AMCHEM DON DISAMCHEM FEST - Jan 2011
Natalamchi porob somptanch amchi, Raibondchea bhurgeanchi umed odikuch
vadttali. Ek vegllech torechi urba amchea kallzan rigtali. Ani ti
mhunttlear amchea Menin Jezuchea porbechi. Dor vorsachea tisrea aitara
hi porob zata. He porbechem khaxeleponn mhunttlear Fondveantlea vadeachi
porob sodanch don disachi: Poili mhunttlear, aitara dis Igorjent, ani
somara vo dusre dis amchea Fondveantlea Ajuda Saibinnichea kopelan.
Aitara dis festachem mis ami chukoupachem naslem. Ghorcheam ani soiream
sangata missak vochonk amkam khup avodttalem punn ghara ietanam mat ami
tancho sangat soddun ixttam sangata bhonvonk vetale.
Hea festache khas tin nog bhurgeank chodd umediche asle. Poilo
mhunttlear festa dis dongrar football moidanar khell. Dusro mhonttlear
Vesperacho Fog (fireworks) zo aitara dis Fondveant kopela laguim zatalo.
Ani Tisro mhonttlear Dha Zannacho Tiatr zo somara dis sanjecho zatalo.
Poilea disa festachem jevonn zatoch donparchi Kadamba dongrar
footballachi match astali. Khellamcho mog titlo naslelean anv sodanch
oxiram pautalom. Ani kednam ti kabar zai xi zatali. Ganvche zantte,
danddge toxech bhurgue dongor choddon hi match pollounk ietale.
Punn amchea bhurgueaponnar hatuntle don nog amkam khupuch avod’ttale ani
te polloupak ami khupuch nettan ani umedin bhoron ravo. Poilo mhunttlear
fog. Team disamnim fog marop subeiz assonaslem. Khuincheai ganvan festam
assa thoimch fogacho avaz gaztalo. Sokallim fuddem ghornal zale ki amkam
tea ganvan fest assa mhun gomtalem.
Vorsavllicho ho fog vesper ani sermanv zalea uprant lokachi umed
vaddoitalo. Bhurgim sermavank assonv vo nam assonv, fog mhunttlear
jevonn khan soddun Kopela laguim ubuim zatalim. Muzgachea kumpasar ho
fog ganvchea lokachi urba vaddoitalo. Hea fogantle thodde nog
mhonttlear, voir nai-ii (missiles) soddop ani voir pautoch tantuntlean
neketram tunttun zomni vattean dhanvon eta tim dissop. Dusre ghornal.
Tea bhair fungotteo. Punn chod avddichem mhunttlear kombiechim tantiam.
Fog-er (Firework contractor) don madank sutli (jute rope) bandhun don
rongancheo kombio lamboun dovortale. Bhurgeam modem poilemch
tharaupachem astalem: tuji kombi koslea rongachi! Ani uprant khoimchea
rongachi kombi chodd tantiam dita tem mezop!. Choddxe fog-er ho
sogleanche avddicho nog nimanno dovortale. Tea vellar oslo fog khup komi
zaguear zalelean xezarchea ganvcho lokui thoim khupuch distalo.
Fog zalea uprant ami dusre disachea festache toiarek lagtale. To dis
feriad naslelean mis sokaim fuddem 7:30 vaztam suru zatalem. Punn hea
disachi khas umed mhonttlear Dha zannacho tiatr. Tiatr sanje punn
sokallim mis zatanch tiatrachi jeral (final) essai pollounk ami ghara
vocho nastanam thoim hajri laitale. Ganvche kolakar songitkaram sangata
aplim kantaranchi essai martale. Aikolam tea pormonnem, dha zannacho
tiatr adim fokot tin ganvanim zatalo, ek Ribandar, dusro Brittona, ani
tisro Pomburpa. Kaim vorsa bollandlim ho poromporik tiatr Brittona ani
Pomburpa bondh zala ani fokot Ribandar Fondveant kopelachea festa disa
zata. Halinch hea tiatrachim 100 vorsam monoil’lleam. Tedna tiatr khup
unne aslelean amkam tachi khupuch voddvik asli ani hea fuddem sodanch
asteli.
Hea tiatrachem khas mhonttlear tachi mukhi dhakoun – poromporik Hymn
(opening scene). Devache sumurticher boroilolo Hymn pollounk sabar
ganvcho lok ekttoutalo. Te dhormik dakhounnenk utram bosoupi tor amcho
Mestiri ani halinche kallar Luis Vicente ani tacho bhau Doming Vicente,
tor bhumika korpi ganvche lhan vhoddle artist. Hymnachi dakhoun odik
rongin korunk amchea ugdassan khup bhor gheun kam korpi mhunttlear
Maurice Fernandes, Milagres Fernandes ani Joaquim Leitao. Vaddeantle
bhurgei tankam zaito tenko ditale. Vaddeache sogle tiatrist ekponnan ho
tiatr bore bhaxen kortale. Kantoristanche vattent sorgest Roque Frois
amchea kallzant sodanch jivo urtolo.
Tea kallar cheddvam zobor pallkar bhumika korinaslim tednam chedde
cheddvam nesson ostorechi bhumika kortale. Mojea ugdassan cheddvam
nestale te mhonttlear Doming Vicente ani Tony Cardoz. Dogui ostorechi
bhumika bori soboitale punn cheddvache bhumikent Tony ekdom boro
utortalo. Pod’dea fattlean vochon, cheddvachi bhumika korteleachem nanv
sodun kaddunk amchi tozvit choltali ani tannem aplem nanv sanglea bogor
parkunk khup avgodd zatalem.
Kaim vorsam uprant amchea vaddeachea tiatran commercial tiatran nespi
nottieo ostorechi bhumika korunk lagleo ani hea nettan ho tiatr anikui
ful’lo. Hea tiatran poilinch cheddvam dixtti podlim tim Assumptin,
Diana, Jesse, Succorin de Sanguem, Marina, Querobina Carvalho, adi.
Hea tiatrachi anink ek khas khobor munttlear, ho tiatr funkott astalo.
Boskechi vevostha sodanch don bhaganim astali. Machie fuddem mhunnchem
muzg monddoli fattlean xendreo (mats) astaleo. Hea xendreamcher avoieo
dhakttea bhurgeank gheun ani zanttim paiem soddun bhostalim. Ani tache
fattlean bank (wooden long seat without back) ghaltale. Hea bankacher
gharantlim vhoddlim ani festak eilelim soirim bostalim.
He bank ghalpak ek pod’dhot asli. Tiatr funkott munttoch, dor eka
gharantle vhoddil, ek suman poilim, tiatrachea zagear, apnnank bank
ghalunk, zago addaun dovortale. To zago sodanch ek maan (bamboo stick)
vo boddi vo pid’do (from coconut leaf) ghalun sugur kortale. Zata title
fuddem bossonk mellchem ho husko astalo. Disak tin pautti, mhunnchem
sokall, donparam ani sanjer vochon ti suat sugur assa ani dusro konnuch
mhojea uprant ieun mukhar pavonk nam hachi khatri korunk zai zali. Ani
hakach lagon zaiti bhasabhas zatali. Ani kestanv chodd zait tor vo apunn
chodd fattim podla zalear konnui eklo sonvara ratcho modianir ieun tea
sogllea maanink vo boddiank ani pid’ddeank uzo ghaltalo ani dusre disa
apnnachi maan fuddem ghalun vetalo. Uprant tiatra dis portun kestavam
astalim.
Punn him kestamvam tiatr suru zai porian choltalim ani ek pautt tiatr
suru zalea uprant sogle xantponnim tiatr polloitale. Bossonk ghatlele
bank voir sokol aslelean mottvea munxeank gomtti vhoir kaddun tiatr
pollouncho poddtalo. Oxe toren dusre disk kaim zannache manin vollon
(neck sprain) ietalem. Lamb asleleancher fattlean than zaite pautt
fatorui podttale. Toxench zantti ani bhurguim xendreamcher bosleam thoim
thonddi lagta mhunn angavellean kamurchem gheun nidleam ti dison
ietalim. Fantodd zalea bogor tiatr somponaslo. Ani teach barabhor amchem
festui somptalem.
Dha zannancho tiatr azun chalu assa punn atam temp bodol’la. Te poder
mele ani te unddei guele. Mani, bod’dieo ani pid’dde atam nanch; atam
chear panch zann ektthaim zaun kodeli (chairs) ghaltat ani kodelimchem
bhaddem sutta toxi dhorin boska ditat. Adle bhaxen atam boskek lagon
bhasabhas zainam ani kodelamchi unchi ekuch aslelean sogleank bore
bhaxen tiatr pollounk meuta. Punn tiatrachea kestanvanim ji mouza astali
ti atam nam. Atam sogleanchea ghoranim sofa ani plastic kodeli zalea –
bankui moddon guelea. Adleo lhan lhan vostu, vorsachea-vorsa tiatrak
ghoddleleo ghoddneo ganvchea lokak voros bhor ulounk melltaleo, tevui
nam zalam. Novem zaitem ailam, punn adleo ruchik iadi porneam dissancho
ugdass kossoch soddinam.
Michael (Micky) Fernandes
Family Football
The BJP is up against six Congress clans
Pushpa Iyengar
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?280009
Cong has given 11 tickets to the families of Churchill Alemao, Joachim
Alemao, Pratapsingh Rane, Ravi Naik, the Monserrates, the Madkaikars
Congress is in poll alliance with NCP, which has got seven seats. So
one-third of the Congress’s 33 tickets have gone to families of three
former chief ministers and two ministers.
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The people of Goa, which goes to the hustings on March 3, seem trapped
between some bad political options and the deep sea: the choice is
between the clan-ridden Congress and the BJP, with which the sizable
Christian population is uncomfortable. The Congress, in the public mind,
is associated with six powerful clans. Now, people even have an acronym
for it—the MMAARR alliance, after the Monserrate, Madkaikar, (Churchill)
Alemao, (Joachim) Alemao, Rane and Ravi Naik families—coined, not
surprisingly, by Manohar Parrikar, a former CM, and the face of the BJP
campaign in the state.
Members of the six families have cornered tickets to more than
one-fourth of the assembly seats—11 out of 40. And since the party is in
alliance with the NCP, which got seven tickets, the MMAARR families have
actually kept one-third of the Congress tickets to themselves. People
think it’s an extraordinary display of nepotism even by Congress
standards, and bitter complaints have been heard during the campaign.
“It will be a miracle for the Congress to return to power,” says the
owner of a restaurant in Salcette taluka, a traditional Congress
stronghold. Over the last 32 years, Goa has had Congress governments (in
one form or the other), except for a BJP stint in 2000-05. But this
time, the bets are on a BJP victory.
But this does not move the recipients of Congress benevolence, who
insist they are “winnable candidates”. Says Churchill Alemao, former CM
and head of one of Goa’s most powerful political families, “When I’ve
helped so many people win elections, what’s wrong with helping my
daughter win?” And his daughter Valanka says, “I’m proud to be my
father’s daughter, but that isn’t why I got the ticket: people forget
I’m a professional (an advocate) and have worked hard in Benaulim to
merit a ticket. People forget I inherit my father’s enemies too.” She
had sought a ticket for the South Goa parliamentary seat in 2009, but
was turned down. Joachim Alemao, Churchill’s uncle, on his part, has got
himself a Congress ticket and an NCP ticket for his son Yuri.
The other families haven’t fared badly either. Atanasio ‘Babush’
Monserrate and his wife Jennifer have both got tickets; so have
Pandurang Madkaikar and his brother Dhaku, Pratapsingh Rane and his son
Vishwajit, and Ravi Naik and his son Rithesh. Churchill, Pratapsingh and
Ravi Naik are former CMs; the others are current or ex-ministers. No
wonder the BJP is hitting out at this. One of its posters says: “Goa
doesn’t belong to these families. Don’t let them gobble up people’s money.”
The unlikely outsider in all this is chief minister Digambar Kamat.
Sidelined, he couldn’t swing tickets for two of his choices, and is
expected to face a tough time keeping his Margao seat. He has also faced
flak for turning a blind eye to the illegal mining that is destroying
Goa. A Parrikar-headed pac concluded that illegal mining had cost Goa
some Rs 4,000 crore. Parrikar says, if elected, the BJP would instal a
Lokayukta to probe the mining cases. He also wants to reinvest mining
royalties in eight constituencies violated by mining.
But will he be back in the chair? The BJP is contesting 28 seats and has
tied up with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), which is fighting
in eight seats and supporting four independents. Parrikar’s disadvantage
is that he is seen as autocratic. Besides, Catholics are uneasy with the
BJP. There are also fears the party may impose Konkani at the cost of
English, and Parrikar’s attempt to cancel the Good Friday holiday (which
he blames on miscommunication) had angered Christians. So the game will
be decided by the extent of perceived negativities, against the Congress
clans and the BJP-MGP combine.
Denied ticket, Goa Congress legislator slams Sonia (IANS)
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s double-speak on 33 percent reservation for
women has been exposed, party leader and Goa’s only woman legislator
Victoria Fernandes said Saturday, after failing to get a re-nomination.
Fernandes, 77, the Congress’s sitting legislator from the St. Cruz
constituency, has been denied a poll ticket for the March 3 assembly
elections. The party has fielded two other women candidates.
The lone woman legislator in the 40-member assembly said that the
Congress chief had paid lip service to women’s empowerment by giving
tickets only to daughters and wives of cabinet ministers.
The women candidates named by the Congress are: Valanka Alemao, daughter
of Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao, from Benaulim
constituency and Jennifer, Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate’s
wife, from Taleigao constituency.
“Sonia Gandhi used to say that the party was committed to the concept of
giving 33 percent reservation to women. But the way the tickets have
been distributed, it shows she says one thing and does another,” an
angry Fernandes told reporters here.
Fernandes said that despite assurances from Gandhi, the party allotted
her seat to the controversial education minister.
“The party observers told Sonia Gandhi that I was unable to contest
because I was old, sick and dying. So I met Sonia-ji and clarified in
writing that I was fit and fine. But finally my seat was given to
Monserrate, whose name has cropped up in a report (of the income tax
department) for receiving Rs.23 crore bribe from real estate lobbies,”
she said.
According to Jagmeet Singh Brar, All India Congress Committee secretary
in charge of Goa, they were in the process of meeting rebels and trying
to convince them not to act against the party. “Everyone will be
accommodated… We are meeting everyone and trying to convince them that
there is space for everyone in the party,” Brar said.
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/denied-ticket-goa-congress-legislator-slams-sonia_100597083.html
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