Meet Taniya Begum - Hyderabad's youngest activist

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1573557734584","data":"At an age when the word \u2018social\u2019 is perceived as a subject in school and the word \u2018activity\u2019 is something to be done after school, eight-year-old Taniya Begum is already a social activist. Having started off about two years ago when there was a major drug bust in the city where several school-kids were also found to have been abusing narcotics, Taniya is now a regular face at runs and other such events where she speaks about the dangers of narcotics and tobacco, urging everyone towards a drug-free world. A second-grader sensitising people about narcotics and addiction, seems interesting right? Her story is just as interesting as she is.<\/p>Her father, Shaikh Salahuddin works for an NGO - Walk for Water and she always accompanied him on walks and runs organised by the ngo as he explains, \u201cI always took her with me and like every child, she asked a lot of questions about everything. We were at one such event a couple of years ago and it was right after the drug bust. I left her at a spot and a while after when I came back, I found a crowd around her. It turned out that she took a paper and wrote \u2018say no to drugs\u2019 on it and held it like a placard and started telling people \u2018drugs nahi peena chahiye\u2019.\u201d <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1573557734587","data":"5dca96d5ec32d"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1573557734585","data":"On how she felt the need to start something, she says, \u201cI saw on TV about drugs and then I asked my father about it. He explained it to me and I wanted to do something. When I first wrote on that paper, a lot of people came up to me and spoke to me. That made me want to do it more.\u201d Salahuddin adds, \u201cI didn\u2019t take it seriously first as she was just 5 years old but when she insisted on doing it a lot more, I started supporting her and taking her to events.\u201d<\/p>In the months to come, she slowly became a regular at events like these and in fact, became the star of some of the events with her confident, energetic and eloquent speeches on drugs, tobacco and environment. So far, the Amberpet resident has spoken at over seventy events and definitely shows no signs of stopping, as she says, \u201cI want to continue this work even after I grow up and later I want to join the IPS and serve the nation.\u201d <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1573557734588","data":"5dca96e2984dd"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1573557734586","data":"Her steady work got her recognition and she was even named as a Junior Ambassador by Drug Free World - India; in addition to receiving recognition from She Teams, government officials, politicians and more and was also awarded by the Rotary Club of India. She has also been the recipient of stuMagz 25 Under 25 award.<\/p>She plans on initiating campaigns on social media in the near future in addition to going to schools across Telangana and speaking about the issues that she wants to fight. <\/p>"}]

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