From Nallasopara to Dubai: The rise of Neha Samuel

Her father abandoned her family when she was six. Her mother soldiered on alone. And then, she decided to turn her family woes into fortune.

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00:00You know the dialogue from Shah Rukh Khan's movie, the entire universe will come together

00:11to get things done for you.

00:18Very soon I realized that I was someone in my family who was breaking generational curses

00:25and I was ahead, you know, going to change lives of many generations now and future.

00:39When our father left, we had no shelter, no food, no clothes.

00:50I remember seeing her sharing that one roti or bread between me and my sister and she

00:57would sleep hungry.

00:58I knew that I wanted to change our story.

01:02I stepped out of our house to support my mom at that point of time.

01:21I lived in the outskirts of Mumbai, so I always had a very long 3-4 hours of travel by train

01:29or bus.

01:30So my mom would always put the right textbook I need in my bag and those 3-4 hours I would

01:36use to study.

01:38I took two small loans, two personal loans to move here to Dubai.

01:55You know he was already here and setting up the business.

01:59We burned all the cash that we had through the loan and the licensing part here is very

02:08very very difficult.

02:38My mom is here with me in Dubai, we live together.

02:46My sister is here with me on the business with us together.

02:49She's getting married very soon now and so we're all very happy here in Dubai.

02:54I'm a mother now.

02:56My husband is by my side empowering just like my mom would envision my partner to be.

03:01All our dreams have come true.