12-year-old Muslim girl from Mumbai wins Bhagwad Gita contest
12-year-old Muslim girl from Mumbai wins Bhagwad Gita contest HT Correspondent and PTI, Mumbai | Updated: Apr 03, 2015 19:22 IST Mariyam Asif Siddiqui, a 12-year-old Muslim girl from Mumbai, emerged topper at a contest on Bhagwad Gita. (ANI photo) 201 51 Share 6 A 12-year-old Muslim girl, studying in class six of a Mira Road school in Mumbai, secured the first place in a Bhagwad Gita competition organised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) last month. Mariyam Asif Siddiqui, a student of Cosmopolitan High School in Mira Road, won the contest from among 4,500 students who appeared for the competition. She received the first prize in an inter-school competition for explaining the teachings of the holy book. Mariam Kadri, daughter of Asif Naseem Siddiqui, an editor of a local political magazine called Bartaman News, said, “My parents encouraged me to take part in the competition with a viewthat ther...