BEST POLITICAL SONG OF OLGA VAZ.

 Olga Vaz singing her fiery political song 

There is a saying in Konkani: “Baint poddlem khuim Koblem and voir sorlem khuim Soblem”, this is exactly what has happened in Goa regarding the stopping of Tiatro and in the bargain development of UTube Channel where we get best of songs rendered by

the best of artistes on different subjects. Everybody in the anti-Tiatro circle especially those involved in the running of the government machinery said that in this situation the mouth of the Tiatrists will be closed to  criticize the government for its wrongs and anti-people decisions and anti-Goan policies.  Hence, the government and its machinery took a great pleasure in this stopping of Tiatros but on the other side the UTube facility opened where every top artiste has started his/her Channel where these artistes are rendering best of songs which give the singer much wider coverage for their songs than what they were getting in the Tiatros. Hence, my saying “Baint poddlem khuim Koblem and voir sorlem khuim Sonlem”.  The meaning of this saying is elaborated here thus: “Because of his “Koblem” thru which he was catching Crabs suddenly got released from his hand and fell into the Well and when he jumped into the Well to remove that Koblem he got hold of one lady by name Soblem which is in reality Sobin that was in the local parlance called Soblem.  Hence, what has happened is proved to be better.

By taking advantage of this situation, the beauty queen of Konkani Stage who is called the Queen of political songs, the lovely looking Olga Vaz with her piercing lyrics and attractive voice and absolutely killing words like that of the first known highly  great political singer Kid Boxer, released her highly political song “UZO”  which is a must see and must listen because it looks like actual fire in which she burns  Visvajeet Rane dubbing him as “Baizon” etc. and tearing him into pieces by saying even “samelessly he cried in front of Parricar like a Baizon”.  She showers fabulous praises on Manoj Parab of Goan Revelutionary and his group.  If possible Manoj  must open offices or centres in every village or constituency so that everyone will have easy access to this organisation. 

A.Veronica Fernandes.

ROBBERS OF KONKANI SONGS.

This is with reference to one song of the late renown Konkani Stage artiste  Alexinho de Candolim who was such  a beautiful singer and composer with his sweet melodious voice he would easily mesmerise  the audience, after his death in mid sixties no other artiste appeared on Konkani Stage like him with such a mighty power of composing mighty songs.  Commenting on this exceptionally talented songster, the late renowned son of Goa who was considered a genius during those good old dasys, Mosg. Filipe Neri Mendonca popularly known  as Fr. Mendonca,  the Principal of the first English High chool of Goa,  St. Joseph’s High School Arpora, passed a comment referring to the singing prowess  of Allexinho de Candolim: “Oh my goodness, what Alexinho de Candolim is !!  If this man had a little educational background he would be surely a genius!!”. In fact, Alexinho de Candolim’s  political views on Goa during the Portuguese rule were not liked by the  Goan Freedom Fighters based in Bombay and for this reason they tried to implicate him in doing something which he never did from the Stage while in Goa for his heavy  criticism against his songs on the mischief done by the Bhattkarshahi against the Mundkashahi, he was denied his rights of staging his Tiatros and singing his songs on the nuisance committed by the upper class of Goans against the lower.  This nuisance was done in the name of Censorship introduced for Tiatros by the Portuguese government of Goa on the advice of top Goans who were the direct hit of the campaign of the then Tiatrists.  Portuguese Government and Salazar rule were just scapegoat but the actual culprits were the Goan Portuguese  i.e. Goan Bhattkar and Goan Brahmins mainly the Christians, who were doing rampant injustice to their fellow Goans. Alexingo de Candolim was known to use the Konkani Stage  to fight the dadagiri of Goan Christian Bhattkar from the Stage in a such a manner that his one Tiatro “Amchea Xetachi Pavnni” immediately following the ouster of Portuguese from Goa was just an example depicting his tirade against the Goan disgraceful Christian Bamonshahi where in one scene one Hindu Munddkar farmer taking advantage of the freedom given by the Indian Government to speak freely, calls the Bamon Bhattkar who was the Prsident of Communidade as: Tumkam fattim ami pachartalet mhonon “Bab” tor tech ami atam tumkam pachartat mhonon “Dukor” jeam Dukrani fatim amkam ani amcheam zantteank khup tras dilet.

My main purpose here is to raise my objection on one great song “Kottecho Bikari” of Alexinho de Candolim which  was recorded by him at Emisora de Goa in Fifties.  This same song is now rendered by one lady singer and it is viral now, the name of this lady singer is not indicated  nor can be identified thru her voice. The worst thing is that the originality of this golden song is totally mutilated without  any respect to the origin           l lyrics and made a mockery of this great song of which type none among the current singers and Tiatrists will be able to compose.  While lodging my strong Protest over this robbery, over this crime, I demand from the concerned persons full explanation and from the concerned authorities including the Tiatro Academy of Goa a way to stop such repetitions  in the future in the name of Remix of Konkani songs, those who are involved to Remix Konkani songs please don’t act like barbarians and people from the “Zongoll”.

A.Veronica Fernandes.

    

KONKANI SHORT FILM BY MICHAEL JUDE GRACIAS.

  

 

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.