Who is a GSB? What is a Gotra? Why did the GSBs migrate to Goa?

[Roshan Pai]

Dear friends,

Continuing with the series of articles by Dr S M Tadkodkar for the 'GSB Konkani Dictionary - Save My Language' project, we are glad to present a few more rather interesting and thought provoking articles.

I. GAUDD SÀRASWAT BRÀHMINS IN GOA - DR. S M Tadkodkar

"Who is a GSB? What is a Gotra? Why is my Gotra the one it is? Why did the GSBs migrate to Goa? Answers to these and many other questions. A detailed artlcle on GSB History and the Gotra system among GSBs"

II. DISAPPEARANCE OF 'PARAS.VARNA' IN THE INDIAN LANGUAGES: IS IT GOOD OR BAD FOR INDIAN LANGUAGES?' - By DR S M Tadkodkar

"An article on how the ancient writing systems of Paras.Varna, that determined the rules of writing the language have been disappearing from Konkani and other languages."

If you have missed out on the previous articles then the URL is
http://savemylanguage.blogspot.com

Hope you like these articles. Do send in your comments/suggestions (I will be more than happy to forward them to the author).

Enjoy !!!

Regards,
Roshan Pai Ramesh
Editor: www.savemylanguage.org