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Singing for God’s Glory

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She arrived a little late, apologising at every opportunity. Cielda Pereira at my first meeting with her was far from my expectations of a famous singer; a demure, modest and down-to-earth person, so simple in her approach to life. One would have expected a few airs thrown about following the stupendous success of the Konkani film Nachom-ia Kumpasar , but there was to be none of that. Cielda’s earliest memory of singing is at the age of three in school, rendering 'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean'. From then on she always found herself participating in some sort of singing activity or the other be it the mando, patriotic songs, group or solo singing. A student of Chowgule College, she competed in Voice of Chowgule’s without success at her first attempt. However, her participation in the next three years saw her take the title every single time. ‘Everybody knows me for Nachom-ia Kumpasar , but I had already participated in Kingfisher Voice of Goa (2013) before that,’ says the secon