Honouring Culture and Literature is hall mark of healthy society : TV Mohanadas Pai
Mangaluru, March 21, 2022: “A community will progress if the works on language, culture, and literature, and the people associated with it are honored,” said T V Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education, during the felicitation speech at the Vishwa Konkani Puraskar 2022.
The annual award ceremony organised by Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Prathistan, World Konkani Centre, Mangaluru was held on Sunday.
He urged the youngsters of the community to be empowered with this knowledge to reach higher milestones.
The Vishwa Konkani Puraskar, comprising of 3 awards on Konkani Literature in the name of Smt. Vimala V. Pai, and 2 awards on Social Service rendered by Konkani people in the name of Basti Vaman Shenoy, the late founder of World Konkani Centre.
The Awards were conferred by Damodar Mauzo, the Jnanpith awardee Konkani writer. He recalled that back in 2012 he was the recipient of Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Puraskar.
Nandagopal Shenoy, President, Konkani Bhas ani Sanskriti Prathistan, welcomed the dignitaries the gathering.
Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Puraskar given for the Best Konkani Book of the year, was conferred on Antony Barkur for “Massam (मासां), a collection of Konkani short stories. Konkani Poet Uday Mhambro was conferred with Vimala V.Pai Vishwa Konkani Kavita Kruti Puraskar for his anthology of poems, Indradhonu Udeum (इंद्रधोणू उदेवं). Veteran Konkani Grammarian and lexicographer Suresh Jaywant Borkar was conferred with Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Jeevan Siddhi Samman 2021 for the lifetime contribution to Konkani Language pedagogy, grammar, and lexicography.
Corrine A. Rasquinha and Dr. Padmanabha Kamath were conferred with the Basti Vaman Shenoy Seva Puraskar 2021.
Corrine A. Rasqinha was felicitated for her enormous work on the destitute of the society through her White Dove Foundation. Dr. Padmanabha Kamath is the founder of Cardiology at the Doorstep Foundation which has established a network of Cardiologists and ECG machines in the rural India.
The Awards carries prize money of Rs. 1.00 Lakh each and a memento.
Trustees Melvyn Rodrigues, Payyanur Ramesh Pai, Gilbert D’Souza, B. R. Bhat and Dr. Kiran Budkuey escorted the awardees to the dais and introduced them to the audience.
Damodar Mauzo was honoured with Temples of Goa, Coffee Table Book as a token of gratitude for taking the Konkani literature to the great heights.
Giridhar Kamath, Secretary, Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Prathistan, delivered the vote of thanks.
