New Delhi: The song ‘Abundance in Millets’, featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sung by Falguni Shah and her husband Gaurav Shah, has been nominated in the best global music performance category at the 2024 Grammy Awards.
As per Falu’s website, “Abundance in Millets” was created to raise awareness of the supergrain as another potential key to minimizing world hunger. Falu is a Grammy Award winning Indian vocalist and songwriter. In 2022, Falu had won the Grammy Award for Best Children’s Music Album ‘A Colorful World.’
She said the idea to write a song about millets came when she met Prime Minister Modi in Delhi last year after winning the Grammy, adding that Prime Minister Modi suggested to her she should write a song with a message of ending hunger during their discussion on the power of music to bring change and uplift humanity.
The song celebrates the International Year of the Millets, which was declared by the United Nations, this year.
The proposal was brought forward by India and endorsed by Members of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Governing Bodies and the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly.
The Modi government has been promoting millet as a nutritious cereal, highlighting its health benefits and how it can help alleviate poverty.