<img style="float: left;" src="http://origin.mid-day.com/images/2022/feb/Rahul-op_e.jpg" alt="Rahul Da Cunha" width="200" height="69" />Lobo Lobo came over dressed in kurta-pyjama, and khadi waistcoat.
&ldquo;Namasteji,&rdquo; Lobo Lobo said, with a dazzling smile through his Ray-Ban shades.
&ldquo;Lobo Lobo, can you inform me &hellip;. uhm why&hellip; uhm?&rdquo;
&ldquo;Dikunamenji, don&rsquo;t give dat, &lsquo;zapped&rsquo; look, but to tell de trut, I am entering politics!&rdquo;
&ldquo;But my friend, just in case you hadn&rsquo;t noticed, there are no elections in Mumbai!&rdquo;
&ldquo;Arre boss, who&rsquo;s talking about our city men, I am standing as an independent candidate from my home state Goa&hellip; you know, men, dat dere is to be de Legislative elections in de state next weekend na?&rdquo;
I nodded my head sagely.
&ldquo;Everyone is going around like one merry go round&hellip; Just take Ms Mamata&hellip;Didi to everyone&hellip; Madam to me&hellip; she&rsquo;s trying to add some glamour to Goa elections, so she has roped in dat tennis player&hellip;wassshissname, ah Leander Paes&hellip; wot a mad idea&hellip; he has a good service game, but &rsquo;ow he&rsquo;ll service de peepul, I ask? De udder parties are playing politics, making a mess of tings, no one really cares for my beloved Goa, so I&rsquo;m planning to stand as an independent candidate from two constituencies of de 40 seats&hellip; Quepem and Cumbarjua!&rdquo;
&ldquo;Why from two constituencies, Lobo Lobo?&rdquo;
&ldquo;Arrey men both our PM and Rahulji have stood from two-two constituencies so why not me&hellip; also to tell de trut, standing from two gives me better chances, at least, I&rsquo;ll win in one! Wot say, Dikunamenji?&rdquo;
&ldquo;Point taken, but what are these two places in Goa, never heard of them?&rdquo;
&ldquo;Arre you are de typical Mumbai tourist&hellip; only going for holidays, drinking beers and prawns in dose beech shacks in Baga and dat whachyioucall Morjim.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Okay, moving on from your barbs, what are these places, Quebec and Kumnbaya?&rdquo;
&ldquo;Arre Dikunmenji&hellip;. Quepem is a place in South Goa and Cumbarjua is in de north of Goa.&rdquo;
&ldquo;And why these two in particular&hellip; why not Calangute or Palolem?&rdquo;
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s my duty, Dikunamaenji&hellip;My mudder came from Quepem and dad from Cumbarjua.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Oh that&rsquo;s so familiar and familial!&rdquo;
Lobo Lobo removed his Ray-Bans.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not so much of a cozy &lsquo;kahani&rsquo;, see my parents had a Romeo-Juliet type, Laila Majnu &lsquo;gotaala&rsquo; initially&hellip;&rdquo;
&ldquo;Care to explain, Lobo Lobo?&rdquo;
&ldquo;So dis is pre Goa liberation time, in de &rsquo;50s&hellip; my mom&rsquo;s family were rich land owners in South Goa! My poor fadder... he came from a fisherman family &hellip; dey could barely make ends meet! One evening, as Lady Luck would have it, my mudder came for a walk to Anjuna beach and my dad at dat same time was bringing in his fishing boat wid some fresh fresh pomfret. Arey Dikunamenji&hellip; Cupid struk men.&rdquo;
Dere eyes met for de fust time&mdash;den in de sunset time, my dad made a campfire, and my mudder, she has a voice like Nina Simone men, she sang dat song men, &lsquo;You Fill Up My Senses&rsquo; to my dad.&rdquo;
&ldquo;How sweet! So it wasn&rsquo;t quite like the Capulets and Montagues&hellip; a sad ending?
&ldquo;De Carvalhos and de Monteiros in my case&hellip; tank god no one committed suicide, but solid tension, &rsquo;ow much my mudders side tried to marry her to some udder scoundrel fellow&mdash;dad and mom had to run away and come to Bombay!&rdquo;
&ldquo;All&rsquo;s well that ends well then?&rdquo;&nbsp;
Lobo Lobo nodded.
&ldquo;So let&rsquo;s get back to the elections&hellip; I&rsquo;m guessing you&rsquo;re all ready steady go... you&rsquo;ve electioneered to your full capacity?&rdquo;
&ldquo;Yes men... I&rsquo;ve even offered every home a free dish antenna&hellip; dat is even my symbol&rdquo;
&ldquo;And what is your election promise?&rdquo;
&ldquo;Arre men, I feel people should have &lsquo;mazaa&rsquo;&hellip; so dey should be allowed to dance on de beach wid beer, shacks should stay open all night&hellip; bindaas men!&rsquo;
&ldquo;Right, and so what&rsquo;s your political party called?&rdquo;
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s called the LPP.&rdquo;
&ldquo;And what does that stand for?&rdquo;
&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s Party Party,&rdquo; he concluded.
Rahul daCunha is an adman, theatre director/playwright, photographer and traveller. Reach him at rahul.dacunha@mid-day.com
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