During my attendance for the first ever international Tiatr Conference at Ravindra Bhuwan, Margao, on 6th of this month in a daylong function where I was presented with the first ever TIATR RATNA PUROSKAR, as the chief guest, the former CM, Digambar Kamat while addressing the gathering showed his total condemnation against the Tiatr Academy of Goa for till now not appointing its president. He further said that it was he, Digambar Kamat as the CM of Goa that helped the formation of TAG whence he even provided the budget for it.
It is almost according to my information, a year now the TAG is a headless body temporarily running its affairs under the temporary president who inspite of having on his head more such bodies is exhausting his physical and mental abilities to look after TAG. This body requires one full fledged president and not a partially splitted one. How can a man do proper justice to the job when he is not fully involved in it and leaving the important responsibilities into the hands of one of his staff whose rank in the hierarchy is not even tertiary, leave aside secondary !! If ordinary Clerks and Peons had to do the job of the president then why we make proviso for the appointment of the presidents? I demand that those candidates who are also involved in other associations holding the office bearers post there, they should never be inducted on the TAG presidency. And I feel knowing the pulse of the Goan candidates most of them are shameless fit to be pimps and who are greedy for holding innumerable posts as if they are omnipotent and others are idiots. In fact, those who are going for more than one post and occupying the same together simultaneously are biggest idiots. I also hope that those who are first timer candidates alone should be appointed on this post. I understand that some canvassing and begging is going on with the concerned Minister (s) to appoint so and so person for this post. The concerned Minister should be very careful in going ahead with this option and he should know that TAG is not his (their) father' (s) property.
There is no dearth of the good youthful candidates available now among us especially in Tiatro fraternity to display their enthusiasm in giving their best and bringing some required changes in the functioning of TAG if any of them is given a chance, though my preference rather goes for the youth. A fresher should be a suitable candidate such as Joe Rose or Rose Ferns or Wilmix and among females Jessy Dias or Sharon Mazarello.
I request the politicians especially the Ministers to refrain from using their clout to fill this post with their own candidate. The candidate should be selected on merit only.
A .Veronica Fwrnandes,