Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr
Abbreviation | TSKK |
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Formation | 1982 |
Type | NGO |
Purpose | Promoting the Konkani language. |
Headquarters | Alto Porvorim, Bardez, Goa. |
Location |
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Region served | Goa and rest of the Konkani speaking areas in coastal western India. |
Director | Pratap Naik |
Website | http://tskk.org |
Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr (TSKK) is a
Aim
The TSKK says it "is devoted to the promotion of education and research in the Konknni language, literature and culture". It was registered under the Societies Registration Act in 1982 and first functioned from 1986 at the locality of
Current status, and name
TSKK is a Society registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act of 1860. From June 1999, it has been recognized by the Goa University as a Konknni research institute.
This institution gets its name from the sixteenth-century English Jesuit priest,
Research bulletin
One of the activities of the TSKK is the publication of a research bulletin called Sod. This journal is edited, produced and published as part of TSKK's "research efforts ... devoted to the promotion of education and research in (the) Konknni language, literature and culture". Its articles are a mix of Konknni written in Devanagari-script, the Roman (Romi) script, and occasionally in English too.[citation needed]
Generally Sod issues are priced at Rs 50 each (in Goa).
Courses in Konkani, etc
TSKK also offers courses in the
Management and location
Earlier, this institute was headed by Fr Mathew Almeida, sj who has been succeeded by Fr Pratap Naik sj.
Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr is located at B.B.Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa (India) 403 521.
Publications
TSKK has come out with a number of publications in the
Some of its publication include a 1988 guide to writing
In addition it has also brought out five cassettes and CDs, of Konknni music containing devotional songs and nursery rhymes and children's songs.
TSKK's plant collection
He has been quoted saying that he wants to grow one of every fruit-bearing tree that grows in Goa which is rich in plant diversity. This richness is thanks in significant part to plant exchanges by the former rulers who centuries back controlled international seaways and had an empire straddling the continents.
Many months of hard work has seen Naik piece together a well-maintained and neatly labelled botanical garden. Visible are the local names in Konknni, the botanical names, their English names. Elsewhere, he keeps a list of the original native countries of these Goa-adopted plants.
Among the collection are the ainno madd (the Fan Palm in
Kiraitem (
Naik says he has already found the names of 325 species from among the 329 he planted. "Some don't have names in Konknni (the local language)," he is quoted as saying, obviously because of their exotic origins.
See also
External links
- TSKK website
- The Goa Jesuit Province of the Society of Jesus - The Jesuits in Goa