Mangaluru : Eminent Konkani cultural activist and founder of World Konkani Centre, Shaktinagar, Basti Vaman Madhav Shenoy (87) passed away on 2nd January, 2022 at 12.15 pm at Father Muller Hospital, Thumbay due to age-related illness. His health had been deteriorating in the last few weeks and he had been hospitalized for the last two […]
Mangaluru : The first Konkani Study Chair of the State will be inaugurated at Mangalore University on June 12. The State government has already released Rs two crores to the university, which was sanctioned in the 2015-16 budget. Higher Education and Tourism Minister R V Deshpande would participate in the programme. Briefing reporters, at Mangaluru […]
Mangalore : Vishwa Konkani Kendra, Shakti Nagar, Mangalore has announced two Annual Awards in the name of Sri Basti Vaman Shenoy who completed 80 years recently. The Awards are constituted to recognize outstanding contributions by Konkani-speaking individuals or organisations managed by Konkanies in fields such as Education, Governance, Social Service, Health Care, Science, Journalism, Literature […]
Bantwal : The 80th birthday celebrations of the Konkani statesman, Basti Vaman Shenoy, Founder-president of world Konkani language and culture centre of Konkanigaon were held on Sunday at SCS high school ground in Bantwal. A rousing welcome was given to Vaman mam was accorder by hundreds of his followers, admires and students of high school who […]
Bantwal : Shenoy mam has he is well known among his friends admirers and general public of Konkani speaking people, Convened and conducted the first ever Vishwa Konkani Bhasha- Samskrthi Sammelan in December 19, 1995 after he had retired from Syndicate bank of Manipal. He constructed Rs.3 crore world Konkani centre in Shakthi Nagar in […]
Mangalore: The Konkani Sahitya Academy in association with Raknno Konkani weekly organized a seminar on Century Growth of Konkani Novels on October 6, Saturday. Basti Vaman Shenoy, President of Konkani Bhas and Sanskriti Foundation, inaugurated the programme. In his address, Shenoy emphasized the need for serious thinking on the contributions of veteran Konkani writers. Krishna […]
Mangalore: The state Government on Wednesday, March28, released an amount of Rs.1.50 crore out of a Rs 5crore allotment earmarked for World Konkani Centre in Shaktinagar in the previous budget for development work in Konkani language and culture. Centre President Basti Vaman Shenoy secretary Pradeep G. Pai, member G. Anandaraya Shenoy, and former minister Krishna […]
Mangalore : Basti Vaman Shenoy of Mangalore and Rocky Miranda of Mysore will be confered with the Goa Konkani Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 2011. The Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature will be conferred on Pundalik Narayan Naik, the poet and playwright. But unfortunately due to his protest against the Goa state government’s move towards English […]
Mangalore: A two day seminar was inaugurated by Goan Konkani writer and advocate, Uday Bembre, this morning (Oct.2) at the Konkani – gaon location of Vishwa Konkani Kendra in Shaktinagar, a fast developing suburb of Mangalore city. In his keynote address, the dedicated Konkani thinker Bembre stated that our new generations need to know convincingly […]
