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{{short description|Indian author, motivational speaker (1996–2015)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Aisha Kaur Chaudhary
| image = Aisha Chaudhary.jpg
| caption = Chaudhary at TEDx [[Pune]] in 2013
| birth_date = {{birth date|1996|03|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], India<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moviereview.co.in/upcoming-movies/real-se-reel-tak-the-real-face-of-characters-in-upcoming-bollywood-biopics/|title=Real Se Reel Tak, ''Movie Review.''|access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|01|24|1996|03|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Gurugram]], [[Haryana]], India
| death_cause = [[Pulmonary fibrosis]]
| known_for = {{ubl|Motivation Speeches at INK Conference|''My Little Epiphanies'' (2015)}}
| alma_mater = [[American Embassy School, New Delhi|American Embassy School]]
| occupation = {{hlist | Author | motivational speaker}}
| parents = 
| relatives = 
}}

'''Aisha Chaudhary''' (27 March 1996 {{endash}} 24 January 2015<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kohli |first=Sharad |date=2015-03-09 |title=Mother reflects on Aisha's inspiring life in Gurgaon |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Mother-reflects-on-Aishas-inspiring-life-in-Gurgaon/articleshow/46497859.cms |access-date=2024-04-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>) was an Indian author and motivational speaker. She is the author of the book ''My Little Epiphanies'', published one day before her death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-25 |title=Pendrive: Remembering Aisha Chaudhary |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/pendrive-remembering-aisha-chaudhary/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The 2019 [[Hindi]] film ''[[The Sky Is Pink]]'' is based on her life.

==Early life==
Chaudhary was the daughter of Niren Chaudhary, who later became the president of South Asia operations of [[Yum! Brands]] and [[Panera Bread]]. Her mother, Aditi, was a [[mental health]]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 [[severe combined immunodeficiency]] ([[Severe combined immunodeficiency|SCID]]). When she was six months old, she had to undergo a [[bone marrow transplant]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/priyanka-chopra-in-the-sky-is-pink-who-is-aisha-chaudhary-the-girl-the-film-is-based-on-1281041-2018-07-09|title=Priyanka Chopra in The Sky Is Pink: Who is Aisha Chaudhary, the girl the film is based on?|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2 March 2019|agency=Ist|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209183959/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/priyanka-chopra-in-the-sky-is-pink-who-is-aisha-chaudhary-the-girl-the-film-is-based-on-1281041-2018-07-09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-10 |title=Who is Aisha Chaudhary, the inspiration behind The Sky Is Pink? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/who-is-aisha-chaudhary-the-inspiration-behind-the-sky-is-pink-6062674/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> In 2009, she developed a serious illness called [[pulmonary fibrosis]] – a type of condition that causes irreversible scarring of the lungs. This was a side effect of the chemotherapy she had taken for her SCID.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vasudevan |first=Shilpa Kappur |date=2014-10-04 |title=The Girl Who Just Won’t Give Up |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2014/Oct/04/the-girl-who-just-won%E2%80%99t-give-up-668016.html |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=Aaj |date=2019-09-16 |title=The Real Faces Behind Bollywood Biopics: “Real Se Reel Tak” |url=https://aajindia.com/en/entertainment/real-se-reel-tak-the-real-face-of-characters-in-upcoming-bollywood-biopics/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Aaj India |language=en-US |archive-date=4 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204035513/https://aajindia.com/en/entertainment/real-se-reel-tak-the-real-face-of-characters-in-upcoming-bollywood-biopics/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Mohd. Hamid Ansari releasing a book entitled "My Little Epiphanies", written by Late Ms. Aisha Chaudhary, in New Delhi. Smt. Salma Ansari and the Union Minister for Human Resource Development.jpg|thumb|Former [[Vice President of India]] [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]] releasing ''My Little Epiphanies'' in New Delhi on 13 April 2015. [[Salma Ansari]] and the former [[Minister of Human Resource Development]] [[Smriti Irani]] are also seen]]

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 Conference]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://inktalks.com/discover/54/singing-in-the-life-boat|title=Singing in the life boat|website=inktalks.com|language=en|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=12 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712000142/http://inktalks.com/discover/54/singing-in-the-life-boat|url-status=dead}}</ref> Chaudhary was also a speaker at [[TED (conference)#TEDx|TEDx]]Pune in 2013.

She wrote a book that was published one day before her death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vasudevan |first=Shilpa Kappur |date=2014-10-04 |title=The Girl Who Just Won’t Give Up |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2014/Oct/04/the-girl-who-just-won%E2%80%99t-give-up-668016.html |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Being-happy-and-living-at-the-m|title=Redirecting|website=tedxtalks.ted.com|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007110907/http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Being-happy-and-living-at-the-m|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Representation in other media==
''[[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.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-21 |title=Priyanka Chopra’s The Sky Is Pink gets a release date |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/the-sky-is-pink-release-date-priyanka-chopra-farhan-akhtar-zaira-wasim-5594358/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-09-08 |title=Priyanka Chopra shares the latest still from 'The Sky Is Pink' featuring Farhan Akhtar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/priyanka-chopra-shares-the-latest-still-from-the-sky-is-pink-featuring-farhan-akhtar/articleshow/71034703.cms |access-date=2024-04-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

The documentary, ''Black Sunshine Baby'' on [[Netflix]], is about her life.

== Works ==
*''My Little Epiphanies''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/two-books-about-smiling-through-adversity-115050600928_1.html|title=Two books about smiling through adversity|last=Jacob|first=Rahul|date=9 May 2015|work=Business Standard India|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711224501/https://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/two-books-about-smiling-through-adversity-115050600928_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/my-little-epiphanies-9789385936739/|title=My Little Epiphanies|last=Bloomsbury.com|website=Bloomsbury Publishing|language=en|access-date=11 July 2018|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614191817/https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/my-little-epiphanies-9789385936739/|url-status=live}}</ref> (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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digital.edu.ky/real-se-reel-tak-the-real-face-of-characters-in-upcoming-bollywood-biopics/|title="Real Se Reel Tak" – The real face of characters in upcoming Bollywood Biopics.|last=Lawrence|first=Victor|website=Digital World|language=en-US|access-date=16 September 2019|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803094651/https://digital.edu.ky/real-se-reel-tak-the-real-face-of-characters-in-upcoming-bollywood-biopics/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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