About Maïna Kataki
Lived 1923 – 2011 (aged 87–88). Maïna Kataki was a French writer.
Maïna Kataki, née Juliette Pierre-Marie and nicknamed Nishtatai (1923 – 20 November 2011 in Pune, India) was a French-born Indian feminist author based in Pune, India. She is known in the field of postcolonial foreign charity activities in India.
Early life Kataki was born in Paris. She then moved to Pune in February 1970 after being attracted to the spiritual aspects of Indian culture.
She became an Indian citizen in 1976. where she taught at the university level in slums and villages where she founded the Samarpan Ashram in 1983.
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Who was Maïna Kataki?
French writer (1923–2011)
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Maïna Kataki was born in 1923 in Paris.
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Maïna Kataki died on 20 November 2011 in Pune.
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Maïna Kataki was a writer.
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Maïna Kataki was French.
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