She# the Indelible believer
SHE# THE INDELIBLE BELIEVER
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 Hind 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 health worker. She has an elder brother named Ishan Chaudhary and an elder sister Tanya Chaudhary, who died at five months old. Aisha was born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)When she was six months old, she had to undergo a bone marrow transplant 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.
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.
According to interviews with her parents, Aisha's last few months were like a roller coaster ride. She spent most of her dying days lying in bed. In an interview with The Quint, her mother Aditi recalled: "Her lung capacity was only 35%, and as a result, she had trouble walking and navigating staircases. She would tire easily...She was often not asked out by friends as she was getting slower and needed help with carrying heavy things. I think the more she suffered and the more she felt unaccepted by her peers, the more determined she became. I was blown away when she agreed to be a speaker at INK at the age of 14, but she said, “I must do it because I think I can’t.""
Aisha had to drop out of the American Embassy School when her condition got worse but she never gave up. She travelled to speak at various forums across India using portable oxygen. One of the youngest motivational speakers in the country, Aisha delivered speeches at INK 2013 and 2014 in addition to being a TEDx speaker.
That was when Aisha decided to pen her thoughts. Her 5,000-words-long book (typed on her cell phone) also contains some of her doodles. Unfortunately, she died aged 18 on 24 January 2015, a day after her book was launched at the Jaipur Literary Festival.
SAFIYA WALIULLAH
BSC NCZ II YEAR
120420464024
ENGLISH CIA III
ST ANNS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN