Tomazinho Cardozo

Tomazinho Cardozo (born 14 April 1946),[1] is an Indian politician, dramatist, playwright, writer (in Konkani and English) and educationist from Goa. He is a former Speaker[2] of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is known for his achievements on the literary front and the popular tiatr stage in Goa.

Tomazinho Cardozo
Cardozo in September 2011
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
1994–1999
Preceded bySuresh Parulekar
Succeeded bySuresh Parulekar
ConstituencyCalangute
Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
16 January 1995 – 14 June 1999
Preceded byHassan Shaikh
Succeeded byPratapsingh Rane
Personal details
Born (1946-04-14) 14 April 1946
Pomburpa, Goa, Portuguese India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseIrene
Residence(s)Orda, Candolim, Bardez, Goa
OccupationPolitician
Profession
  • Dramatist
  • playwright
  • writer
  • teacher

Career

Teaching and politics

Cardozo was in teaching[3] for much of his life, having taught maths and science[3] at the school level. He was the sarpanch[3] of Candolim village panchayat for 22 years from 1977.[3] In 1995 he was elected[3] to the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Calangute constituency, which he served for five years. He made his debut on the Konkani tiatr stage in 1957,[3] and "wrote a play practically every year for the tiatr performance of the church feast".[3]

Konkani plays

Among his popular Konkani plays are Kanttech Kantte[3] (1980, whose title could be translated to Thorns, And Yet More Thorns). He founded the tiatr group Tiatr Mogi (Lovers of Tiatr), has been part of the formation of Kala Mogi (Lovers of Art) is also one of the founders of Kandolechim Kirnam, a prominent folk troupe which participated and won numerous awards including the prestigious mando festival award 11 times in the All Goa Mando festivals organized by Goa Cultural and Social Centre from 1974.[3]

TAG mentor

He is considered to be a mentor of writers in Roman-script Konkani and has been active in groups like the Dalgado Konknni Akademi and the Tiatr Academy of Goa. Cardozo was appointed president of the Tiatr Academy of Goa in February 2011.[4] He has won awards as the best sarpanch (1983), for teaching (2003), and literature (2009).[3]

References
  1. "Goa Legislative Assembly". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. "Road in Candolim named after former speaker Tomazinho". The Times of India. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
  3. "Face of Goa: Tomazinho Cardozo: Torchbearer of Tiatr". FindAll Goa. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  4. "Tomazinho Cardozo is appointed Tiatr Academy president". tiatracademy.blogspot.in/. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
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