IN THE NAME OF ISLAM, I REQUEST FOR FAIR TRIAL FOR MR. RAYAN.

This refers to the latest very hot news in the entire Goan media on the topic of the 500 + years sentence imposed on two Goans in Dubai, one was the owner of the company and the other is the 25 year old employee from Siolim.  

With due respect to the Dubai Judiciary, unfortunately for passing such a lofty sentence on the youthful 25 year old employee of Exential Co., accusing him of collaborating with the top boss of the company in duping the customers, I like to comment as follows based on my layman logic.  

In fact, the young boy Mr. Rayan was promoted to the post of senior accountant just 4 months before he was arrested and in view of this how an employee with 4 months of experience in this field can have access to the minute confidential information of the company? Secondly, Rayan was not in the management segment, the boss is the management who should be aware  of everything and if anybody is to be held responsible  it sould be the person who decides the company’s decisions and not Rayan who is very small man in the company hierarchy.

I can rightly vouch for the innocence of Rayan in this matter, he was either intentionally implicated or forced to confess what he has not done by using unethical, uncivilized, un-Islamic and anti-islamic methods. These crude and stone age harsh methods are normally used by the Gulf countries to extort confession from the accused and having no option the accused surrenders by accepting what he has not done. I don’t think Islam approves such cruel treatment especially when Prophet Mohammed himself ordered the release of the Jews caught in the war instead of meting out inhuman treatment to them, as expected by their captors.  If the methods used to extort the confession from Rayan are wrong then it will be an unIslamic act promoted in the Islamic country by the Islamic Judiciary which is surely going against their Islamic principles and  doctrine.

 

It is my right as per the Islamic doctrine to fight for the rights of Rayan when I feel he is innocent.  When we raise his issue for justice then we are fighting for justice for him in the name of Islam by quoting Prophet Mohamed as mentioned below:

When Prophet Mohammed was asked once, “when there will be justice in this world?” Replied Prophet immediately saying “When everyone of us will gather courage to fight against the injustice committed on to others as if that injustice is committed on to us only, then and then only there will be justice in this world” concluded the Prophet.

Dubai in UAE is an Islamic country and being so it is a member of Oganisation of Islamic Conference and as such it is governed also by the Shariat Laws which gives ample of  freedom for the accused to defend himself.  However, some member countries flout these rules as done earlier by Iraq under Saddam Hussein and Iran under Ayatollya Khomeini resulting in delivering of harsh punishment to the accused wherein even the Advocate of the accused found playing the role of a conspirator. This was done in Kuwait when Francis Araujo from Kalafura was sentenced for gallows in early 1990.  Some of the Advocates in the Gulf countries are unreliable who are treating Indian clients with total irresponsibility and negligence.

Hence, those supporting Rayan must hire a new and competent lawyer who will be faithful to his client and fight this case all over again. I have no trust in the verdicts delivered by the Islamic Courts. Hence, it is imperative that this particular case has to be brought for review otherwise innocent Rayan will die a miserable death. And if one innocent Rayan goes, what matters to them?  After all Rayan however innocent he may be but in the eyes of Gulf Arabs who man the Dubai Judiciary, is just a Hindi Muskin.  This tag must not be allowed to apply to Rayan.

A.Veroica Ferandes.

                                                              

NEW TIATRO "TUKAIM TENCH ASSA" BY SHARON MAARELLO.

Opening song. Sucurro de St.Cruz & Sharon introducing Platilda in the middle

With the participation of seasoned seniormost Tiatrists who earlier during their golden era, dazzled the Konkani Stage audience and thus kept the Konkani Tiatros alive, staged their Tiatro “TUKAIM TENCH ASSA’, written and directed by the excellent female artiste and melodious singer Sharon Mazarello. Script wise and performance wise the Tiatro was excellent giving excellent credit to the lady writer and director. I can rightly say that this is one of the best Tiatros of the season and Side Show wise it was too good where not only excellent songs were rendered but they were rendered with the melodious voices by all the singers, mainly by Fatima, Josephine, Platilda, Jessie Dias, Sharon, C. D’Silva, Ortencio, Sucurro de St. Cruz and others, many of them with encores.

C D'Silva renders his solo

A scene where Josephine is seen buying bread from Ortencio 

 It is a great to see Fatima still maintaining the sweetness of her yesteryear sweet voice so beautifully, so too Josephine whose one beautiful canto compensated the full amount of your ticket.  She also excelled well in the trio with jessy and Platilda. All the songs of Jessy Dias created an excellent feeling like the Trio and Quarter and the beautiful Duet with C. D’Silva thus bringing back the old memories when she was singing attractive duets with C. Alvares.  Fittingly, she is called the “Mae” of Konkani Stage having served the Konkani Stage for such a long period with distinction and still capable to serve more. Almost all the females and males too who participated in this Tiatro are capable to serve the Konkani Stage for more years and I feel their seasoned services should be utilized by the current directors instead of going for novices who lack some basics. Though they may be ageing but their performance is not ageing, it still is having its evergreen freshness. 

Another scene where you see Sabeena. Seen right is Marcelin de Betim

Beautifully sung a solo by Sucurro de St. Cruz

 The performance of script writer and director Sharon Mazarello was like the captain’s inning in Cricket Test, her opening song along with beautifully high pitched singer Sucurro de St. Cruz introducing all the artistes participating in this Tiatro created totally a charming impact on the Tiatro, besides her solo and duets with Victor D’Cunha and also with her husband Wilmix were fantastic.   The major part of the admiration was focused on the once Queen and still the queen of comedy Bai Platilda who did not lose an inch of her smartness of keeping the audience happy especially with her comments in Portugues. 

Seen above is Ortencio singing his solo

The duet rendered by Victor de Ciunha & Sharon Mazarello

Her flow of words from her mouth and her way of singing were so attractive that she made the audience spellbound throughout her entire performance.  And moreover she was very much liked by the audience. I dont think there is anybody on Konkani Stage now who cold emulate her and outbeat  her, she was the product of the group of stalwarts who mesmerised the audience in Sixties, namely M.Dod de Verna, Airistedes Dias, Tony Sax, Luis Rod, Conception, Jacinto Vaz and others.  She developed her art and confidence in the constellation of the great stars who helped her to mould her art. When she first time entered the professional stage I saw her at Mapusa with total innocence on her face and all over her body with beauty spread all over her face. She was the admiration and attraction of the then young  boys like me and as a matter of fact I still admire her.

Singing a Duo by Marcelino de Betim and Ortencio

Seen in one of the scenes are Josephine & Sabeena

This Tiatro as a reward for this group somebody must take it to the Gulf and to other parts of the world including USA.  I am sure some of my former colleagues in Kuwait who are still on forefront to organize such Tiatros must come forward to take the entire troupe to Kuwait and as usual simultaneously to other parts in the Gulf.  I hope Manuel, Felix and Dominick Araujo and others are reading what I am writing here. I also hope Tony Gonsalves and my earlier colleague in Kuwait Xavier Arauo will do something in UK.

A wonderful Trio rendered by Josephie-Platilda-Jessy Dias

Singing a Duet by Wilmix and Sharon Mazarello

Te story is surrounded mainly on Father and daughter, the role of the father was nicely done by 80 + years old C . D’Silva who still looks active and Fatima who missed none of her earlier attributes to keep the audience spellbound. I came across in the Hall some of her admirers who enjoyed every bit of her acting. Fatima always argues and verbally fights with her father on any silly ground as if she is infallible.  For this she receives a befitting answer saying “ TUKAIM TENCH ASSA” at an appropriate time.  

A comedy scene Josepine and Wilmix

                                           The scene where Platilda and Ortencio are seen

Wilmix whom I saw for the first time playing the role of a comedian was at his best where his performance was superb.  The other roles played by the great Sabeena and Josephine were worth admiring. It is great to see every artiste performed his role well and hence I convey my congratulations to the director Bai Sharon Mazarello who with her majestic personality received enermous amount of goodwill from the attendees.  I also congratulate each and every artiste some of whom inspte of being so aged performed so well.  Congratulations to the Musicians as well.

A scene; Wilmi-C.D'silva-Platilda & lovely Fatima

Victor D'cnha seen singing his beautiful solo

                                          Singing a Quarter: Anth.San - Fatima-osephie - Jessy Dias

A.Veronica Fernandes.

NEW TIATRO "KONNANK PATIEUPACHEM ?" BY FRANCIS DE TUEM.

Seen above singing opening solo

Yesterday, 9^th of this month, at Panjim Kala Academy Hall, starting at 3.00 PM, I saw the new Tiatro     ” KONNANK PATIEUPACHEM?” written and directed by Francis de Tuem and was attended by the Hall packed audience.  However, those who missed the chance to see this Tuatro yesterday, they can see it on 11^th of this month at the same venue.  

                                                   A scene of the Azilo
                                               

Today in the Tatro field, Francis de Tuem is the name and fame just as the late M. Boyer was during his hey days. The greatness of M. Boyer was concentrated on his script and direction which was flawless and matching with his dignity and also decency. M. Boyer would not introduce any vulgarity in his Tiatros nor words and statements having double meaning.  Neither he would induct in his  Tiatros cheap and third class artistes in his Tiatros. He was very choosy in his selection. Precisely because of this and his dignified script his Tiatros were attended by the innumerable dignified people and not vulgar cheap.

Shown in the song mickey pacheco confronting Tuem

Why M. Boyer only, take for example J.P. Souzalin, C. Alvares, Alexinho de Candolim, Dr. Simon C. Fernandes and many other top grade scripts writers and directors they always maintained their dignified position otherwise they would not create a niche for them in the top grade. They allowed the money to escape from their pockets but they never allowed their dignity and honour to escape from their dignified life. They would not keep closer even to their shadow those who take pleasure in displaying vulgarity and indecency from the Stage.  

Roshan singing a beautiful song above

After its birth, during the first 25 years Tiatro remained in the hands of dignified artistes but during the second 25 years Tiatros went (to quote Pai Titrist Joao Agostinho Fernandes) into the hands of many of the ROSTAD Tiatrists who introduced besides other low caliber scripts and songs, vulgarity and double meanings words and statements. These were the Tiatrists who had no proper parental discipline at home because they had no proper parents to control their discipline. It is precisely because of this degradation of Tiatro to such a low level that the high caliber audience refrained from patronizing Tiatros.  

Imitating Churchil Alemao left and Ravi Naik at right

This lowliness and degradation of Tiatro was seen more in the Comedy part where to impress upon the audience to make them laugh, the third class comedians started using vulgar and double meaning words which would satisfy the thirst of the third class audience.  Comedians like Jacinto Vaz would make the audience laugh by just standing on the Stage without even uttering a word nor moving an inch forward.

Seen above Xavier Gomes singing his solo

But todays comedians if not all then at least most of them especially the youngsters would use all foul words and double meaning words full of vulgarity as I have seen yesterday in Francis de Tuem’s Tiatro. The main play and the story of the Tiatro  was well written and very well enacted by all the artistes specially by Roshan, Marcus Vaz and his other two colleagues in the Azilo so also by the one who played the role of his son coming from USA.

                                 The best song in the Side Show a duet by Roshan & Peter 

However, the excellent role in the whole Tiatro was played by the excellent female artiste and one of the “lokhpriya” of Konkani Stage Aplon who played the role of a Nun. Her presentation and appropriate dress code and expression brought her role to the pedestal.

Another Scene where beautiful Aplon playing beautiful role of a Nun

In the Side Show songs, Roshan’s Solo a sort of romantic one, based on the tune of Bollywood song was as beautiful and attractive as her beautiful attractive appearance.  Her duet which she rendered with Peter where they decry the habit of naming the Bars and Tavernas after the holy Saints was worth admiring.   Francis de Tuem’s  political solos were of high grade. The quarter of Marcus Vaz, Xavier Gomes, Lawry Travasso and Jr. Francis de Tuem was rendered. Though Jr. Tuem attracted lot of goodwill for this song yet it was well composed and meant to be rendered seriously as per the serious contents of the song.        

                                                Yet again Aplon is dishing out a superb role
                                           

Comedian Richard seen between Vijay and Daulikar

My admiration goes to both the artistes who  imitated Churchill Alemao, Ravi Naik, Vijay Sardesai and Daulicar.  They have indicated their high calibre prowess in imitating the indicated politicians. The way they dressed, the way they talked and walked and the way they imitated the mentioned politicians, they they did a great job. Bravo to them.

Lawry singing his solo

                                    Singing a quarter.  Extreme left is Jr. Francis de Tuem

A.Veronica Fernandes.