RALLY AGAINST PROSTITUTION IN CALANGUTE.

Today in Calangute at 4.00 PM the villagers about 200 in number organized a Rally in collaboration with Calangute Panchayat to raise their voice against the illicit activities such as prostitution rampantly going on in Calangute.  The rally started from Calangute Panchayat House and  ended at Calangute Police Station where the organisers handed over a Memorandum to the Police Chief there.  Immediately then, the organisers held a public meeting in front of the Police Station where prominent locals spoke highlighting their demands against the filthy immoral activities going on in Calangute.  The rally was very peaceful.  

 

Below are some photos of the Rally and Public Meeting.

 

 

Rally in progress

 

 

Seen above the vehicle in the rally

 

 

Seen above is freedom fighter & Tiatro personality Cyriaco Dias addressing the gathering

 

 

 

Well known Calangute personality Joseph Sequeira seen addressing

the Meeting.

 

 

 

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.

 

 

"AKANTVADI GOEANT NAKA" - II.

 

                             "AKANTVADI GOEANT NAKA" -I I.

EYEWITNESS TO TIATRO "AKANTVADI GOEANT NAKA"

 

 

Seen above is one scene of cruelty  

 

Since this Tiatro is going to be staged all over Goa, around 40 Shows as per the information, I refrain from disclosing the full story in details but just a gist.

 

The story is surrounded on three households, well knit neighbours belonging to the three religious communities, namely Hindu, Christian and Muslim. They reside in an area where there is no need to have partition of compound wall.  However, gradually, due to the infiltration in their domain of Satanic Hindu fanatics under the leadership of one Pundalik, the peace in that area is disturbed leading to communal disharmony. But, at last everyone involved in this disharmony realized their mistake.  To see how this happened, one has to watch this Tiatro. The role of Pundalik was nicely played by Andrew who depicts no resemblance of Muthalik.

 

Seen above 2nd, is Andrew as Pundalik

 

In late sixties, to challenge the "dadagiri" of Dayananda Bandodcar and to humiliate him, in his Tiatro “Bondolist”, Nelson Afonso introduced one character exactly similar to Bandodcar in shape, face and looks. At least Tousif de Navelim was much considerate in this respect but Nelson was not for  Bandodcar. Playing the role of a Hindu woman, seasoned character artiste Jane excelled very well.  During her stay in Kuwait for over a decade she acted in many Tiatros doing different roles and for that matter extremely well especially in the Tiatros staged by the late Rosary Ferns. She also performed in Mando Festivals we organized in Kuwait proving to be a very good singer. The others who played their roles well were veteran Anil Kumar, Ortencio, Teotonio as Police Inspector and the director himself.

 

Seen above are comedians Neto & Ortencio

 

In the comedy segment which had no link with the main story, acrobatic comedian Neto produced peals of laughter in the hall.  He is the natural comedian and currently he according to my observation is one of the top comedians.  Neto was ably supported in the comedy part by his comedy partner Ortencio. This pair currently makes a very good comedians partnership

 

In the Side Show songs there was a good mixture of Solos and other categories in which every singer performed well. Though some of the big names in the industry were missing yet their absence went totally unnoticed without any importance mainly because of the high quality of the play that totally captivated the minds of the attendees.

 

One more scene

 

During the interval, three special invitees namely Mr. Nilkan, Mr. Tomazinho Cardoso  and Mr. Kamat were brought to the Stage to say a few words.  In their short speeches, all three of them showered fabuluous praises on Tousif de Navelim assuring him of their comfort.  But as somebody remarked after the Show, where was this trio sleeping when the first Show at Margao was on the verge of collapse?

 

While concluding the Show, the writer and director of the Tiatro, in folded hands going on his knees and thanking the people for their total support to him, asked the Goans never to allow Akantvadis to destroy Goa.

 

A.    Veronica Fernandes,  

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.

    

 

 

"AKANTVADI GOEANT NAKA" - I.

EYEWITNESS TO TIATRO "AKANTVADI GOEANT NAKA"

 

 

Seen above is Tausif de Navelim.

 

Bravo Tousif de Navelim for your excellent Tiatro you staged on 17^th of this month at Kala Academy, Panaji, starting exactly at scheduled time 10.30 AM. This Tiatro was attended almost by 900 attendees and it was a total success both as attendance wise as well as performance wise. Thru this Tiatro you spread the message of love, peace and brotherhood.

 

Seen above is the language of Sword in the name of religion

 

Somewhere in 1957, Alexinho de Candolim went to Bombay to stage his well-known Tiatro “To Bavtto  Dhormancho”. All the arrangements have been done but suddenly on the eve of the staging of this Tiatro at Bhangwaddy Hall, the news of Alexinho de Candolim’s imminent arrest just before the start of the Tiatro was leaked out, on the grounds that this Tiatro was in support of Portuguese “Bavtto”.  The nationalists based in Bombay like Evargio Jorge and others were on forefront to get Alexinho de Candolim arrested without knowing the contents of this Tiatro but only on assumption that this Tiatro was based on Portuguese Bavtto.  Having no choice, Alexinho de Candolim evading arrest, on the eve of this Tiatro at night time, fled from Bombay on way to Goa. This Tiatro’s story was actually based on our Christian religion and not on politics. But the idiot nationalists unnecessarily wanted to put Alexinho de Candolim into problem.

 

Baba Cielo singing the most powerful solo against Ghantti opponents of Tiatro. 

 

 

Similarly, the Hindu fanatics from Karnataka in collaboration with some Goan Hindu fanatics on wrong assumption that the Tiatro “Akantvadi Goeant Nakam” is based on their leader Muthalik,  wanted to stop staging this Tiatro in Goa starting from the scheduled first show at Margao. It was wrong on their part to assume without seeing this Tiatro that it was directly directed against Muthalik and his pro-Hindu organization.  Muthalik and Hindus like him are afraid that their Hinduism may weaken in Goa and to protect it from getting it into weakened they are making desperate attempts to frighten others.  In fact, Hinduism is a very powerful religion and nobody can shake it especially in Goa.

 

 

Two beauties of Tiatro, Ophelia & Jane singing the duo.

 

Why Muthalik only, even the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi himself showed his concern for the survival of Hinduism in India when he said and as quoted by the late Zulficar Ali Bhutto in his masterpiece “If I Am Assassinated” that “If Islam and Christianity are uprooted from India it will still flourish elsewhere in the world but if Hinduism is uprooted from India, it will disappear from this planet. Hence, the need to protect Hinduism in India”.  But by what means? Thru Swords and violence? Violence is against Hinduism because the core of Hinduism is Non-Violence and those who suggest the means of violence to protect Hinduism are doing injustice to the great religion Hinduism.  And by the way, secondly, who the hell are these non-Goans to control us Goans?  What right these outsiders got to dictate us what to do and what not to do? They and for that matter none from outside Goa has authority to dictate us anything.  We know what is good and what is bad for us.

 

To be concluded.

 

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.