A simple description of a free-sheeter is a periodical (daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly) that is made available to its readers at no financial consideration whatsoever in terms of price, subscription, membership or donation.

Panaji is such a 'happening' place that a weekly free-sheeter could grow comfortably covering the cultural events, exhibitions, sales, educational scene, etc.

Is this too much to expect? Chapter 18: Romi Konkani, hanging on a cliff Peter RaposoPeter Rapose considers himself "just a five-year-old priest" given the responsibility of editing a seventy-year-old Konkani weekly.

A Brief History of Roman Konknni Journalism The first Konknni weekly Udentichem Sallok was published in Pune by Edward Bruno D'Souza in 1899.

In 1907, Honarato Furtado and Francis Xavier Furtado published a weekly named O Goano from Mumbai.

This weekly was independently divided into three parts: Portuguese, Konknni and English.

In 1916, Sebastiao Xavier Vaz started Amigo do Povo, a Konknni-English weekly.

O Amigo do Povo were combined and named O Amigo do Povo Goano, which continued as a Konknni-English weekly.

Amcho Sonvsar, a weekly, was started in 1927 by Jose Caitan Francis De Souza.

In the same year, Respecio Alfonso and Roque Pereira started a weekly called Goa Times.

In 1934 Inacio Caitano Carvalho started Emigrant, a weekly which later on turned to a daily.

In 1934 Gova Nova, a Konknni-English-Portuguese weekly, was started by Venktesh Alvekar.

After the Liberation of Goa, Felicio Cardoso started a weekly named Goencho Sad and later changed it to Sot. 1963 saw a weekly named Uzvadd stated by Ameterio Pais.

After the Liberation of Goa, Felicio Cardoso started a weekly named Goencho Sad and later changed it to Sot. 1963 saw a weekly named Uzvadd stated by Ameterio Pais.

Later, Felicio Cardozo turned Divtti into a weekly called Loksad.

Today Vauraddeancho Ixtt is the only weekly and Gulab is the only monthly that exists as complete periodicals in Roman Konknni journalism.

Present-day Romi Konknni media The weekly Vavraddeanchi Ixtt and the monthly, Gulab are the only complete Romi Konknni publications of Goa today.

Today Vauraddeancho Ixtt (Worker's Friend) is the only weekly that has survived (since 1933) and is thriving to meet the present day challenges of the fast moving media.

Started in 1933 in the backdrop of the spread of Communism, the weekly was to reach out the working class and people at the grassroots to educate, inform and educate them on Communism vis-a-vis religion.

With sports picking up, one felt there was scope for a weekly focussing mainly on local sports affairs.

The Party weekly came out with a black border a palm wide; and from all over the District folks came in droves to see whether the powerful don Ramón Brull, who had been able to rain upon the just and unjust alike on this earth, could possibly have died the same as any other human being.

Perhaps in some illustrated weekly!

KING FEATURES ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.

King Features Weekly.

He had been holding meetings in a cottage weekly, and had gathered many followers, who were, alas, for the most part professing Christians.