Delivering a lecture on "Social Damage done by Goa's Language Controversy and the Conspiracy Behind it", in the History Hour series held today at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Ramnath G Naik, focused on the ill-effects of the language controversy in the sphere of education, culture, race, social interaction and its worst visible manifestation in politics. Naik, a Marathi writer, blamed the Saraswat community for imposing the Devanagri script on the Konkani language. He conceded that his language is Marathi, but felt that the majority of Konkani readers in Goa being in the Roman script, it could be the proper script for Konkani. His hard-hitting remarks, which belittled the role of Xennoi Goembab in the development of Konkani, triggered strong reaction among several members of the handsomely large audience. However, moderator Alito Sequeira managed to control the more vociferous of the opponents to Naik's school of thought. (DGNC)
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