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'Crorepati' woman lacked money to study medicine
Sunday November 21, 2010 09:54:08 PM,
Shahnawaz Akh &
Nityanand Shukla,
IANS
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Giridih (Jharkhand): A
37-year-old homemaker from a humble family here who is the first
woman to win one crore rupees in "Kaun Banega Crorepati" gave up
her dream of becoming a doctor because her family did not have the
money to educate her.
No wonder, Rahat Taslim is insistent that she will use her
whopping prize money to provide "good education" to her two
children -- so that they lead a better life.
Taslim won Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) in the fourth edition of the
hugely popular KBC quiz show that will be telecast Monday.
According to Sabina Taslim, her grandmother, Rahat, who originally
belonged to Ranchi, was married into a family in Jharkhand's
Giridih district when she was only 13 years old.
Her parents live in the Muslim-dominated Hindpiri colony of Ranchi.
Her father is small businessman.
Rahat badly wanted to be a doctor. She was intelligent too but she
could not pursue her dreams to become a doctor "due to paucity of
money", the grandmother said.
"We feel great that her talent has been recognized," she said.
For someone who spent much of her life facing endless hardships
and completed her graduation only after marriage, Rahat is clear
that her two children should do well academically.
Her son Faisal Iqbal is 10-year-old and daughter Tarannum Taslim
is three years younger. Her husband Imtiyaz Ahmad works with the
Mica Trading Corp of India on a salary of Rs.6,000.
To help the family, which resides in Gaddi Muhalla in Giridih,
Rahat used to sew clothes and earn about Rs.2,000 extra.
She said now that she has won a 'crore' (Rs.10 million), "I will
spend the money on providing good education to my children."
Speaking in a voice choked with emotion over telephone from Mumbai
and at least once breaking down, Rahat recalled her unhappy
childhood.
"My mother considered herself unlucky as she gave birth to a girl
child. But now she would be feeling proud about me," she said.
Does Rahat have any ambition of her own?
"You know, now that I am a celebrity, I am getting offers from
several companies to become the brand ambassador for their
products," Rahat told IANS.
But "I want to become a teacher. The qualification age to be a
teacher is over. If the Jharkhand government provides me a
teaching job, I would like to teach and share knowledge with
pupils."
Rahat, who does not regret the early hardships, added: "I have no
regrets in life. But now I want to do something more meaningful in
life.
"I came to Mumbai to play the game and I did it with confidence. I
think Allah wanted to give me the money and from Amitabh Bachchan,
so I got it."
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