title: Maïna Kataki
text: # Maïna Kataki
  
  Maïna Kataki, née Juliette Pierre-Marie and nicknamed Nishtatai (1923 – 20 November 2011 in Pune, India) was a French-born 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 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.
  
  