Imelda Tavora... a (prominent) voice from Goa's airwaves (of the yesteryears) (1/3) If you were around in the Goa of the 1960s, 1970s (and even a bit of the 1950s and 1980s), you couldn't possibly have missed the voice of Imelda Dias Tavora. Author, radio-announcer of the yesteryears Imelda talks about her three books and her days in radio in Goa. Poona-educated Imelda compares working in Goa and in Portugal, in the post-1961 era with the pre-1961. As she walks down those tumultous years of the 1960s, Imelda is misty eyed when she thinks of her work, and recalls it with nostalgia. Today, radio is disappointing, says an outspoken "Your's Truly" Imelda (that was her favourite sign-off phrase on Sunday afternoons and Friday nights, after the much awaited Western music programmes). Everyone would remember her as the Your Favourites lady! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deWDgtuyBnk
Imelda Tavora... a (prominent) voice from Goa's airwaves (of the yesteryears) (2/3) Imelda jotted her feelings over the years, and finally put them into a book... and two. "My life has been an open book," she says. Her grandparents roots are in Anjuna. She finds today's radio broadcasting disappointing... She narrates her story (also written about in her book) of how she got into radio in the first place, quite unexpectedly... and went on to be a voice to reckon with across the decades, and in two continents (and beyond!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGii8wich6k Imelda Tavora... a (prominent) voice from Goa's airwaves (of the yesteryears) (3/3) Imelda shares her views on changes in Goa... the past decades she knew... She undertook the untypical step of going in for a divorce in the Catholic Goa of the 1960s. Here she talks of her shift to Portugal around 1961, and return thereafter. She also reminds us of some other prominent announcers of her times. And she talks about her plans for a forthcoming book. "There's lots to write," says she. Her memoirs (in two volumes) are available in local newsstands (best bet: Mandovi Hotel Bookshop, Panjim) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLQLEwrwN_k NOTE TO VIEWERS: If you know of a good Goan or Goa-connected subject that you feel should be interviewed, please let me know. It might take time, but I'll do my best to do it... FN -- Frederick Noronha Books from Goa :: http://goa1556.goa-india.org