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Katrina Kaif's Mother Living a Simple Life in Rural Tamil Nadu
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News18•10-10-2026, 17:24
Katrina Kaif's Mother Living a Simple Life in Rural Tamil Nadu
- •Katrina Kaif's mother Suzanne Turquotte has spent nearly two decades living a simple life in a remote village near Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
- •Despite facing severe infrastructural challenges like 12-hour power outages and lack of internet, she runs Relief Projects India and Mountain View School.
- •Suzanne founded the Mountain View School in 2015, which now provides education to over 300 underprivileged students.
- •Katrina Kaif is immensely proud of her mother's humanitarian mission and regularly provides financial support to sustain the non-profit organization.
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Suzanne Turquotte voluntarily left her life in London to dedicate herself to social service and support underprivileged communities, establishing charity work in rural Tamil Nadu.
She runs the NGO 'Relief Projects India' and founded the 'Mountain View School' in 2015, which has grown from a small nursery into a primary school educating over 300 students.
She lives a simple, frugal life dealing with significant infrastructural challenges, including scorching summer heat, limited internet connectivity, and frequent 12-hour power outages.
