Tomazinho Cardozo

Tomazinho Cardozo (born Lamberto Tomás Cardoso; 14 April 1946), 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. He is known for his achievements on the literary front and the popular tiatr stage in the state of Goa.

Teaching and politics
Cardozo was in teaching for much of his life, having taught maths and science at the school level. He was the sarpanch of Candolim village panchayat for 22 years from 1977. In 1995 he was elected 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, and "wrote a play practically every year for the tiatr performance of the church feast".

Konkani plays
Among his popular Konkani plays are Kanttech Kantte (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.

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. Cardozo was appointed president of the Tiatr Academy of Goa in February 2011. He has won awards as the best sarpanch (1983), for teaching (2003), and literature (2009).