Grammy Awards 2024: Falguni Shah and her husband Gaurav Shah are nominated for best global music performance for their song “Abundance in Millets,” which features Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi wrote and delivers a speech that is featured in the song.
The purpose of “Abundance in Millets” is to increase awareness of the supergrain as a potential means of reducing global hunger. Falu is an Indian singer-songwriter who has won a Grammy Award. Falguni Shah won the Grammy Award in 2022 for “A Colorful World,” the best children’s music album.
Who is Falguni Shah?
Falguni Shah is a singer-songwriter and the first female South Asian Grammy winner.
She is well known for her ability to combine a tremendous Indian classically trained singing gift with her own modern innovative approach. Shah has represented Indian music at Carnegie Hall since 2006.
She has performed on stage with many worldwide artists, such as Blues Traveller, Wyclef Jean, Philip Glass, A. R. Rahman, Yo-Yo Ma, and Yo-Yo Ma. She has also entertained Michelle Obama and former US President Barack Obama in the White House. In 2009, she was the star of the Time-100 gala.
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Falguni Shah had performed “Abundance in Millets” on X earlier in June of this year. The song was prompted by PM Narendra Modi’s suggestion to the UN to designate 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
Proud to work with him, compose a song to support millet, encourage farmers to plant it, and contribute to the eradication of world hunger.” The song’s album cover was revealed by PM Modi during his four-day visit to the US in June.
Shah had previously disclosed that she had met Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi following her Grammy victory, and it was then that she found the inspiration to write a song about millets.
She said that the prime minister gave her advice to write a song on ending hunger during their discussion about how music can inspire change and uplift humanity. Falu claimed that she had innocently requested the prime minister to co-write the song, and he had given his consent.
