For a special song to promote the advantages of millets and their potential to reduce world hunger, Prime Minister Narendra Modi teamed up with Grammy Award-winning Indian-American musician Falu. The song "Abundance in Millets" is made available across all streaming services from today.
A request for it from India was accepted by members of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Governing Bodies and the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, leading to the designation of 2023 as the "International Year of Millets."
Prior to the song's release, Falu told PTI, "Prime Minister Modi has written a song with me and my husband Gaurav Shah."
She claimed that the song, which was written in both Hindi and English and emphasises the strength of millets, will be made available to everyone.
Falu claimed that after meeting Modi in New Delhi the year prior following her Grammy victory, she had the inspiration to write a song about millets.
She claimed that during their conversation about the ability of music to effect change and elevate humanity, Prime Minister Modi proposed to her that she write a song with a message of eradicating hunger.
She remarked that Prime Minister Modi suggested recording a song about millets because music knows no bounds.
Falu expressed her "humbleness" and "honour" at working with Modi on the millets song.
For every artist, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, she said.
