Sonam Sherpa (8 October 1971 – 14 February 2020) was the lead guitarist and a founding member of the Indian band

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Early life and education

Sherpa did his schooling in

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from St. Augustine's School. He went to

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for graduate studies and joined

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for B. Com(Hons),

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. He was a founder member of the band Mrigya and North East Express.

Career

Sherpa started playing the guitar at the age of 9. He joined

at its inception in 1991. He remained as the lead guitarist in the band until his death. Sherpa was featured on CNBC's Young Turks, a show focusing on young entrepreneurs. The BBC also featured him and his band in a rockumentary while on their Download Festival Tour. He took steps in the Indian film industry (Bollywood) by composing the songs and music for the feature film “Manjunath”. Sherpa collaborated with Nitin Malik and Subir Malik (both from

) to compose music for movie Manjunath. The music of the film received a rating of 2.5 stars from Times of India. Sherpa owned and ran Parikrama school based at

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Village, New Delhi. He died of a stroke on 14 February 2020.Parikrama lead guitarist Sonam Sherpa passes away at 48
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References

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