KONKANI SHORT FILM BY MICHAEL JUDE GRACIAS.

  

 

During the Portuguese rule in Goa, the Emissora de Goa (current All India Radio Panaji) gave exhaustively  fabulous Konkani programme especially the Konkani Tiatros of 30 minutes duration a Tiatro aired on Sundays at 7.00 PM, Tuesdays at 4.30 pm and Fridays at 6.00 pm.  The starting of Konkani programme was done with the statement “Hanga Portugal Uloita Emissora de Goa…..”.  Besides these regular Tiatros which were written by the top Tiatrists and other artistes namely  Reginaldo Fernandes writer of Konkani Romansi, ace comedian Jacinto Vaz, M.Dod de Verna, Johny Sylvester, Dioginho D’Mello, his Sister izmenia and others.  Besides these who were  the paid employees of Emissora de Goa, there were other gigantic artistes also of Konkani Stage namely Young Menezes, Kid Boxer, Baldinho Araujo, Allen D'Costa, Ansu Rodrigues and Georgina Jacques all employed by the Emissora de Goa. Somewhere in 1958 as a small boy I had the previlege to visit Emissora de Goa with our Candolim Church Choir as a singing member of Motets we recorded at the Emissoa de Goa.  I had the privilege to see almost all the above mentioned artistes who indicated their profuse love and affection for me since I was the smallest member of our Choir group and being so I was patted by everyone with love and affection. However, my greatest satisfaction was when the Music Director of Emissora de Goa, Antoninho D’Souza from Siolim hugged me and praised me fabulously for singing the Motets along with other Choir members so nicely.

 

    

 The above shown artiste plays a nice role of the responsible sister

The other excellent Konkani programme aired from there on every Saturday at 4.30 PM was the “ANTU BABACHI GOZAL” which was a sort of debate in which almost all the top artistes used to participate, in this programme there was piercing criticism of Bharat Serkar that was humiliated, inulted and lowered to the ebb for  keeping its eye on Goa to invade it in the name of Liberation.  I never heard in my life anywhere and by anyone else criticizing and disgracing Bharati Serkar.   I still remember M.  Dod de Verna making an statement saying “ Zor hem dolddirem Bharat Serkar  zache laguim khud apleam munxeank dodd jevunk & khahunk diunk zaina zalear tem serkar amkam Goenkarank anink kitem ditolem?  Hem Bharat serkar Ghanttianchem mure ani je suater Ghantti assat tem suater dolldirpon astatuch ani zor he Bharati Ghantti Goyant aplo panvo dourit tor zalench Goenchem sontenas.  Te Bharati Ghatti amcher oslo vell haddtolet Goyant ki Nustem te khatelet ani Kantte amkam ditolet ani toxench Bharatachea hatan Goem poddot tor te sogle Bharati amchea fuddean apun Mas khatelet and amkam Gogkarank haddam ditolet.  Te Hoyant ravon apun guirest zatolet ani amkam Goenkarank bhikari kortolet.  Aum Bombaim ravon ailolean aum zaanna tanche gunn.  Bharati lokam osle chikaner lokh sounsarant anink khuinsoruch aschenant tea passot ami tankam zata title pois dourunk zai. Itlench nhoi tanchea hatan amchem Goem kexench ghalunk dinvchem nhoi, goroz poddlear amchea jivacho sakrifis passun korho poddlear porva na”. Then Georgina Jacques intervenes to add her statement saying: Aum aniek amchea Goyenkarank sangta ani tem mhonttlear hem Bharat amkam Goykarank khup tras ditolem ani amkam sarke kobar korun uddoitolem, tea passot ami atanch nettan zoggdonk lagomya kiteak maguirui zalear hem Bharat amkam nattak kortolentuch mhonntoch atanch nattak zalear borem tea passot Goencho bosm korun uddoumya pun hemamchem Bhangarachem Goem Bhangaran bhorlolem team Bharati Chorank koxenxh dinvchem nhoi.   In this debate others also participated namely, Jacinto Vaz, Young Menezes and others. After Tiatros, this was  the very interesting programme for which people in Goa would do any sacrifice  to listen to this programme. 

Incidentally, the ferocious anti-Bharat artistes Young Menezes, Jacinto Vaz, Kid Boxer, M.Dod de Verna were banned from entering Bombay or any other part of Bharat.  Some of them according to the trickling of news emanating from different sources, were threatened when Goa was grbbed by India.  In fact out of bodily fear some of them went underground only to resurface at the later date.  By doing this I think they have done right thing to save themselves from the vultures who have done worst of dirty deeds against some of the Goans even by parading them naked on the main streets of Goa for being the supporters of Portuguese Government.  As a revenge, the 2 months salaries before 19.12.61  of the all the artistes were not paid by the Goa’s conqueror, India, this responsibility wrested on the shoulders of conqueror.  Jacinto Vaz because many times in his songs he was raising this issue from the Stage, the management of All India Radio Panjim, Goa, put  a ban on the songs of Jacinto Vaz thus his voice was curtailed from the All India Radio Goa.

           

In the above 2 photos are seen youngsters enjoying thier dope while the third photo above is seen author of this Film M. Jude Gracias.

Now I just saw one Konkani Film of the duration of approximately half an hour just like the Tiatro aired by Emissora de Goa during the Portuguese regime, the short Film is “Udetolo Suria Guiraslo Kupani” authored by Michael Jude Gracias under the banner of Kala Niketan Goa.   The Film is very interesting based on the current happenings in Goa with regards to our young boys and girls in their youth only become useless in life because of the Drugs they take.  It was nicely shown in this Film how our young men and young girls go crazy after this trade and consumption. When you see how our young School and Coagaaisllege going boys and girls are addicted to this vice inspite of our priests and social workers doing so much to stop it, you go mad.  It is thru this Film one will come to know why our current youth is not coming in public life to face the challenging public life.  In our villages now you don’t find youth taking part in challenging Sports, we dont produce good foot-ball players neither in quality nor in quantity as it waa happening during my youth, in many villages you see Ghantti youth are representing our teams because our youth are keeping themselves busy in Drugs and other vices, our youth are not raising their voices against  lop sided anti-Goan policies of the govenment by taking part in public meetings and rallies to save Goa, Goan Culture, Goan traditions and Goan way of life.  Our youth of today got no interest in fighting for justice because they themselves are become unjust.  What our youth in bigger number is doing now?  They are not ready to take pain to do something good for the cause of Goa and Goans and  incidentally they are not even ready to do something good for themselves, many of them are living at the cost of their parents many of whom by working abroad accumulated lot of wealth and   on this wealth so many of our youth are enjoying by going after all the vices.  

I feel pity many of the youth involved in this drug trade and use  were coming from the same religion as I come, I feel  ashamed of them for being the members of the same religion. I think our Church leadership must ponder for a  while and try to revise its doctrine and system to help eradicate this wound  that our Youth are suffering from.   What is the use of having the educational institutes in the hands of Church but no proper discipline imparted there?  I don’t solely blame the Church and our priests for this calamity  fallen on our youth but I am fully convinced that our Church is the only salvation for us from the likely disaster we ar going to face then we going to be disgraced. If our Church abdicates its responsiblity by shifting the onus on the parents then our Church will be committing a big blunder against Christianity.  The existence of the Church is to save souls from going to hell for this reason Church is dutybound to close all avenues that lead us to Hell and vices and Drugs are the main sources of sins that take us to hell.  

 

Regarding our parents taking their responibility,  what better you can ask from our parents when they are busy in making money somewhere else while their children are left into the hands of Garamae/Garaapai, Unties and Uncles, Neighbours and Relatives and Padris and Madris?   The major part of this blame falls on their shoulders, There is a saying in Konkani which says: “SEZAREANI TOR BURGEANK VOIR KADDLOLIM ZALEAR MAE-PAI ANINK KITEAK ZAI ASLO?

The Film mentioned above is available in the Utube.

A.Veronica Fernandes.  

BEAUTIFUL SONGS FROM UTUBE.

This is to  indicate my appreciation for a few Konkani songs I watched from the UTube and the same are worth listening. First of all I give full credit to the singers of these songs and also the lyricists and musicians who have done  a very good job of entertaining the viewers.  These UTube songs have terribly reduced the urge of those who otherwise missed so much in the absence of Tiatros that are stopped because of the Corona Virus Lockdown.     The songs are now shown of all the categories and not necessarily on social and other such soft subjects but also on hot topic like politics.  

                                    Seen above glamorous Sonia Sirsat singing the Mando

The first song I take here is the beautiful Mando rendered beautifully  by the beautifully voiced renown multilingual beautiful Goan singer, Sonia Sirsat.  She is not only beautiful but also a glamorous too whose singing  style and the lyrics easily captivate the eyes and minds of the viewers. The Mando "Boson Fulani"  is very romantic and it was my favourite in school at Arpora and also at Sesa Goa when I was playing  football for Sesa Goa as it was the most favourite Mando for most of the players  who used to sing while returning home especially after winning that day's match.  It was then I realised how popular and how much people from all over Goa liked it  as we in our football team had people from all over Goa and most of them they knew it by heart.  Since it is rendered by the renown singer  in a pure way of Mando singing style, I am sure its popularity will go high reaching it to every corner of Goa as well as every tongue of  every Goan especially those who are Mando crazy like me.

Bai Olga singing her excellent song on Priest

It was about 10 - 13 years back when I first saw her in Kuwait I think during her maiden trip to Kuwait to participate in one of the Shows locally organized by the local artistes and as a booster to this Show a few visiting artistes were also invited, one of them was the most beautiful and the attractive female artiste Miss Olga Vaz whose glamorous looks with fair complexion like  that of a beautiful Paklin, totally mesmerized the audience. However, I was hinted by the organiser  in Kuwait that one females artiste who is coming to participate in this Show is the most talked about,  most admired and most beautiful. Then i came to know that very many youngsters who normally do not see our Tiatros, they especially came to see this Show and   more than her beauty which is very essential for a female artiste she excelled in her singing, her voice was beautiful, her Stage personality was superb and her singing confidence with ease was someting exceptional. The  one song she rendered along with  Anne Quadros which she rendered with her silky and sweet voice has charmed the entire audience.  

Here in the photograph above she is seen singing an excellent song on Priests which is very informative and educative where in this song she highlights the good work of the Paadri. It is worth admiring and worth listening.  She is already known in Tiatro arena as one of the best political singers and the Queen of Political Sings. 

                                          UAE Based highly political trio sings their trio song.

To air your views on political topics as a singer you need not need the Tiatro Stage only but Utube is also sufficient enough to reach your voice and your mind anywhere and every where as this trio does in their highly political song "GOENKARANCHO FUDDAR KITEM" 

which tears GFP and its shameless leader into pieces for betraying the trust of the voters.  Next election  will be coming soon and before that all the Tiatrist experts in political songs must totally destroy all the crook and corrupt politicians.  Only the Tiatrists will be in better position to teach the corrupt politicians a very good lesson.  

A.Veronica Fernandes.

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JUSTICE FOR ROMI KONKANI IS A MUST FIRST

On 11^th of this month, in the Herald “Café”, in its front page, the well-known Devanagri Konknni protogonist Adv. Uday Bhemre speaking to Café and while expressing  his view made it clear  why the awards given to him for his books he rejected and returned back.   According to Adv. Bhembre he took such a drastic action  as a mark of protest against the government decision of  giving grants to the English medium schools. 

Commenting on this, let me say first  that there is the strong malaise some Nagrivadi Konknni stalwarts are suffering from not much for the love of Nagri Konknni but as it looks, much because of their dislike for the Roman Script Konkani whose promoters have contributed immensely for  the cause of Konkani. If Konkani is kept alive till now then it is and I repeat, it is ONLY  BECAUSE OF THE SUPERLATIVE EFFORTS MADE BY THE ROMI KONKANI  LOVERS AND PROMOTERS.  If it was not for the Goa Church, Konkani would have gone by now into extinction.  Full credit to the Roman Catholic Church for its tremendous efforts to organise Church functions and all the prayers and rituals in Konkani.  While the Nagrivadis  are happily using their religious rites and formalities in the Non-Konknni language.  Instead of appreciating the efforts of the Church and of all other Romi Konkani supporters, most of the Nagri supporters are vomiting venom  at Romi Konkani and its followers.  I still dont  find any soft corner from Nagrivadis for Romi circle and to a certain extent I feel many of them will rather embrace Marathi than to  support the Romi Konkani.  That they have affiliation to Marathi is a sure fact based on the Maratik Konknni they have succeeded in dumping on Goa.  The Devanagri Konknni they managed to get converted into official language is more Maratik than Konknnik. 


Since many of the current Devanagri script Konknnivadis were sympathizers of Maharastarawadi Gomantak Party that was fighting to get recognition for Marathi as an official language of Goa because they wanted to punish in a Hitlerian manner all the Christians by making them useless in grabbing the available  opportunities in Goa.  Many of  these Nagrivadis had no hearts in their Chests, like sadistic minded they wanted to enjoy the hardships of Romivadis  would face in Goa.  I am sure, not a single leaf would shake  an inch forward for the recognition of Konkani minus the support Romiwadis have rendered to get Konkani recognized, even up to the cold blooded murders of 7 Konkani martyrs.  Today it looks to me they are all forgotten because none of them belongs to the Nagri camp.

Adv. Bhembre is insisting on justice to Konknni by stopping the grants to English medium schools but people like me in the Konkani movement are insisting to give justice to Romi Konkani first. Wasn’t this injustice to Romi Konkani meted out by the Nagri Konknni stalwarts?  Can my respected friend Adv. Bhembre throw some light on the events taken place prior to the drafting of  language bill and who drafted it without allotting any benefit for the Romi Konkani?  That means the  enormous efforts put in by the Romi Konkaniwadis were useless?  What about the financial contribution we gave from the Gulf in general and Kuwait in particular? 

The  need of the hour is to undo the injustice done to Romi Konkani and this must be done immediately with the lead given by those who denied justice to Romivadis.  Because of this  injustice there appeared a big rift between the Nagriwadis and Romivadis which is not good for the development and promotion of Konkani.

A.Veronica Fernandes.