| After almost 10 years of battling her children in court over the vast property left by her late husband, Saarm Kumar Puri, Parbattee Puri is about to give up the fight.Parbattee Puri with some of the items she intends to distribute to the less fortunate to commemorate the anniversary of her husbandA Director of the Continental Group of Companies, a vast conglomerate worth billions of dollars,Cheap Jerseys, the 70-year old woman told this newspaper that she no longer has the desire to devote the rest of her life fighting to secure what she believes has been taken away from her.Mrs. Puri is now content to live out the remaining days of her life, doing the things that she and her late husband loved best, helping others, with whatever little resources she has at her disposal.Yesterday she continued this tradition by feeding the less fortunate to commemorate the 11th death anniversary of her husband,China NFL Jerseys, the founder of the vast empire that ranks among the largest in Guyana.In an interview with the Kaieteur News,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, Mrs. Puri reflected on the formative years of her life with her husband and the ensuing battle to avoid the disintegration of the conglomerate that they built.Mrs. Puri was born at Greenfield, East Coast Demerara while her husband came to Guyana from India.They met and got married in 1958 and the union bore two children, a boy and a girl.She said that her husband came to Guyana with two suitcases containing only his clothes. At the time her father was the owner of what is popularly known as the Maraj Building on Charlotte Street.He subsequently assisted his son-in law to set up two companies, Confectionary Guyana Limited and Torginal Limited.Over the years the young couple, along with their partners, expanded the companies and when these partners left it was amalgamated into the Continental Group of Companies, with holdings in several business interests.Mrs. Puri told this newspaper that her late husband always wanted family members to be integrally involved in the new company, so he made each of them, wife, daughter, son and himself, Directors.During these happy days,Jerseys Wholesale, Mrs. Puri traveled extensively and lived the life of a virtual queen.On May 16, 1998 Saarm Puri died, leaving his estate to his surviving family members.It was to be divided into three with one third going to his wife and the remainder to his two offspring.“I’m still a Director of the company,Cheap NFL Jerseys,” Mrs. Puri said almost defiantly.But she claims that recently she has been shut out from all the decision making of the company.She was left with a house and is provided with a car, which she uses to take her daily drives around the city.She also has a bodyguard, although a private security service provides security for her house and a maid.Some might say that a weekly allowance of $300,000 is a fortune,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, but for Mrs. Puri, this can hardly afford her with the luxuries that she once enjoyed and she believes is due to her as a Director of the company.Nowadays,Cheap Jerseys, Mrs. Puri cannot travel as she used to. She claims that her wages bill coupled with that for the private security firm and the charitable work eats up the allowance she gets.“Before his death, my husband had given me a cheque book. I had no problems,” Mrs. Puri said.She spends these days in isolation in her Subryanville house with only her pet dogs for company.She has nevertheless resigned herself to just contentedly live out her remaining days in the hope that she will be honouring the man who built an empire that she will one day leave to those who she said are seeking to destroy it. |
