Poinnari
ಪಯ್ಣಾರಿ
The literary portal, publishing in the Kannada, Devanagari and Romi scripts.
921 pages
About Ashawadi Prakashan
AshawadiPrakashan
ಆಶಾವಾದಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶನ್ आशावादी प्रकाशन
YADAHEN JEEVAMI, AHAMASHANSE
As long as I live, I hope
Publishing Konkani literature since 2000
Who we are
Valley Quadros is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Ashawadi Prakashan, and has been the driving force behind all its literary initiatives since its inception in 2000 in Kuwait, while he was working as IT Project Manager for a leading MNC in Kuwait.
Under his leadership, Ashawadi Prakashan has undertaken several pioneering initiatives aimed at promoting Konkani literature, encouraging emerging literary talent, strengthening readership, facilitating literary study and research, and preserving Konkani's rich multiscript literary heritage.
Through these sustained initiatives, Valley Quadros and Ashawadi Prakashan have worked to create platforms for literary creation, talent discovery, readership development, critical appreciation, research, and the preservation and dissemination of Konkani literature.
Valley Quadros
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Literary initiatives since 2000
Daaiz.com
2003 - 2013Daaiz.com, 2003 to 2013 - Konkani literature published digitally in the Kannada script. It is an archive now rather than a live magazine, and it is here in full.
Konkani Abhiyan
2003 - 2018Going house to house to ask readers to support the Konkani periodicals: committees in Kuwait between 2003 and 2007 in support of periodicals, mainly Divo and Mithr weeklies, and in Mumbai in 2018 in support of Uzvaad Fortnightly and Divo Weekly.
Literary Workshops
SINCE 2005Kavitapatt, begun in Kuwait in 2005 - forty-five study workshops so far.
Kothapatt, begun in Kuwait in 2006 - eleven study workshops so far.
Kavitadaaiz, begun on Daaiz.com in 2003 - reviews of the poetry of one hundred and fifteen poets.
Kathadaaiz - the short-story channel, begun on YouTube in November 2018.
Poinnari
SINCE 2015Poinnari.com - the literary portal, publishing in the Kannada, Devanagari and Romi scripts. It completed ten years in 2025.
In print: twenty-seven Konkani books from Kuwait between 2001 and 2009, and twenty-one from Mumbai between 2017 and 2019.
Pioneering Digital Konkani Initiatives
SINCE 2004Monthly poetry and story competitions on Daaiz.com in 2005 and 2006 and on Poinnari.com in 2019 and 2020; the Daaiz literary competitions from 2004 to 2007; and national-level literary competitions from 2017.
Firsts in the Konkani language
2001
First e-Novel in Konkani.
2005
First e-Book in Konkani, in September.
2018
First a-Book in Konkani, in November.
Vision and mission
Vision
To preserve, enrich, and promote Konkani language and literature by nurturing creativity, scholarship, emerging talent, and innovation, and by ensuring that Konkani literary heritage continues to inspire generations across the world.
Mission
Ashawadi Prakashan is committed to publishing and promoting diverse Konkani literature, preserving and digitally disseminating its literary heritage, encouraging literary study and research, discovering and nurturing new literary talent through creative initiatives and competitions, and extending meaningful support to writers in need. Through these efforts, Ashawadi Prakashan seeks to strengthen the continuity, vitality, and wider reach of Konkani language and literature.
Konkani Beyond Scripts
Konkani is written in more than one script, and a reader of one script has usually been unable to read the literature published in another. Everything here is published under the Konkani Beyond Scripts mission: the same work, in Kannada, in Devanagari and in Romi, so that the script somebody happens to read in stops deciding what they are allowed to read.
Get in touch
Write about the archive, about a correction, or about work you would like to see published.
By email
support@ashawadi.com
Through this site
The contact form reaches the same place and does not need an email client.
Kathadaaiz on YouTube
The Konkani short-story channel, where the audio books are published. youtube.com/channel/UC7peHTUvVZ_A95IAh6zD7yQ
Corrections
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