MARIANO'S TIATRO “HANV KHUXEAL ASAM”..

 

TIATRO “HANV KHUXEAL  ASAM”.

 

 

 Godwin, Anil & Olga In Opening Song

Written and directed by Mariano Fernandes, yesterday at Kala Academy Panjim, at 3.30 PM, I saw the Tiatro “HANV KHUXEAL ASAM”, attended by the capacity crowd.  This is the first time I saw Mariano Fernandes’ Tiatro though earlier from Kuwait I heard and read a lot of him that his Tiatros are creating a lot of ripples in Goa.  Incidentally after seeing this Tiatro I came to know that he is my “ghanv – Bhav” from Candolim and the son of my friend and also the nephew of once well known Tiatrist the late Greg de Candolim. 

 

A scene where Maggy is seen at the Centre 

 

Since this Tiatro is going to be staged again in Panjim twice in this same month and elsewhere as well in Goa, I only give the gist of the Play.  It is surrounded on the family story where the sons think only of their selfish interest by discarding the sacrifices of their father.  The ending part of the Play is very interesting where the audience were kept gasping for breath knowing not what would be the actual end.

 

 A scene where Anil Pednekar at his best

All the artistes played their roles well even those whom I see for the first time but more credit should go to Anil Pednekar for playing a magnificent character role of an insane scientist expressing his statements in a witty and also in a philosophical manner.  Example, to quote him “In Panjim, no more Door Locks are available because they are all purchased by the Goan residents from Acacaim and ambient villages since all these Goan residents,  holders of Portuguese Passports left from Goa by locking their houses and thus all the Door Locks from Panjim Market got exhausted”.

Maggy & colleagues seen singing a Trio 

Fittingly, Anil was felicitated during the interval for playing his wonderful role in this Tiatro.  Mario de Vasco played his fatherly role very appropriately, so too Godwin, Olga as a Westerner, Carmeen and  Maggy.

 

One of the scenes.  

Comedy part was nicely handled by the two brothers namely Domnick and Bachan who were ably supported by Mathew who being a new to me showed lot of encouragement.  So the two girls in supporting them, one of them was Flavia.

 

Maggy & Mini Mario singing a duet.

 

In the Side Show songs though there was little deficiency yet the singers did justice to their roles in which Domnick and his other two partners rendered a nice political Trio, so too Godwin and his other two colleagues. Anil and Olga’s Duet on political theme was excellent. The solo rendered by Olga on misdeeds of politicians was very bold and the comedy solo rendered by Mathew was good. Mini Mario's solo was worth admiring, so too his duet with attractive Maggy.

     A scene where seen are Mariano, M.Mario, Maggy, Mario de Vasco, Godwin and Carmeen.

 

It is worth seeing this Tiatro.

Congratulations to Mariano Fernandes and his troupe.

 

A.    Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel:7507394349.


 

PAL SOARES' 5TH REPEAT SHOW.

It is a golden opportunity now for those who missed earlier to see this Tiatro "ATAM THORI MHAKA ......SONDHI  DHIAT" at Pai Tiatrist Hall, Margao, on 25th of this month at 3.30 PM.  

 

Acclaimed as the best Tiatro of the season.

 

 

ISLAM IS DEBASED BY KUWAITI MUSLIMS.

During my over three decades of stay in Kuwait, a lot of cruel incidents I came across and these incidents have created a very negative effect on my thinking on Kuwait and Kuwaiti society as a whole even though none of the expatriates in Kuwait supported Kuwaiti cause as I did when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.  One of such incidents I am narrating here below has damaged my heart making me sick because such an incident was new to me then but normal in Kuwait. It happened to one of our Goan mothers from Bombay but working as a maid in Kuwait for one top and rich Muslim Arab Kuwaiti and since it happened during the holy month of Ramadan, I remember it always during this holy month as it is now. Though it happened in 1977 in Kuwait yet it is as fresh in my mind now as it was then, so it will remain fresh till I die because as it is said by Shakesphere “The good that man does often interred with the bones while evil always remains after him”. 

The maid Mary (Name changed) was recruited from Bombay by one Kuwaiti family to look after their 4^th girl  child  of 4 years.  Being also a girl after 3 daughters, the Kuwaiti mother of this child being dejected for not having a boy, neglected this child by leaving her into the care of their maid Mary.   The child being very close to Mary became so attached to Mary that she lost motherly love of her real mother and considered Mary as her real mother even calling Mary as Mama.

Once as usual the Kuwaiti family went abroad for a holiday leaving their last child into the hands of Mary at home in Kuwait.  Suddenly after a few days one fine morning the Kuwait boss alone returned home to Kuwait because of business necessity.  In the same night after completing his business job in Kuwait, he came home at 11.30 PM and went to bed but not to sleep.  Suddenly after 2 hours when Mary was sleeping along with the small child in her separate room, Mary heard  her boss loudly calling her.  

Thinking something went wrong to him, Mary quickly got up and hurriedly rushed to his room whence he grabbed her hand and put her on his bed and in broken English told her to surrender her body to him. Saying no, Mary started crying because other than her dead husband in Bombay she never allowed any man to touch even her shadow. Mary pleaded with him saying she was like his mother but he was adamant.  Then he warned her saying, “DON’T WASTE MY TIME BECAUSE LATER ON MY TIME WILL COME TO GO TO THE MASJID FOR EARLY IN THE MORNING PRAYER”. Mary was afraid for her life because as she noticed in him the Lucifer has already taken control of him and since this was the case he would even kill her in which case who will take care of her 3 young children in Bombay? Thought poor Mary. As George Bernard Shaw said “when rape is inevitable, the girl should just lie down and enjoy”. Having no choice, Mary volunteered to lie down but not to enjoy sex with this shameless Muslim Arab Kuwaiti Monster.  

In this way the Muslim Kuwaiti Arab fulfilled his Satanic wish by discarding his religious teaching.  And worst part of this sin was that it was committed in the holy month of Ramadan by a Kuwaiti who boasted of his Muslim religion. In fact he should be ashamed of being a Muslim because the Muslims are forbidden to commit such crimes by their religion. Besides, by committing this crime on his poor Goan maid he proved himself how disgraceful he was having no dignity of  a true Kuwaiti, having no respect for his Islam and having no decent culture and tradition. With his money power he could purchase posh and sophisticated virgin girls from any part of the world but no, he opted for somebody poor and used one, an elderly mother of 3 kids and that too a free of charge one. This is the very bad habit of many Kuwaitis who are more tribal than cultured having Jewish blood in them and not Arab blood, as said by somebody once. True Kuwaiti blooded Kuwaitis will never commit such dirty and inhuman acts. True Muslim Kuwaitis will never commit such crimes especially in the holy month of Ramadan.

No expatriate female goes to Kuwait for having sex with the Kuwaitis but many times illicit sex is forced on them by the barbarian Kuwaitis and many times if their wants are refused they even maim and kill their victims and then declaring their victims have committed suicide by jumping from the top floor of their houses. Many times these Monsters escape from the jaws of the law because law enforcing machinery is in their hands and they can manipulate it to their advantages.

It is time now for the good Kuwaitis, for the good Arabs and for the good Muslims to raise their voices in unison against those disgraceful Kuwaitis who commit disgraceful acts against poor and helpless expatriates, especially Maids. Unless right thinking Muslims, Kuwaitis and Arabs come forward to correct the wrong doer Kuwaitis, the image of Kuwaitis, Arabs and  Muslims will never brighten in the eyes of civilized world. It is the great wish of Jews to see the image of Arabs and Muslims remain tarnished.  

After the invasion of Kuwait on 2^nd August 1990, giving an interview to Ted Turner of CNN on 15^th of that month, Saddam Hussein said referring to Kuwaitis: “These Kuwaitis know only to collect money and women and to collect the same they will do anything. Hence they are a disgrace on Arabs and Islam”.

Following the invasion of Kuwait, Iraqi soldiers perpetrated worst of tortures and rapes on Kuwaitis. Many people even Kuwaitis said that invasion of Kuwait was God's punishment for Kuwait because of their ill-treatment to the expatriates especially to the poor Maids. Inspite of this God's punishment many Kuwaitis are not changing for the better which they should do.  Or else, are they waiting for greater calamity for God to send on them so that the Just God deliver the proper justice as "eye for an eye and tooth for tooth"?  After all the central idea of Islam is Justice which will surely face by the those who commit injustice as many Muslim Kuwaitis commit on poor expatriate Maids.

While concluding I must say that all Muslim Kuwaitis are not barbarians, only some who bring a bad name to Kuwaiti society by committing barbaric acts against innocent and poor expatriates especially helpless Maids like our Goan mother Mary.

A.    Veronica Fernandes,

Goa.