Radhika Khanna (March 23, 1974 – February 28, 2022) was an

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fashion designer, entrepreneur and author. Khanna is the author of ''Yoga: From the Ganges to Wall Street''.

Early life

Khanna was born and raised in

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, India. She was the daughter of Bindu and Davinder Khanna.

Career

In 1999 Khanna moved to

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from

, to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology. While studying full-time, she worked in restaurants in Manhattan to support herself and her education. After graduating from FIT, she interned with

Donna Karan Donna Karan ( ; born Donna Ivy Faske), also known as DK, is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels. Early life and education Karan was born to mother Helen "Queenie" Faske (née Rabinow ...

, before starting her own clothing company, Estilo Inc. in 2005. Khanna designed outfits for the U.S television show ''

Kitchen Nightmares ''Kitchen Nightmares'', known in the UK as ''Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA'', is an American reality television series originally broadcast on Fox, in which chef Gordon Ramsay is invited by the owners to spend a week with a failing restaurant ...

''.

Personal life

Khanna lived in

Midtown Manhattan Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan, serving as the city's primary central business district. Midtown is home to some of the city's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building, the ...

. She was an active participant in the national campaign to find a cure for

lupus Lupus, formally called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in many parts of the body. Symptoms vary among people and may be mild to severe. Common ...

, through the Lupus Foundation of America. She was also a

Yoga Yoga (UK: , US: ; 'yoga' ; ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines that originated with its own philosophy in ancient India, aimed at controlling body and mind to attain various salvation goals, as pra ...

expert and has promoted Yoga at the Lupus Foundation of America. Khanna died from multiple organ failure in New York City, on February 28, 2022, at the age of 47. She suffered from

kidney failure Kidney failure, also known as renal failure or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), is a medical condition in which the kidneys can no longer adequately filter waste products from the blood, functioning at less than 15% of normal levels. Kidney fa ...

, and

atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), also known as complement-mediated hemolytic uremic syndrome (not to be confused with hemolytic–uremic syndrome), is an extremely rare, life-threatening, progressive disease that frequently has a g ...

in the last years of her life.

Bibliography

* ''Pose: Yoga for working professionals'' * ''Yoga: From the Ganges to Wall Street'' * ''Standout: Yoga and self-defence: A complete guide to self-confidence for teenage girls''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khanna, Radhika 1974 births 2022 deaths Indian women fashion designers Indian fashion designers American fashion designers American women fashion designers Businesspeople from Amritsar Businesspeople from New York City 21st-century American businesswomen Indian emigrants to the United States Fashion Institute of Technology alumni Women yogis Indian yogis American yogis American people of Indian descent Artists from Amritsar Fashion designers from New York City Women artists from Punjab, India Deaths from multiple organ failure