Mangalore, November 12: The Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy on Sunday honoured three persons each with honorary and book awards.
Inaugurating the award ceremony in the city, Deputy Speaker of Karnataka legislative Assembly N Yogish Bhat said that Konkani community is a knowledgeable community. “Knowledge is essential to understand the life,” he said.
MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik said that there is a need to conserve the Konkani culture and language and pass it on to the future generation. There is a need to document the culture.
Mothers should ensure that they pass on Konkani language to their children. There is a need to construct Konkani Bhavana and Konkani museum.
Writer Gopalakrishna Pai released the news letter brought out by the Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy. Former MLA Sunil Kumar distributed fellowships to the deserving candidates.
The Konkani Academy honoraray award winners are S M Krishnaraya (Konkani language and literature), Harry D'Souza (Konkani art) and Babi Naik (Konkani folklore).
The Academy book awards winners are Maxim G Pinto for his collection on Konkani articles 'Satham Khatham,' Ronald Vaz for his collection of poems 'Awaz' and Ron Maykal for his collection of short stories 'Modthamthlem Gulob.'
Talented youth Mahadevi Kulal (pottery), Vilas Nayk (painting) and Mahalskhmi Shenoy (classical music) were honored with 'Konkani Yuva puraskar.'
The honorary award carried a cash prize of Rs 10,000, citation, memento while the book award carried a cash prize of Rs 5,000, citation and memento. MLA Gopal Bhandary presided. Academy President Kasargod Chinna welcomed.
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