
AMN / BANGALORE
Senior journalist cum author and former Economic Editor PTI, TN Ashok lost his beloved wife Ms Samantha Ashok on Jan 14th in Bengaluru after a protracted illness. Ms Samantha Ashok, 58, was former executive in the HR department of the french firm Suez-Degremont (New Delhi). She was also teacher of French and Business English at the Modi Apollo University whose degrees are awarded by the University of Phoenix and Stratford , Arizona.
She is survived by her husband, TN Ashok and two sons — Aareet Krsna (35) and SriKrishna (35), both settled in Vancouver, Canada, and New Jersey USA respectively. While the former works for an AI company the latter works for TCS in NJ. She also leaves behind two younger sisters Vinita Mahadevan, an IT manager (Minneapolis, Minnesota in USA), Dr Anita Mahadevan MD, ( Neuro-Pathology) , head of the Brain Bank and Neuro Sciences department , NIMHANS, Bengaluru. And an aged ailing mother Shyamala Mahadevan , a noted teacher in Bengaluru.
Cremation was performed on Jan 15th and the ashes were immersed on the banks of the Gomati river , near Srirangapatna in Karnataka. theindianawaaz.com team deeply mourns the passing away of Ms Samantha Ashok.

Samanatha Ashok with her family and sister and sons
For condolences contact : TN Ashok +91 98101 88700 / Dr Anita Mahadevan +91 99001 85601