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GOA London Ruby n Reita Faria Mon Jun 12 19:12:03 PDT 2006
I was curious how Reita looked and here is a picture I found (on the
following link,
http://www.silvertorch.com/images/Radio%20Pics/radio-a-pics10.jpg
Does anyone know what happened to Imelda, the presenter on All India
Radio? Always curious what she looked like?
PN
Hi PN, Don't you Google?
If you did, what would have emerged is:
* AIR did an interview with her recently:
IMELDA! Rainbow FM 105.4, Goa's FM station, goes forward into the
past next week and meets up with Panjim-born Imelda Dias, who was
convent educated in British India and, at an early age, forged a
career in broadcasting by joining the commercial services of the
then nsacent Radio Goa, later renamed EMISSORA DE GOA. Imelda
served as newsreader, translator and programmer. She was
evacuated to Portugal in 1961. She also worked for the Emissora
Nacional, broadcasting programmes to India and Africa. On her
return, she joined the local station of All India Radio and
handled broadcasts in English and Portuguese. Recently, she
authored a collection of short stories entitled *Shattered
Lives*. Join RJs Yolanda and Savio, Feb 16, 8 to 9 pm. (H)
http://www.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet/2005-February/024122.html
* She gets mentioned recently (2005) in a tribute to Goan women:
Imelda Tavora was the first Goan Radio Star among women.
http://www.mail-archive.com/gulf-goans@yahoogroups.com/msg01473.html
* Imelda's daughter-in-law Dr Tithi was victim of a brutal murder at
her home, by robbers: In Goa, after her marriage in 1987 to Carlos
Tavora (who runs the popular
Udupi-style Navtara Hotel and other businesses and who's mother Imelda was a
prominent name on the airwaves of Panjim in past decades), she was a
consultant to the INS Mandovi Naval Base.
http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@goacom.com/msg03341.html
* Her sister-in-law's death was noted:
VELSAO: Alba Dias e Souza. Wilfe of late Guilherme de Souza,
mother/in-law of Marconi/Maria dos ANjos, Ramona/Raul, Nelson/
Amanda, sister/in-law of Imelda/late Lube, late Dr Angelo/
Christine, Aires/Maite, sister-in-law of Suzanne/late Dr Alvaro
Loyola Furtado, daughter/in-law of late Maximiana/late
Basilio Dias (Panjim), late Jovita/late Roldao de Souza (Velsao).
Grandmum of Natasha, Chelsea, Andre, Michelle, Johanna, Iiona.
Funeral from Sapna Plaza, 4th Floor, Flat No 10 to Velsao.
http://www.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-August/032193.html
If I recalled right, she had also published a book recently. Of
course, fast-changing Goa has a number of young RJs (radio jockeys),
mostly in their twenties, and the younger generation would have
forgotten the voice of Imelda, which was almost like a signature
'tune' each afternoon, when many of us waited for the Western music
programmes to start at 1.05 pm. (Now there's a lot more of Western
music on FM radio. We're waiting for Xavier's College campus radio to
get started, and another two private FM long-delayed stations are
slated to come up in Goa too.)
Another radio person who doesn't get the attention due is Libia Lobo
Sardessai (widow of the late former ambassador to Angola and ex-Goa
Today editor for awhile Waman Sardessai). Libia and team ran an
underground (though I guess, Government of India-supported) radio
station in the pre-1961 era out of the jungles around Belgaum. She has
a whole lot of manuscripts, just waiting to be published, but is
awaiting the Romi Konkani skills (the broadcasts then were obviously
in this script) for this to happen! FN
PS: As you could gauge from the above, I fell in love with radio by
the time I was eleven! I still prefer it to TV, though my paens of
praise are now directed to technologies like WorldSpace (or community
radio)!
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