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Shas­tri Boodan

Promi­nent voic­es in the cul­tur­al com­mu­ni­ty are call­ing for a posthu­mous na­tion­al award to ho­n­our In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor and Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) pres­i­dent De­oroop Teemal, who died in his sleep around 1 am yes­ter­day. He was 68.

Cul­tur­al stal­warts Dr Sat­nar­ine Balka­rans­ingh, Ravi Ji, Pun­dit Lutch­mi­dat Ma­haraj, and au­thor Doolarchan Hanoomans­ingh said Sen­a­tor Teemal’s decades of ser­vice to cul­ture, com­mu­ni­ty, and coun­try mer­it na­tion­al recog­ni­tion.