TIATRO "MOGACHIM FULAM" BY LAWRY TRAVASSO.

Lawry Travasso sings his solo

Yesterday, Saturday, 18^th of this month, I saw the Tiatro “MOGACHIM FULAM” written and directed by the well-known Tiatrist Lawry Travasso, at Kala Academy, Panjim, morning at 10.20.  

Seen all the comedians

Even though this was the third Show in the same hall yet it was still well attended by the audience, of  course some Chairs were empty.  The fourth and probably the last Show in Panjim is scheduled at the end of this month. 

Peter de Arambol solo on Lemos

Let me be very frank and say that this is a well scripted, well directed, well acted by all the artistes – males and females – and well performed. The musical  score was well provided by the well-known music director Norman Cardoso and his troupe.

One scene

The language and style used in this Tiatro is rich and full of Sayings.  It reminded me of the scripts  of J.P. Souzalin who used to similarly enrich his Tiatros by using such rich Sayings.

John de Silva & Jannet - a comedy scene

The story is surrounded on family life in which  wife  of one young couple does not get a child even after few years of marriage and because of this she is harassed and maltreated by her husband who even tortured her making her life very miserable.  Everyone calls her “Vanxttem” that saddens her very much and then the story reaches to its climax whbich must be seen by attending the Show to enjoy maximum.

Francis de Tuem 

The roles played both by Franky and Antonette de Maina as husband and wife were superb, Antonette especially during torturing scene was the best. Her one sorrowful Canto was beautiful however next time for such songs more sweetness and serenity is required to sound it Silky. Secondly she must pay more attention to the dresses she wears especially the rich Sarees at home.  The others who played their roles well were Tari as Priest, Mario Menezes and Rosy Alvares as husband and wife and Philip Almeida as younger brother and later on in priestly robe.

Horrible scene of torturing

Comedy part though lacked the required punch yet it was well performed by all the comedians including comedian Jannet.

A scene - Mario & Rosy

The Side Show songs were well rendered by all the singers but especial mention must be made to the beautiful solo by Peter de Arambol on late  S. Lemos, Lawry Travasso on “Dusro”, Duet by Tony de Ribandar with Antonette de Maina, Marcus Vaz solo on Vices and of course by Francis de Tuem on political topic where he tears Parricar into peces.

                                                        Rosy Alvares on her solo

While concluding let me say congratulations to Lawry Travasso and his troupe.

A.Veronica Fernandes.

RESIGNATION OF VISWAJIT RANE.

The resignation of Viswajit Rane from Congress Party and also from the Legislative Assembly is an act of a Traitor.  It is also an act of frustration. Without power and prominence he is like a fish out of water. When one has power one has money, when one has money one has luxury and then  one goes for ample of illicit sex with all the “Pamprelam” and “Cheddio”. The Sin of Narvenkarism is now on move.  All these facilities one can easily obtain when a corrupt Romeo turns into a corrupt politician.  Younger the MLA/Minister more rampant is the illicit sex in exchange for political favours.

Congress is a sinking ship noew and it needs help. Though it was almost sunk after the last election of 2012 but thru people’s power and support it was rescued from going down.  The revival of Congress in the recent election of 2017 was not due to the efforts of Viswajit Rane nor of Luizinho Faleiro. It was due to the people’s revolt against Hitlerism of BJP.  It was not and never the Luizinho Faleiro  who revived the Congress Party in Goa.  Neither Viswajit Rane who by recklessly resigning simply indicated his frustration over the Congress fiasco in missing the opportunity to form the government. He could have easily debated his frustration in the Congress family instead of fleeing from Congress.

 

Viswajit Rane I think felt that he missed the opportunity to become the Minister once again. But he must know one thing that he by resigning has betrayed the trust of his voters.  Voters have elected him only as their representative in the Legislative Assembly.  Giving the ministerial post is the job  of the Chief Minister. In view of this, Viswajit Rane’s resignation is against the decision of the voters who elected him in his constituency.  Resigning in this manner is an insult to the voters.

Viswajit Rane is brought up like a prince since  his father Sr. Rane was the Cabinet  Minister first in Bandodcar’s ministry as Law Minister.  Being the son of the Cabinet Minister throughout his life he acquired the mind set of a prince to lord over others.  In such a situation, he cannot accept to be nobody and to be nothing. He is brought up since his childhood as somebody and to be somebody. Hence, his lust for political power thru which he will get everything he needs except Heaven.  Minus this power, he is like a fish out of water, that means his survival for his acquiring whatever he needs depends upon this political power.  When Congress failed to form the ministry, he was totally disappointed and lost too.  Hence, his resignation from Congress with a promise by Parricar as it was given to understand that “you leave Congress and join BJP and get re-elected as BJP MLA whence BJP will give one portfolio to you”.

A.Veronica Fernandes.

THE GREATEST BETRAYAL BY THREE GOAN TRAITORS.

The first  political defection in Goa  from one party to another was initiated by 5 UG MLA’s  somewhere in late Sixties when they joined Bandodcar’s MGP, one of them was Valente Sequeira  my “ghanv bhav” from Calangute constituency. Immediately after their defection, Dr. Jack Sequeira, as Opposition Leader, called public meetings in all the constituencies of all the 5 defectors, in Calangute it was  held at foot-ball ground. 

And thus spoke Dr. Sequeira in Konkani:

“Tumi meetingek aileat hanga, tor atam vochat Candolim Valentichea  ghora ani font marun tachem dhar moddat, bitor vochon tachea bokddechea khaddak dhorun taka bhair haddat ani tachi tuminch nit korat kiteak tanne tumkam fottoilet visvas ghat korun tumcheam motancher. To zaun assa ek Judas ghatki zanne Jesuk ghat kelolo.”

Earlier one more speaker very piercingly  spoke saying “only the illegitimate persons  who know their mothers only but not their fathers, commit such betrayals.  And you know who are the persons who does not know their fathers". We know what we call these illegitimate persons.

My advice to all the constituents of all the three elected representatives of GFP to organize some sort of movements of resistance in front of their residences to shame them  and to follow them with black flags wherever they go.  To do this you need not be in big number, even a  few dedicated persons will do. These defectors must not be given peaceful sleep because they have spoiled the peaceful sleep of entire Goa.

I cannot imagine how the 2 “Kalche Porche Potte” as MLA’s, namely Jayees from Saligao and Palyekar from Siolim gathered courage to  defect to BJP so early when they first should fortify their base in their constituencies! Jayees Salgaocar when I attended his public meeting in Saligao just before the election, he so openly and so loudly declared saying “I will never join BJP”. Now,  this act of his is worse than that of St. Peter when he denied Jesus Christ while he earlier embraced Jesus.  What type of human beings are these three GFP MLA's?  How they three of them dared to undo the mandate given to them by the thousands of voters?  Don’t they come from proper parentage?  Don’t they have proper family background and proper family character?  They acted, by joining the BJP, as coming from “Rostad family background”.  

A person with good family background will never commit  an act of betrayal.  By committing an act of betrayal they have brought disgrace not only on them but also on their families, class, caste and everything related to them.  Do their religion which they practice tell them to  betray others?  No religion tells you to commit betrayal but by committing the betrayal these traitors brought bad name to their otherwise best religion. 

The biggest mistake of all the three MLA’s of GFP was to join BJP when they came into existence under GFP only to defeat the BJP. Voters elected them to unseat BJP whom these voters did not want to be in power. They may give any number of reasons to justify their wrong act  but they have no justification because they have no right to join any other party leave aside BJP.  If they were the real sons of their real fathers then they would not join any party but instead would occupy the Seats in the Assembly separately under GFP. People gave them the mandate not to join BJP and by joining BJP they are all three of them are dubbed as ‘TRAITORS”.  They have enriched the pages of history book with one more chapter called “The Greatest Betrayal” which will remain recorded in the history books while the benefits they got from this betrayal will surely one day come to an end but never the records of history books.   

A.Veronica Fernandes.