Mangalore, 24 Sept 2012: Mangalore, 24 Sept 2012: Poet, Short story writer, eminent critic and editor of kittall.com Mr. H. M. Pernal, elected as President of Konkani Writers Forum, Karnataka® in the Annual General Body Meeting held on 23rd September 2012 at Sandesha, Mangalore. Other Office bearers elected for next two years term are : Mrs. Irene Rebello ( Vice President ) Mr. Marcel M D Souza ( General Secretary ) Mr. Aloysius Ton Ferose ( Joint Secretary ) and Mr. Joachim Pinto ( Treasurer) Mr. Edwin J F D Souza, Prof Vincent Alva, Prof Stephen Quadrose, Mrs. Violet Pereira and Mr. John A Monis are Executive Committee members.
Henry Mendonca, popularly known as H M Pernal, has so far published four books, 3 collections of poems and 1 collection of short stories in Konkani. Presently he is the editor and publisher of critically acclaimed Konkani literary website kittall.com.
Konkani Writers Forum, Karnataka® is the only registered body of Konkani Writers in Krantaka since last 16 years. It has members across the globe who writes Konkani in Kannada script.
Bellevision.com wishes HM Pernal all the best being elected as President of Konkani Writers’ Forum and he regularly contribute to Bellevision and our Mangalore correspondence.. Bellevision Team wishes him all the success for the next two years as President of Konkani Writer’s Forum.