Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Mother In BBC's List Of 100 Most Influential Women Of The World
In a list released by BBC, Nawazuddin Siddiqui's mom has been named among the 100 most influential women of the world this year. Obviously, Nawaz is elated. Read on to know his reaction...
BBC revealed the list of the 100 most influential women of this year, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui's mother, Mehroonisa, is one among them. The actor took to social media to share the news.
It definitely is a
great news for the whole of India, and not just for Nawaz.
At the age of 65
Mehroonisa Siddiqui is a homemaker and she believes that ‘it is never too late
to learn’. After being very poorly educated herself, she decided to start
studying on her own. Soon enough she was getting the basics right, and now she
manages to teach 350-400 students in her village. Among these students there
have been 3 who have joined the army recently.
Nawaz talks highly
of his mom as his mother was the sole reason he went to National School Of
Drama (NSD) and went on to become an actor. When Nawaz came up to her and said
that he wanted to become an actor, she was very supportive yet she insisted
that he got the proper training before he ventured into that field.
Mehroonisa also
had to keep her wedding jewelry as mortgage in order to get money for her
teaching assignments, and make sure that the students got the proper education.
She also helped her sons and daughters get the best of education.
It was all of this
that led to BBC approach Mehroonisa for this prestigious award.
Other Indians in
BBC’s 100 Most Influential Women 2017 list are Mithali Raj, Dr. Urvashi Sahni,
Priyanka Roy and Nitya Thummalachetty among others. Pakistani singer Momina
Mustehsan is also in the list.
Image Source: Instagram/nawazuddin_siddiqui
