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Updated On: 03 April, 2022 08:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Nimisha Patil
Shillong Chamber Choir’s Neil Nongkynrih’s love for travelling in trains and breaking into dance has found its way into a posthumously released track
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The Shillong Chamber Choir members say that their founder Neil Nongkynrih found train journeys inspiring
When Neil Nongkynrih, founder and conductor of the Shillong Chamber Choir passed away in January this year, his students were hoping to keep alive the best parts of him in a manner that was befitting the genius. Fortunately, for them, their mentor, uncle Neil, had left behind the perfect legacy in the form of a song.
The Great Indian Train Journey, a soon-to-release track was written by the Padma Shri awardee nearly 10 years ago, and was inspired by the countless train journeys he undertook within the subcontinent with his choir. “Uncle Neil loved travelling by train; he would look forward to cruising in the first class compartment and sip some tea from the eccentric cups and saucer and the infamous cutlery. He’d always return with a plethora of tales that he’d share with us and his friends,” recalled the lead singer of the choir, William Basaiawmoit.
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