Lambert Mascarenhas
| Lambert Mascarenhas | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 September 1914 Goa |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, freedom activist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Goan Catholic |
| Education | St. Xavier's College, Mumbai[1] |
| Notable works | ‘Sorrowing Lies My Land'[2][3] |
Lambert Mascarenhas (born 17 September 1914) is a journalist, freedom activist and writer from Goa. His family hails from the Goan Catholic community, a Christian community in Goa.
Personal life
Mascarenhas was born in Goa, but his early education was in Pune and later at the St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.[4] He is married to Dr. Jolly Mascarenhas.[5][6] He has four children.[7] He had taken a vow that he would marry only after Liberation of Goa from the colonial Portuguese rule.[8][9] Hence, he married on 29 December 1961, exactly ten days after Goa's liberation on 19 December 1961.[10]
Journalism
He started his career as a journalist in the Morning Standard at Mumbai.[11] He worked as a sub-editor at the Bombay Sentinel, under editor B. G. Horniman.[12] Mascarenhas later joined the Onlooker as an assistant-editor. He later edited the Goan Tribune, which espoused the cause of Goa's liberation. Upon his return to liberated Goa in 1961, he joined as the editor of the Navhind Times and later established and edited Goa Today.[13]
Contribution to the independence movement
Lambert Mascarenhas also contributed to India's freedom movement.[14] He authored the Goan Tribune, which was dedicated to the cause of Goa's liberation.[15] While at the Goan Tribune, he wrote numerous articles against the Portuguese colonial regime in Goa and caught the attention of both Indian leaders as well as the Portuguese regime. While on a visit to Goa, he was arrested and jailed by the Portuguese for his articles. He was later released on bail and expelled from Goa.[16]
Books
He has authored several books, including Sorrowing Lies My Land. His other works include The First City , In The Womb of Saudade, The Greater Tragedy and Heartbreak Passage.[17]
Awards
Lambert has been awarded the Laxmidas Borkar Memorial Award for journalism for 2004.[18] He has also been awarded Goa's highest civilian award, the Gomant Vibhushan.[19][20][21] He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in the year 2015.[22]
References
- ↑ http://www.goanobserver.com/archive/11-9-2004/first_person.htm
- ↑ http://www.colaco.net/1/sorrowing1.htm
- ↑ http://www.goanews.com/blogs_disp.php?bpid=418
- ↑ http://www.goanobserver.com/archive/11-9-2004/first_person.htm
- ↑ http://www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/lambert-mascarenhas-still-sorrowing-his-land
- ↑ http://www.goanobserver.com/archive/11-9-2004/first_person.htm
- ↑ http://vascowatchonline.com/news/people/a-daughter-speaks-nayantara-lima-leitao/
- ↑ http://vascowatchonline.com/news/people/a-daughter-speaks-nayantara-lima-leitao/
- ↑ http://www.goanobserver.com/archive/11-9-2004/first_person.htm
- ↑ http://vascowatchonline.com/news/people/a-daughter-speaks-nayantara-lima-leitao/
- ↑ http://www.goanobserver.com/archive/11-9-2004/first_person.htm
- ↑ http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20140529/2400756.html
- ↑ http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20140529/2400756.html
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Lambert-Mascarenhas-to-get-Gomant-Vibushan/articleshow/35745378.cms
- ↑ http://www.nri.goa.gov.in/freedom.html
- ↑ http://vascowatchonline.com/news/people/a-daughter-speaks-nayantara-lima-leitao/
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Lambert-Mascarenhas-to-get-Gomant-Vibushan/articleshow/35745378.cms
- ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/27/stories/2005102706790400.htm
- ↑ "Lambert Mascarenhas to get Gomant Vibushan". The Times of India. May 30, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
- ↑ http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20140529/2400756.html
- ↑ http://vascowatchonline.com/news/people/a-daughter-speaks-nayantara-lima-leitao/
- ↑ "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.