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.
