Mangalore, July 22: Dr. Edward Nazareth, eminent writer and orthopaedic specialist has received the Victor Rodriguez Memorial Award in a ceremony held at the Samanvaya hall Urwa Store on Sunday July 20. The executive director of Samanvaya Dr. Father Fidelis Pinto presented the award to him.
Dr. Father Pius Fidelis Pinto, who presided over the programme, recalled his memories with eminent Konkani writer the late Victor Rodriguez.
Dr. Nazareth after receiving the felicitation said, “With this award, my responsibility to serve the Konkani language has increased further. I thank everyone for being present at this auspicious moment.”
Speaking about the late Victor Rodriguez he said, “Victor Rodriguez was a man of wisdom and simplicity. He never compromised with the bad elements in society. His writing was so effective that we used to wait for magazines to read his articles. If he had been present here he would surely have felt happy.”
The award is given to writers who have rendered remarkable contribution to Konkani literature. This year the award consisted of cash prize of Rs 10,000, a citation and a memento. In the year 2012 and 2013 the awards were conferred to Manu Bahrain and Dolphy Cascia respectively.
Wife of the late Victor Rodriguez Celine Rodriguez, the benefactor of Samanvaya Antony Timothy D’Souza, director of Samanvaya Father Ronald Cutinho and others were present.