Vavraddeancho Ixtt
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Vavraddeancho Ixtt is a Goa
n weekly magazine in Romi Konknni. It has been published continuously since 1933 and is one of the oldest publications in the state.
It was started on January 4 1933 by Fr Arsencio fernandes and Fr Graciano Moraes. It was begun by these Diocesan priests in order to protect poor and less educated workers against communist
propaganda that they were being exposed to. The charge later passed on from the diocesan priests to the hands of the Society of Pilar
.
Vavraddeancho Ixtt started writing on topics such as the comunidade
system and the caste system. It has supported various issues since then like the struggle of Ramponkars in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, land grab, falling employment, environmental degradation, concerns of democratic and human rights violations, food and water scarcity and the failing Public Distribution System
.
The weekly played a brave role in the support of Goa’s freedom struggle, a role that angered the Portuguese who then imposed clamps on the paper. It played the role of a nationalist newspaper that the Portuguese tried to suppress before Goa’s liberation. It was initially published in Konkani
, Portuguese
, and English
. Currently, it is mainly in Konkani, with a few columns in English.
Vavreadancho Ixtt gives away awards every year that are conferred upon Konkani writers and on those who contributed significantly to the Konkani language and to Goan culture
. Social activists and young Konkani writers who have been associated with the weekly are also felicitated on the occasion.
According to Google Analytics
, the online edition of Vavraddeancho Ixtt is read in over 50 countries. It has a circulation of 15,000 copies in Goa, Mumbai
, other parts of India
and overseas. In 2010, there was a fresh surge in interest in the magazine as it launched a Facebook page which has become very popular.
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
n weekly magazine in Romi Konknni. It has been published continuously since 1933 and is one of the oldest publications in the state.
It was started on January 4 1933 by Fr Arsencio fernandes and Fr Graciano Moraes. It was begun by these Diocesan priests in order to protect poor and less educated workers against communist
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
propaganda that they were being exposed to. The charge later passed on from the diocesan priests to the hands of the Society of Pilar
Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar
Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar, Goa was a seminary fouded in 1887.-References:* http://www.societyofpilar.org/Who_are_the_Pilar_Fathers.htm...
.
Vavraddeancho Ixtt started writing on topics such as the comunidade
Comunidade
The Comunidades of Goa are a unique and age-old collective land-ownership pattern that has been predominating in the state of Goa, India.-Codified by the Portuguese:...
system and the caste system. It has supported various issues since then like the struggle of Ramponkars in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, land grab, falling employment, environmental degradation, concerns of democratic and human rights violations, food and water scarcity and the failing Public Distribution System
Public Distribution System
Public Distribution System is an Indian food security system. Established by the Government of India under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution and managed jointly with state governments in India, it distributes subsidised food and non-food items to India's poor...
.
The weekly played a brave role in the support of Goa’s freedom struggle, a role that angered the Portuguese who then imposed clamps on the paper. It played the role of a nationalist newspaper that the Portuguese tried to suppress before Goa’s liberation. It was initially published in Konkani
Konkani language
KonkaniKonkani is a name given to a group of several cognate dialects spoken along the narrow strip of land called Konkan, on the west coast of India. This is, however, somewhat an over-generalisation. Geographically, Konkan is defined roughly as the area between the river Damanganga to the north...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Currently, it is mainly in Konkani, with a few columns in English.
Vavreadancho Ixtt gives away awards every year that are conferred upon Konkani writers and on those who contributed significantly to the Konkani language and to Goan culture
Culture of Goa
This article is about the culture of natives of the Indian state of Goa. A common generalisation about Goans is that they are born with music and football in their blood...
. Social activists and young Konkani writers who have been associated with the weekly are also felicitated on the occasion.
According to Google Analytics
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, the online edition of Vavraddeancho Ixtt is read in over 50 countries. It has a circulation of 15,000 copies in Goa, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, other parts of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and overseas. In 2010, there was a fresh surge in interest in the magazine as it launched a Facebook page which has become very popular.