Lisa Monteiro | Jan 2, 2017, 06.58 PM IST

Panaji: During his two day visit to the state, where he traces his paternal
roots, Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa is likely to release the
English translation of his father, the renowned poet and writer Orlando Da
Costa’s Portuguese playSem Flores Nem Coroas (Without Flowers or Wreaths).

The three-act play, set in a house where the family is grieving the death
of one of its members on the night of Goa’s Liberation, is being translated
under the recently inaugurated Joaquim Heliodoro da Cunha Rivara Chair on
Indo-Portuguese language at the Goa University (GU) in collaboration with
Camoes Instituto da Cooperacao e da Lingua Portuguesa.

Orlando Da Costa, born in Mozambique, spent his growing years in his
ancestral house on Rua Abade Faria, Margao, along with his brother Joao
before they left for Lisbon. Joao went on to become a chemical analyst and
moved back to Goa. He passed away six years ago and is survived by his
Finnish origin wife Sinikka Jussailainen Costa, her daughter Anna Kaarina
Costa and her family, who continue to live in the same house in Margao
today.

The Portugal PM is also likely to pay tribute to historian and former
director of Fundacao Oriente, the late Paulo Varela Gomes, and posthumously
award him with a Cultural Merit Medal. Gomes’ wife Patricia Vieira will
accept the award at the event on the morning of January 11 at Fundacao
Oriente’s headquarters in Fontainhas.

Antonio Costa is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 7
in New Delhi when he is expected to sign MoUs that will improve bilateral
relations between the two countries. He will then spend two days in
Bengaluru where he has been invited as chief guest for the Parvasi
Bharatiya Diwas. He is also scheduled to attend the Vibrant Gujarat 2017
Summit before he visits Goa on January 11 and 12.

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