John Aguiar

John Aguiar is a Konkani poet, writer, media person and lyricist whose songs have been broadcast over the All India Radio network specially in Goa and on CDs.

John Aguiar, Konkani poet from Goa, India.

Music

His song Viva Carnival, musically composed and sung by Mukesh Ghatwal was chosen as the Goa carnival theme song in the year 2012. In November 2011, he was a contributor to 'Swatantra Goa', a patriotic album consisting five Konkani and three Marathi songs produced by Buyao Theatres Goem.[1]

Aguiar wrote a bhakti geet (devotional hymn) on Lord Ganesha[2] which was also composed and music arranged and sung by Mukesh Ghatwal, a first of its kind in Konkani language.[3]

Apart from All India Radio, his songs are in popular on CDs like Valley of Colorz, Ek Natem, Buyao Rocks so also devotional CDs like Grateful to Jesus[4] and Hey, Damodara by well-known music composer Siddhnath Buyao. One of his songs is on Lord Damodar,[5] the popular deity of Margao in South Goa, a single solo was composed by Dilip Vaze and sung by Samiksha Bhobe.

He has been on the cast of the film Planning Devachem,[6] which had its premier in January 2018 in Margao, Goa.

Poetry

He has written four  books of Konkani poems and one English book of essays. Presently, he is working on another book in the Roman script Konkani. Has also written several articles on social themes on local newspapers. He was nominated for the best lyrics award at the Kalangan at Mangalore, for the World Konkani Music Awards in 2010 and bagged Konkani Bhasha Mandal's Rock Barreto Literary Award in the year 2017 for his book Olyo Yadi.

Awards

He won the Gulab Writer of the Year Award in 2011, has been a recipient of The Navhind Times Ex-NCC Achiever Award for Literature in 2012, and is a Honorary Company Commander of the Home Guards organisation. He bagged Goa Chief Minister's Gold Medal for Meritorious Services in the Home Guards in December 2007.

Professionally, he is an officer with the Government of Goa's Department of Information and Publicity. Aguiar has been a journalist since his college days, associated with newspapers such as Herald, West Coast Times, and others.

References
  1. "Margao: 'Swatantra Goa' Patriotic CD Released". Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. D'Cruz, Dolcy (12 September 2018). "Singing praises to Lord Ganesha". Herald. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. "Govind Gaude launches first Konkani Ganesh video song". Uniindia.com. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. "Sidhanath Buyao releases six new music singles - GOACOM - GOA - INDIA - INFORMATION AND SERVICES IN GOA. Goa News, Goa Konkani News, Goa Sunaparant News, Goan Konakani News, Goa Video News, Goa Yellow Pages". GOACOM - GOA - INDIA - INFORMATION AND SERVICES IN GOA. Goa News, Goa Konkani News, Goa Sunaparant News, Goan Konakani News, Goa Video News, Goa Yellow Pages. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. Naik, Sachi (18 July 2017). "Sidhanath's 'Re Damodara' to release on July 24". www.navhindtimes.in. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. "Welcome 2018 with these Konkani films". oHeraldo. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
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