President Christine Kangaloo has called on the people of Trinidad and Tobago to recommit to the values of integrity, compassion and a sense of duty to one another.
Speaking at the Divali Nagar on Wednesday night, the President reminded that these values can make persons better and improve the country on the whole.
“If we can recommit ourselves to these values, if we can remember that the welfare of the nation begins with individual action, for example, showing kindness in the home, fairness in the workplace, integrity in all our dealings and selfless contributions in the public sphere, then, as a nation, we will together move ever closer to realising the ideal of Loka Sangraha,” she said.
President Kangaloo also paid tribute to former National Council of Indian Culture President Deokinanan Sharma and former Senator Deoroop Teemal.
“We remember with equal gratitude and reverence, the contribution made by the late Senator Deoroop Teemal, the former President of the National Council of Indian Culture (NCIC), who passed from this life in August of this year,” she said.
“Like Dr. Sharma, Senator Teemal’s contribution to Divali Nagar was immense. Like Dr. Sharma, Senator Teemal will be sorely missed. On behalf of a grateful nation, I say thank you to Senator Teemal and to his family, for having given such selfless service to Trinidad and Tobago, and to humanity as a whole,” President Kangaloo added.
President Kangaloo also congratulated Surajdeo Mungaroo on his appointment as NCIC president.
