Thane -- Maryam Siddiqui, the 12-year-old Thane schoolgirl who in March topped a competition testing knowledge of the Bhagwad Gita, has decided to donate her cash rewards for the cause of girl education. (Read here) Siddiqui has been showered with felicitations, awards and honours from around the country, starting from President Pranab Mukherjee, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, several chief ministers, and a plethora of organisations.
However, the girl, hailing from a Mira Road town middle-class family, has decided to give away all the cash rewards for the education of poor girls. "Though we are not financially well off, my daughter has made it her mission to work for the education of girls," her father Asif Siddiqui, a journalist and editor of Hindi publication Vartman Media, said on Tuesday.
However, the girl, hailing from a Mira Road town middle-class family, has decided to give away all the cash rewards for the education of poor girls. "Though we are not financially well off, my daughter has made it her mission to work for the education of girls," her father Asif Siddiqui, a journalist and editor of Hindi publication Vartman Media, said on Tuesday.