Many Konkani speakers, highly educated and well-placed persons, are apathetic about Konkani. This I understand, but this should not be so. People in other parts of India should know about Konkanis- we have an unfortunate way of dumping them as non-descript “Madrasis” because they belong to south-west and south India that is being hampered because Konkani speakers themselves are still in search of their identity and their name….. Most people have no idea that they are speakers of an Aryan language. –Dr. Sunithi Kumar Chatterji, former President of Kendra Sahitya Academy