"hho.. Hho... Hha... Hamv

tuzo

"soro"

khoncho..."

boli

lojeun

tambxem zalem. nem

mhonntaloi?

"hey

boli...

Tuka

pugarn

mhonnchem tem utar... Boppor nhoi.."

"vhoi... Hamv tuzo "sobhit romio" mhonn.

"na tum boppor uloitaloi..!"

"kedalla polleleari hot'tu mukho

"momo" mhollear movall mogall

hatumoka

mhonn orth..."

mhonnon

gunngunntaloi..."

"soddoun

sanglear

"pokri

ghorcheank

khoncho..!"

boli

hason

mhonnalem.

kollta nem ba.. Dekun hatumoka

Titlear bolichi daktern aili. Bolichi

mhonnchem"

porikxa korun ti mhojelagim 49 Veez Konkani

vichari...

"maka bosachi niz kanni sang"

"tumi tiche hosbendd gi?"

"tuka got'tu asche porim amchem kuttam'

"vhoi .." mhollem hamvem.

dubllem

kuttam'.

Bosachem zolmachem namv montu. To bhurgo astana tacho bapui sorlo.

"maka tujekodde il'lem ulounko asa.

Mhoji mouxi haka gheun amger aili.

Pondra minuttamni mhojea kebinak

Tedalla osreant

ye" mhonnat't ti mukar geli.

amchta igorjek ayil'lo. Mouxeche

aslo padreab

koxtt polleun montuk padreaban Titlear

bolichea

(bosachem)

pon

bhavachem ailem.

Aspotr,

osreak velo. Khonchogi tap yeun mouxi sorli.

Montuk eka grest

zolichea kazara vixim, uloun bolin

monxean

volak apounnem dilem. "oniki dis

babachea porvonngen asrea thaun

asat

posko zaun apoun vhorn gelo. Ani

nem..

Bholaiki

samball

mhonnon bolalagim uloilo.

padreab

ani

mam-i

taka tannem mohanti mhonn namv dilem. To monis videxant bijnes

"aitara tuka apoun porttak

vhorunk

hamvch yetam. Magir

kortalo.

Gamvak

montu(mohanti)k

amger

yetana apoun

koxem zata polleveam bhavoje...

haddtalo. Amkam tannem kumok

Vegim pattim vochonk mon asator

diun xikap dilem. Axem amim

tuka

Ttenxon

somajent asamv mhonn koll'llem.

asa." mhonnat't

Montuk borem xikap diun bijnes

sodd

l'lo

korinaka.. Devo

vixoi.

tannem pon dourlem.

mahet dili. Axem hamv videxak

Bola tachea bosa vixim vicharunk

gelim. Ho gutt amim heram thaun

axetalo. Punn bolik duk ayil'lean to

lipoun dourlo. Olle tuka matr temyi

vixoi prostavo korunk

gorje khatir matr sangaje poddlem.

Dekun boli lagim vichari.

zal'lemna.

Na tor to tuka ani maka bos chch 50 Veez Konkani

zaunasto."

Sokkodd soma zatelem..."

bosachi kanni aikon bola pigoll'llo.

abelache dukiche mister suru zale.

Tedallachch filu yeun paulem ani

dakternin apoyil'lo ugddas kelo.

soddn

koxttank

sampoddlo.

Bolik

vochonki nhoi,... Bolichea

bhavasorxim vhochanastam ravonki Bola dakterni sorxim gelo.

nhoi. Sot sanglear bolik kollta. Gelom zalear bolik polleunko konn

"kaim

goddbodd

na..."

bhitor

asa?"

rigtananch daktern mhonnali. "bos" koxem "tujea

potinnichem

skeaning

add

nitt

lek

ghaleari

abelachem lek chuktalem. Ek dhoir

kel'lem pollelem hamvem. Sogllem

taka

aslem.

Vochon

sarkem asa. Tika ghoddye ghoddye

doskot korun

pottant duk kiteak yeta mhonn

yemvchem mhonn.

gorjecheo

uttauttim pattim

polletana...." Abelachi tokli soglli sonnsonntali. "kitem zalam?" bola omsorlo.

"khonchaiki devo asa" mhonnat't boli sorxim yetana boli nident

"riportt soma asa... nollient

lhan

Punn gorbha

problom'

asa.

Gorbhantlea bhurgeak kaim badok

aslem.Porot il'lem chintop attoitana kitengi

zhollkalem

motik.

Xida

dakternichea kebinak gelo.

na... Jivaki kaim opai na... Punn dukh porot yeunko chhans asa. Tika

"ddokttor... Hamv porvam videxak

resttachi gorz asa. Ani hi gozal

vetam mhojea bijnesa khatir. Hanga

tujelagim matr asondi.

samballchim

Konnaiki

ghorchim monxam

sangche naka. Sanglear hi khobar

asat. Zaleari maka choddit maheti

tika pauta. Ti kaim bhimyet.

khatir tumchem pon nombor dil'lem 51 Veez Konkani

tor borem aslem. Hamv tumkam

Pondra disak ek kanngheunko asa.

chodd upadr dina. Gorz poddlear

Pul'luk az chch sangon

matr kol kortam."

mhonntananch pul'lu ailem. Taka vixoi

dakternin

nombor

dilem

ani

sangtana

tem

dour" khuxen

opvalem.

mhonnali... " az glukos dourla. Az sanjer

tika

ddischarz

koryet.

Bolik sanjer ghora apoun vhelem.

Ghorachch rava. Nitollai samballa.

Ghorcheank sokddank dhoir diun

Lokamni bhett korchi naka. Hamv

chotrai

korunk sangon pattim

vhokat ditam. Ek injekxon

videxak

vecheak toyarai korunk

asa.

Ghoralagim konni norsam asear apoun

dia.

Pondra

disank

laglo.

injekxon. Konni vhollkichim norsam

Aitar udelo... Bola bhair sorlo...

asat gi?" Bolik araun dhorn to koskostalo. bolak

pul'lucho

Dakteran

ugddas

ailo.

Taka duk attapunk zalem na. Auyn

dil'li chitt gheun bezo

dhoir dilem. Bola sogllo bhavon

arayen bola mettam kaddilaglo. Boli

gel'lo.

Tonddar

haso

mayag

atam zagench aslem.

zal'leo...

"kitem ghamelai? tap yetagi?"

Bolache dukichea misteracho poilo konn suru zal'lo.

"vhoi ba.... Mogacho tap..." bola haslo."bari ttenxonar asai..."

** *** ** ** **

"na ba toxem kaim na... Az sanjer

bolak

tuka ddischarz kortam mhollam.

bhavojin apoun bori sorborai keli.

Injekxonam boroun

dita khoim. 52 Veez Konkani

montu

(bos

mohanti)

"bola... Tuje bhandpas maka kolltat.

dili.

Baye sorxim tuvem asaje. Bholaiki gorz. Faleanch tuka pattim vecheak

"faleanch gamvak yetam" mhonn

ttikett kliyor asa. Az addittachem

bolik pon kortana bolak

kam' zatochch tum fri zatai. Urlem

oghat rakon aslo.

pura

hamv

Sanglebori

samballtam.

porot

Ham...

inddiant solar bijnes

Boli porot aspotrek addmitt zal'lem.

korcheak tuka loisons toyar asa. Gamvak

vochon bijnes vistarche

Bola sogllo goll'llo.

porim kor." mhonnat't poinna ttikett (oniki asa) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bozari punjikoronn anim komfnnechyem molankonn sorv hom' vork korije mholl'llem adleam tin ovosvoramnim hamvem

vivorilam.

Chit

diun

vachleleak

zayit'ti mahet mell'llea mhonn mhoji patienni.

Hea

ovosvorant,

her

onyeka promanna vixim vivor ditam. (filip mudarth) hixea bozari pott'ttint nemlelye

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zonnank

kollit

mhollear,

nam.

rileksochyem

zumlo hixe 24,84,42,101 matr. (RIL

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nagrikamnim

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vanneanchea bijnesant aschi rilekso futtver kompnni. Hi khasgi malik

hamv

boroitonam, ek hiso 1139 rupoi molak hat bodli zala. Mhollear, rileksochyem bozari punjikoronn logbog 28 hozar korodd rupianchea aspas asa. Amchea desachea 138 korodd nagrikamnim horyeklean 200 rupoi vorgonni diun ek punji zomo keli tor, rilekso futtver molak gheuyet! osoleam kompnnenk Mid Cap pongtir ghaltat. Daklo 3: kilpestt inddia limittedd

(Kilpest)

mholl'lli

kompnni

kriminaxok bijnesant asa. Ra. Ko. Dube mholl'llean suru kel'lianim atam sangota

apleam to

kompnnechye kel'li

Hem

dogam choloita. zumla

hixe

putam Hye keul

75,08,100. Hem hamv boroitonam, dha rupiacho ek hiso logbog 650 rupoi

54 Veez Konkani

molak

hat

bodli

zala.

Mhollear, kilpestt kompnnechyem

mhonn

bozari punjikoronn logbog 480

Unnim risk aslear, tantu zodd (adai)

korodd

rupianchea

asa.

average. Punn, uddas dourchyem

Amchea

desachea

korodd

sorv Large Cap kompnneom Blue

nagrikamnim horyeklean sadde-tin

Chip nohim. Hea babtin, mukleam

rupoi vorgonni diun ek punji zomo

ovosvorant vivorant.

aspas 138

nivexinchyem

chintop.

keli tor, kilpestt molak gheuyet! osoleam kompnnenk Small Cap

Osoleo

kompnneom,

pongtir ghaltat.

chukanastanam, ddividdendd ditat. Dekun labhanx pauti asa. Dakleak,

Oxem

khoinchiy

kompnni

rilayens

kompnnemn

pattleam

bozarant vikreak dourli tor, ti kitlea

panch vhorsamnim, unnear 60%

molak hat bodli koriet mholl'llem

chodd'dd 110%,

promann

bozari

ddividdendd dila. Itlench nohim,

punjikoronn, inglixant mottvean M-

chear vhorsam adim, bonos dila,

Cap.

horyeka eka hixeak onyek hiso

zaun

asa,

fukottak. Rilayens

tosleo

kompnneom

Large

average 74%

Anim,

2020

zun

Cap

mohineant, Rights Issue mhonn

namnnecheo,

horyeka 15 hiseank 1 hiso 1,257

zayit'team vhorsam thaun bijesant

rupoiyank dila.

ason vhodd zal'leo anim hixea bozarant

mogacheo.

Zor 1-07-2016 vyer, panch vhorsam

khonddit

adim, rilayensacho ek hiso 480 rupoi

buddanant mhonn nivexi gazoitat.

mol diun ghetlo tor, 2017 isvent

Hankam prostut kallacheo Blue Chip

bonosa uprant, don hixe zale, dekun

mhonn volailam. Osoleam Large

eko mull hixeachyem mol 240 rupoi

Cap Blue Chip kompnnenchye hixe

zalem.

ghetlear, tantu risk unni vo average

dhorinatlear-yi,

Osoleo

nivexink kompnneom

55 Veez Konkani

Rights

Issue 240

rupoi

lekak mol

poddlolo

hiso

panch

Hem hondvon asa, bijnes koslem

zala.

anim tea bijnesant prourtokank kitli

Mhollear, 175% vharxik vaddaull.

asokt asa mhonn. Voir hamvem, tin

Hem lek pollelear, amkam somzota

kompnnencho daklo ghetla kiteak

kiteak mukex ombani nivexincho

bohumoten nivexi hea prourtokam

mha-rai vo somratt mhonn.

vixim borem chinta. He prourtok fly

vhorsamnim,

2100

rupoi

by night chor nohim bogar xlagoniOsoli chyoritra sodhun kaddn, eko

i Vision, Mission, Values (VMV)

nivexin Large Cap , Mid Cap anim

gunnam promannem kompnnechye

Small Cap kompnnenchim lekam

bijnes choloun vortat. Ho bharich

korije. Anim heam tin vorgancheam

mohotvacho vixoi, dekun muklea

kompnnem modhem apli nivex

ovosvorant.

punji

ghalije.

kompnni

Aichi

faleanchi

Mid

Chip

Akrek, horyeka nivexin aplem hom'

zaunko sadhy asa. Hem hondvon

vork khud'd korije. 100% chuki

asa,

zainant mhonn nam, punn chuki

menezmentt

Blue

Cap

gunnanchyer.

Toxench, aichi Small Cap kompnni

zamvchyem chans unnem zata.

faleanchi Mid Cap zaunko sadhy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Zonnasonkheant dusrea sthanachem raxttr olimpiksant porzollta? khellakutt olimpiks cholta. Hantum sumar raxttram ani sumar spordhik

bhag ghetat. horyeka char vorsank ek pauttim somsaracho

oti

vhodd

gimallo

Bearon piere de kouborttin hanne 1894 isvent inttorneaxonol olimpik

56 Veez Konkani

agostt 2020nt olimpiks cholazai as l'lem. Toxem zal'lem tor olimpiks edollch

cholon

konnak

kitlim

podokam mell'llim tem lekh zatem. Koronak lagon hem ekaursak pattim poddlem. He khell choloun voronk

komitti (oiosi) sthapon keli. Hea mukantr grisacha othensant poilo spordho chol'lo. Spordheam vixant oiosi-k tachench mholl'llem charttor

zopan pattim poddl'lem na. Atam 2021 zuloi 23 thaun 8 agostt poreant

zopan

spordhe

cholounko sorv aitem zalam.

asa.

Olimpikachi

addolltea

somiti

zaunaschi oiosi spordhe choloun

vorta. 1940-nt ttokiont olimpiks cholazai

Atamyi zopana bhitor ani bhair

asl'lo tori dusrea mohazhuzak lagon

koronacha atankam modhem he

Punn

spordhe cholomvcha virodh tenne

nomunear

henne aikon yeta. Zopanant hacha

spordho

zormonint

chol'lona.

dusreach

spordhe choll'le.

virodh chollvoll choll'liyi asa. Tori he spordhe

Zor 2020 isvent koronache roglle

komor

natl'le tor ttokiont zuloi 24 thaun 9

Thodde

57 Veez Konkani

cholomvcheak bhandun

aitem

arombhik

zopan zalam. spordhe

udghattona adinch choltele mhonn kollon yeta. 2021-nt cholta tori hem 2020

vorsachem

olimpiks

zaun

astelem. Hachem udghatton zuloi 23 sanjer (ttokio vell) choltelem.

horddols spordheamni rupeallim podokam zoddl'lim. 1928 thaun 1980 poreant choll'lea gimallea olimpiksamni Hem

lekhon

bharotacha

Punn

olimpiksant

sadhona

khoincha

vixim

asa.

olimpiksant

bharotacha kitlea spordhimni bhag ghetlo ani kitlim podokam zoddlim mholl'lleavixim nhoi. Tori thodde vivor attapta. Bodlak bharotant khellangnnant

kitem

koryeta

cholta ani

mholl'leavixim

bharotacha

hokki

ttimamni 11 podokam zoddleant. Tea audent bharotachem hoki ttim'

olimpiksant kheat zaunasl'lem. 2016 olimpiks brejilacha rio ddi zonoiront choll'lem. Bharotacha 118 khellgaddeamni 1992-nt

bhag

barselonant

ghetl'lo. choll'lea

olimpiksa thaun bharotak podokam

hantum thoddem sanglam.

natl'lim.

Olimpiksant bharot:

Punn pi. Vi. Sindhu ani saksi molik

1900

isvent

olimpiksant

pearisant bharotacho

choll'lea ekloch

spordhi zaunasl'lea normon pritt chardd

hanne

dadleancha

200

mittor dhamvnnent ani 200 mittor

hea bharotacha dogam striyamni bharotachi

moread

rakl'li.

Her

thodde khellgaddi tancha tancha khellamni semifoinol va kvarttor foinolak

58 Veez Konkani

pavol'le

tori

tankam

zaunasa.

Vijendor

singan

baksingant middlveytt vibhagant kaxeachem podok zoddl'lem. Bharotak svantontry melll'lea uprant choll'lea unne

olimpiksamni mholleari

bharotan

zonnam

khellgaddeank daddlam.

podokam zoddunk sadhy zaunko na.

brittonak solvun svotontra uprant

Ailevarcha

vorsamni

bharotacha

khellgaddeachem vhoddlem ttim' olimpiksamni bhag gheta. Punn podokam

zoddl'lim

unnim.

Otlettiksant nanch mhonnyet. 2008vea

bijing

spordheam-i bhangarachem eklean

olimpiksant

obhinou

bindran

podok

zoddlem.

voiyoktik

poilea

pauttim

bhangarachem

podok zoddl'lem. 1960 olimpiksant bharotak

rupeachem

podok

labhlem tori 1964-nt bhangarachem podok labhl'lem. Uprantlea don olimpiksamni kaxeachim podokam

dadleancha 10 mittor er roifol

Hench

1948-nt bharotacha hokki ttiman

zaun

zoddlelem bhangarachem podok

melll'lim. Punn 1976vea vorsacha olimpiksant

podok

nastananch

pattim ailem. 1924 uprant axem

zamvchem poilea pauttim zaunasa. Tea

59 Veez Konkani

adim

dusrea

khoincha

podokam

Zun 18, 2021ver devadhin zal'lo

mellanatleari hokkint tori bharotak

ubhcho sikh mhonn'nch kheati zodd

podok labhtalem.

l'lea

spordheamni

milkha

singan

otlettiksant

vhodd sadhon kel'lem. Exeadd ani 1996vea

olimpiksant

khellgaddi

lianddor

ttenis

kamonvelt

khellamni

pesan

Dhamvnnent

400

mi.

bhangarachim

kaxeachem podok zoddl'lem. Hem

podokam tanne zoddleant. Punn

16 vorsam olimpiksant eki podok na

melborn (1956), rom' (1960) ani

mholl'lleak opovad toxench 1952

ttokio (1964) olimpiksamni milkha

uprant poilem

singan bhag ghetl'lo. Punn taka

voiyoktik

podok

podokam

zalem.

mellonk

nant.

Rom'

olimpiksant kesa titlea ontorar taka podok

chukl'lem.

400

mittor

dhamvnnent poilea 200 mittoram poreant to poilea sthanarch asl'lo. Uprant Veyttliftting,

xutting,

roifol,

baksing, beaddmintton ani asolea her khellamni bharotan sadhon kelam tori otlettiksant bharotachem sadhon nanch mhonnyet.

aplea

tanne

pattim

ghumvon

protispordhim

polloyil'lench

chuk

zali.

kuxin Tea

spordheant taka choutem sthan

(45.73 sekendds) labhlem. Olimpiks tosolea khellamni

60 Veez Konkani

otlettiksant

bharot

kiteak

pattim?:

Otlettiksak zamv va her khellank zamv lamb kallacha obheasachi

zonnasonkheant

china

uprant

gorz asa. Hea vellar khellgaddeamni

bharot dusrea sthanar asa. 2011vea

khollanastana

khanismari

bharotacho

Ghott-mutt urchak borem khann

zonnasonkho 121 korodd asl'lo. To

khaizai. Bharotant sadhy asl'leancha

utral'lea dha vorsamni (atancho

kuttmamni

zonnasonkho)

zala

Konnak khellant humed asa ani

Itlea

tanni sadhon kelear bore khellgaddi

prokar

mholl'llo

138

ondaz

korodd asa.

zonnasonkheamodhemyi olimpiksant

otlettiksant

obheas

khellgaddi

korizai.

ubzanant.

zauyet tosoleank adhar mellana. tori

Tanni vaur kelear matr tankam

soddeam,

pottak asa mholl'lli got. Amchea

kaxeachem podok haddunk ekloi

razoki-i vyousthent tankam tankam

sokana mholl'llem vichitr dista.

adhar dimvcho ani tankam ukoln

bhangarachem

dhorcho

vaur

Karonnam-i asat. Bharotant khellak

Zaiteapauttim

tantumnm-i

razoki-i

otlettiksak

protsah

cholana. vinchounnemni

cholta.

Moidana

unno. Adlea vorsamni bhurgeank

khellaurnim

iskolamni khellak khodd'ddai asl'li.

promukh zata. Heavorvim yogy

Iskolank

obhyorthinchi

khellamoidanam

gorz

razoki-i

voilea khellch

vinchounn

mholl'llim niyomam asl'lim. Atam

Axem

tosolim

niyomam

hitodrixtten marekar zaunasa.

mhollear

fokot

nant.

Iskol

bhandap

aslear

ghoddchem

zaina.

zalem. Khella kuxin humed na. Fokot

Khellgaddeank

marks kaddunk ot'todd poddta.

vellar

Ghora

Sorkaracha

thaun

ani

addolltem

choloiteleam thaun hich gozal.

boro

raxtracha

tancha

obheasa

protsah

labhazai.

vhodd

somstheamni tankam namvatekid (gouroupurnn) kam' dizai. Tanchom 61 Veez Konkani

koxe

asat

heavixim

poddon

gel'lench na. Hea babtin ailevar madhyomamni dixttik poddl'lem ek udahoronn ditam.

ddehraddun

(ut'torakhondd rajy) thaun fais zal'li vordi. Dilraz kour mohilla peara xuttor. Tika atam 34 vorsam prai. Bharotacha

poilea

thoddea

ontaraxttri-i mohilla para xuttoram poikim ti ekli. 2004 isvent thaun sogllo

vell

obheasak

mellaxem

2015 isve poreant tinne raxttri-i ani

korizai. Hea obheasa khatir tankam

ontaraxttri-i

adhunik ritiche khella soulotayo ani

bhangarachim, 8 rupeachim ani

khella porisor zoddn dizai. Tanchem

podokam zoddleant.

khella jivit mugdalea uprant tankam boroea

ritin

polloizai.

Amchea

dexant ek pauttim zonnaprotinidhi

(parlimentt vidhan

sando

rajeamni

sobhecho

vidhan

porixotacho sando ani her) hud'de ghetl'leank jivitaporeant

tancha maxason

sogllea ani

her

boroeo soulotayo melltat. Punn

khellgeaddeank tancham sadhona vellar pukartat ani kaim il'lem dhon ditat xivai heravellar te konn, atam 62 Veez Konkani

mott'ttar

Kour tinne aplea jivita khatir kaim

kazar

tori vyoustha korunk sorkaralagim

poisapoisilim

ani

ilakheamlagim

prodexanchi, zati-dhormanchi astat,

monoveamvoir monveo keleari tika

kitleo kullio vivingodd astat titli

kan haloyil'le nant.

mukli

sombondhit

Patyetat tor

patyeya –

zal'lim

zoddim astat

pillgi

kitlea

ani

vividh

ghott-mutt

mhonntat

asta

sonxodhonam.

Bharotantlim

kazaram

kour atam ddehradduncha gandhi

dhormam

parkacha eka lhan sttolant aplea auy

bhitor

sangata chips ani biskittam vikun dis

zolmonchi

sarta.

pondeattank doihik samortheunt

Madhyomamlagim uloun

choltat.

tinne sangl'lem ‘zaitea raxttri-i ani

zamvchem

ontaraxttri-i

bhurgim

kriddakuttamni

bhitor,

zati-

sombondha Axem

bhurgim soddeam, ang-pang

unn

astam khella zaitim ason

hamvem bhag ghetla. Rajy ani dexa

zolmatat. Moticho unn heavorvimyi

khatir zaitim podokaim jikleant.

yeuyeta mhonntat.

Punn

mhojea

gorjek

konnm-i

paulinant. Ut'torokhondd sorkara

Khellgaddeank sodhun tankam

thaun kosoli-i kumok mell'llina.

protsahit korizai:

Kridda

sadhonacher

bharotant khellant humed asl'leank

hondvon kridda kottant ek kam'

protsahit korchem unnem. Hea

vicharn orjeo galn solvon gelim.

vatten sorkar chodd gomon dina.

Horyek

Udeun yemvchea khellgaddeank

xetantlea

pauttim

mhojeo

orjeo

tiroskrit zatat’. Toxem zal'lean ti

torbheteche

atam

ghottayechem khann-jevann diun

chips

ani

biskitt

vikreak

demvlea.

aukas,

tankam

tanni khellak choddit gomon dixem

korchi gozalch na. Thoddea mafan Bharotant doihik samorthi na

asole aukas asl'leakoddey probhavo

asonk karonn: 63 Veez Konkani

(inpluyens) raz korchem ghuttachi gozal nohim. Hea

vatten

proitnam

nanch

mhonnon nhoi. Mhojea gomonant ascho ek vixoi sangtam.

1985 uprant rajivo gandhicha kendr montri

monddolant

amchich

mongllurogarn

margorett

yuvozonn

khella

ani

montri zaunasl'li.

allvo

khateachi

Ticho mamv

zokim allvo ani uprant tinnem-i karvar loksobha kxetr protinidhitv kelam.

Ut'toro

kon'noddo

jil'leantlea yel'lapurant sid'dhi lok

bhurgim

ani

yuvozonnampoikim

khellachi samorthi ani humed as l'leank

khella

hosttelam

tosole

aukas rochunk, tantlea nivasink borem khann-jevann ani khellachi

torbeti

dimvchea

manddaullichem

tosolea

yozon

xrimoti

allvon manddl'lem. Tichi audi zatach

ani

hea yozonak kitem zalem tem hamv

muslim'yi asat.

nenna.

Hea zonangacho thoddo lok afrika

Asoleach xeatecho lok ani bhurgim-

asa.

Zaito

hindu,

kristamv

mullacho. Boro sokteunt ani doihik samortheunt

lok.

Hangacha

yuvozonnam

bharotacha

herekoddey asat. Ott'ttare tankam

64 Veez Konkani

sodhun kaddizai. Soulotayo dizai.

Hea vixant akxep na. Punn hancham

Protsahit

korizai.

matr

pras chodd khellgaddeank gomon

bharotak

olimpiksant

podokam

ani soulotayo mellazai. Hi aichi gorz

Tedalla

haddn dimvche put ani dhuvo

zaunasa.

mellonk sadhy asa. Khellgaddeanchaurnim

chodd

odhikari vorgak soulotayo melltat. Raxttri-i ani ontaraxttri-i khella kutt zatana asoleanchem raz cholta. Kriddakuttank vochonk asole ek mett mukar. Khellgaddeamvornim chodd soulotayo hankam melltat.

- ech. Ar. Allvo

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

38. Gozali "sodam-i

khuxalai

ulounko

vell

mellta?" az ordhem anglem vhodda

mogan ttomikodde uloitana maka bezar zalem. "kazar zaun bat'tis vorsam zaleari bat'tis dant dakoun has l'lem havem

65 Veez Konkani

polleunko

na"

gunngunnlom.

hamv

Bhair

lovo

moikacher

"alleya...

Ulomvchcheamni

sokddamni sot ch ulomvchem... To

bobatt zali

nhoi...!"

"tujeo haso polleun hamv pisom

"magir konn haba?"

zalom" "solvaloi..." ti hasli. hamvem heuxin teuxin pollelem. Konni na.

"tum maka khali thodde klu di... Hamv

roppa

sangtam..

Konn

Ttomi gozalincher tol'lin. To vichari...

bonega korodd potint char apxon

"baye somsarant sot sangcho monis

nant ye?"

asagi?..." "zait... Sarki zap sangaje... Tor aik..." "asa.." "thoddo vell viram' di baye... Tti. Vi. "konn?"

R istiharak vell dil'leporim....

"em'. Ji."

Tinnem

mobailacher

till'llem.

Pornem pod... "xxi.. Em'. Ji. Tomillnadducho mokel

"ozare...Azare vo meri dil bhor

montri... Adim filmant... Magir..."

azare... Dil ki peas bhuzane azare..."

"to nhoi ya em'. Ji."

"konn ann'nna ozaregi?...

Baba ...

Rama... Devak sodhun asagi?"

"ham... Mohatma gandhi zaije... To sot uloitalo khoim..."

"dhamp tondd..."

66 Veez Konkani

"tor kejrik..."

"tum vopari uloitai..."

"tum voge ravo pi. Hech. Ddi..."

"khoim?"

"norosimh ravo ani xila

"tum ghora bhitor asai...

tanchem

pura zalam....." tinnem moboil kuxik

Ghorak

gotto mhonntai.."?

dourlem. "oyeo.... "em'. Ji. Char apxon sang baye...!"

Ham...

Tisrem...

Sviz

beankant a......" aker korchea poilem ttomi ghonklo...

ek: bore dis.... "yureka.... Yureka..." Ttomi bobattlo : ayenge ayenge... "kitem?" "konknnent bogoll ttomi..." "atam tin vantte chodd zaleat "bovo... Bovo..."

khoim... Anyek pauttim sangyet baye....

Hea

pauttim

ekamvttak

"dhamp tondd..."

pon'nas lak.... Vha... Vha..."

dusrem: odhar gorz na....

"dhamp tondd..."

"punn odhar kardd gorz asa nem

hamv hollu bhair ailom.

atam..." "choutem:

"tuka gorz na... Gotteantlyi devi gai

hamv

khamvchona...

Khaunko dimvchom na..."

asa... Tika zai..." "atam sang em'. Ji. Konn?" 67 Veez Konkani

ttomi dhamvloch...

"em'. Ji. Gi... Mhollear....."

Hamvem ttomik pattim apoilem..

"kitem?...."

"kitem? tuka got'tunangi ... Em'. Ji..."

"mhoji got..."

"ji por guzorat... Tuka ek hintt..."

_ponchu, bonttvall.

hamv haslom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Flat No 403

mhojem

muklem

bodlaunn korunk nat l'li. Punn hea

konknni siriyol . Chitrikoronn okher

pauttim Flat No 403 siriyolakhatir

zal'lench

sompurnn

horxencha

bhorich

daijivorldd ttivicher hoftea modhem

thoran

novea

kolakoranchi vinchounn kelea.

hem siriyol prosar zatelem. Hea adim Mrs. Meena oni

Godfather

Hea khatir don addixona dour l'lim

siriyolant hamve kolakoranchi vixes

oni nottonant asokt os l'lea logbhog

68 Veez Konkani

tinxeam voir obhyorthinche skrin

haddailem.

ttestt kel'lem. Hea poikim zaiteanim

ososiexona

’amkam nottonant vixes asokt osa .

haddche bhaddeache nattok chch.

Punn tumi nottonantlo onbhog

Oxem vedich mellna mhonn zalear

vichartat. Amkam aukas chch mellna

onbhog khoim thaun haddcho sor?"

tor onbhog zoddcho koso mhonn’

mhonn vichar l'lem mhoka ozun

xinn ucharul'loosa. Tantlea eklean "

dhoste

adim

tosolem soval tachem.

igorzanim,

songh

osa.

Igorje

bhair

mhonn

klob,

tannim-i

Chintunk

lamvche

somstheancha varxik disanim firgoz gar ya songh somstheache sandech

Hacha bhair oprup onbhog oslelea

nattok khellaun dakaitale. Tanche

thoddeank tor mottvea audek matr

modhech eklo nattok boroinnar

xuttingak yeunko zata, xutting oni

ostalo.Thodde

ddobbing mhonnon dodon pauttim

pauttim

namvadd'dik boroinnarache flott

tras

vicharn haddtale. Stholli-i zaun eklo

vividh karonnam. Rottaulleo,

nirdexok , ek hiro-hiroyin, hasy nott

oni siriyol zal'lean lamb audechem

mhonn

chitrikoronn

ostale.

Asokt

oschea

zatat,

oxem-toxem

mhonntana

mhonn vell,

tanche

noveank soho-kolakar zaun zobbor

razamv chuk mhonn sangonk zaina.

ovkas melltalo. Punn ami il'lem

Asokt asleari tras chintana ovkas

vhodd zaun oxench notton korizai,

hogddaun ghemvchi porigot tanchi.

nattok boroizai, nirdexon korizai mhonntana amche modhle nattok

Koxem punni korn novea tonddank

raule. Obheas, toyarai, khorchache

ovkas dije mholl'llea chintpakhal

vande,

kuddsaje

vorounn/tukun/mezun mholl'llebori

firgojecha

sunil bozal, viola tokkott'ttu, solomi

bhailo

mhonnon

lok

amchea

addollteadaranim,

songho

bondel,

meklin

poddil,

vinos

somstheanim bhaddeak mhonn her

lorett'tto hanka Flat No 403 cha

bhasancha

ontim' pott'ttent ovkas dila.

nattok

pongddank

69 Veez Konkani

Hea

poikim sunil hannim

oni solomi bondel

kemora

mukar

notton

prokaracher

siriyol

zaun prosar

zatalim. Sorvanche borem zamv.....

kelam. Violo, meklin oni vinos siriyol/sinema Novim

xetak

kolakoram,

mhonnon

Flat

novinch..

novi

kanni,

403

tleo

gozaleo/ghodditam tumche mukar yeunko oni chodd dis nant. Beak

ddrop

kuttmant svarosy

ben'no

zamvchi kor

oni

tacha

chaltim,

ghodditam

oni

Sitcom

-stteani bella

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Chicken green Masala 70 Veez Konkani

Method: - Cut chicken into medium pieces and wash well and keep aside to drain water - Make a fine paste of ingredients 2) to 12) and add the masala paste Ingredients:

to chicken and marinate for 1 hour

1) 1 kg fresh chicken (with bones),

- In a kadai, heat oil

cut into small pieces

2) 1 full bunch of coriander leaves 3) 1 bunch of mint leaves 4) 2-inch ginger 6) 5-6 green chillies (adjust as per 7) 1 tsp black pepper corns 8) 1 tsp cumin seeds 9) 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 10) 3-4 cloves 11) 1/2-inch cinnamon stick 12) 2 tbsp yoghurt 13) 4 big onions, finely sliced 14) 1 tbsp lemon juice 15) 4 tbsp oil 16) salt as per taste

golden brown - Add chicken and fry on high

5) 7-8 big size cloves garlic spice)

- Once oil is hot, fry onions till

flame for 5 mins - Reduce the flame to medium, add

salt and stir well - Cover the lid and cook on medium flame for 10 mins or until chicken cooked well

- In between, open the lid cover and keep stirring. Add hot water if gravy dries up completely. Keep 71 Veez Konkani

the gravy thick

- Once chicken is cooked, add lemon juice, stir well, and cook for another 5 mins on low flame Switch off the flame and serve hot with chapatis, Naan or kuboos ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Methi palo ani mugachi dall suki 1/2 kop mugachi dall (mitt ani udak ghaln ukodd) 72 Veez Konkani

pitto ghaln ukoddleli dall ghaln mitt chakon bhorsun bhum-i dour. ---------------------------------------

Methi palo ani gule suke

2 moulleo methi bhaji (bharik xindun dour) tel tapoun sasamv, 2 piav,

1 kop gule (bhizat ghaln dour)

2-3 torneo mirsango,

dusrye disa mitt ani udak ghaln ukddunk dour. 1 bottatto (bharik xindun dour) 1-2 moulli methi bhaji tel hun korn 1 piav, 1 ttispun alem, losunnecho pestt ghaln bhaz. 2 ttometto ghaln 1 ttispun konnpire pitto, 2-3 torneo mirsango, chimttibhor hollod ghaln bhaz.

Atam ukoddlele gule, bottatte

uprant methi bhaji ghaln bhorxi. Uprant chimttibhor holldi pitto, 1 ttispun holldi pitto, 1 ttispun jiroea

ghaln methi palo bhorsun ukoddtoch il'li konnpir bhaji ximpddamvn bhum-i dour. ********

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Transforming a vision into reality

St Agnes College (Autonomous),

Veronica

Mangaluru, India, is a premier

transplanted at St Ann’s Convent,

catholic

Mangaluru, India in the year 1870.

educational

institution

which

was

then

founded on 2 July 1921 by a great visionary Mother Mary Aloysia, the

The Apostolic Carmel Congregation

Second Superior General of the

is the pioneer in women’s education

Apostolic Carmel Congregation. The

in South India that established

Congregation was founded in 1868

educational institutions to educate

in France by Venerable Mother 74 Veez Konkani

celebrated its golden jubilee, the then Superior General, Mother Mary Aloysia discerned the urgent need for a Catholic college for women. It was proud moment in institutional history when in 1920 the first intermediate class comprising six students was started at St Ann’s in the ‘Garden House’ and transferred to the present premises, St Agnes, Bendore in 1921. In the same year, affiliation

the

University

Madras was obtained for St Agnes College as a second grade college. young girls and women in the 19th Century. It is the Parent Educational Society, having under its wings, more than a thousand educational, technical, health and social service institutions catering to the needs of varied students all over the world. With

intention

provide

education for girls, the sisters of the Apostolic

Carmel

Congregation

successfully built St Ann’s, St Mary’s and Ladyhill schools. When the Apostolic

Carmel

Congregation

It is the First Women’s College on the West Coast of India and the first private women’s college in the whole country. Though a minority institution, it has opened the doors of

opportunities

individuals

irrespective of caste, creed, religion or

economic

status,

giving

importance to the cause of the disadvantaged

and

the

Apostolic

Carmel

underprivileged. While

the

Congregation is celebrating the sesquicentennial

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year

its

existence in India, St Agnes College,

values of service, tolerance and

its finest gift to the society, has

human rights. It is because of the

marched towards 100 glorious years

unfailing

of service in the field of higher

magnanimity

education.

Sisters that St Agnes College was

It is said that a journey of a

able to scale this height of success.

love, of

dedication the

and

founding

thousand miles begins with a single step

and it is this journey that

THE CALENDER OF HISTORICAL

began in 1921, culminated in the

EVENTS

Centenary Celebration throughout

The college came into being under

2020-21.

the name of St Ann’s College in the

(Reference: Pic3)

year 1921. It later attained the status of First Grade College and changed its name to St Agnes College in the year 1924. The College celebrated its Silver Jubilee in the year 1946.

100 Glorious Years… A time to appreciate the past, celebrate the present and inspire the future. Through the corridors of time, St Agnes College with its long and luminous history has been hailed as a hallowed place which has served both God and the Community by splendidly

offering

access

wholesome and quality education and by imbibing in its students the

As a memorial of its Golden Jubilee celebrations in the year 1971 St Agnes

Special

School

for

the

differently abled was established and in the same year NSS wing was introduced in the college. St Agnes College was affiliated to Mangalore University in the year 1980. Another grand celebration followed soon after when the college celebrated it Diamond Jubilee in the year 1982. The year 1995 was indeed a blessed

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one with the visit of Blessed Mother

2006. The college has been awarded

Teresa to mark its Platinum Jubilee

the certificate of appreciation by

celebrations. The year 2001 was an

Father

eventful year where PU and Degree

Hospital

College was bifurcated.

Donation Programme.

St. Agnes College was the first

The year 2017 was an eventful year

college to submit itself to the

for the college where it secured A+

National

and

grade from NAAC with CGPA 3.65

accreditation (NAAC) process and

out of 4 in the cycle 4. The same

had the honour of being awarded a

year college was awarded the ‘Star

‘Five Star’ grade in 1999.Thereafter

College Status’ by the Ministry of

the

Science

Assessment

college

went

for

re-

Muller

Medical

College

for

continuous

Blood

and

Technology, Biotechnology,

accreditation every 5 years in 2005,

Department

2012, and the college earned an ‘A’

government

grade with CGPA 3.53.

outstanding progress made by the

In 2006 the college was recognized

college in the field of basic sciences.

as the college with Potential for

Another feather to the cap was

Excellence by the University Grant

when the NSS unit secured National

Commission (UGC). In 2007 the

Young

college received the Autonomous

Mangalore University.

Status

The college is also recognized under

from

UGC

and

the

Leaders

India

for

Award

the

from

Government of Karnataka.

Unnath Bharath Abhiya, a flagship

The college has been the recipient

programme by the Ministry of

of the ‘Jimmy and Roselyn Carter

Human Resource Development for

Foundation’

partnership

community development and as a

International Award for its path

Mentoring Institution under the

breaking work in the field of

Paramrsh scheme for monitoring

watershed management in the year

NAAC

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Accreditation

Aspirant

Intuitions and thereby promoting

the College has been witness to

the Ideal quality assurance in higher

many fests and events in the years

education.

gone by. A bank and ATM facility available in the College campus

THE CASTLE OF DREAMS

caters to the monetary needs of the

St Agnes College has been standing

students.

strong for a glorious hundred years.

The canteen of St Agnes College

The classrooms are a unique blend

offers a variety of dishes and mid-

of the ancient architecture with a

day meals, both vegetarian and

modern touch; they are spacious,

non-vegetarian, at a reasonable

comfortable and well furnished.

price.

The laboratories are well-equipped

The College provides hostel facilities

with functional and contemporary

to accommodate students from

instruments.

and

distant places.

best

The highlight of the College is the

Agnes

Mother Mary Aloysia block, which

College also has language labs and

was built to commemorate 100

a beautiful museum of its own - The

successful

Agnesium.

houses

service. It comprises a massive

conference halls and audio-visual

auditorium with high tech facilities.

rooms for educational purposes as

This block also houses a huge state

well as for hosting state, national

of the art library, which is a delight

and International conferences.

to all booklovers.

internet

Computer

labs

computers

have

installed.

The

the St

College

The College campus comprises a library, health care centre, Carmel Counseling

centre,

playground,

gymnasium, food court, studio and much more. The open-air stage of 78 Veez Konkani

years

educational

“Service to a just cause rewards the worker with more real happiness and satisfaction than any other ventures in life.” St Agnes College has a rich tradition of reaching out to the

poor and marginalized

sections of the society. The service rendered by the final year students

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The college promotes sound social and family values that help in the “Agnes Towards Community” (ATC) is worth a mention here. Kudos to the

students,

who

worked

relentlessly and with dedication, during the Covid 19 pandemic, to help people in need.

Institution’s internal up gradation, especially in the areas of teaching and

learning,

research

and

publication, faculty improvement and extension activities. Add-On courses, Certificate Courses and Minor Research Projects keep the

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staff ever alert to the contemporary

The

Science

need of the society and demands of

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics,

the job market.

Statistics, Economics,

A CHRONICLE OF COURSES

stream

comprises

Computer

Science,

Botany,

Zoology,

Microbiology and Psychology. The Commerce courses include B.Com Regular, B.Com with ACCA, B.Com Professional and B.Com BPS. St Agnes PU College has students from

all

communities

and

denominations. It offers various courses related to Arts, Science and Commerce. It also hosts a number of

co-curricular,

extracurricular

activities and coaching classes to the students to showcase their St Agnes College has played a

hidden talents and bloom into

motivational

confident

women’s

role

holistic

uplifting

education.

young

women.

St.

Agnes College offers a plethora of courses

Commerce

Arts, with

Science a

variety

and of

combinations to choose from. The Arts stream comprises History, Economics,

Political

Psychology, Practice,

English,

Office

Science, Secretarial

Practice

and

Management, Journalism and NCC.

The Placement Cell of the college has successfully conducts training programmes

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and

Campus

recruitment drives with a number of

St Agnes Centre for Post Graduate

companies and recruiters; some of

Studies and Research offers M.A. in

them are

English Literature, M.Com. M.Sc. in

Odessa,

Bolt, Wipro, Toyota, TCS,

Lykora,

Infosys,

Psychology,

Clinical

Psychology,

Mickinsy, Decathlon, McDonalds,

M.Sc. in Chemistry and Big Data

EY, IBM, TTK, Amazon, Concentrix,

Analytics and Ph.D. programmes in

KMPG etc.

Psychology, English, Commerce and St

Agnes

College

also

offers

Chemistry.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelors of Computer

OUT OF THE BOX...

Applications (BCA). The

College

Placement

incorporates training,

placement

Pre-

Campus assessment,

standardized internships, coaching for

Bank

and

Civil

Service

examinations. Language being an integral part of education, the students can opt for

Apart from helping students excel in

Kannada,

academics,

Hindi,

French

and

Malayalam as the second language.

St.

Agnes

College

organises a number of co-curricular

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activities to provide an effective

programmes, workshops, seminars

platform to the students to exhibit

and webinars related to different

their talents. Numerous fun-filled

useful subjects. Various interesting

events like Freshers day, Students

and rare courses like mushroom

day, Traditional day, Youth Day keep

culture,

the campus buzzing. The annual fest

management,

named Agnofest is an absolute treat

market and much more are offered

to all those who witness it.

To develop the personality of the

interests.

students and to help them evolve as

The

competent men and women, the

associations namely the Nature

college

club,

hosts

number

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the

tailoring, trends

students

college

also

Language

event in

stock

fuel

has

their

various

associations,

Women's cell, Psychology forum,

Here is what students have to say

Commerce

about their Alma Mater.

forum,

Management

forum, Science forum, Red Cross, etc. which keeps the students

St Agnes College, for me, is not just

engaged with interesting activities.

an educational institution, but a

The NSS and NCC units zealously

place which caters to thousands of

spread the message of service and

dreams and helps them turn into

selflessness among students.

reality. It not only focuses on

St. Agnes College not only focuses

academic excellence but transforms

on academic performance but pays

a student into an all-rounder, and

keen interest in providing ample

that is what every student aspires

opportunities to the students to

for.

showcase their talents and develop their personalities. When the heart speaks out… St

Agnes

providing

College quality

has

been

education

students for the past 100 years, and has played a vital role in turning young, jovial students into mature men and women of substance. The students leave the portals of St Agnes College with their heads held high and achieve their dreams with flying colours. The success of the college is measured by the success in life of the outgoing students.

Preethi P S St Agnes College definitely has been providing a learning experience to me in many ways. The lecturers are always willing to lend a helping hand in all matters concerning

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education and life skills. The happy

opportunities to develop my skills

moments that I have spent with my

and to grow as an individual. The

classmates and friends has been

College has transformed me from a

very enriching. Each day in our

clueless teenager to a responsible

College is an amazing experience

adult. I will forever be grateful to St

and the joy is doubled with the

Agnes College for being a part of

centenary

and

my journey. Wherever life takes me,

preparations in tow. The newly built

I will be proud to say that I'm an

infrastructure makes learning fun.

Agnesian.

programmes

- Larissa Carol Pereira III BBA

- Narmada

The years that I have spent in St. Agnes College have given me beautiful memories that I'll treasure throughout

life.

Agnes

College has provided me with many

III BA St Agnes College gave me an opportunity to build my confidence and

self-esteem.

This

beautiful

campus made me feel safe and

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welcoming. Even though I had come

confident person and I have seen

from a different environment, I

myself grow as a student as well as

never felt like an outsider. The

an individual. I'm proud to call

college gave me a purpose, a

myself an Agnesian.

dream, a purposeful life and great happiness.

- Maria Mendonca

- Kripa Maria Rasquinha

III BCA

II B.Sc

St Agnes College is a wonderful place to be in. The College has motivated me to excel not only in academics but also in co-curricular activities. I have been given several opportunities to showcase and build my talents and leadership abilities. The College has played a pivotal

role

making

Reviews of the Alumni “St Agnes institute has played an important role in my life. Boosting my

confidence

and

especially

encouraging me as a woman in society.

The

memories

students have made in the college as well as the bond created with our

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us. I used to go to our chapel where I would find peace when I ever had a moment of nervousness just before a presentation or an exam. I miss the gallery classrooms which made it easier for all of us to learn effectively. I discovered my hidden leadership

qualities

that

was

recognised by my lecturers and went on to become Aids Awareness professors will last forever.”

Organisation

Secretary.

The

Sanchia Nazareth

intercollegiate competitions that we

2006

attended helped me immensely to build my confidence and gave me

St Agnes has been my second home

the experience of dealing with

for 3 years. My college experience was fantastic as it has a big role in moulding me into the person that I am today. The atmosphere in our college was homely, our teachers wherever so generous and would take care of our well being at all times. The campus was so positive with beautiful trees and cleanliness around. We had all the modern facilities that would enrich, educate,

pressure

and enlighten us regarding the

acknowledge failure and success as

possibilities that our future held for 87 Veez Konkani

calmly

and

a part of life. Thank you St Agnes, I

colleagues

Alumni.

was

am forever grateful.

privileged to be a part of its

Divya Reches – 2006

centennial celebrations. Proud to be

St Agnes has been my life I can say

an Agnesian always! Hail St Agnes!

since I entered its portals at the age of 16 as a PUC student & stepped

Saramma EP

out at the age of 60 as one of its

1980

retired Professors. The long years I spent here were richly rewarding

Empowerment for a journey called

and fulfilling. I gratefully remember

life happened in the five years at

all the opportunities offered by the

campus as a hosteller and student

college

of St Agnes. The sheltered convent

for

personal

professional growth. Ever cherish

school

years

notwithstanding,

the values imbibed & professional

college life was a totally different

etiquettes learned from my Alma

scenario and vibrant experience. St

Mater. Reminisce the happy &

Agnes

exposed

good

education and ample opportunities to explore our inherent talents in sports,

music

and

other

co-

curricular activities. The massive campus

and

diverse

student

community was a world in itself and interaction

was

experience.

Decades

priceless later,

remember the college assemblies in the auditorium, the girlie sessions enchanting moments spent in the

under the landmark copper pod

company

tree, the cacophony and youthful

students,

friends,

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banter in the basement refectory

and privacy were a few of the

during mealtimes at the hostel. Who

lessons I

can

and

hosteller. Lasting friendships were

fashionable parade of girls on our

forged whilst on campus that is

majestic

enduring to this day. That Life is

forget

the

colourful

driveway

the

learnt especially as a

surreptitious scurrying away on

beautiful,

and

spotting our Principal, faculty or

experience

wardens, when we knew we were up

crystallised in those beautiful years

to no good! The discipline, values,

at St Agnes.

orderliness,

education

a an

challenging attitude

that

and

experience I received has made me

Nirmala Lobo Mahajan

what I am today. Co-exist, co-

1982 (CBZ)

operate, interact, and enrich each other, share, and care, give and

Lastly, A Centenary evokes life-

receive, have respect for schedules

giving memories. It is a time to

and time, respect each other's space

rejoice! As we review the rich legacy of 100 years, we have enough reasons to thank God for all the blessings St Agnes College has received over the years. May God continue to bless and lead us to greater heights of learning and service. “Every Seed is a Potential Forest”. What it becomes depends on when it finds its soil, in whose hands it falls and the timing when it is found.

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************

TOWARDS INDIAN CHRISTIAN DAY: 3 July 2021

in 72AD; 3 July commemorates his martyrdom.

*Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ

Since several years, 3 July has been a significant day for the Christians of India. It is the Feast of St Thomas the Apostle - one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. He came to India after the Resurrection of Jesus, around 52 AD. It is historically accepted that St Thomas was martyred near Chennai

This year has added significance: for the first time Christians from all Churches in India (and also Indian Christians who live in other parts of the world) will come together to celebrate ‘Indian Christian Day’ (Yeshu Bhakti Divas). A Declaration prepared by a small group of initiators of the Day (representing various Churches) states,

“This declaration of 3 July 2021 as Indian Christian Day (Yeshu Bhakti Divas) as an annual day of remembrance, is for followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, of Indian origin, to celebrate the person and message of JESUS CHRIST which was brought

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to India in 52 AD by one of His twelve disciples, St. Thomas the Apostle. This day, historically observed as St. Thomas Day, commemorates the martyrdom of the Apostle in 72 AD near Chennai. In marking it in 2021 and every year henceforth, we as followers of the Lord Jesus, also preserve our identity within the Indian cultural heritage, while uniting with all who wish to celebrate, irrespective of language, custom, creed, region or religion. The celebration of Indian Christian Day (Yeshu Bhakti Divas) on 3 July 2021, will launch the Decade of Celebration (2021-2030) to honour the 2000th anniversary of the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ whose teaching and life principles have helped to shape and transform India and the world”. Indian Christian Day (ICD) is important on several counts; among them are the fact that it is a grassroot initiative; mooted by a group of lay persons; it is non-political and seeks no political patronage and above all, it brings together Christians from various Churches in India to love, to serve and to

celebrate. The Vision Statement of Indian Christian Day (Yeshu Bhakti Divas) states, “to celebrate the

person and message of Lord Jesus Christ which was brought to India in AD 52 by one of His twelve disciples, St. Thomas the Apostle, while preserving our identity within the Indian cultural heritage and promoting unity in India”. The day itself is meant to be the launch of an annual day of remembrance for the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ who are of Indian origin and all who wish to celebrate the person & message of Jesus the Lord. The initiators of this day are also unequivocal in their invitation to all women and men of goodwill who would like to join in the celebration of the person and message of Jesus. As one of them states, “in these

challenging and difficult times: the world needs more than ever the compassion, the mercy and the courage to stand up for the least, the lost and the last which Jesus radiated all through his life on earth” Indian Christian Day this year will herald the launch of a Decade of Celebration: the ten years (2021-

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2030) would lead to honour the 2000th anniversary of the public ministry of Lord Jesus Christ whose teaching and life principles have helped to shape and transform India and the rest of the world. The success of this movement’s impact will be the incremental progress of wide-spread acceptance, appreciation and recognition of the historic presence and influence of the person and teachings of Jesus among Indians. The day itself will see a plethora of events: locally (in Churches, organizations, areas, districts and even in one’s family); State- wise, a national event and a Global event. Because of the pandemic and the fact that numbers are restricted – most of the events planned this year will be (where physical events are planned) with very small numbers or virtually. A website www.indianchristianday.com has been constructed which provides one the possibility of accessing important information, PDF downloads and the opportunities for involvement in the Indian Christian Day.

Since the time of St Thomas, Indian Christians have contributed significantly to the country in every possible sphere. Christians have been an integral part of the freedom struggle and also members of the Constituent Assembly; they have been Ministers in the Central and State Governments, Governors of States, members of the Judiciary and of other Constitutional bodies of the nation. The contribution of Christians to the field of education and medicare is legendary. Some of the educational institutions of excellence are managed by the Christians (as is evident from the leading surveys in the country recently). Be it in academics or research; in literature or in sports; in the promotion of local cultures or the development of languages; in media and the arts, the Christian presence has always been invaluable. This presence is also seen from the white revolution to the green revolution; from botany to architecture; from social forestry to the care of the environment. Christians have worked selflessly for the upliftment of the poor and the marginalized, the excluded and the exploited, the tribals and the Dalits,

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women and children. In their loyalty to the Constitution, they have been visible and vocal in their stand for human rights of all. Christians have contributed significantly, objectively and with excellence in every field of human endeavour to this great nation! There is certainly much to be celebrated! The significant contribution of the Christians to nation-building has come in for praise and appreciation from every quarter: there is no doubt about that. In 1964, the Indian Postal Department issued a commemorative Postage Stamp on St Thomas on the occasion of the visit of St Pope Paul VI to India; in 1973, another commemorative stamp was issued on the occasion of the 19th centenary of the death of St Thomas. Apart from these, Christians have been honoured by the nation through the whole range of National recognitions from the Bharat Ratna downwards for their selfless contribution to the nation! However, what also is a painful fact is that in recent years there has been increased misinformation about the

historicity of the message of Jesus in India; besides from certain quarters there are efforts to discredit the Christians with falsehoods and halftruths. The Christian faith and practice existed in India centuries before European colonization. What is wrongly promoted is the narrative that Christ was introduced to India by European colonialists and to conclude that Christ is against the Indian cultural ethos and people. Indian Christian Day also aims at celebrating the coming of the message of Jesus Christ with Apostle Thomas’ arrival in India and to counteract attempts of promoting a revisionist history with solidarity and hope. Besides, given the circumstances today, it is necessary to establish the historicity of Christ in India, to highlight the impact of the person and message of the Lord Jesus Christ on India and to showcase the ongoing contribution of the followers of Jesus to the development and nation building of India. On 4 December 2020, the ‘Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity’ of the Vatican, gave to the Church a path breaking document

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“The Bishop and Christian Unity: An Ecumenical Vademecum.”. The document spells out various dimensions(dialogues) by which a genuine Ecumenical Spirit can be fostered and ultimately move towards the prayer of Jesus, “that all may be one”. The Vademecum emphatically states, “The Dialogue

of Life includes the opportunities for encounter and collaboration with other Christians in pastoral care, in mission to the world and through culture. These forms of ecumenism are here distinguished for clarity of explanation, but it should always be borne in mind that they are interconnected and mutually enriching aspects of the same reality. Much ecumenical activity will engage a number of these dimensions simultaneously. For the purposes of this document distinctions are made in order to help the bishop in his discernment. (#15). Further adding, “Ut unum sint teaches that “There is no important or significant event which does not benefit from Christians coming together and praying” Christians from different traditions will share a concern for the local community in which they live and the particular

challenges that it faces. Christians can demonstrate their care by marking together significant events or anniversaries in the life of the community, and by praying together for its particular needs. Global realities such as warfare, poverty, the plight of migrants, injustice and the persecution of Christians and other religious groups also demand the attention of Christians who can join together in prayer for peace and for the most vulnerable.” (#19) There was certainly no connection between the Vademecum and those who initiated the idea of Indian Christian Day. Strangely enough the movement towards this day began early in 2021, a little after the Vademecum was promulgated in the Catholic Church; interestingly enough, the spirit and the thoughts (in a very primary way) of the vademecum began to be actualized in India. Since early February monthly virtual ‘Concept and Vision Meetings’ have been held which have brought in several eminent speakers from the different Churches besides hundreds of participants from everywhere.

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Among the speakers from the Catholic Church were Mr. John Dayal, Bishop Thomas Dabre of Pune, Archbishop Thomas Macwan of Gandhinagar, Archbishop Anil Couto of Delhi, Bishop Agnelo Gracias of Jalandhar and Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore. The underlying message in these preparatory meetings were clear: Christians of India need to come together to celebrate the person and message of Jesus Christ and in doing so ensure that the Constitutional values – which are also in the Gospel of Jesus- of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity become an intrinsic and non-negotiable dimension for all Indians – so that in the years to come peace, joy, harmony and pluralism reign in our land! The conclusion of the Ecumenical Vademecum has a meaningful but apt prayer for Indian Christian Day: “Father Paul Couturier (1881–1953),

a Catholic pioneer in the ecumenical movement and particularly of spiritual ecumenism, called upon the grace of Christ’s victory over division in his prayer for unity which continues to inspire Christians of

many different traditions. With his prayer we conclude this Vademecum: Lord Jesus, on the night before you died for us, you prayed that all your disciples may be perfectly one, as you are in your Father and your Father is in you. Make us painfully aware of our lack of faith in not being united. Give us the faithfulness to acknowledge, and the courage to reject, our hidden indifference, distrust and even enmity towards one another. Grant that we all may meet one another in you, so that from our souls and our lips there may ever arise your prayer for the unity of Christians as you will it and by the means that you desire. In you, who are perfect Love, grant us to find the way that leads to unity, in obedience to your love and your truth. Amen”. Come 3 July 2021, Indian Christians are called in a very special way to celebrate in unity (one in heart and one in mind), their faith: to love and serve others; to give and not to count the cost; to be a witness to justice and truth -just as Jesus would have done and expects his

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disciples to do likewise today! Let us NOT shy in doing so! 28 June 2021

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WEAPONIZING COMMUNION – DEMONIZING PEOPLE (A sequel to “Hello ... Can you hear me?”)

# chhotebhai A middle-aged man with a shock of dishevelled straw-yellow hair approached the altar of the cathedral in London, in wedding attire. He had been born a Catholic and subsequently joined the Anglican Church. He had been twice married and divorced, and now had a child from his current partner. Could such a person get married in

a Catholic sacrament of Matrimony? The average Catholic would say an emphatic “No”. As in my last article, this one also has a Trans Atlantic saga. An old man who had been through much personal suffering, including the death of his son and first wife, was a regular Sunday Mass goer. He always carried a rosary in his pocket and often spoke of his Catholic moral beliefs. Yet he was denied Holy Communion, and the American bishops were conspiring to ensure that he did not get to receive the same; because of his support for pro-choicers; those who believed that it was a woman, and she alone, who had the right to decide about her own body. Was this fair? Again, a majority of Catholics would probably say “No”.

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Yet the Catholic Church in England said “Yes” to the man whose hair looked like a straw hat; and the American bishops too said “Yes” to deny Communion to the old man. By now you would have guessed who these two are – Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the UK, and Joseph Biden, the President of the USA. How did this happen? First the facts. Johnson got married this 28th May in Westminster Cathedral. How did the Church allow it, when lesser mortals in a similar situation have been vehemently denied such a facility or even the admission to Communion? They are the Divorced and Remarried Catholics (DARCs). Johnson was very much in that category.

first Eucharistic celebration. He describes the recipients as “unworthy”. One was a traitor, another in denial, and the rest were cowards. The one “recipient” who did stand by the cross did nothing to alleviate Jesus’ pain or to plead on his behalf. So who then is worthy? In my previous piece I had already described the Jansenist heresy on “holiness” and Vatican II’s dogmatic teaching on “embracing sinners in its bosom”.

Nine days later (6th June) was the Feast of Corpus Christi. Rev Sean Hall, a former professor of theology and now a priest in the Catholic diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, had this to say in his sermon that Sunday, as reported by La Croix International on 11/6/2021.

Hall must have been confronted by his parishioners and some DARCs on the church’s double standards. He laments “that there would seem to be one law for the rich and powerful and another for the rest ... The distress caused to these people is incalculable”. He adds that “The church has lost some excellent people because of its rigidity and coldness of heart towards those who are hurting, and in need of healing, not the wagging finger and judgment of Church law ... its rules and regulations regarding admittance to the sacraments now look ludicrous and unstoppable”.

Hall referred to the Last Supper, the

Across the Atlantic, the antics of the

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US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) seem even more ludicrous. On 21/6/2021 Giulia Heyward reported on it in the New York Times. She said that on 18/6/21 they voted to “begin drafting new guidance (sic) that could deny President Biden and other prochoice public officials Communion, due to their support of abortion rights”. This move is spearheaded by the conservative Abp Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, the USCCB President. After three days of virtual debate (many bishops were not tech savvy enough to even mute or unmute their mikes) 75% voted in favour of preparing the document, while 24% opposed the move. One may safely presume that most of the US bishops now in office are appointees of either Popes John Paul II or Benedict XVI, both arch conservatives. Heyward states that though the proposed document will not specifically name Biden (it dare not) “the debate has been heavily focussed on the nation’s second Catholic President, making it clear that he is the motivating factor behind the proposed draft”.

Democratic Representative from California, Ted Lieu, called the bishops “partisan hypocrites”. Sixty Catholic Democrat lawmakers have released a statement “urging the USCCB to not formalize the practice of withholding the Eucharist based on political beliefs”. Is the USCCB stirring up another political storm, probably egged on by Donald Trump, who could hardly be described as being on a higher moral ground than Biden? The lawmakers described the USCCB action as “the weaponization of the Eucharist to Democratic lawmakers for their support of a woman’s safe and legal access to abortion, as contradictory. No elected officials have been threatened with being denied the Eucharist as they support and have supported policies contrary to the church’s teachings”. One could also ask the USCCB what action it has taken against drug lords, war mongers, human traffickers, pornographers, paedophile clergy and the ruthless mafia, who could possibly be major donors to church coffers!

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Heyward says that Catholic bishops opposed to this document have said that it has “the potential to create more division and exclusion within the faith community. Bp Robert McElroy of San Diego warned that “we will invite all the political animosities that so tragically divide our nation into the very heart of the Eucharistic celebration ... That sacrament that seeks to make us one will become for millions of Catholics, a sign of division”. Interestingly, 61% of Catholics over the age of 18 said that abortion should be kept legal. Again, 67% said that Biden should be allowed to receive Communion. Among Democrats the figure was higher at 87% and lower at 44% among Republicans, according to a survey by the Pew Research Centre. Is all this much ado about nothing? For now, the USCCB has only voted on preparing the document. In November it will review the “proposed document”. Even after that it will only be in the nature of a guideline, and the final decision will be “left to the discretion of the local

bishop or the pope”! One therefore wonders if this is just a diversionary tactic, to detract from one’s failures on other fronts? Yet, what is happening in the USA now is nothing new. It happened 125 years ago with the advent of Americanism – an undefined term. If the USCCB has now taken a sharp turn to the conservative right, the last time it had a spat with the Vatican was for leaning too far to the liberal left! This is found in the encyclical “Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae” issued by Pope Leo XIII on 22/1/1899, addressed to Cardinal James Gibbon, of Baltimore. The then pope was concerned about the new opinions being expressed that “the church should shape her teachings more in accord with the spirit of the age and relax some of her ancient severity and make some concessions to new opinions. Many think that these concessions should be made not only in regard to ways of living, but even in regard to doctrines which belong to the deposit of faith”. The encyclical is uncompromising on what it considers matters of faith

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but acknowledges that “in regard to ways of living she has been accustomed to so yield that, the divine principles of morals being kept intact, she has never neglected to accommodate herself to the character and genius of the nations which she embraces”. We need to remember that this encyclical was written years before the far-reaching changes in ecclesiology of Vatican II. It ends by saying “We are not able to give approval to those views that, in their collective sense, are called by some as Americanism ... For it would give rise to the suspicion that there are some among you who conceive and would have the church in America to be different from what it is in the rest of the world”. This seems like a comedy of errors, with a complete role reversal. The USCCB today seems to be talking the language of Pope Leo in 1899, and the Vatican today seems more in keeping with the liberal thinking of the condemned Americanism! It is for this reason that Cardinal Luis Ladaria sent a letter on behalf of

Pope Francis, to the USCCB in May, warning that their vote “could become a source of discord rather than unity within the episcopate and the larger church in the United States”. Let us objectively look at Vatican II teachings, Canon Law and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) vis-à-vis the Eucharist, especially of its unifying effect. The Eucharist manifests the unity of the Body of Christ (LG 11). It brings about the unity of the church (UR 2). It is the source of perfecting the church (AG 39). It is the hope and strength for life’s journey (GS 38). Community building must originate in the Eucharist (PO 6). Bishops should live the paschal mystery more deeply through the Eucharist and thus become a firmly united body in the solidarity of Christ’s love (CD 15). Canon Law asserts that any baptised person who is not forbidden by law may and must be admitted to Holy Communion (Can 912), as it is an action of Christ himself, and of the church (Can 899).

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The Catechism describes it as the centre of Christian life (CCC1343). It has been there from the beginning of Christian devotion (CCC 1342 & 2178, cf Acts 2:42-46 & 1 Cor 11:17). It therefore encourages the faithful to receive the Eucharist, even daily (CCC 1389). I really wonder if the USCCB has bothered to refer to the Church’s own teachings before embarking on its present highly motivated and suspect action against Joe Biden and his ilk? Finally, there is the abiding example of Jesus himself, who said that the Sabbath was made for man, and not the other way around (cf Mk 2:27). He did not condemn sinners but shared the table with them (cf Lk 15:2). He did not condemn the woman caught in adultery (cf Jn 8:4), or the Samaritan woman who had been through five husbands (cf Jn 4:18). Can we be more sacrosanct than Jesus? Remember how Pope Francis blessed the marriage of a live in Chilean couple that were flight

attendants on one of his journeys in 2018. He was touching hearts, not flouting or flaunting rules. He is indeed a pastor with his oft repeated “smell of the sheep”. And sheep do not smell of eau de cologne! He believes in the pastoral, not dogmatic approach, to situations. The dogmatist would say “Don’t jump into the water, it is dangerous”. Seeing a man drowning he says “I warned you, now you face the consequences”. The pastor, on the other hand, says, “That man is drowning. I must save him, even at the cost of my own life or reputation”. I will conclude with some examples of what moral theologians call “situational ethics”. Firstly, Jesus said that Moses allowed divorce because of the hardness of their hearts (Mat 19:8). Today it may be permissible because of the complexities and uncertainties of modern life. If I correctly recall, Pope Francis’ sister in Argentina is a divorcee, so he understands their pain.

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My wife had both her confinements in Catholic hospitals. Both were caesareans. After the second one, while my wife was still on the operation table, a Catholic nun came out of the theatre asking me to sign for a tubectomy, while her abdomen was still open, so as not to endanger her life. As a conscientious Catholic I was in a dilemma. My mother-in-law, sensing my confusion, told me to sign. I did. Another very different example. Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of U.P. is a sadhu who does not even eat onion or garlic. Yet he encourages the sale of liquor because the Govt desperately needs the money, more so in these corona times. Then there is St Thomas

Aquinas’ theory of “double effect”, used to justify killing in war. Protecting people is the prime motive but killing others in the process is the unintended “double effect” (CCC 2263). Generals today refer to it as collateral damage. My parting shot; as per Canon Law, only the Pope has the right to judge Heads of State (Can 1405:1)! Perhaps that is why he permitted Johnson’s marriage and may not permit the USCCB to get away with their antics of Weaponizing Communion and Demonizing People. • The writer is the Convenor of the Indian Catholic Forum JUNE 2021 --------------------------------------

50 Years of My Journey in the Society of Jesus I joined the Society of Jesus (the members are called Jesuits) on Monday 28th June 1971, after completing B.Sc. I joined, then called the Goa - Pune Jesuit Province and now I belong to the Goa Province. By God’s grace

coincidentally on Monday 28th June 2021, I completed 50 years as a Jesuit. Abraham Lincoln has rightly said, “In the end it is not the years in your life that count. It is the life in your years.” Or in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson “It is not length of

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life, but depth of life.” I firmly believe the saying “A life spent worthily should be measured by deeds, not by years.” Hence, my life as a Jesuit should be counted and measured not merely on the basis of 50 years in the Society of Jesus (SJ) but based on my quality of life, my contribution to the Society of Jesus, and to others. I always believed what Albert Einstein said, “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” I am a man of a few talents. With these limited talents I must honestly admit that I have contributed to the best of my ability and continue to contribute, especially in the field of Konknni for which I was chosen, encouraged, trained and supported by the SJ. I was first moulded in positive values by my family, later on by the SJ and through my own consistent and dedicated hard work. I don’t want to list here my contributions and their importance. Let others enumerate and evaluate them. However, in all humility I must accept and say that a vast majority of people consider me as the authority in Konknni language, its grammar, Konknni linguistics and consult me for their questions and doubts. My contribution goes far

beyond Konknni linguistics and extends to ecology, eco-spirituality, horticulture, promotion of Konknni language and culture through mass media and social media, care for domestic and wild animals including reptiles which most of the people are scared and avoid, guiding and encouraging people to grow in positive values, sharing of my thoughts, quotations, videos of music, dance, and short movies through social media, and reaching out 3L namely, the least, last, lost students and their poor families irrespective of religion, region, language, and culture. Throughout my life before joining the SJ and afterwards I was guided by the teachings of the Bible. Besides this, I was influenced by the thoughts of great thinkers and teachers of different religions. “Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” said George Washington. His sound advice I have followed till date. Till I reached tenth standard, I had never thought of becoming a priest.

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I wanted to be a teacher, because I was helping my siblings and others in their studies while studying. While I had my own plan for my life, God had a master plan for me. That is how I joined the SJ. First, I opted for the Darjeeling region and later within a year seeing the greater need, I joined the Goa-Pune Province to work in the Kannada region. When I finished my philosophy studies and a year of regency, my superiors and fellow Jesuits thought that I must be set aside for Konknni work. With the little initial reluctance, finally I accepted the challenge and never looked back. I proposed the concept of establishing Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr (TSKK) and worked with the late Fr. Matthew Almeida for all the aspects connected with TSKK and its campus, including constructing the aesthetic building. For me life is not what I want, but what God decrees. Hence, I accepted the saying, “When life isn’t the way you like, like it the way it is.” Life in the SJ gave me ample opportunities to bloom and spread the fragrance. There were moments of jubilant sense of reaching the Mount Everest peak

and at times thrown down to the frightening and descending unknown abyss of the ocean. During these moments I reminded myself the sound words of Gautama Buddha, “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” Living in the present moment and swimming against the powerful current of worldly culture and standard was a great challenge for me. From my childhood I had an independent mind of my own and never pleased others including the elders and superiors to receive favours. I always preferred to take the path less travelled or dare to go off the beaten path by others. I liked to be a trend setter than a trend follower. To follow this way of thinking and living was not easy. Here I was reminded of the words of the American writer Henry Wheeler Shaw who wrote with the pen name Josh Billings “Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold.” I always played cards which I got and believed not to defeat others but to create as far as possible “win-win situation”,

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without counting consequences.

the

cost

As far as I am concerned, completing 50 years in the SJ is not an achievement or an occasion for jubilation or celebration, but an excellent occasion for selfintrospection, thanksgiving, and gratitude to God. I always avoided my celebrations. I never celebrated or encouraged others to celebrate my birthdays. Since I wanted my ordination in Konknni, I joined with my theology companions, Denzil Lobo and Francis D’Souza for the ordination on Thursday 21st April 1983 at St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru. After the ordination in the evening everybody was served a piece of cake, a batatawada, a little chuda and a cup of tea in ceramic cups by the Jesuit Community. I spent Rs. 500/- for printing the invitation card, postage, and for the travel. When I presented the bill to the Province Treasurer he was really surprised and took time to believe it. My parents spent 900 rupees to hire a bus for the transport of family members and friends. After the ordination there were no other celebrations anywhere. No first

mass or kissing of hands, etc. I told the parents to spend the amount which they had budgeted for the celebration for the cause of the needy. In the same line of thinking, I requested the Provincial and my local Jesuit community not to have any celebration for the Golden Jubilee, rather to spend the amount for the needs of poor students. Keeping in mind the teaching of Jesus with the help of friends of 3L, I arranged meals for eight families of 3L on 28th June. They prepared the food of their choice and taste. Since I am a firm believer in spirituality and not in ritualism, I spent 27th and 28th June 2021, in prayer, reflection, and silence of solitude to thank God for his grace, mercy, and love towards me. If God extends my lifespan and health, I want to complete Amčhi Bhas Xikat: Konknni Basic Course (In modified Roman Orthography) in 2022 and Learner’s English – Konknni Dictionary of 50,000 plus entries based on modern lexicography methods by 2030. This is my dream. With dreams begins the responsibility. So, I must constantly remind myself of the

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proverb, “If you want your dreams to come true, don’t sleep.” At the same time, I must keep in mind the saying of the American writer Robert James Waller, “Life is never easy for those who dream.” Let me conclude with the words of American humourist writer Erma Bombeck “When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.’” Thank you for becoming a fellow pilgrim in my life journey. Your presence, absence or even the shadow has contributed for my growth. There is no better thanksgiving hymn for me, other than the traditionally ascribed fourth century

Latin hymn “Te Deum Laudamus” (O God, We Praise Thee) sung with the Gregorian chant. Here below I have shared a video of “Te Deum Laudamus” sung by the Cistercian monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, Austria.

Pratap Naik, sj 28th June 2021 --------------------------------------

School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya invites Harold D’Souza as a key note speaker on Global Vision for Academic Excellence Dr. Juliet C. J., Principal, School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, Mangaluru has organized a seven days International Virtual Faculty Development Programme on

‘Global Vision for Academic Excellence’ from July 5th to July 11th, 2021. Harold D’Souza Co-Founder of Eyes

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Open International and former Member on Board, U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, appointed by President Obama and re-appointed by President Trump will address globally on July 10th, from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm IST. College to Community: Extension Services is the topic Harold D’Souza President of EOI a native of Bajpe, Mangaluru will address internationally. School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, managed by the Institute of Social Service, Mangaluru, was established in 1960 by the Society of

the Daughters of the Heart of Mary. The Institution has created as an ecosystem to develop a global vision for academic excellence and human development. Centre for International Academic Network (CIAN), Centre for Research and Publications, Extension Service Centres such as Family Service Agency, Family Counselling Centre, CHILD LINE, Centre for Leadership and Social Development, Centre for Sustainable Development and Centres for Urban and Rural

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acting for the purpose driven life is inspiring”.

Community Development are actively engaged in accelerating the capacity of the Faculty and the students to become knowledge factories, skills towers and value oriented professionals in contributing to building a just, sustainable and inclusive Society. The Government of Karnataka has conferred the college the status of ‘Autonomous College’ in the year 2007-2008 and in 2010, the UGC has recognized it as “College with Potential for Excellence”. The College has been re-accredited by NAAC with an ‘A’ Grade (3rd Cycle) in 2016. About the IFDP The International Faculty Development Programme. Dr. Jenis Mary - Vice Principal, School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya shared; “May the gracious Lord bless Harold with healthy, happy, and harmonious life! Harold your way of thinking, writing, and

The International Faculty Development Programme (IFDP) aims to improve faculty members' personal and professional skills in higher education. It would allow the individual to understand and realize their full potential, as well as optimize their contribution to the Institute and its stakeholders to lead a successful professional life. This intensive faculty development programme is offered also to keep abreast with knowledge and skills development from a local to a global perspective. We have speakers from different continents who have wide experience in academics and practicum addressing the key thrust areas of higher education. School of Social Work, Roshni Nilaya, invites administrators and faculty to participate in the IFDP to foster institutional development and benefit the nation. Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary Motto is “Love is Made Fruitful in Service"

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Day 1: 5th July 2021, 4:30pm to 5:30 pm (IST) Theme: Dynamic and Participatory Leadership Speaker: Mr. Donald D’Souza (United Kingdom) Director HR – (EMEA) Oracle Corporation Day 2: 6th July 2021, 4:00pm to 5:30 pm (IST) Theme: Student Wellness and Integral Development Speaker: Dr. Nelson D’Souza (Australia) Leadership and Talent Development Professional Day 3: 7th July 2021, 4:30pm to 5:30 pm (IST) Theme: College Campus Spirituality Speaker: Sr. Anita Baird (United States of America) Member of the Religious Congregation of The Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary Day 4: 8th July 2021, 4:30pm to 5:30 pm (IST) Theme: Globalization and Academic Diplomacy: Future of Partnerships Speaker: Prof. Prakash Goossens (Belgium) International representative at Fracarita International Day 5: 9th July 2021, 4:30pm to 5:30 pm (IST) Theme: Academic & Human Excellence Speaker: Dr. L. N Seshagiri (India) Associate Professor

in English and Expert in Soft skills, Teacher skills, Counseling and Quality in Higher Education Day 6: 10th July 2021, 4:30pm to 5:30 pm (IST) Theme: College to Community: Extension Services Speaker: Mr. Harold D’ Souza (United States of America) Cofounder Eyes Open International Day 7: 11th July 2021, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm (IST) Theme: Alma mater Alumni Engagement for Institutional Eminence Speaker: Mr. Jagadish Shekhar Naik (India) CoFounder & CEO, TalentFree India, Bengaluru. Dr. Jenis Mary an advocate on human rights spoke to the press; “For me Harold your past has been history, your future will be fulfilling and satisfactory! I just want to tell you from the depth of my heart that right now you are living in a state of grace! Harold you are a happy person, healthy person, successful person, loving person, generous person, positive person, open person! Person of good will, will flourish and cherish life forever. Continue to weld the universe with

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your positive force! Give time for members too for you are wonderful! yourself and for your family. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Biddar matyecha vonntimni suttlolea iddeamni varoeacheo xillonneo kolvachem pakem pomvtona thembe thembe aramvcha topleacheo pimrgounneo mollbak burak zal'lyebori varoeak handdi dhorn vhalle vhalle votcha atti sonna pausacheo bhulounneo ghora bhair pausacha paulleamni bhorun vomtuncha sidye kollxancho amruko haso vol pangrun boslear randnnikodde ujean dimvchi ub vorosa vorosa novem kapadd mell'llolyebori pakeak novo kolu ximvchem bhag kitlem pomvleari tem mhaka mogachem mhojem ghor hea bhumir mhojem rauller ekekchch kaddyen bandhl'lo ghontter vadollak boli zatona suknnean bhogcho vixevo natlo akant.........

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bhurgem nenntulem bhurgem sorvank mogachem hastem tachem mukhamoll

fulaita amchim kallza bul bul vhazoyilea borim kinnkinnam apurbayechim bhaunam vell gel'lochch kollana sokddam sangata khelltat

mogan taka vengtat mutlem zalear hak bob ollem mutlem veggim vhor polle haglem nitoll kor bhurgeak thoinch soddn

dhamv mar tedna matr zai auy bhurgeak korta nitoll saf portean ailim khellonk uf zhodd nhoim valik foll zhodd zaina auyk ball (✍osunto ddisoza ) 114 Veez Konkani

mannkam - 51

vividh madd amger asat madd maddar chodd

datte motte godd godd bondde kadd amger asat maddeo maddye angari sodam nettan fulon rautat

sobhit bhingari amger asat ind indar bender bender sovorn sur kaddi sezra render amger asat tolltte tollttear irvoll irvoll kaddun santent vikun zomoi bhonddvall polleylyaigi khazur teyi zatat maddar golf dexa sukhea remver madda sarkea rukar

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tum yetai mhonnon .... Moza sopnnamni sodam tunch

dekun sokall zamvchi naka munnon dhamplea0t hamve zonelam. Sodam magnneant tujench dhean dekun ghorant sogllanitlean umkallailant tujinch fainelam. Kallzak toplea moga bhali vhallta rogta vallo

khoroch mogant ghayelam. Tum yetai munn ghorak kela sumrgar vorsam kitlim zalim paxar konne lek kelam ? --zossi pintto, kin'nigolli. 116 Veez Konkani

ghutt... Eka ghuddant don kunkddam jietalim...

Ekak ujvo dollo disana onyekak davo... Ekameka mukamukar melltana sokkodd soma asul'lem kosolo mog kosoli sodd dodd punn sangata choltana guspodd gondoll ekak davea kuxichem borem laglear onyekak ujvea kuxichem... Golattoch golatto... Opaplo ghutt soddn diunko doni kunkddam toyar nant... Tea eka disa dhoni ailo, davo dollo disanatulyo kunkddeachea gomttek davea kuxin suri dorli ani kitem gomtti luvonk baki tori nirlipt osul'lea tacha 117 Veez Konkani

ujvea dolleak polletananch onyeka kunkddak sorv orth zal'lem... ' chhe hamve itlo themp zhogddeo kel'lem mujeborinch ek dollo disanatulyo laggim...' ...Novin pirera, surotkol -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sotravo odhyai: korar (The Betrothal) 118 Veez Konkani

sangata ami mukhar vetana mettam

polleyil'li

ayexa

zai.

Atam

dislim ani demvon vetech prodhan

polleyil'leant, ticha kuddint mas ani

puzaricha ghora lagim pauleamv.

rogat na mhonn chint'tam. Mhaka tinnem umo ditana, umo mhonn

Thoimsor ek sobhangonn. Thoim

apoilear,

pautoch opnnak susti zalea mhonn

voran ti kosi bodlali? mas ani rogat

sangon

ujea vorvim zolmana hores"

adeus maglo. Orosan

mhaka

bhoglo

na.Eka

amkam eka sobhit kuddak velem. "tum portun zolmalea mhonn "mhoji tokli ghumvta ani mhaka

tum optaigi? ami pollel'lem tem

nidonk zai" lion mhollem.

misterachem

Amkam zag zatana donpar.

motichem

pintur

Bohuxea

ami

Omi naun lagsilea fulancha xetant cholonk

geleamv.

rupnnem

amka

zaunko korant

puro. pollel'li

dusrich"

Agostacho

mohino ani varem ani hovo boroch

"bohuxea. Amkam got'tuna. Got'tu

asul'lo. Ami eka bankar bosleamv.

zamvchey

bhoyanok.

Hamv

"tum kitem mhonntai hores?"

Hem tika

sokkodd akorxit

zalom,tichi dixtt mhojem rogat hun

kelem ani mhoji mot pixi zali. Ani "sokkodd odbhut ritin zalem. Omi

hores, ti attenak bhieta mhonn

svopnnel'lem niz zalem ani kaddlele

mhaka bhogta. Tika tinnem jivexim

koxtt vyorth zale nant. Tum' bhagi

marlem na"

ani sontos pavo" ’bohuxea

to mhaka porkea bori pollelaglo.

ayexa

chodd

zaleasteli amche bori"

" vhoi, ti mogall punn ti oniki il'li chodd monis zaizoi. Mhaka korant

"zaunko puro. Ti chodd

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movall

doivikpannan bhorlea. Punn hamv

vanno

liok

dileo

ani

sobhit,

tika kosolo ghovo zatolom? zor

sozoyil'lo dhovo ek doglo nhosoilo.

hamv tit'tun paulear"

Tokler ek mukhutt.

Mhakat ek

doglo ani vhanno punn lio bori nhoi. "tit'tun

paulear

mhonn

kiteak

sangtai?" hamvem ragan vicharlem

Ek rupeachem bet liok ani mhaka rukachem. Kosolem karyem mhonn vichartana oros sangonk oplo na.

"mhaka

got'tuna.Attenan

kitem

Punn

lion

hott

kel'lean

sanglelem ugddas kor-dadlo ani ek

mhonnalo- "korar" lio utsahit zalo

spirit mog korunk

ani khania hazor astagi mhonn

sokanant konn'nna’

vicharilaglo.

"sokanant konn'nna mhonn tinnem

"na. Ti edolluch aplea gamvak

mholl'llem.

Atam

pattim gelea - hogem tirsitam ani

korinaka.

Chint.

choritrent

tokli

virar

Somsracha

tumvem

zhuz kortam mhonn sangon"

odbhut

pollelam-i , apnnailam-i. Devani

ami

dimvchem

Mukhylan oros, pattlean lio ani

apnnai-namv,mog,ani

odhikar"

orosacho

pattlavo

kelo.

tacha pattlean hamv ani amcha

pattlean

puzarincho

purxamv.

titlear oros ailo ani ayexa amkam

Khambeam thaun ujvadd boroch

mellonk

axeta

sangon

distalo. Mondirant kosoligi puza

amkam

omcha

yeya

vidhi cholchi ami polleli. Thoimsor

mhonnalo. Thoim vetana puzari

donxeam voir lok dhove nheson apa

osul'le.

mhonnchadinch

olea zagear ubhe osul'le.Ani tancha

tannem liochem khadd ani kes

pattlean puzari ani tancha pattlean

katrun sobhit kele. Hamvem nakach

puzarnincho

mhollem.

vhodd don kodelam simhasona bori

Naka

mhonn kudak

Bangracha

rongacho

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zomo.

Modhengat

ani tim choddonk mettam. Ekacher

lagim voddlem ani mhaka boglek

ayexa boson asul'li. Tichem tondd

ravonk hixaro kelo.

dhampinastana ugtem ason amkam pollemvchem

"hessache puzari ani puzarnino,

ghal'lea

auycha noukarano, mhaka aika.

nhosnnacher ti puzarni nhoi eka

Poilem pauttim hamv tumch samkar

rannye bori sobhtali. Fulam ani

ubhim asam. Mhoji sobhai tumi

abhorannani tika sozoyil'lem ani

polleunko ho monis karan. Ho aplea

tinne

ghal'lem

ixtta sangata porkea bori bhomvon

silkachem patall nhesann korant

amha mondirak paulo. Aika. Ho

ami pollel'le borich dislem.Ticha

porki nhoi bodlak mhozo rai ,

ujvea hatant motiani sozoyil'lem ek

portun mhozo mog apnnaunko

bet. Kosoli sobhat! ticha sobhayek

oyla. Vhoimu kol'likrettos?"

akorxit

bhag

distali.

lablem.

Tinnem

doglea

bhitor

adheatmik rong asul'lo. Tika soddn her kitench ami pollelem na. Amkam yeukar

korunk

magnnim

"vhoi"

ani

montram thoimsor avajlim.

’tuminch sanga. Hamvem' ekleak mhozo rai zaun vinchizai, vhoimu?"

Omkam

ticha

mukhar

vechak

orosan hixaro dilo ani to pattim

"tosench vhoi , o hes" ekach tallean

sorlo. Vetech tinnem bet ubharlem

zap aili. Ayexa tin pauttim bagvali

oni sokkodd stobd zalem. Ti uttli ani

ani lio mukhar dimbi ghali.

mettam devon sokla aili. Tinnenn liok hollu apoddlem ani vhodd

"sang" , liok pollet't ti uloili. "

punn

mhollem-

hankam sorvank sang ani hanga

vinchounn!"

natleleanki kollondi, tum portun

ruchik

"polleya, zomleleani

tallean

hesiachi zap

dili-

hesian

vinchlelea tuka svagot!" tinnem liok

mhaka mhonn"

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hokal

zaun

apnnaitai

’vhoi striye", gombhir tori

Ayexa,hamv

tuka

kampcha tallean lion zap

bagaitam" hem aikon zomlelea

dili. "atam ani sorvodam"

thoddeank

azap

matr

tokli

zalem

ani

gunngunnonk lagle. Modhlean ek ti ubhi zali ani bet sokla ghalnn aple

tallo avajlo-" tum vinchlelea auycha

doni hat mukhar korun rauli. Lio

raga thaun zagrut ravo!" hem aikon

lagim zalo ani ticha vengent gelo,

ayexa bhieli tori hason mhonnali-

punn hamvem' pollelem , tachem

"titlem

tondd dhousel'lem-bhorpa bori ani

raya,tujem aradhon ani korarachem

tache kes bangra rongak bodlale ani

gain puro.Choddtik naka"

puro.

Mhaka

,mhojea

to kamptalo, poddcha bori dislo. Ayexani hem pollelem ani tinne taka

lio mettam choddon kodelacher

samball'llem ani gott'tt dhorun umo

boslo.

dilo. Orosan tichem bet tika pattim

soit.Tori

dilem.

dislo.Montram, magnnim ani gain

Rayall distalo ani akorxik il'loso

piddest

suru zalem. Amkam choddtik arth "o raya, tuka toyar kol'lo zago tum

zalem

tori

ghe ani tum sodanch mhoza boglek

laglem. Poilem striyani hollu tallean,

ch ostoloi. Chodd tujem simhason

uprant vhodd tallean dadle il'lea

ani zomleleanchem aradhon svikar

sontosan

kor"

sangata mellon gailem. Okhrek

ani

aikonk

il'lea

borench

roddnneam

dobhazo,sontos ani sombhroman "na."

lion

zap

dile."atam

ani

hangach hamv sangtam. Hamv ek

bhorlolo tallo.Hem gayan sumar vell chol'lem.

dadlo-mhaka vichitr devam vixeant

got'tuna-tanchem

ani

Ayexa ubhi zaun aplem bet voir

Tumi

kelem ani zomleleani tin pauttim

komnn'nch mhaka tokli bagainaye.

tokli bagaun hollu tallean kromenn

achoronn

soit

sakrifis

kollit

na.

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gain rauylem.

Tankam vochonk

tinnem hixaro dil'loch sorv thoim

"na"

thaun gele ani dar dhamplem. Ami dog, papove ani oros matr urleamv.

"tor ami arbhint ch uloveam.Atam tum mhaka il'lo vell eksurench

"tumi aikal'lem gain kazarachem git,

sodda.Hamv

tench

axetam.

oisis ani orisis khatir gailelem-

Hamvem thoddeank bhett diunko

ijiptacha behobittant. Songit borem

asa"

hol'li. Tum mhojea raya, sang,tuka khoncha namvan hamv apomv?

ami mandun tom-i thaun geleamv.

kol'lekrettos-"

Tichem korar zal'leak

’mhaka lio mhonn apoi ayexa-hench

obhinondon pattounko porvotacha

mhojem namv.Ho kol'lekrettos ek

adivasiche mukheli aileat mhonn

nirbhagi monis"

koll'llem.

"zait mhojea raya lio.Omi otam vhobhovacha nhesnnar sobhtamv

**************

ani amchi axa zari zalea.Ore,hamv tujelagim arbhint uloitam. Tum ti

(sotravo adhyai somapt)

visronk namymu?"

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Mullo nokxotro (bhago-9)

monxamno onopekxito

savitrino serogano tonddo

prosongako tonddo divocheako

dhampuno ghetlem. Ti bollu bollu

soda toyaro urka. Hi videa promodalo angantu assili. Tanne kolloso sokkolo dovornu savitri

kollna zal'le . To thonche umbollche fat'thorari bosuno urlo.

dikano tonddo firoilem. Nozore

nozoro bhiddoli. Ponno savitrino logecho kolloso ukkollo. Ti udako haddocheako geli. Udako balodintu ot'titona tea udoka borxi tigelo du:kha orxu bhi balodintu golltale. Hem droxyo promodalo

roddtali. Promodako kossone korka

Ten'na savitrino sambhalloto saukaxo sano ovazantu promodako polloito sangolem , " tum amkam sonno vot'to khoyim nhoyim ?" hem sangotona tigelo monantulo du:khachi tirvota zannoutali.

"xxe...Xxe tumkam kossim

nozorentuleano suttilna. Tanne mhollem, " savitri...Tugelo dollentu oxru ?"

sonno vochea zat'ta ? tum'mi itlo laggichi zaleanti ki... At'tom duro 124 Veez Konkani

korchem xokyona. Hi zali eko bazu.

Savitri tum somozuno ghego. Pliso

At'tom dusori bazu aikuno ghe.

, makka sango , havem tukka jiuno

Amkam promoxon mellta ten'na

sangati mhonnu magonni ghaleari ,

xakhentu dournanti. Dusore

tum toyaro zat'tolimugo?"

koddeno vorgo kortati. At'tom

-podmonabho naiko

havem vochche poddota. Votna

(continued)

zaleari promoxon rod'do zat'ta.

(m) 9969267656

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Indian Catholic Youth Movement(ICYM) Central Council, Diocese of Mangalore in collaboration with Fr Muller Medical College Hospital Kankanady and Fr Muller Hospital, Thumbay initiated

Covid-19 vaccination drive with the aim to increase the vaccination rate and also to support the youth who are less privileged. There are dedicated counters setup to ensure the entire vaccination process goes on smoothly. ICYM Members were

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booking slots for vaccines and so on. Similarly other ICYM units all over the diocese have taken up such initiatives and have helped in getting people vaccinated.

present at the venue to guide the people. Under this initiative ICYM Episcopal city deanery started vaccine registration helpline which mainly focuses on creating awareness regarding vaccine registration,

ICYM Mangalore diocese is also offering free doses to the front-line volunteers of Mission Share and Care, who have served from past 50 days to distribute essential food kits and food packets to the needy people of Mangalore. In addition, Free vaccination is also being offered to those who are in urgent need of vaccination but, are unable to afford it. This initiative is running smoothly with the help and support of Rev Fr Richard Aloysius Coelho - Director

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Father Muller Charitable Institutions Errol Samuel and our well wishers. and with the cooperation of Rev Fr Ajith Menezes - Administrator of Ms. Minol Mrinaline Braggs, PRO Father Muller Medical College, Rev ICYM Mangalore Diocese, is the Fr Vincent Sylvester Lobooverall coordinator of this drive. Administrator Father Muller Director Fr Ashwin Cardoza, Thumbay, the medical staff, ICYM President - Leon Loyd Saldanha and Volunteers and because of the Secretary- Veena Vas are heading generous contribution of Mr John the team -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jesus the Real Vine Anybody care for a glass of real wine, Turn to Jesus’ blood, make it thine, This wine comes from the vineyard so pure, Any malady it is certain to cure. For the winemaker chose the fruit from which to make, This drink of life, which goes well with cake, As the fruit He gave His only son, That we may be made with Christ one. With care and love He grew the plant, That it may one day all sin supplant, Paying careful attention to the climatic condition, That would nuture this grapevine until its transition, To the blood of Jesus, from sin our liberator; That we may reach his Father, he served as an escalator. For the soil to bear this vine, He chose a lady so divine, The seed of which in her womb He sowed, That forever she will be by mankind implored. 128 Veez Konkani

In her entrails this vine grew, Blossoming into life new, She bore the son of God, to him she gave birth, For him to carry out his Father’s mission on earth. This vine it continued to blossom and bloom, The fruit of our Mother’s loom, This is what is referred to as “the word becoming flesh” Humanity was given a chance to start afresh, With hope of someday getting a share in God’s vineyard, Jesus making this for us to achieve, a feat not so hard. We were called to be branches of the vine, To show His love for us He sent many a sign, Promising us a fertile season without wilt, Provided we remain free of treason’s guilt. We are lucky that we are chosen by this winemaker, To be of His fine wine the ultimate taker, He has gone to lengths to assure it is the best, Drinking which at peace we may rest -Vanessa Pinto, Bengaluru ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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St Agnes College, Mangalore leaps into Post Centenary Era

2 July 2021 is a red letter day in the history of St Agnes College as it was founded by the great visionary

Mother Mary Aloysia A.C., the Second Superior General of the Apostolic Carmel on this date 100 years ago in a small dry land called hullu mulli, in Mangalore with just

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venture out of the ‘secure precincts’ of their homes.

24 students, in an era when educating girls was unheard of and the society wondered about whether it was advisable for girls to

Today, the college has progressed by leaps and bounds to be one of the premier institutions of higher education in the country. While education of the girl child and women empowerment are recognized as a national priority at present, St Agnes College has been serving this noble cause for the past 100 years, and its alumni scattered all over the world, are witness to this fact. This institution has trained young women to be leaders, pioneers and people for others,

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working shoulder to shoulder with men to shape a newfound nation. The year 2021 is very significant to St Agnes College as it has completed the 100 remarkable years of empowering women by providing value based, socially relevant and globally competitive education. In the last hundred years, St Agnes College has witnessed several milestones. The college took the initiative of submitting itself to the accreditation process conducted by the NAAC (National Assessment & Accreditation Council) in 1999 and had the honour of receiving a ‘Five Star’ grade. In the successive reaccreditation process by the NAAC in 2005 and 2012, the College earned an ‘A’ grade. The year 2017 turned into a milestone for the college as the it secured an A+ Grade from the NAAC with a CGPA of 3.65/4, and also has been conferred the title of ‘College of Excellence’ by the UGC, New Delhi. St. Agnes College is the first college under Mangalore University to receive this recognition. The college was granted the “Star Status” by the

Department of Bio Technology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science & Technology (MST), Government of India in 2017, for promoting basic sciences among students of the region. Apart from national recognition, the college has also been the recipient of the ‘Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Foundation’ Partnership International Award for its pathbreaking work in the field of watershed management in 2006. This is the only one of its kind recognition in India. In 2007, St Agnes College was conferred the status of Autonomy by the UGC making it possible to start Post Graduate Programmes, St Agnes Research Centre for both men and women. Reposing faith in the motto of the college “Deus Fortitudo Mea”- God is my Strength, the institution has not kept any stone unturned to empower women and excel them in their career as educators, scientists, chartered accountants, management professionals and efficient homemakers. These many

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years of glory of St Agnes College would not have been achievable if not for the strong foundation laid by Mother Mary Aloysia against all odds. St Agnes College will always remain in the history as the first women’s college on the west coast of India as well as the first Catholic women’s college in the country and the first women’s college in the region which has witnessed its Centennial Jubilee. Today, i.e. on 2 July 2021, as we celebrate the 101st birthday of this great institution, all the agnesians spread across the world would look back with gratitude to St Agnes, the patroness of the college, Mother Mary Aloysia, the founder, the management, a long line of Principals, scores of members of staff, students, alumni, parents, benefactors, well-wishers and donors whose unwavering faith, relentless endeavour and benevolence for making this institution what it is today. To mark the significance of this red letter day down the memory lane, a

sapling was planted by Sr M. Carmel Rita A.C., the administrator of the college, Sr Dr M. Venissa A.C, the principal of degree college, Sr M. Norine D’Souza A.C., the principal of PU college, Sr Dr M. Vinora A.C., Sr M. Roopa Rodrigues A.C., the vice principal of degree college, members of staff, support staff and the president of the student council. This sapling symbolises the inner beauty and resilience of the students of this prestigious institution. Like the branches of the tree, though the students leave the portals of this college, they will always get connected with their roots, the alma mater. At this juncture, St Agnes College History Vault was buried underground containing the book on the history of the college, the centenary badges, and the college emblem (crest) to bring back the nostalgic memories of this pioneering institution in the years to come. Sr M. Carmel Rita A.C., invoked the blessings of God and reminisce the contributions of all stakeholders of the college to its growth and paid befitting tribute to all of them. Sr Dr

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M. Venissa A.C., recalled the obstacles experienced by the staff & students due to the unprecedented covid-19 pandemic during the centenary year and threw light on the need for the introduction of New Education Policy (NEP) from the current academic year. She also pointed out the preparations required to update the calibre to fulfil the challenges of accepting

NEP. The sapling plantation ceremony was conducted at 10.30am in the close vicinity of Mother Mary Aloysia Centenary Auditorium on 2 July 2021 and the program was compered by Dr Devi Prabha Alva, Associate Professor of Commerce, St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru

Dr Devi Prabha Alva ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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