Updated On: 14 December, 2025 06:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Rahul da Cunha
“Dikuna men, I’m not Rehman Dakait, as you may have thought, I am Raymond Dacosta… my screen name, my alter ego… hello.”

Illustration/Uday Mohite
As evening descended into night, a powerful Portuguese-type music, coupled with African beats rent the air, the music seemed to emanate from an automobile that soon came to a halt, and the music was loud and reverberating. As I opened my front door, a gentleman stepped out of the black car, he was dressed in all black with dark shades, he danced slowly with a tremendous amount of swag. He came towards me, arms outstretched, a half smile on his lips, and then he spoke —
“Dikuna men, I’m not Rehman Dakait, as you may have thought, I am Raymond Dacosta… my screen name, my alter ego… hello.”
“Ah Lobo Lobo… sorry Raymond Dacosta, what’s this all about?”
“See men, wid de latest viral sensations — Akshaye Khanna has done dis one jhakaas dance in dis movie, Dooor-under… you know na it?
“Yes Dhurandhar, it’s a huge hit this movie, and Akshaye Khanna is the talk of the town.”
“You know dat in dis modern age of ours, sumting once it catches viral fire it spreads — and Akshaye’s entry is too ‘cool’ men, all de ladies and girls have gone total bananas on him, full paagal — dis song is called ‘FA9LA…by rapper Libberachi —
Yah Akki do, yeah bro keep it coming
Yakhi Doos Doos 3indi Khosh Fasla
Yakhi Tafooz Tafooz Wallah Khosh Raqsa
Yakhi Doos Doos 3indi Khosh Fasla
Yakhi Tafooz Tafooz Wallah Khosh Raqs, Bro keep it comin
It is dis Arabic song, Bahraini actually so they have made Arabzi lyrics.”
“What is Arabzi?” I asked, “What are Arabzi lyrics?”
“Arabzi language is de Arabic chat-alphabet, you know what is chat-alphabet na, men, it is…”
“Yeah yeah, Lobo Lobo.”
“So I’m looking to create a language, which is de chat alphabet of Konkani, which is Konkanzee… I want to make Konkanzee lyrics to Goan music.”
“But why Lobo Lobo. Why?”
“Let me tell you my plan. I’m tired of being an anonymous cable TV guy, I want to walk around Virar, everyone must know I’ve come. I want to show dem my rizz, my charizzma.
See boss Dikuna, dis is used to portray someones’ rizz, you got it na, rizz is de last year Oxford word of de year. Rizz is shot form for charisma. So I’m tinking, I am also a musician, I specialize in Konkani music… with African beats and little ‘faados’ from our side only in Goa
I have written this song, see the lyrics —