Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha’s aunt had passed away due to COVID-19 complications on Sunday (April 19). She took to her social media to share the news of her aunt’s death. She wrote in her post that no one from her family could be with her aunt in her final moments. But her children chanted Sikh prayers for her through a video call.
Sharing a series of three pictures with her aunt, Gurinder wrote, “Today we said goodbye to my dearest bhuaji /aunt from #covid19 complications. She was my dad’s little sister She is the aunt sitting down in these final pictures from #viceroyshouse and doted on me.
She survived the Partiton of India and sadly for us, her family no one could be with her in person in her final moments ? BUT two nurses in the Surrey hospital held her hand, FaceTimed her children who all chanted Sikh prayers during which her soul departed. God bless the #nhsheroes who made my dear aunts passing humane.”(sic)
The first one is a monochrome picture. The second photo is with the family members and the third photo is a selfie of Gurinder Chadha and her aunt.
Check her post here.
May her soul rest in peace and our deepest condolences to the family!
The novel coronavirus has been spreading like wildfire and from babies to oldies, the virus spares no age group. In India, more than 17,357 are confirmed cases, out of which 560 have lost their lives.
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