Aisha Chaudhary (27 March 1996 24 January 2015) was an Indian author and motivational speaker. She is the author of the book ''My Little Epiphanies'', published one day before her death. The 2019

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'' is based on her life.

Early life

Chaudhary was the daughter of Niren Chaudhary, the president of South Asia operations of

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and Aditi, a

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care worker. She had an elder brother named Ishan Chaudhary and an elder sister Tanya Chaudhary, who died at the age of seven months. Chaudhary was born with

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( SCID). When she was six months old, she had to undergo a

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. As a side effect of the medical therapy following

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, she developed a serious illness called

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– a type of condition that causes irreversible scarring of the lungs.

Career

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. Chaudhary was also a speaker at

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Pune in 2013. She wrote a book that was published one day before her death.

Representation in other media

'', a film based on her life, directed by

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and starring

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as Aditi Chaudhary,

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as Niren Chaudhary,

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as Aisha Chaudhary and

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as Ishan Chaudhary, was released theatrically on 11 October 2019. The documentary, ''Black Sunshine Baby'' on

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, is about her life.

Works

*''My Little Epiphanies'' (2015) which included her thoughts about life and also wanted people to know about her journey that could help others going through such hardships in life.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhary, Aisha 1996 births 2015 deaths 21st-century Indian women Women writers from Delhi Indian motivational speakers Indian writers with disabilities Women motivational speakers Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2015