Konkani Written in Devnagari Script Only is Recognized - Sahitya Academy President

As there are various lots of developments going on with regard to the usage of particular script, the Central Sahitya Academy has said that it will not approve anything written in any other script than Devnagari script. Speaking at a programme in Panaji, Central Sahitya Academy president Prof Gopichand Narang said that Central Sahitya Academy has not approved two scripts for any language and the same will imply for Konkani too.

"Right now academy has approved Konkani literature and books which are written in Devnagari script. I have come to know that there are a lot of arguments going on about 'script' in Konkani. But all of them should be aware that books written in Devnagari script will only be approved by the Central Academy and only those will be selected for the academy awards," he added.

He further said that even the Sindhi, Bodo and Santali languages too are facing the similar problem since they are written in more than one script. "But there is a committee of language experts for every academy. Based on their recommendation, a script is approved for each language and the Central Academy will abide by the present norms," he said.