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'''Tanaji Halarnkar''' (? – October 19, 2020) was a [[Konkani]] scholar, columnist and former editor of the ''Konkani Encyclopedia'' ([[Konknni Vishwakosh]]). Halarnkar played a prominent role in the pro-[[Konkani]] language agitation in the Goa of the 1980s, and also in the wider movement for the promotion of the Konkani language in Goa and other parts of western coastal [[India]].<ref name="ToI"> Goa News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/tanaji-halarnkar-man-who-dedicated-12-years-to-konkani-encyclopedia-dies-at-77/articleshow/78758205.cms|access-date=2020-10-20|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
==Contribution==
Following his death in October 2020, the ''Times of India'' credited him with having spent "12 years of his life in [the] preparation of the Konkani encyclopedia".<ref name="ToI" /> The [[Konkani Encyclopedia]] was later donated to the public domain under a Creative Commons license by the [[Goa University]].<ref name="Vishwakkosh">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> It was published in four volumes, and is now available online too.
The ''Times of India'' commented:
<blockquote>If he had to dedicate the same amount of time to his own writings, Halarnkar would have had several awards of the like of [the] Sahitya Akademi to boast of. However, he felt it was more important for the future of Konkani to create scientific, legal and technical terminology.<ref name="ToI" /></blockquote>
Halarnkar also helped develop scientific and technical terminology in the Konkani language, a task undertaken by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development's Administrative Terminology Commission.<ref name="ToI" /> This was seen as particularly important after Konkani in the Devanagari script was granted official-language status in Goa and speedily needed to cope with the challenging demands of being used in the administration.
==Konkani ''Vishwakosh'' (Encyclopedia)==
Wikimedia notes that the ''Konkani Vishwakosh'' is a four-volume hard copy encyclopedia—totalling in all 3632 pages—that has been published by the [[Goa University]].<ref name="Vishwakkosh" /> The work took some 14 years to complete.<ref name="Vishwakkosh" /> It encompasses the world's information in a nutshell with special emphasis and detailed information on Goa, Konkani, Goan culture, folklore, history, geography etc. The encyclopedia is written in [[Konkani]]<ref name="Vishwakkosh" />. The ''Vishwakosh'' has served "as a primary source of information and one of the most important documented texts for a community of nearly 2.5 million Konkani speakers spread across India and worldwide".<ref name="Vishwakkosh" /> It has also been used as the base for many articles in the [[Konkani Wikipedia]].<ref name="V2"></ref>
The Konkani ''Vishwakosh'' was initiated by the poet-laureate and former [[Goa University]] professor [[ManoharRai SarDessai]]. Following his passing, the initiative was lead by Tanaji Halarnkar. Goa University staff Ranjan Naik, Kalpana Naik, Kanchan Mordekar, Surekha Naik, Mukesh Thali and Shailendra Mehta also contributed to the compilation process of this encyclopedia.<ref name="V2" />
==Personal life==
He died on October 19, 2020 in [[Goa]], at the age of 77.
==Honours, achievements==
He was also the president of the twenty-third session (''adhiveshan'') of the [[All India Konkani Parishad]] held in [[Mangalore]] in April 2002.
==References==
==Contribution==
Following his death in October 2020, the ''Times of India'' credited him with having spent "12 years of his life in [the] preparation of the Konkani encyclopedia".<ref name="ToI" /> The [[Konkani Encyclopedia]] was later donated to the public domain under a Creative Commons license by the [[Goa University]].<ref name="Vishwakkosh">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> It was published in four volumes, and is now available online too.
The ''Times of India'' commented:
<blockquote>If he had to dedicate the same amount of time to his own writings, Halarnkar would have had several awards of the like of [the] Sahitya Akademi to boast of. However, he felt it was more important for the future of Konkani to create scientific, legal and technical terminology.<ref name="ToI" /></blockquote>
Halarnkar also helped develop scientific and technical terminology in the Konkani language, a task undertaken by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development's Administrative Terminology Commission.<ref name="ToI" /> This was seen as particularly important after Konkani in the Devanagari script was granted official-language status in Goa and speedily needed to cope with the challenging demands of being used in the administration.
==Konkani ''Vishwakosh'' (Encyclopedia)==
Wikimedia notes that the ''Konkani Vishwakosh'' is a four-volume hard copy encyclopedia—totalling in all 3632 pages—that has been published by the [[Goa University]].<ref name="Vishwakkosh" /> The work took some 14 years to complete.<ref name="Vishwakkosh" /> It encompasses the world's information in a nutshell with special emphasis and detailed information on Goa, Konkani, Goan culture, folklore, history, geography etc. The encyclopedia is written in [[Konkani]]<ref name="Vishwakkosh" />. The ''Vishwakosh'' has served "as a primary source of information and one of the most important documented texts for a community of nearly 2.5 million Konkani speakers spread across India and worldwide".<ref name="Vishwakkosh" /> It has also been used as the base for many articles in the [[Konkani Wikipedia]].<ref name="V2"></ref>
The Konkani ''Vishwakosh'' was initiated by the poet-laureate and former [[Goa University]] professor [[ManoharRai SarDessai]]. Following his passing, the initiative was lead by Tanaji Halarnkar. Goa University staff Ranjan Naik, Kalpana Naik, Kanchan Mordekar, Surekha Naik, Mukesh Thali and Shailendra Mehta also contributed to the compilation process of this encyclopedia.<ref name="V2" />
==Personal life==
He died on October 19, 2020 in [[Goa]], at the age of 77.
==Honours, achievements==
He was also the president of the twenty-third session (''adhiveshan'') of the [[All India Konkani Parishad]] held in [[Mangalore]] in April 2002.
==References==
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