{"id":12591,"date":"2018-04-09T08:29:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T04:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/?p=12591"},"modified":"2018-04-10T10:54:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T06:54:46","slug":"associate-prof-shakuntala-boolell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/associate-prof-shakuntala-boolell\/","title":{"rendered":"Associate Prof Shakuntala Boolell"},"content":{"rendered":"
Condol\u00e9ances<\/u><\/span><\/h5>\n

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\"\"C\u2019est avec beaucoup de peine que Mauritius Times<\/em> informe ses lecteurs du d\u00e9c\u00e8s de l\u2019Associate Professor Shakuntala Boolell du d\u00e9partement de\u00a0French Studies<\/em> de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Maurice survenu le jeudi 05 avril 2018 \u00e0 Londres.<\/p>\n

Shakuntala a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 collaborer avec Mauritius Times<\/em> depuis une vingtaine d\u2019ann\u00e9es. C\u2019\u00e9tait une professionnelle r\u00e9put\u00e9e et une amie. Elle a toujours offert ses services au journal et n\u2019a jamais consid\u00e9r\u00e9 le temps qu\u2019elle y passait. Tout ce qu\u2019elle faisait \u00e9tait sans recherche d\u2019aucun int\u00e9r\u00eat en retour.<\/p>\n

Elle \u00e9tait tol\u00e9rante, g\u00e9n\u00e9reuse et toujours de bon conseil. Elle \u00e9tait proche des jeunes par son m\u00e9tier et n\u2019a jamais connu de conflit de g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. Les probl\u00e8mes de la vie, elle les connait, et elle a toujours \u00e9clair\u00e9 les plus jeunes par ses paroles sages.<\/p>\n

Elle a d\u00e9marr\u00e9 une carri\u00e8re politique sans fanfare ni trompettes mais elle avait \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu sans aucun probl\u00e8me et sans surprise. Elle \u00e9tait chaleureuse et ouverte\u00a0: elle \u00e9tait aim\u00e9e. Elle restera une des rares conseillers municipaux de l\u2019opposition qui aura \u0153uvr\u00e9 sans cesse pour ses mandants. Elle \u00e9tait tellement sollicit\u00e9e de toutes parts qu\u2019elle avait m\u00eame effectu\u00e9 une demande pour que la Municipalit\u00e9 de Belle-Rose Quatre-Bornes fasse installer un \u00ab\u00a0hotline\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0!<\/p>\n

En tant que femme politique, elle a su rester humble et le pouvoir ne lui est pas mont\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00eate malgr\u00e9 sa popularit\u00e9. Au contraire, avec ses amis et amies proches, elle d\u00e9plorait l\u2019absence de valeurs en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et la corruption qui gangr\u00e8ne le pays, en particulier. Cela \u00e9tant dit, elle ne faisait pas partie des peureux. Pour elle, le combat devait et doit continuer peu importe ce qui arrivera. Tout le monde reconnait en elle une femme forte, une battante. Elle se mettait parfois en col\u00e8re et n\u2019h\u00e9sitait pas \u00e0 dire \u00e0 haute voix ce que tout le monde pensait tout bas.<\/p>\n

Enfin, nous saluons la femme, la s\u0153ur, la m\u00e8re, l\u2019amie protectrice, celle qui est rest\u00e9e proche de sa famille \u00e0 l\u2019\u00eele Maurice et \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger. Elle \u00e9tait proche de son p\u00e8re et elle aspirait vraiment \u00e0 inviter tous ses proches pour f\u00eater ses cent ans cette ann\u00e9e. En v\u00e9rit\u00e9, elle n\u2019arr\u00eatait pas d\u2019en parler \u00e0 certaines amies proches\u2026<\/p>\n

Malheureusement, la vie en a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 autrement. Elle a quitt\u00e9 l\u2019\u00eele Maurice en janvier 2018 pour se rendre chez son fr\u00e8re en Grande Bretagne. Elle y est rest\u00e9e pour suivre des traitements m\u00e9dicaux. Et elle nous a quitt\u00e9s \u00e0 67 ans avec la m\u00eame humilit\u00e9 et la m\u00eame simplicit\u00e9 qui l\u2019a caract\u00e9ris\u00e9e tout au long de sa vie.<\/p>\n

Mauritius Times<\/em> s\u2019associe \u00e0 ses lecteurs pour pr\u00e9senter ses sympathies \u00e0 la famille endeuill\u00e9e et exprimer sa solidarit\u00e9 dans ce moment si difficile.<\/p>\n

Shakuntala a tellement donn\u00e9 \u00e0 bras ouverts qu\u2019il sera difficile pour ses proches et ses amis de lui dire adieu. Malgr\u00e9 son absence, nous lui disons tout simplement\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Ce n\u2019est qu\u2019un au revoir\u00a0Shakuntala\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

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\"\"In loving memory of <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mrs Seewooranee Gopee<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/h5>\n

\n<\/u><\/strong>(who left for her journey towards moksha on 8th<\/sup> April 2017)<\/h5>\n

You did not leave. Because you are here, within us who love you. Hard it may be, but we have come to accept that you must continue on your karmic journey, even as we too are on that path eternal. We understand that in this earthly life, your golden heart had to stop its beat, and your hard-working hands needed to be put to rest.<\/p>\n

Your sudden absence has made us understand that Life is but a pause, a resting place along the road. We have survived an entire year without someone who was as important as life itself. Things we feel most deeply are the hardest things to say and life without you can never be the same again.<\/p>\n

While it has been difficult, we have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and kindness we have received from family and friends whose lives were touched by the exceptional woman they knew. If we could have one lifetime wish, we would pray to God for yesterday with you; because remembering you, we do it every day, but there is an ache within our hearts that will never go away.<\/p>\n

Goodbyes hurt when the story is not finished but the book has been closed forever. Our family chain is broken, but our hope is that it will link up afresh… when we meet again.<\/p>\n

Deeply missed by husband Premraj, daughters and sons-in-law, grandchildren & relatives<\/em><\/p>\n

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* Published in print edition on 6 April 2018<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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