Lambert Mascarenhas

caption = Mascarenhas (left) receiving the Padma Shri in 2015 birth_name = Emidio Francisco Lamberto Mascarenhas birth_date = birth_place = Colva, Goa, Portuguese India death_date = death_place = Dona Paula, Goa, India spouse = children = 4 education = St. Xavier's College occupation = genre = website = notable_works = Sorrowing Lies My Land awards =

Emidio Francisco Lamberto "Lambert" Mascarenhas (17 September 1914 – 27 June 2021) was an Indian journalist, independence activist, and writer.

Early and personal life Mascarenhas was born in Colva, Portuguese India, but his early education took place in Poona and later at the St. Xavier's College, Bombay. He had taken a vow that he would marry only after the freedom of Goa from the Portuguese rule. Mascarenhas was part of a delegation that met with then Home Minister of India Pandit Pant in New Delhi, urging the Indian government to take action for the freedom of Goa. Others in the delegation were Eclito D’Souza, Irene Heredia, Vishwanath Lawande, George Vaz, Aruna Asaf Ali and Bertha Braganza.

Career Journalism Mascarenhas started his career as a journalist in the Morning Standard at Mumbai. Mascarenhas later joined the Onlooker as an assistant editor. He later edited the Goan Tribune, which espoused the cause of Goa's invasion by India. Upon his return to a liberated Goa in 1961, he joined as the editor of The Navhind Times and later established and edited Goa Today. He authored the Goan Tribune, which was dedicated to the cause of Goa's liberation. 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.

Death Mascarenhas died on 27 June 2021 at the age of 106.

Works Mascarenhas authored several books, including the novel Sorrowing Lies My Land, published in 1955. This work of fiction was based in the anti-Portuguese movement launched by the Indian politician Rammanohar Lohia.

Mascarenhas' other works include The First City, In the Womb of Saudade, The Greater Tragedy and Heartbreak Passage. He was also awarded Goa's highest civilian award, the Gomant Vibhushan, in 2014.