panajimargao two illustrious goansfamed cartoonist mario miranda who passed away on december 11 2011 and intellectual jose pereirafinally received recognition for their body of work as both were included in the list of padma awardees on the eve of republic day on wednesday miranda who was earlier awarded the padma bhushan in 2002 and padma shri in 1988 will posthumously be honoured with the padma vibhushan pereira who is based in the us and is known for his wide range of interests and contributions as a historian musicologist theologian and orator will be conferred with the padma bhushan the name of the famed cartoonist and illustrator was second in the list of five others including k g subramanyan painting and sculpture late bhupen hazarika vocal music kantilal hastimal sancheti orthopedics and tv rajeswar civil service the name of pereira a former professor who taught theology of world religions at fordham university usa figured in the list of 27 awardees including shabana azmi mira nair and others he has also published more than 20 books on theology history of art architecture goan culture language literature and music a multifaceted personality pereira also carried out research and he along with s b kulkarni a former head of department of marathi nagpur university have said that two lines of inscriptions at the foot of the huge statue of bahubali at sravanabelagola in karnataka are the earliest konkani inscriptions in devnagri script born in 1931 the reputed sanskrit scholar and indologist has written several books on theology history architecture language and music a fresco done by him can be seen on a vault of st joaquims chapel at borda while another painting was unveiled at our lady of rosary chapel fatorda the announcement of the awards drew happy reactions from a cross section of people mirandas widow habiba apparently overwhelmed by emotion was at a loss for words when contacted by toi for her comments what can i say i am glad was all she said majordabased damodar mauzo writer and sahitya akademi award winner said mario deserved a state guard of honour when he died he however expressed satisfaction that mirandas services in the field of art have been taken cognizance of though belatedly by the union government agreed kala academy member secretary pandurang phaldesai we should be grateful to the government of india for honouring two goans who projected the good image of the state the world over he said commending mirandas work he said his brush almost singlehandedly put goa on the world map goa chitra museum curator victor hugo gomes said the padma vibhushan award conferred on miranda posthumously sounds like an insurance policymoney after death it is sad that the centre had to recognize marios greatness when the state government refrained from providing state mourning to one of goas greatest and most illustrious sons he said gomes felt that the state government could repair the damage of a missed state honour at his funeral by naming one of the