Recently, many have expressed concern about sale of properties in Goa and some have even suggested/advised not to sell ancestral homes and properties to outsiders because they fear fairly soon there will be fewer Goans in Goa as compared to non-Goans!
Our tiatrists are always a step ahead in their action because they, too, have a vision for Goa; they keep a close watch on day-to-day happenings in Goa. The moment they come across a situation or a problem, whether it is political or social, they compose songs and pass on their message to the public through tiatros. What is being said today was noticed a long time ago by the veteran all-rounder of the Konkani stage, Remmie J. Colaco. Remmie, composed and sang the following song about 25 years ago. In the early 1960s the value of land was 25 to 50 paise per square meter (the aframentos in Porvorim were available for 50 paise per square meter) and the same rose to about Rs.300/- per sq. meter in the early 1980s. Today, the value of land in main areas and by the seashore is about Rs.2500-3000 per square meter; the rate is almost double in towns and cities. After Remmie witnessed what was going on at that time, he highlighted the situation through the song and requested Goans not to dispose of what was rightfully theirs. If the outsiders are buying our houses and properties because there is great scope for business, why not keep the properties and reap the fruits ourselves?" Here are the lyrics of the song SUDHAROP: I Goenkar ami sobit ganv amcho Goa Vegim ganvan amchea boreaponn dhadd Deva Dhor ek Goenkar bhava, hea movba thava Ganvam passot zagrut rava Chorus Irlem-irlem korun atam, Goenchem sudharop zata Tea bhair dondo korunk mevta mhunn, zaito lok danvon ieta Konnaimchii zomin mevot tor, bore duddu divn geta Duddvank bhulonakai, zomin vinkinakai, Goyeam zolmolelea puta II Vis vorsam pattim Goyeam vag asle ranan Punn te vag atam povle bhion minank Thodde Goenkar mhunno, Goyem zai konnank Punn atam bottam ghaltat tonddan Chorus Thodde zann Goyem naka mhunn vinkun gelele bhattam Thoddeanim vavr poddta mhunn sovai vinklelim xetam Sothechem aslem tem vinkun zoddunk gelele nottam Bhava chear anneanim metr zomin asleli ti tinxim rupianim zali atam III Sonvsaran sothek zuzta dhor ek nasanv Punn ami ekvott nam zavn kallukan assanv Zorui soglleanchem amchem ek zait tensanv Vegim voir sortolo amcho ganv Chorus Atam ami dondo kelear, fuddarak voir sortele Nam tor sodankal lokager basnnam ghansunk urtele Sothechem asam tem vinklear, eka tempar roddtele Magir Goyeam ietoch, ghoram nam zavn, baddeachea ghoran ravche poddtele >From Doms antique shelf! Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA