Mrs Sampathia Diptee Ramcharitar - a rebel and a visionary
Starting with selling bunches of bananas and oranges from her father's farm to passers-by in front of her house, she moved on to become a successful retailer operating a shopping center opposite the Convent in Couva. Over the next forty years, she raised a family of seven children, four boys, and three girls. She went on to help her four sons to set up their own homes and saved enough money for herself to build a three-story 10,000 sft commercial/residential building of her own
Before she could move into the building, she made the transition unexpectedly, leaving a legacy of entrepreneurship for the next generation to emulate
She was well respected in the community and was affectionately called "Molly-ki-Ma" (meaning Molly's mother in the Hindi language) with reference to her ever magnetic business associate and first born child. Molly-ki-Ma was a firm believer in the big picture about female education.
