{{short description|Indian politician and writer (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Tomazinho Cardozo | image = Tomazinho Cardozo, Konkani (tiatr) playwright, educationist, writer, politician. Goa (cropped) (cropped).JPG | caption = Cardozo in 2011 | birth_name = Lamberto Tomás Cardoso | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|4|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Pomburpa, Goa, Portuguese India | office2 = Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly | term_start2 = 1994 | term_end2 = 1999 | constituency2 = Calangute | predecessor2 = Suresh Parulekar | successor2 = Suresh Parulekar | office1 = Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = 16 January 1995 | term_end1 = 14 June 1999 | predecessor1 = Hassan Shaikh | successor1 = Pratapsingh Rane | term_start3 = 6 January 2009 | successor3 = Prince Jacob | predecessor3 = ''Office established'' | term_end3 = 15 March 2012 | office3 = 1st President of Tiatr Academy of Goa<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-19 |title=President of Tiatr (Konkani Drama) Academy of Goa, Shri Tomazinho Cardozo speaks in Konkani welcoming all the Tiatr (Konkani drama) lovers from Goa and the world |archive-date=19 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419220152/http://www.tiatracademygoa.com/President%20of%20Tiatr%20Academy%20of%20Goa1.html |url=http://www.tiatracademygoa.com/President%20of%20Tiatr%20Academy%20of%20Goa1.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=Tiatr Academy of Goa}}</ref> | office4 = President of Dalgado Konknni Akademi<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dalgadoacademy.com/committee.php|title=Dalgado Konknni Akademi|website=www.dalgadoacademy.com}}</ref> | predecessor4 = Antimo Gomes | successor4 = Wilson Mazarello | term_start4 = 2004 | term_end4 = 2005 | term_start5 = 2007 | term_end5 = 2008 | predecessor5 = Wilson Mazarello | successor5 = Premanand Lotlikar | term_start6 = 2017 | term_end6 = 2020 | predecessor6 = Premanand Lotlikar | successor6 = Vincy Quadros | party = Indian National Congress | occupation = Politician | profession = {{hlist|Politician|playwright|writer|teacher}} | spouse = Irene Cardozo | known_for = }}
'''Tomazinho Cardozo''' (born '''Lamberto Tomás Cardoso''';<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fernandes |first=André Rafael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKAbygAACAAJ |title=When the Curtains Rise--: Understanding Goa's Vibrant Konkani Theatre |date=2010 |publisher=Tiatr Academy of Goa |isbn=978-93-80739-01-4 |pages=177 |language=en}}</ref> 14 April 1946),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goa Legislative Assembly |url=https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=122 |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=www.goavidhansabha.gov.in}}</ref> is an Indian politician, playwright, writer (in Konkani and English), and teacher who served as a Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly from January 1995 to June 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 15, 2021 |agency=टाइम्स न्यूज़ नेटवर्क |title=Road in Candolim named after former speaker Tomazinho |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/road-in-candolim-named-after-former-speaker-tomazinho/articleshow/82074907.cms |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He is known for his achievements in literature and ''tiatr'' in Goa.
==Career== ===Teaching and politics=== Cardozo was in teaching<ref name="FindAll">{{cite web |url=http://www.findall-goa.com/specials.php?pgid=78 |title=Face of Goa: Tomazinho Cardozo: Torchbearer of Tiatr |website=FindAll Goa |access-date=29 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093532/http://www.findall-goa.com/specials.php?pgid=78 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> for much of his life, having taught maths and science<ref name="FindAll" /> at the school level. He was the sarpanch<ref name="FindAll" /> of Candolim village panchayat for 22 years from 1977.<ref name="FindAll" /> In 1995 he was elected<ref name="FindAll" /> 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,<ref name="FindAll" /> and wrote a play practically every year for the ''tiatr'' performance of the church feast.<ref name="FindAll" />
===Konkani plays===
Among his popular Konkani plays are ''Kanttech Kantte''<ref name="FindAll" /> (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.<ref name="FindAll" />
===TAG mentor=== 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 (TAG). Cardozo was appointed president of the Tiatr Academy of Goa in February 2011.<ref name="TAG">{{cite web |url=http://tiatracademy.blogspot.in/2009/02/tomazinho-cardozo-is-appointed-tiatr.html |title=Tomazinho Cardozo is appointed Tiatr Academy president |website=tiatracademy.blogspot.in/ |date=11 February 2009 |access-date=29 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305214504/http://tiatracademy.blogspot.in/2009/02/tomazinho-cardozo-is-appointed-tiatr.html |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He has won awards as the best ''sarpanch'' (1983), for teaching (2003), and literature (2009).<ref name="FindAll" />
==Legacy== A road in Candolim is named after him.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-04-15 |title=Road in Candolim named after former speaker Tomazinho |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/road-in-candolim-named-after-former-speaker-tomazinho/articleshow/82074907.cms |access-date=2025-02-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
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