Overview
- An Instagram clip posted by user @artsy.cactuss shows a girl identified as Soni, 13, playing the harmonium on a Mumbai local train and has drawn wide attention.
- Soni says she performs to support her family while keeping up with school, caregiving for her mother, cooking at home, and studying late into the night.
- According to the post, she typically travels between Dadar and Ram Mandir from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays, with Sunday performances from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Free Press Journal reports she walks two to three hours to reach the station and quotes her saying she gets very hungry.
- She credits her father with teaching her the instrument, saying it took five to six months to learn a few songs, and commenters praised her resilience and urged commuters to help.