India's Ricky Kej & Neela Vaswani Win Grammy Awards
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Indians
made
their
presence
felt
this
year
at
the
Grammys
and
also
made
the
country
proud
at
the
international
platform.
India-based
Ricky
Kej's
collaborated
album
"Winds
Of
Samsara" won
the
Best
New
Age
Album
trophy
at
the
57th
Annual
Grammy
Awards
in
Staple
Center.
Ricky
teamed
up
with
South
African
musician
Wouter
Kellerman
for
the
album,
which
symbolises
peace
and
harmony.
The
website
of
the
album
describes
the
project
as
a
"truly
global
effort",
which
draws
inspiration
from
two
cultures.
The
music
of
the
album
blends
in
the
creative
influences
of
the
cultures
to
generate
a
sound
of
calmness
and
positivity.
Other
albums
nominated
in
the
category
were
"Bhakti"
by
Paul
Avgerinos,
"Ritual"
by
Peter
Kater
and
R.
Carlos
Nakai,
"Symphony
Live
In
Istanbul"
by
Kitaro
and
"In
Love
And
Longing"
by
Silvia
Nakkach
and
David
Darling.
Another
Indian
artist
to
make
it
big
at
the
awards
this
year
was
Neela
Vaswani.
She
won
the
trophy
in
the
Best
Children's
Album
category
for
"I
Am
Malala:
How
One
Girl
Stood
Up
For
Education
And
Changed
The
World
(Malala
Yousafzai)".
Vaswani
narrated
the
audio
version
of
the
book.
However,
sitarist
and
daughter
of
late
sitar
maestro
Ravi
Shankar,
Anoushka,
who
was
nominated
for
her
album
"Traces
of
You"
in
the
Best
World
Music
Album
category
lost
out
to
Angelique
Kidjo's
album
"Eve".