Origin, Development, and Status of Konkani Journalism – Part I (ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಪತ್ರ್‌ಗಾರಿಕೆಚೆಂ ಮೂಳ್, ವಾಡಾವಳ್ ಆನಿ ಉದರ್ಗತ್)

Richard Rego
ದೊ| ರಿಚರ್ಡ್‌ ರೇಗೊ ಜೆ.ಸ.

Abstract: Konkani journalism traces its beginnings to 1889 with the publication of Udentichem Sallok (Lotus of the East), a monthly newspaper started in Maharashtra. Over subsequent decades, Konkani journalism expanded geographically and culturally across Goa, Karnataka, and Kerala, manifesting through newspapers and magazines that varied in orientation, longevity, and readership. While a few publications flourished and sustained themselves within changing socio-cultural landscapes, many of them succumbed to emergent market forces and shifting tides of times. Drawing on archival research, field visits, and interviews, this first part of the study documents the historical evolution, trajectories, and institutional contexts of Konkani journalism from its inception through the late twentieth century. The article maps the formative phase of Konkani journalism and situates it within the broader history of print culture in the region.

ಸಾರಾಂಶ್: 1889 ಇಸ್ವೆಂತ್ ಮಹಾರಾಶ್ಟ್ರಾಥಾವ್ನ್ ಪ್ರಸಾರ್ ಸುರ್‍ವಾತ್ಲೆಲ್ಯಾ ‘ಉದೆಂತಿಚೆಂ ಸಾಳಕ್’ ಮ್ಹಯ್ನ್ಯಾಳ್ಯಾ ಮಾರಿಫಾತ್ ಕೊಂಕಣ್ ಪತ್ರ್‌ಗಾರಿಕೆಚೆಂ ಸುರ್‍ವಾತ್ ಜಾಲ್ಲಿ. ತ್ಯಾ ಉಪ್ರಾಂತ್ ಗೊಂಯ್, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ, ಕೇರಳ ಪರ್ಯಾಂತ್ ವಿಸ್ತಾರ್‍ಲೆಲ್ಯಾ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಪತ್ರ್‌ಗಾರಿಕೆಚ್ಯಾ ಇತಿಹಾಸಾಂತ್ ಜಾಯ್ತಿಂ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣಿ ಪತ್ರಾಂ ಉದೆಲಿಂ, ಪಾಲೆಲಿಂ ಆನಿ ಹಾಂತ್ಲಿಂ ಜಾಯ್ತಿಂ ಅಳ್ವಾಲಿಂ. ಹಾಚೆಂ ದಾಖಲ್ಪಣ್ ಕರ್‍ಚ್ಯಾ ಲೇಖನಾಚೊ ಪಯ್ಲೊ ವಾಂಟೊ ಹೊ.

Keywords: Konkani journalism, print culture, newspapers, magazines, archival research, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala