Tomazinho Cardozo (born 14 April 1946), is an Indian politician, dramatist, playwright, writer (in Konkani and English) and educationist from

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. He is a former

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of the

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. He is known for his achievements on the literary front and the popular ''

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'' stage in Goa.

Career

Teaching and politics

Cardozo was in teaching for much of his life, having taught maths and science at the school level. He was the ''

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'' of

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village ''panchayat'' for 22 years from 1977. In 1995 he was elected to the

from the

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constituency, which he served for five years. He made his debut on the Konkani ''tiatr'' stage in 1957, and "wrote a play practically every year for the ''tiatr'' performance of the church feast".

Konkani plays

Among his popular Konkani plays are ''Kanttech Kantte'' (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.

TAG mentor

He is considered to be a mentor of writers in

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-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

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in February 2011. He has won awards as the best ''sarpanch'' (1983), for teaching (2003), and literature (2009).

References

External links

Interview with Goenche.comShowman Speaker, in ''Outlook''India.com
* ttp://www.findall-goa.com/specials.php?pgid=78 Profile on ''FindallGoa''br>Meet the Writer: Tomazinho CardozoTomazinho Cardozo, DKA Silver Jubilee, recording by Joel DSTomazinho Cardozo, an interview in MangaloreTomazinho Cardozo, former Editor, Amcho Avaz, recorded by Joel DSDr. Wilfred A. De Souza & Others vs Shri Tomazinho Cardozo Hon'Ble ... on 7 September, 1998Tomazinho Cardozo to release 5 volumes of his tiatr scripts
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardozo, Tomazinho 1946 births Dramatists and playwrights from Goa Living people Speakers of the Goa Legislative Assembly Indian National Congress politicians from Goa Goa MLAs 1994–1999