Goembab is credited with having written seven books in Latin or Romi Konkani and 22 in Konkani in the Devnagri script, His works comprise short stories, dramas, novels, poetry, essays, works on linguistics, philosophy and history.
Peter Machado has been quoted saying that Konkani speaking people in the region comprised to Saraswats, Christians, Daivadnyas and Konkan Marathas, yet "the Konkani speaking people from the upper ghats region comprising from Yellapur to Kolhapur have painstakingly conserved the language and culture, the legacy that needs to be carried forward till the next century.
This celebration was marked in 2017 at a school in Margao, Goa, the Vidya Vikas Mandal.
[5] Mandd Sobhann in Mangalore (now Mangaluru) has also organised a World Konkani Convention, though different from the event mentioned above.
[7] World Konkani Unity Day was also scheduled to be held in December in 2010 in Mangalore.