Aisha Chaudhary | |
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 Chaudhary at TEDx Pune in 2013 | |
| Born | 27 March 1996 |
| Died | 24 January 2015 (aged 18) |
| Cause of death | Pulmonary fibrosis |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | American Embassy School |
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Aisha Chaudhary (27 March 1996 – 24 January 2015[2]) was an Indian author and motivational speaker. She is the author of the book My Little Epiphanies, published one day before her death.[3] The 2019 Hindi film The Sky Is Pink is based on her life.
Aisha was the daughter of Niren Chaudhary, the president of South Asia operations of Yum! Brands and Aditi, a mental healthcare worker. She had an elder brother named Ishan Chaudhary and an elder sister Tanya Chaudhary, who died at the age of seven months. Aisha was born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). When she was six months old, she had to undergo a bone marrow transplant.[4] As a side effect of the medical therapy following chemotherapy, she developed a serious illness called pulmonary fibrosis – a type of condition that causes irreversible scarring of the lungs.[5]
Chaudhary gave inspirational talks from age 15 to the time of her death. She was named an INK Fellow and spoke in the 2011 and 2013 INK Conferences.[6] Chaudhary was also a speaker at TEDxPune in 2013.
She wrote a book that was published one day before her death.[7][8]
The Sky Is Pink, a film based on her life, directed by Shonali Bose and starring Priyanka Chopra as Aditi Chaudhary, Farhan Akhtar as Niren Chaudhary, Zaira Wasim as Aisha Chaudhary and Rohit Suresh Saraf as Ishan Chaudhary, was released theatrically on 11 October 2019.[9][10][11]
The documentary, Black Sunshine Baby on Netflix, is about her life.
