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June 09, 2008
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In this section, Khabbar looks into the Konkani community and anything and everything that is Konkani from a Konkani point of view. The names will never be published but geographic location will be identified in general terms.

There is no doubt in my mind that Khabbar is a part & parcel of life of Konkanis in North America. In fact, Khabbar has developed a special relation with most of the Konkani families and here are some examples of those close encounters of a different kind….……

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The Konkani Sammelans, six of them so far, have been nothing but successes in North America. It has been a showcase of Konkani talents within the community. Most of the people who attended these Sammelans agree with me. But, unknown to me, there were other hidden talents that were exposed during these Sammelans. Case in point is an incident that happened during KonCANi Sammelan (KS-2006):

The professional photographers who were supposed to take the video of the KS-2006 for some reason had an over exposed video of the first one hour of the function, probably the most important event. The video was dark with neither sound nor scene for one hour! How can the organizers sell the Sammelan videos to people who have ordered them!! Hence, a hectic search was done to find whether any family had taken the video of that beginning function and are they willing to share it with KS-2006. Luckily, the search ended when the organizers found that this family from MD had taken the video and was willing to share it with the KS-2006. To the amazement of everyone, this family’s video was much much better than the professional’s video. Commented the President of KS-2006, “This family not only came to our rescue, now we know who can be our official videographer”.

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