 | |
 | |
| Editor | Rev Fr Valerian Fernandes |
|---|---|
| Categories | News |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Deepti trust |
| Year founded | 1938 |
| Country | India |
| Based in | Mangalore |
| Language | Konkani |
| Website | raknno |
Raknno is a Konkani weekly magazine published in Kannada script from the Indian city of Mangalore. [1] It is the largest circulated periodical in Konkani in Kannada script. It is edited by Rev Fr Valerian Fernandes.
The magazine was started in 1938, [2] by Rev. Sylvester Menezes, under the encouragement of Rt. Rev. Victor Fernandes, Bishop of Mangalore. It has since grown and as emerged as the mouthpiece of the Konkani Catholics of the Canara Region. [3]
Konkani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Konkani people, primarily along the western coastal region (Konkan) of India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages mentioned in the 8th schedule of the Indian Constitution and the official language of the Indian state of Goa. The first Konkani inscription is dated 1187 A.D. It is a minority language in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Mangalorean Catholics are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians adhering to the Latin Rite of worship, from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore, of the erstwhile South Canara area, by the southwestern coast of present-day Carnataca.
Daijiworld Media is an Indian company, headquartered in Mangalore, that provides news services, including the web portal, www.daijiworld.com. It was founded by Walter Nandalike, as www.daijidubai.com on 14 January 2001, primarily with the objective of relaying news from the Coastal Konkan region of India. It was later renamed as www.daijiworld.com, and established as a media company in 2007.
Mangalorean Catholic literature is diverse.
Mangaloreans are a collection of diverse ethnic groups that hail from the historical locales of South Canara (Tulunaad) on the south western coast of Karnataka, India, particularly the residents native to Mangaluru.
Monti Fest is a major Catholic festival held on 8 September every year by the Latin Christian community of Konkani people, originating in the Konkan region of India, and their descendants in the Canara region of south India. This festival celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and in the Mangalorean Catholic community involves blessing of Novem. In certain Goan Catholic dialects the festival's name is corrupted to "Moti Fest".
Vincent John Peter Saldanha was an Indian Konkani language littérateur, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer and poet. He made significant contributions to Konkani literature as a poet, dramatist, novelist, and a litterateur.
Sandeep Malani is an Indian film director, documentary film maker, screenplay writer, and actor. He is the Managing Director of the Production Company 'Malani Talkies'.
Pius Fidelis Pinto is an Indian priest and research scholar of Christianity in Canara, India. He is noted for his research work and publications on the history of Konkani Christians of Canara. He has written eight books and presented 36 research papers at various events across the world.
Basti Vaman Madhav Shenoy was an Indian Konkani activist popularly known as Vishwa Konkani Sardar and was the founder of World Konkani Centre in Shakthinagar, Mangalore.
Kazar is a 2009 Konkani film directed by Richard Castelino and produced by Frank Fernandes. It stars Larry Fernandes and Harshika Poonachcha. Larry stars in the movie as a NRI boy, who comes back to Mangalore to get married, while Harshika plays the role of his bride. The movie was initially scheduled to be released on 9 September 2009 but was delayed by two months, finally being released on 27 November 2009.
Larry Fernandes is an Indian film actor, best known for playing the lead role in the Konkani movie Kazar (2009). He was born in Dubai to Frank Fernandes, Managing Director of Mosaco Shipping company and Alice Fernandes. He currently works for that company. After completing his education till 12th standard in Dubai, he completed his Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) degree course from St. Aloysius College (Mangalore). He will play the lead role in the Kannada movie Ellelloo neene, Nannalloo neene.
World Konkani Centre was founded by Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Prathistan at Konkani Gaon, Shakti Nagar, Mangalore, to serve as a nodal agency for the preservation and overall development of Konkani language, art and culture involving all the Konkani people the world over.
Victor Rodrigues was a Konkani novelist and short story writer from Mangalore, India. He was among the most prominent novelists in the field of Konkani literature. Rodrigues specialised in writing serialised novels of extraordinary length running into more than 150 chapters.
John Baptist Moraes was a Konkani poet and writer.
Canarese Konkani are a set of dialects spoken by minority Konkani people of the Canara sub-region of Karnataka, and also in Kassergode of Kerala that was part of South Canara. Kanarese script is the primary mode of writing used in Carnatacan Konkani, as recognised by the Konkani Academy.
The Konkani language agitations were a series of protests and demonstrations in India, concerning the uncertain future and the official status of the Konkani language. They were held by Goans in the then union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu governed at the time by the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. The protests involved citizen journalism, student activism and political demonstrations.
The history of Bible translations into the Konkani language begins with Ignazio Arcamone (1615–1683), an Italian Jesuit working in Salcette, Goa was the first to translate parts of the Bible to Konkani language. It was published under the title "Sogllea Vorunsache Vanjel" from Rachol Seminary Printing Press in 1667. Copies of this book are not available.
Konkani literature is literature in the Konkani language, mostly produced in three scripts: Roman, Devanagari and Kannada. Konkani literature is eligible for the Sahitya Akademi Award
Mandarke Madhav Pai is a Kannada, Sanskrit and Konkani linguist.