Goa's Konkani weekly logs on to Facebook to stay afloat

Magazine received tremendous readership among the younger generation after it went on social networking website (facebook)

PTI | May 12, 2011



Popular networking site Facebook is helping Goa's longest surviving Konkani weekly printed in Roman script and promoted by Catholic priests, stay afloat.

Social networking is a buzz word for 'Vavraddeancho Ixtt (V-Ixtt)' the Konkani magazine which was launched to reach out to peasants during the Portuguese era in Goa.

Father Feroz Fernandes, Editor-in-Chief, V-Ixtt, said "the magazine has received tremendous readership among the younger generation after it went on social networking website (facebook)."

The publication, which turns 78 tomorrow, is in Roman, a language popular with the Catholic community.

Fernandes said since its launch on facebook a year ago, the magazine now has a dedicated fan following of more than 2,000 people and several lakh visitors read it online.

V-Ixtt gets around 1,000 hits weekly.

"We are getting a lot of young readers, whom we would have missed if we were just in print edition because of physical limitations," Fernandes said.

The magazine has started a column, 'English-Konkani mix bhaji', a humorous piece which has become a USP for the effort.

"When youngsters log on to read this English column, they also browse through Roman Konkani articles," the Editor- in-Chief said.

The purpose of going on the social networking website was to give a platform to Konkani language, he added.


 

Comments

 

Other News

How the mind can help the body heal itself

Why do some people recover from illness against all odds? Can our beliefs, emotions and consciousness influence the body’s ability to heal? Drawing on over three decades of experience in medicine, research and medical innovation, internationally trained ophthalmologist and author Dr Dinesh Verma ex

1,364 anti-cancer formulations to cost less from today

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), under the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has capped trade margins on the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) of 137 anti-cancer drugs. This was based on the recommendations of an Expert Committee constitute

Who checks the books?

I read about the news about the Coimbatore library over coffee this morning. On the face of it, the headline was about a political ‘war’ between the DMK and TVK. But what stayed with me was something much more important than the blame game behind what had transpired. A writer walking through

Development paradox: Falling poverty miracle and an inequality problem

India’s reduction in poverty over the past decade is a development achievement of considerable significance. The World Bank’s April 2026 ‘India Development Update’ estimates that the share of Indians living below the international extreme-poverty line of $3.00 per person per day i

In Arunachal, a river we call mother

In Arunachal Pradesh, the Siang is not just a river. For many of us, especially the Adi people, it is part of our family. Our grandparents fished in it. Children learned to swim in it. Our farms drink from it. When someone says a huge dam will be built on it, we do not hear the word "project".

A new retelling of the Mahabharata delves into key moments

In a time when every decision carries consequences and questions of ambition, power, loyalty, identity and moral choice continue to shape our lives, Dr. Arun Krishnan’s new book, ‘Mahakshana’ (Penguin India) offers a strikingly relevant retelling of the Mahabharata.  

Upcoming Conferences



-->

Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter