I WILL DO WHAT I WANT TO DO - MOJI PARTY GELI DOBEAN.

 

There appeared a total fear and “kampero” into the minds and hearts of  the bloody ‘’Cheddio” type of persons contesting  the forthcoming election under the Symbols of their respective parties, some of these parties are not fit to be the political parties and unfortunately they are named as political parties. Some of the stalwarts of the political parties are known to be the owners of the Brothels from where they do all their political “Match Fixing” by supplying their Wives, Daughters and Sisters.   Since this is worth sacrificing the honour of their  family members these politicians are stooping so low because they are most disgraceful people in the  society.  Almost all the contestants according to the events going on will face the defeat surely but that defeat will be such a terrible defeat that they will even lose their deposits.  Why their outcome will be so miserable? Every defeated candidate will lose not only the election but worst than that he/she will even lose his or her deposit as well.  But why such a miserable and disgraceful defeat  they will suffer?  For this my answer is, why not they face miserable defeats?  What good they have done in their respective constituencies to prove their capacity and worth to work for the people? Are our people and especially our voters stupid to vote for the stupid contestants when these contestants do not know even to give a simple smile and thereby gain their goodwill?  In fact just to give a simple smile it cost you nothing but yet you are saying for yourself,  “Why should I smile at him?  By smiling at him, what am I getting?  See, if this is the attitude of our people then why people should vote for  them?  If the simple smile our contestant cannot give to the people then why people will vote for them and elect them?    And secondly it is dangerous to elect them because such candidates are so proud,  so arrogant that once the result of their victory is declared  their natural feelings erupts like a Volcano and their pride pours out of their mouths turning them into arrogant persons. Thus they become like feudal lords who create a distance between the political class and the non-political class of people whom we call as commoners. This system is framed by the Bastard Politicians on the pattern of Feudal type of system framed by our Landlords and Munndkars whereby those Bhattkars intentionally created this system to show to everyone that they are superior to Mundkars who got no category to remain under the shadow of the Bhattkar.   The  political class  on the strength of their political power they act like those White Skinners in South Africa when the South African Whites were officially practicing Apartheid, this proud political class of people was not integrating with the commoners, these so called high grade Goans politically powerful would prefer to move in isolation separately  by refusing to mix up with the non-political people whom we may call as commoner but the proud and arrogant rascal politicians will not associate with  the non-political class that is commoners. And inspite of this discrimination these politicians want the Votes of the commoners.  And by the way, who are these proud and arrogant politicians?  Overwhelming majority of them are those who were born and brought up by the poor parents who experienced all the hardships of life facing all the troubles and difficulties in their life to come up and whose poor and miserable parents undergoing enormous  amount of sacrifices.  The majority of the current politicians are those coming from the poor and miserable parentage and inspite of their poverty stricken upbringing they act arrogant.  When I noticed any politician acting proud I immediately deduce that they are the bloody rascals coming from the class of 19^th century domestics and Utensil cleaners in the Kitchens of their bhatkars who not only treated them as Slaves and as “Dukor” but their mothers and sisters were also molested and raped by their Bhattars. I fail to understand why they turn mad and acquired all the proud habits of their Bhattkars?  It looks to me like what it is said in one of our proverbs “CHATTEA LAGUIM BHATTO XINKTA”.  But what I cannot understand is this that why only the bad things we learn fron others and put the same into practice?  Yes,  I noticed one more thing from our people who learn all the bad habits of others are mainly the illegitimate sons and daughters of their mothers.  And these Bastards Goan politocians I am noticing them in front of my own shadow. 

              

Today in my locality, house to house Campaigning was done by one well known politician but the well known politician contesting the election did not show his face but sent one local man to my house.  I don’t know what is the logic behind this, why he refused to come  and hand over the leaflet and Mask as his advertisement?  Is this the sign of political feudality started now only before the election with the motto “Tum tujem mot makam ghaltai zalear ghal na tor tum bosloi mojea xenxxx” because I have plenty of Votes for me from the migrants for whom I am doing so much".  Elsewhere he distributed according to one source in my Vaddo Cash Notes nicely put in the Mask, this is according to EC rules not allowed and if complaint goes to EC there will be a big problem.  Secondly the number of people accompanying this candidate is too big which again is not allowed by the EC and finally the public meeting held around this place was too big.  This means can the rules be applicable only to the few?  It looks some are not equal in front of the laws making “some more equal than the others” as it is indicated by Orwell in his masterpiece ANIMAL FARM..  When this man gets elected what type of legislator he will become and what sort of Legislation he will bring in the Assembly?  When we get in our Legislative Assembly Rostad type of Legislators then what good you will expect from such rubbish Legislators?  

Every  contestant is saying he will win but to win it is so easy ? I asked the other day one contestant going  further and asking him - what are you, why you think people will vote for you?  What have you done in your locality for people to make them to vote for you?  Besides, are you a heavy weight in our Constituency?  Your own neighbours don’t know you that you are existing in this locality.  Your popularity is minus ZERO, to win the election you must be a known figure in your Constituency.  Secondly what is the budget you allocated from your own pocket to fight this election?  When he gave a figure of X amount totaling only to some Thousands, I told him,  it is peanuts and how cunning the people are you will know at the last minute, they will ask you not only in thousands  but in lakhs turning you  into a bankrupt.  Not only this they will even ask you your wife and daughter too otherwise at the last minute they refuse to associate with you and having no option you will have to give them whatever they ask you because you want to win the election.  Inspite of doing so much there is no guarantee that you will win the election and recover all your spent money.  If your money is limited then you are finished, for this you must be careful and always remember one of our sayings “Ghoribamcheam bhurgeank Pomburpenchim Festam kiteak?”.  It is not bad to contest the election but you must see your capacity to go ahead.  Always remember one more saying that says “Har nachta mhonn Gainddoi nachlear zaina”.. Then I asked him what is  your educational background and when he told me that he is not even SSC, then I told him, this gives a poor image of him where the voters will feel shy to vote for him.

Finally, will our candidates when they are elected remain faithful to their parties or will go back   to the old habits of defection because almost all are power hungry and thru this power they will want to make money.  As for me, I have my own doubt on the integrity of almost everyone. I have my conviction that once they are elected most of them will act the  way they want, they will say “ Go to Hell with the principles of their Parties and we will join anyone giving them better share of the robbery they commit’.  If the architect of the major defection initiated last time will get elected then things will be easy to move forward in this direction. So those who are fighting  against defection must first  try to defeat the father of the defection.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Secondly, up to now cunningly Congress Party did not declare the  name of their Chief Ministerial candidate when they know this issue was the downfall of Congress last time.  Nobody should vote for Congress unless they declare immediately the name of their CM candidate.  MEantime, voters must vote on the basis of the character and integrity, sincerity and truthfulness of the candidate and not on the basis of the party of the candidate. Once elected they will say “PARTY GELI DOBEAN – I WILL DO WHATEVER I WANT”.. 

A.Veronica Fernandes.

DUKOR POLITICIANS OF GOA.

YOU ARE DUKOR POLITICIANS IN GOA.

Rascalisation of MLAship has already been done by the Rascal  MLA’s from Goa not only singularly  defecting to another party but jointly in a group of like Donkeys when 10 DUFPRS belonging to the Congress Party like Prostitutes  jointly defected to the  ruling party BJP for certain price which turns into millions as per the information circulating then but nobody for certain is aware exactly what was the price the defector “DUKORS” got -  oh I am sorry for calling them Dukor because by equating them with Dukors I am making a big mistake to bring them to the level of Shit eater Dukor who inspite of being the human Shit eater are far superior to the Goan defector politician Dukor who have bastardised themselves to the extremely lowest level. But above these Dukors I have more Dukors to mention and they are none other than the DUKOR BJP who encouraged this defection of course shamelessly without having respect for the clean democratic system.  What a disgrace the BJP acquired on them by being a party to the bastardisation process of democratic experiment in Goa! And why the others from 40 elected kept their silence on this thereby giving an impression that they have also accepted this nasty defection? Nobody should find fault with me for using the hard hitting terminology that the defectors deserve.  They are so corrupt and so bad that they will not only spoil our Goa but also our society.  From them our younger  generation will learn nothing good but everything bad.  In view of this we should be duty bound to oppose them in whatever way we can but we should not let them go Scott free. They are the enemies not only of our Goans but they are the enemies of our nation India.  For such enemies we must crush to death otherwise they will crush us.

 

The other DUKORS are the earlier defected ones to the ruling party  were  the GFP’s rascals who inspite of promising in front of innumerable people at Saligao Tinto during the public meeting on the eve of last general election for Goa Leg. Assembly 5 years back that  they  will never defect and on top of it their ringleader the shameless bloody “RAN DUKOR” Vijay Sardesai  said that his party just did lend numerical support to Parricar the bloody “Baizon” who inspite of his opposing Parricar finally went to suck the “Balls" of Parricar who  was snatched from this planet by the law of nature.  Punishment comes lame footed says Robert Stevenson the English novelist.  This party GFP   is the  worst PARTY that did not care even for its own top party personnel like its former president Mr.Timble without even consulting him Vijay Sardesai jumped into the “kastti” of Parricar.  Sardesai I think under the impression that GFP is his BAPAICHEM BENS by taking an unilateral action of joining Parricar.  I am calling these traitors as real Rascals openly because I don’t  find any appropriate words to describe their action  of the Judas who betrayed Jesus  with his KISS.  In the same manner Judas betrayed Christ, Vijay Sardesai will betray us once again if we elect him once again. In the light of what I said above, all the voters of Fatorda Constituecy must refrain from voting their “CHOR” candidate Vijay Sardesai if they want to save Goa from the further calamity Goans are having sore. I call him the Chor because he robbed us of our trust we reposed in him He knows to play his card well, being in minority occupying Seats in the Assembly he shakes the majority, he knows he should not put all the contestants for the election but he can get maximum benefits even if his 2-3 contestants come out victorious.

 

The job of betrayal is the worst, there is a saying in our language Konkani “Patki zuncho pun nhoi Ghatki”.  When these Traitors  will be out of the Assembly after the coming Assembly   election as defeated, somebody must use his Shoe or Chappal to fly on their faces till they realise their fault.  IF such incident had to happen in the Middle East especially where there are Palestinians, these Palestinians would not only burn all the defectors but they will also burn the Legislative Assembly Hall as well  and possibly all the houses of  all the defectors when they are sleeping along with their wives and children. But are we capable to do even 1 percent of what they are capable of doing? Where are all our robust justice seeker Goans   gone now?  Why they cannot catch them individually and question them strongly?  What mistake we are making is this that by allowing these people to go scot – free after committing the blunder of defection thereby robbing us of our trust we reposed in them.  We cannot leave them free, there is no greater mistake in our political system than the mistake of allowing  defection and this mistake is done  intentionally. These defectors are not even ashamed of living on this planet instead of committing  Suicide because they are shameless. Where are the voters of the Constituencies where all the 10 DUKORS of Congress got elected?  Why they did not gather courage to raise their voices forcefully against their defection?  Why they became cowards like Congress Party that  proved to be impotent in the time of crisis especially the last defection?  These Congressmen are so stupid that it looked to me they wanted this defection otherwise why they did not make a big noise like Dr. Jack Sequeira did in early seventies when 5 of UG’s MLAs defected to Bandodcar’s MGP?  I think Girish requires little Grease to apply for his Balls to move the wheels of his system. He should know that to handle the presidency of Congress Party at our State level is not easy, our politicians and especially the Congressmen are the cursed people because our elders have cursed the Congress Party when under its leadership Goa was invaded/conquered without consulting us the relevant Goans thus bringing us the real Goans into disgrace.  That time Bharat serkar of “Fotting” Nehru had no right to send his massive military force into our peaceful Goa  and to invade our “Bhangarache Goem” in the name of Liberation. To Hell with this fake Liberation. it was the Dadagiri of Bharat as it did elsewhere in other parts of India.  As a mark of protest for invading Goa, in the first Assembly election all the real Goans joined together and inflicted the most humiliating defeat on Congress Party, such humiliating defeat Congress of Nehru never got anywhere in India.  Such a humiliating defeat people are expecting this time on Congress because they bring Altu-Faltu candidates and dump on our heads telling us to elect them. How can I vote for the candidate of Congress this time when the same candidate last time opposed Congress?  Is this man is having any principle and ideology of Congress?  Is this man is having any vision for Goa as per the Congress doctrine?  Congress party is become like the party of “Cheddio” where it kept its doors open for any type of “Pamprel”.  The word winnable capacity of Congress candidate is doing a great harm to Congress and this will be the end of Congress unless Congress does something extra ordinary at the last minute.

 

A.Veronica Fernandes

PLATILDATHE WELL-KNOWN SENIOR TIATRIST.

 

PLATILDA THE WELL-KNOWN TIATRIST.

It was in mid sixties while watching one Tiatro at Mapusa of the then famous Tiatrist  M. Dod de Verna  who   was the top Playwright, director, songs composer and singer and when he came to  sing a Trio along with the smart and attractive young girl wearing a Red short Skirt and a White Blouse along with her equally smart elder brother, the young girl mesmerizing the audience and youngsters like us more not only with her attractive looks but more with the way she was singing so beautifully and so confidently like a seasoned artiste, she was none other than Bai Platilda whose real name is MARIA PLATILDA AFONSO E DIAS a resident of Betalbatim at the huge ancestral house of her.  BY seeing the  structure  from outside one could easily deduce the conclusion that this is the heritage house and once you enter inside, you  notice the reality  with two big family Altars and old fashioned Chairs called Lovers Chairs besides many other different type of Utensils and etc. Though she developed in the Tiatro art at an early age especially  in singing where both of them she and her brother excelled so well that even the Governador of Portuguese Government of Goa Vassalo e Silva patted them doing highest degree of eulogy. It so happened that when they were performing an item of singing in her Eacola Primaria – the Portuguese School where she was studying Portuguese, the Governador then was attending that day’s school function in his capacity as the Chief Guest. For that cultural programme, she and her brother Aires were singing one beautiful Portuguese song “QUE SAUDADES” that captured the attention of the Portuguese Governador.  Immediately the news of this incident flared-up like wild fire even alerting some of the top Tiatro directors. She proved her smartness in acting and singing in Tiatros during the Portuguese rule in Goa and she developed this Tiatro art during the rule of Bharat “Serkar” when  she beautified it more by attracting  greater attention of the  audience because of her comments in Portuguese in which she was perfect since she was the Liceuist at Margao and she was speaking Portuguese with ease just as the late comedian Anthony Mendes used to do  by passing a few comments in Latin which were creating peals of laughter in the Hall.  She was combining well in the Play or in the songs with her co-artistes namely the seasoned comedians Jacinto Vaz and Luis Rod whom she had highest regards. She was at her best doing the comedy roles.  Her comedy duets with Luis Rod were always sought after by the audience and most of the times they received the encores.  

Then immediately a flood of request offers came to her from the top directors one of them was M. Dod de Verna but her elders at home refused to let her go to act in the Tiatros.  It should be noted well that during those days acting in the Tiatros was considered as an act of low grade and cheap people.  There was a time during the earlier days decent family would not easily get their daughters married to the Tiatrist boys and it was even said that “instead of getting your daughter married to a Tiatrist boy it is better to tie a heavy stone to her neck and throw her into the Well, though exceptions were there.  And it must be noted very well that somehow or the other the Tiatrists acting in Tiatros received bad name, they were considered as low class of people, high category of people were not acting in Tiatros, of course again exceptions  were there and not only this even seeing Tiatros was considered as an act of low grade people.  And if it is a female artiste then you cannot accept anything

 

If you  analyse the history of Tiatro when it was initiated by Lucasinho Ribeiro from Assagao Bardez Goa, one and a half century back, it was considered both as acting and  seeing it as an act of  elite class of Goans with a nice educational background, very good discipline and best character.  In fact the founder and initiator of Tiatro Lucasinho Ribeiro was himself an educated man.  This image of Tiatrists and that of the audience lasted for about 25 years. However, after this period Tiatros went into the hands of Rostad Tiatrists many of whom were illiterate and who were very cheap and coming from hoi-polloi family background.  And the attendance also came from cheap quality of people.   All dirt and vulgarity started entering into Tiatros so much so even the Church started talking ill of Tiatros, in one word it was considered as the venue of Sin.  Seeing this state of affairs of our Tiatros, one fine morning Joao Agostinho Fernandes from Margao Salcette Goa and who is called Pai Tiatrist, while sitting on the  ground at Cross Maidan in Bombay and while feeling hurt for seeing the state of affairs of our Tiatros which gone down so low level inspite of the fact that he along with its initiator Lucasinho Ribeiro worked so hard to bring it  to such respectable level that it is gone now into the hands of ROSTAD TIATRISTS.  This he told to one of the passers-by who saw Joao Agostinho in very sad mood and tears were pouring from his eyes.  At that moment that passer-by approached Joao Agostinho Fernandes  asking him very humbly “Irmao, kitem zalam ani kiteak roddtai tum he porim?” 

Meantime, Platilda got the much required permission from her elders and she started her acting freely.  As an youngster Platilda  gained lot of limelight in her locality tempting the local directors some of them were the  renowned ones and among these was the late M. Dod  de Verna who approached her guardians and elders not once but thrice but unfortunately he was denied the liberty by Platilda’s elderly Tiu (Uncle) who was the orthodox type of a  Goan and being so he believed in some of the traditional disciplines of Goans especially of those Goans who were considered themselves as feudal type believing themselves as superiors  to others having low level. Finally when M. Dod de Verna agreed for all the conditions imposed by her Uncle,then only he agreed for Platilda over anxious to participate in the Tiaatros with top professionals having gigantic images on the Stage to participate. Then saying Eureka – Eureka, Platilda went ahead and there was no stop not only for Platida but also for  her brother who both started to participate in the Side Show singing Trios and Duets with M. Dod de Verna who considered then as the most prolific composer and singer  like Alexinnho de Candolim.  In fact he was then called as second Alexinho de Candolim. This was the most glorious period of her career because she not only acted well in the Plays but also sang very well and when she noticed the audience were very happy too with her performace she enjoyed the most.  She loved to keep the audience happy because since they are the people whom we are performing otherwise she never cared  and secondly they are coming to see us by spending their precious time and hard earned money, it is because our duty is to satisfy them, they can either make or mar us, said Bai Platilda.

Her Share (Charges) per Show was fixed as Rs 25/- and it was very good then when  purchasing power of a Rupee was high.  However, she never demanded money either high or low and never acted in Tiatros for the love of money only.  In fact she loved acting and singing in Tiatros so much and she loved her audience extremely well who  showered her with their love and affection.  Such a love and support normally no person gets. Every artiste used to do  her “APURBAI”, she received lot of patting from the  senior artistes who used to take care of her and advised her to move in the right direction, one of them was Alfred Rose who when he and she too were not busy, Alfred Rose used to take her next day’s lesson and used to show her  the lessons she was to do on the next day.  It was like a Tution class for her.  He taught her how to utilize every available minute and not to waste any single second.  This indicates how the then senior Tiatrists used to groom her to be perfect in life and not only on the Stage and Alfred Rose being an educated person he could mould Platilda in the best of directions.

     

Every director knowing her peforming so well volunteered to induct her in his Tiatros and noticing  their expectations she accepted every director’s demand as a challenge and ultimately she came out victorious.  Even the then topmost Tiatrists and directors in whose Tiatros she acted namely J.P. Souzalin, Prem Kumar,John Claro, M.Boyer, Mike Mehta, Anthony Mendes, Anthony D’Sa, Remmie J. Colaco, Nelson Afonso, Star of Curtorim(Sesa Pai), C. Alvares, Alexinho de Candolim, Aristedes Dias, Vicent de Saligao, Saib Rocha, Robin Vaz,  Peter Gomes and many others admired her talent. Her favourite Tiatros among others were “To Bhavtto Dhormancho” by Alexinho de Candolim, Almas dos Outro Mundo by Nelson Afonso in which he indicated to what level Goa would reach in few years time due to the unhindered influx of Non-Goans from other parts of India and how they will deGoanise Goa.  These prophetic words in the title of that Tiatro, meaning “Dusrea Sounsarantlim Bhutam” became reality now and that it became a reality is firmly confirmed now.  What we see in Goa now?  Not the “Bhutam” from outside Goa?  I salute Nelson Afonso for being a prophet who gave a prophetic message to Goans about 60 years back.  His death at an early age was a heavy  blow on Goa. Meantime she was already a part `of the group “YOUNG STARS OF GOA”.

 

Coming back to Platilda, her acting in the Tiatros has helped her tremendously, this acting part of her opened her horizon beyond her surrounding thereby helping her to be a huge part of the society.  Then when she got involved in the Tiatros she not only became the “lokhpriya” but more than that she became the darling of the Goans. In one word she received highest respect from every segment of Goan society not only in Goa but even in Bombay and in the Gulf where she was treated with highest love by the Konkani community comprising  Goans, Mangaloreans, Karwarees and Bombayites.  The love and affection that Platida gained from different peoples from different Konkani communities was unique in the sense that all those people showered her with spontaneous love.  Her each and every  entry on to the Stage was fabuluousy applauded so too her exit, her audience would love to see her more and more.  Speaking on this particular subject she said she is very grateful to all her supporters who admired her throughout her long career on the Konkani Stage. I was overwhelmed by such a warm welcome I was given by my fans she said.

 

Then  she concluded saying though she enjoyed the best of life on the Stage  yet in the beginning it looked so difficult task to perform.   Secondly, during those days due to scarce amenities available at our disposal we had to face so many hurdles coming on our ways, there was no proper transport to  ferry us from one place to the other, so many times we had to spend  the nights  after nights in the public Gardens in the major cities of Goa awaiting the first trip of the public transport to carry us and our luggage which at that dead nights we had to carry on our shoulders and heads and even walk such a long distance.  However, never getting bored and disgusted but went on smoothly only for the sake of love of Tiatros and because  we loved Tiatros we managed to carry on with our job so nicely.  Though the share and emoluments we were getting for our service in the Tiatros was not much yet we never indicated any grudge.         

Her message to all the Tiatrists is “Adore the Konkani Stage and respect your directors, be polite and do your part well, do not use vulgarity neither in words nor is dress code and not in action.  Tiatros have got better days ahead. Always give your best when you are acting in Tiatro.  Be grateful to those who helped you in ascending to the Stage and be respectable before the audience.  I wish you all my Tiatrist brothers and sisters and everyone involved in associating In staging of our Tiatros namely Musicias, Contractors, sponsors etc.  Please do your part well and memorable as our senior and elder Tiatrists have done so that your memories remain in the minds and hearts of the people by giving good messages to the audience as our elders – Tiatrists – have done.  And precisely because of this they are still in the minds of the people.  Their memories will remain as immortal.  May God Bless You All.

A.Veronica Fernandes.