Mangalore : ‘Raknno’ Platinum jubilee fete inaugural on Dec 22

Mangalore : ‘Raknno’ Platinum jubilee fete inaugural on Dec 22

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Dec 20,2012: ‘Raknno’ the Konkani  Weekly managed by the Diocese of Mangalore and founded in the year 1938 with the motto ‘Soth Uloy, Dhorm Choloy; (Speak the Truth, Lead the Religion) is stepping into its 75th year of  publication on December 22,Saturday. A function will be held in this connection at 10.15 am that day at Bishop’s House Hall, Kodialbail.
 

Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Mangalore will launch the platinum jubilee celebrations and preside over the inaugural function. Kasargod Chinna, President of Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy will be the chief guest.

 A seminar on the theme ‘Contribution of Raknno to Religion, Society and Literature’will be organized on the occasion. Dr Edward L. Nazareth, senior writer and orthopaedician, Hemacharya, Editor-in-Chief of Daijiworld Weekly and Edwin J. F. D’Souza, senior writer and Executive Director of St Aloysius College Konkani Institute will present papers on the subject.  Former Editor of Raknno Fr Mark Walder will moderate the seminar.

 
Raknno Platinum Jubilee Committee under the convenorship of senior writer Cyril G. Sequeira and editorship of Fr Francis Rodrigues has planned few jubilee programmes during the year.There will be programmes in different places to train writers. Konkani entertainment programmes, special  literary competitions including a novel writing contest in Konkani, exhibition of books and magazines, publication of books etc are planned.

 Raknno will also institute a special jubilee memorial award which would be given annually to a senior Konkani writer.
 

 ‘Raknno’ though being a Konkani Weekly by nature has strived to keep its readers abreast with    the times. It has been publishing  a variety of articles, news-features and  news-analysis.

As a publishing house, Raknno has been publishing both fiction and non - fiction books (titles). Started by founder editor Msgr Sylvester Menezes in 1938, this Weekly has grown to become the mouth piece of the Konkani people  and is now the largest circulated Konkani Weekly throughout India, Gulf and European Countries.‘Kajulo’ published by Raknno is the only Konkani Magazine meant exclusively  for the children.  It was started in 1998 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Raknno.