Tomazinho Cardozo | |
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_playwright,_educationist,_writer,_politician._Goa_(cropped).JPG) Cardozo in 2011 | |
| Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 16 January 1995 – 14 June 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Hassan Shaikh |
| Succeeded by | Pratapsingh Rane |
| Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1994–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Suresh Parulekar |
| Succeeded by | Suresh Parulekar |
| Constituency | Calangute |
| 1st President of Tiatr Academy of Goa[1] | |
| In office 6 January 2009 – 15 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Prasad Lolayekar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1946 Pomburpa, Goa, Portuguese India, Portuguese Empire (now in India) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Irene Cardozo |
| Residence(s) | Orda, Candolim, Bardez, Goa |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession |
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Tomazinho Cardozo (born 14 April 1946),[2] is an Indian politician, playwright, writer (in Konkani and English) and educationist who is a former Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly.[3] He is known for his achievements on the literary front and the popular tiatr stage in Goa.
Cardozo was in teaching[4] for much of his life, having taught maths and science[4] at the school level. He was the sarpanch[4] of Candolim village panchayat for 22 years from 1977.[4] In 1995 he was elected[4] 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,[4] and "wrote a play practically every year for the tiatr performance of the church feast".[4]
Among his popular Konkani plays are Kanttech Kantte[4] (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.[4]
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.[5] He has won awards as the best sarpanch (1983), for teaching (2003), and literature (2009).[4]