There are muslims both in India & even in Pakistan for him it doesnt matter what they remain specially when some benefit was to accrue by losing a bit of ones inherited & bequeathed identity .But Not for MAHNAAZ.Despite hardship both PHYSICAL & Financial she gives a lot more than she has which is far less than us moneterally 
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The social worker struggling for funds had no trouble returning a Rs 100,000 donation from Mother Teresa on the suspicion that she wanted her to convert to Christianity. “Now, see, the same amount of money
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MADHUMITA BHATTACHARYYA Calcutta, Aug. 14: They call her the “second Mother Teresa”. But Mahnaaz Warsi had the strength to stand up to her mentor as well. The social worker struggling for funds had no trouble returning a Rs 100,000 donation from Mother Teresa on the suspicion that she wanted her to convert to Christianity. “Now, see, the same amount of money has come back to me with so much honour,” smiles Mahnaaz, who has had to battle personal tragedy since she was just six months old. For her heroic efforts to bring education, health and happiness to her neighbourhood, Jannagar, and beyond, she has been selected for Stree Sakti Puraskar 2001. Prem-E-Asha is the organisation she had set up around 15 years ago in her attempt to bring education to the Park Circus slum, which now reaches out to children and women in Cossipore and Baruipur as well.
When Warsi was in the cradle, a firecracker went off accidentally, severely burning both her legs. “Only my mother was at home, and she lived her whole life in purdah,” reminisces the striking woman dressed in a white sari, head proudly bared. A local doctor bandaged up her legs. “When my father came home he rushed me to the hospital.” But the damage was done. When the doctors peeled off the bandages, little was left.
Years of care gave her back the use of her legs. “I was always aware of the fact that I was different. My father would tell me that because I walked with a limp then, I would go much farther later in life,” laughs the 37-year-old. She still suffers heart trouble as a result of the burns, and though she manages to move around, she does not have normal use of her legs.
Mahnaaz started teaching when she was just nine. “I found a few girls loitering around the neighbourhood and I asked them if they were in school or not.” The ‘no’ she received in response was enough for her to start class. With nowhere to go in the locality, Mahnaaz and her pupils headed for the Park Street cemetery. “I had no idea where I was, so I made the graves my classrooms,” she recalls. Objections from locals fearing she and the kids would be “possessed by ghosts” put an end to these early endeavours.
Her father’s death left a huge void in her life, and the young girl had to take control of the family. Her elder brother had fallen prey to drugs, and Mahnaaz spent years and money they didn’t have trying to get him successfully rehabilitated.
Trying to make ends meet by giving tuition, she slowly went back to social work, starting out with St Xavier’s and the Missionaries of Charity. She then went to Jaipur for training in work with leprosy patients.
“After that, Mother Teresa gave me the cheque. But I just didn’t want to accept it. My identity as a Muslim or Hindu should not affect the kind of work I do.” She and the Mother continued to have a “close association”, and pictures of the two together dot the small principal’s room of the Jannagar school.
Now, Mahnaaz provides education — formal and non-formal — to around 340 boys and girls across four centres. Very popular are vocational-training classes for women, including sauce and incense-stick making, tailoring, cooking and a beautician’s course. She does not accept donations and manages with whatever some of her students give her. But that does not stop her from providing micro-credit to women wanting to set up small businesses.
Mahnaaz has been working with sex workers as well, providing information on health. “Many of them later want out, and I have given them shelter and training till they can stand on their feet.” The locality she lives and works in comes with its own set of problems.
“Young girls are burnt by their families quite often when they discover an unwanted pregnancy.” Mehnaaz tries to counsel such families. “Only by forcing them to stop and at least hear us out will our neighbourhood, city and country ever improve.”