This has reference to
the disruption of Tiatro on 11th of this month at Margao when famous
tiatrist Francis de Tuem was rendering his solo.
First of all I condemn
those who went to attack the singer who by using all his democratic rights singing
his song. However, those who felt hurt
by his song, by using civilized methods they could easily file a defamation
suit against the singer. Francis de Tuem is not an ordinary artiste to merit
such an ugly treatment, his fame as the best political singer is gone even
beyond Goan and Konkani borders.
A year back when I
returned from Kuwait for good, I was interviewed by the Google representative
in India based in Bangalore, on Tiatros and the first question posed to me was this:
“what you think of Francis de Tuem as a political singer” surprising me of
being aware of his fame reaching even to the corridors of Google.
Tiatro basically is an
art that challenges the brute might of any individual, government, community or
caste. It is a fight for justice against
the brute might of the strongest over the weakest.
The legendary tiatrist Minguel Rod played a major role in this battle
from the tiatro stage by challenging the brute might of the landlords and Brahmins and brought lot of changes in our
society.
Kid Boxer, Trio Kings
of Conception-Nelson-Anthony and William de Curtorim have been known as the
best political singers of Konkani stage.
In order to express their genuine feelings they have suffered so much
from the hands of governments and their opponents. In late fifties in Bombay, Kid Boxer was
arrested for singing a song which was considered as Pro-Portuguez and then
deported to Goa because of which he lost his lucrative job at Central Railways. After the invasion of Goa, again he was
arrested in Goa and Bombay for singing songs which were considered as
anti-Bharat.
Today our Goan society
has made tremendous improvements only because of the Tiatros which proved to be
corrective instruments and the Side Show songs played major role. At political level what elected
representatives failed to do, Tiatrists did and Francis de Tuem played his part well
in improving the character of many of our corrupt politicians.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.
