Nirmala Joshi died on 25June 2015 in Kolkata from a heart ailment. Many leaders of India expressed their condolences in media, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Nirmala Joshi Nirmala Joshi, M.C. (23 July 1934 – 23 June 2015), better known as Sister Nirmala, was a Catholic Religious Sister who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of her Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas. After taking over the charity following Mother Teresa’s death in 1997, Nirmala expanded the organisation’s reach to 134 countries by opening centres in nations such as Afghanistan, Israel
Sister Charity also contributed to the AM A UGANDAN project by bringing its message in a song titled” NDI OMUNYA UGANDA” a song that she collaborated with Santana her co-presenter on TV West and also a musician. Sister Charity has nine albums and these include Grade, Omufumbo, Pound, Choice, Nkyalimbooko, Jambuura and many others. Most of these songs are in her local language (Runyankole) minus some few which are in Luganda and English. She has shared stage with Uganda's biggest musicians like Dr. Jose Chameleone, Prossy Kankunda, Gravity Omutujju and many others in 2011, Sister Charity was announced as a presenter for