Educationist Dr. Bhushan Bhave is releasing two books\u2014 in Konkani, \u2018Khann Vevsayachar Adarit Sahitya\u2019 and in Hindi, \u2018Khadan Vyavsay par Adharit Sahitya\u2019 based on his study<\/p>\n
KALYANI JHA | NT KURIOCITY<\/strong><\/p>\n Principal of Vidya Prabodhini College of Commerce, Education, Computer and Management, Porvorim, Dr. Bhushan Bhave is releasing two books, \u2018Khann\u00a0 Vevsayachar Adarit Sahitya\u2019 and \u2018Khadan Vyavsay par Adharit Sahitya\u2019 in Konkani and Hindi respectively. These two books are based on Bhave\u2019s research work during his doctorate research in Konkani which was conducted under the guidance of retired professor Chandalika D\u2019Souza at Goa University.\u00a0<\/p>\n Bhave, also a lexicographer has previously published a 350-page Hindi to Konkani learners dictionary. A translator and recognised panelist of Directorate of Official Languages he tells us: \u201cMy PhD thesis is in Konkani, so I preferred to publish a book in Konkani. Also, most of the books that I researched to understand mining were more from the Hindi-speaking northern belt, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and even West Bengal. Thinking that these books will be relevant and could have demand in the Hindi region, I chose Hindi.\u201d<\/p>\n His research work was more focused on Goa\u2019s mining regions. Besides, he studied novels, read short stories and a drama and films on mining. More than 42 novels based on gold, coal, iron and manganese mining throughout the world were analysed and nine representative novels based on mines were studied in detail as part of the research by Dr. Bhave. Of these nine, three novels published between 1977-1983 depict mining activities only in the state of Goa. These nine novels have been thoroughly discussed in Bhave\u2019s books.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is said that, once upon a time, mining was the backbone of the Goan economy. It helped people to rise from their poverty level. People who could not afford a meal were able to build houses and own trucks. But the loss through mining is unrecoverable and that is the outcome of my study,\u201d shares Bhave.<\/p>\n It was the Portuguese who introduced manual mining in Goa in 1951. As the government lost control of mining after 1990, the agencies and miners had the final say and were a strong lobby, explains Bhave. \u201cAgriculture was destroyed, water resources were depleted, addictions were on the rise and people gave up their traditional occupations. There was labour unrest in Goa, which was not there in an otherwise peaceful state,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n The books have six chapters that explore mining discussed in various literature over the years. He specially mentions chapter 6 where he discusses the destruction in five Js, i.e. Jan (people), Jal (water), Jameen (land), Jungle and Janawar (animals). These five elements have been affected and destroyed by mining activities over time.\u201d<\/p>\n He also discusses the titles of the novels he has explored in studying mining that is self-explanatory about the effects of mining. \u201cThere was one Konkani novel \u2018Acchev\u2019, which was translated by Vidya Pai in English, as \u2018The Upheaval\u2019. There was another \u2018Homkand\u2019, which literally means to put something in fire and \u2018Uddhwasta\u2019 which means destruction, which is actually about how mining has brought destruction,\u201d says Bhave.<\/p>\n It took 20 years after the Portuguese introduced mining in Goa in 1951 for writers to know the effects of mining on Goan society and culture. \u201cNovels which I have taken up for study were written in 1970s, like \u2018Acchev\u2019 by Pundalik Naik. But today the problems that we face in Goa after all these years, especially in villages of South Goa, were well forecasted in 1970. That is how a writer is like a visionary,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Bhave suggests the findings of this study will be helpful while formulating future policies regarding mining in Goa. Bhave says that the writer always stands on the shoulders of society and can foresee what the society will be.<\/p>\n \u201cIn many countries, sustainable mining has been put into practice. But in Goa, is sustainable mining a possibility or not, is the question,\u201d says Bhave.<\/p>\n Bhave has concentrated the matters of his thesis in the books according to the interests of readers. \u201cLiterature can give us insight to study the matter, how people should behave, the importance of gram sabhas and the need to be active and ask questions,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n After submitting his thesis in 2015, he started working on the book in 2018. \u201cAt the submission of the thesis there isn\u2019t as much awareness, but it is during printing of the book, that one has to be careful and sensitive as even a sentence might create some chaos in society,\u201d says the author, adding that this is why it took four long years to complete the books.<\/p>\n Financed by Goa Konkani Akademi, the book will be released by minister for social welfare Subhash Phaldessai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Educationist Dr. Bhushan Bhave is releasing two books\u2014 in Konkani, \u2018Khann Vevsayachar Adarit Sahitya\u2019 and in Hindi, \u2018Khadan Vyavsay par Adharit Sahitya\u2019 based on his study KALYANI JHA | NT KURIOCITY Principal of Vidya Prabodhini College of Commerce, Education, Computer and Management, Porvorim, Dr. Bhushan Bhave is releasing two books, \u2018Khann\u00a0 Vevsayachar Adarit Sahitya\u2019 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aspire-inspire","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions\/2443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}