In this episode of Goa Connect as we chat with Girish Kelekar, Dilip Borkar & Sainath Parab on the documentary film on the life of Padmabhushan Ravindra Kelekar who was honoured with first Sahitya Akademi, first Jhanpith & first fellow of Sahitya Akademi in Konkani language. Ravindra’Bab was a noted Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language, though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi. A Gandhian activist, freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement, he was a well known Konkani scholar, linguist, and creative thinker. Kelekar was a participant in the Indian freedom movement, Goa's liberation movement, and later the campaign against the merger of the newly formed Goa with Maharashtra. He played a key role in the founding of the Konkani Bhasha Mandal, which lead the literary campaign for the recognition of Konkani as a full-fledged language, and its reinstatement as the state language of Goa. He authored nearly 100 books in the Konkani language #Ravindrakelekar #sahityaakademi #Jhanpith #Goa #literature PRUDENT MEDIA GOA | Most Popular Goa News Channel Check out latest news on Goa, Politics, Business, Cricket, Technology, Automobile, Lifestyle & Health and Travel. #Goa_news_channel #konkani_news #Konkani_Goa_News_Live_Today Subscribe on youtube ► https://goo.gl/taiJmn More on https://www.prudentmedia.in Download Goa’s No. 1 News Channel Mobile App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.PrudentMedia&hl=en_IN&showAllReviews=true Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/prudentmedia Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/prudentgoa