No wonder, Rahat Taslim is adamant that she will use her prize money to provide “good education” to her two children — so that they lead a better life.

Rahat won Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) in the fourth edition of the hugely popular KBC quiz show that will be telecast on 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.

Rahat wanted to be a doctor. She was intelligent too but she could not pursue her education to become a doctor “due to lack of money”, her 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 wants her two children to do well academically.

Her son Faisal Iqbal is 10 years old and daughter Tarannum Taslim is seven. Her husband Imtiyaz Ahmad works with the Mica Trading Corp. of India at a salary of Rs.6,000.

To help the family, Rahat used to sew clothes and earn around Rs.2,000.

She said she would spend the money she has won on providing good education to her children. “My mother considered herself unlucky as she gave birth to a girl child. But now she would be feeling proud about me,” she said.

“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 ..., so I got it.”