Rousing video of Grammy winner Ricky Kej, refugees in India singing national anthem | VIDEO

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
15:
Twelve
singers
drawn
from
four
nationalities
who
are
living
as
refugees
in
India
have
paid
a
tribute
to
their
host
country
with
a
melodious
rendering
of
the
national
anthem
—
‘Jana
Gana
Mana’
—
to
mark
the
75th
anniversary
of
Independence.

Dressed
in
their
traditional
costumes,
the
12
artists
who
belong
to
Afghanistan,
Myanmar,
Sri
Lanka
and
Cameroon,
have
recited
it
along
with
Grammy
Award-winning
artiste
Ricky
Kej,
according
to
a
video
shared
by
the
Union
Ministry
of
Culture
on
Twitter.

Love
for
India
is
pouring
from
around
the
world!

On
the
occasion
of
India’s
75th
Azadi
Ka
Amrit
Mahotsav,
Grammy
Award
winner
–

@rickykej
and
12
refugee
singers
from
4
nationalities
pay
tribute
to
the
national
anthem.

Watch
their
melodious
tribute
here
⬇️

pic.twitter.com/LIgk9C2dEi

—
Ministry
of
Culture
(@MinOfCultureGoI)

August
14,
2022

The
video,
shared
by
the
ministry
on
August
14,
had
clocked
over
12,000
likes
on
Twitter
and
more
than
3,800
retweets
till
the
early
hours
on
Monday.

In
a
first,
made-in-India
gun
used
for
ceremonial
salute
at
Red
Fort
on
Independence
Day

India
is
marking
the
75th
anniversary
of
its
Independence
from
the
British
rule
with
grand
celebrations
under
the
Azadi
ka
Amrit
Mahotsav.
“Love
for
India
is
pouring
from
around
the
world!
On
the
occasion
of
India’s
75th
Azadi
Ka
Amrit
Mahotsav,
Grammy
Award
winner
–
@rickykej
and
12
refugee
singers
from
4
nationalities
pay
tribute
to
the
national
anthem.
Watch
their
melodious
tribute
here,”
the
ministry
tweeted.

The
video,
shot
in
a
studio
in
Noida,
is
titled
—
‘In
solidarity
with
the
people
and
goverment
of
India:
A
tribute
by
refugees
living
in
India’,
and
ends
with
the
display
of
logos
of
United
Nations
and
the
UNHCR
(United
Nations
High
Commissioner
for
Refugees).

A
large
number
of
Afghan
refugees
call
India
their
home,
and
in
the
national
capital,
the
community
lives
largely
in
Lajpat
Nagar
area
in
south
Delhi,
earning
the
enclave
the
moniker
of
‘Little
Kabul’.

Union
minister
Hardeep
Singh
Puri
on
Sunday
shared
the
video
in
a
tweet
and
said:
“India
lives
in
the
hearts
of
these
young
people,
from
countries
in
our
volatile
neighbourhood,
who
have
found
refuge,
hope
&
future
in
the
ever
welcoming
embrace
of
Mother
India”.

UNHCR
India
wrote
on
its
Instagram
account:
“For
India’s
75th
Azadi
Ka
Amrit
Mahotsav,
2
x
Grammy
Award
winner
@rickykej
with
12
refugee
singers
pay
tribute
to
the
national
anthem
with
a
blend
of
emotions
and
melody.”

“We
congratulate
the
people
of
India
people
on
this
75th
Independence
Day.
We
thank
the
people
and
Government
of
India
for
your
kindness,
love
and
support.”
said
the
singers
in
unison,
the
UNHCR
wrote.

Mahindra
Group
Chairman
and
CEO,
Anand
Mahindra
also
shared
a
video
ahead
Independence
Day
of
several
refugees
living
in
India
singing
the
national
anthem,
“Jana
Gana
Mana”.
Mahindra,
who
is
known
for
his
tweets
shared
the
video
which
was
originally
shared
by
the
United
Nations
of
India
on
Sunday.

He
shared
the
video
with
the
“Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam”
a
Sanskrit
term
originally
found
in
the
Upnishads
which
means,
“The
World
Is
One”.