DEATH OF GREAT CANDOLIMKAR.

DEATH OF A GREAT CANDOIKAR – JOAO  BAPTISTA SIQUEIRA.

It is with deep sorrow I write this piece on the death of our “ghaum-bhau” the late Joao Baptista Siqueira on 13^th of this month and interred today at Candolim Church Cemetery.  The funeral was well attended by his closest, nearest and well wishers not only from the locality but also from beyond. 

At the entrance of the Church

The late Joa Baptista was my colleague in our village from my youth when we were playing soccer together, picnicking together and also doing other extra curricular activities.  Being physically strong he was our protector especially during the soccer matches and many times he saved us and other villagers from the hands of our opponents in the aftermath of the soccer games  when we were winning.  To fight and protect the villagers was his duty as per his thinking and this was what he did throughout.  In mid sixties and early seventies, the security of Candolim was rested into his hands especially during the soccer matches.  He gave his life for Candolim during the critical time even by undergoing pains for him. Because, he loved Candolim, he loved Candoikars.

A section of the funeral attendees

He himself was a good footballer playing as goalkeeper for the then famed Candolim team called BRAZIL formed by Pe. Chico Monteiro. He was very good in diving for the ball though he was physically  heavy.  Representing this team he played many parts of Goa and earned name and fame for himself and for Candolim Brazil team.

Yet another section

He was a good Tiatrist organized in our locality doing the role of aged woman and good singer also singing Duets and Trios with Anthony Mesquita mainly. He was a good organizer of the Tiatros also in his locality and very much known in Tiatro circle.

Celso Fernandes delivering a speech

He was very much active in local and Goan politics directly and also thru remote control.  He had vast following in his locality and he supported his followers very much during their needs.

Daughter of late JB thanking the people

He enjoyed good respect in his village and he was a decent man having a decent family consisting of his nice wife Helen, 2 daughters and a son. I offer my deepest condolences to all of them, may God give them courage to bear this colossal loss and for him ETERNAL REST.

Family members receiving the condolences

                                                   In  the Cemetry

A.Veronica Fernandes.

TIATRO "BOREM KORIT BOREM BOGIT"

TIATRO “BOREM KORIT BOREM BOGIT” BY JOSE & IVON FERNANDES.

Written and directed by encouraging Tiatrist Jose Fernands I saw the Tiatro “BOREM KORIT BOREM BOGIT” yesterday at Kala Academy Hall, Panjim, starting at 7.00 PM.  This is the 4^th competition organized by Kala Academy of Group B. 

The Tiatro was attended by more than 50% of the capacity of the hall and since this was the first Tiatro of this competition, every person attending this Tiatro was anxious to welcome every artiste on the Stage which was well set by the director, especially the erection of the Goan traditional Hut.

The story of the Tiatro is very simple but with a moral lesson saying if you do good then you will enjoy the good.  The play is concentrated on one single artiste who is none other than Ivon the charismatic wife of the director Jose Fernandes.  She played the major role in this Play as an aged woman who though a firm believer in God yet the most problematic woman fighting with everyone namely her husband and neighbor. Ultimately in the end she paid the price for what she did to others.

The other side of this play was the union of a Chritian girl and a Hindu boy which was nicely narrated.  The roles played by Jose, the Hindu man, his son, his Christian girlfriend were worth admiring.

The Side Show songs were good but most of them were centered on Religion.

Congratulations to the director and his entire troop.

A.Veronica Fernandes.

Beautiful Tracy Seen singing a solo

Script writer & director Jose singing his solo

A scene - Aden & Ivon

A Beautiful solo by the youngster

Another scene

A trio 

Edward singing his solo

Singing a duet

A husband and wife duet(Ivon & Joe)

A romantic scene

                                                                Singing a solo

Singing a duo

The last scene

ALTU - FALTU REVENGEFUL POLITICIANS.

When power is given to any Altu- Faltu person without proper maturity to handle it properly, he is likely to commit dadagiri .  This type of dadagiri I noticed in most of our cheap and raw politicians mainly from the Panchayat and Legislative Assembly level. Their first target once they get political power are their immediate neighbours whom they forget to recognize as neighbours because they are intoxicated with the shallow temporary power to punish their neighbour  A few years back my wife  went to our local  Panchayat to get license for constructing a new house where she was told to meet the Sir first.  Who was that  Sir? She was curious to know when that Sir received the Knighthood from the Queen?  Then she was told that the so called Sir was none other than the local MLA who was against me for criticizing his faulty policies in our locality. To indicate his anger he asked my wife with disdain,  “your husband  knows to write only from Kuwait etc?" And then he returned our file with annoyance. In fact being an MLA he had no business to involve in our Panchayat but yet he did because he was the godfather of our Panchayat whose members were treated by him like his slaves.

Similarly, in one coastal  Panchayat, one current MLA is playing this type of dadagiri to take his revenge against one of his constituents  by instructing the concerned  Panchayat not to issue a license for him to repair his house.  Though this MLA has no business to involve himself in the Panchayat but still he wields the defacto authority over this Panchayat whose members got elected thru the bribe money this MLA has given to the voters to  get all the Panch members elected. 

Is this type of undemocratic method good for the smooth functioning of our democracy?  Surely not, because both the MLA’s as indicated above are revengeful  and because they are so they indulge in doing dadagiri  by displaying their political power which is only temporary and not lasting.  Displaying of revengeful nature by our politicians namely MLA’s and others is the show of lowliness which is ingrained in the blood of third class politicians who are of questionable character.  Besides, the MLA’s indicated above are Catholics and to keep one’s anger in one’s mind to take revenge at an appropriate time is an act of Lucifer and not an act of the follower of Jesus.  These are the cheap politicians whose actions resemble that of the actions of Altu-Faltu politicians. Because of such actions these cheap politicians are become a disgrace on Christianity though to fool their community members they go for Mass, receive holy communion and behave in the Church as Saints. 

A. Veronica Fernandes.