モディ印首相の「雑穀ソング」、グラミー賞ノミネート

【ニューデリーＡＦＰ＝時事】インドのナレンドラ・モディ首相（７３）が制作に関わった、雑穀の素晴らしさをたたえる曲が１０日、グラミー賞にノミネートされた。（写真はインドのナレンドラ・モディ首相）
　ノミネートされたのは、ファルーさんとガウラブ・シャーさんが歌う「アバンダンス・イン・ミレット（豊かな雑穀）」。最優秀グローバル・ミュージック・パフォーマンス部門にノミネートされた。２人によると、「作曲と演奏」にモディ氏が協力した。
　歌は「雑穀は素晴らしい」とたたえ、「もし世界を変えられるなら」と問いかけている。モディ氏が雑穀について説明する演説も挿入されている。
　インドは世界最大の雑穀生産国で、世界第２位の輸出国。グルテンフリーのキビやアワなどの雑穀は水が乏しいやせた土地でも育つことから、モディ氏は２０１４年に首相に就任して以来、雑穀の生産・消費の拡大に力を入れてきた。
　ファルーさんは今年６月、この曲についてＸ（旧ツイッター）に、飢餓撲滅と貧困抑制を目指すモディ氏の「ビジョン」の実現に向け、同氏自身からアイデアを打診されたと投稿している。
　国連が今年を「国際雑穀年」と定めたのも、インドの提案がきっかけだった。９月にニューデリーで開催された２０か国・地域（Ｇ２０）首脳会議（サミット）では、雑穀中心のベジタリアンディナーが提供された。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/11/13-16:02）

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made an entry into the halls of global music with a song featuring him and his passion for millet nominated for a Grammy.
Abundance In Millets by Falu and Gaurav Shah, a tune the musicians say was written and performed with the prime minister, features speeches by Modi expounding the benefits of his favourite grain.
India is the world's largest producer and second-largest exporter of millet, a gluten-free grain which can grow on marginal land with limited water, and Modi's government has been working to boost its production and consumption since coming to power in 2014.
Millets are a wonder, Falu and Shah sing, pondering what if we could change the world?
The tune was nominated Friday in the Best Global Music Performance category, alongside six others, ranging from Nigerian Afrobeat star Burna Boy and Davido, to Mexico's Silvana Estrada and Franco-Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf.
Grammy-winning Indian-American singer Falguni Shah, popularly known as Falu, has said the song was a smart idea from Modi himself who collaborated in its making to realise his vision of helping overcome hunger and alleviate poverty in the world.
The song was written and performed with Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help farmers grow millets and help end world hunger, Falu said on X in June.
Modi, 73, has called the tune very creative and said he believes it will inspire more people to embrace millets for healthy living!
It was India's suggestion that the United Nations declare 2023 as the International Year of Millets, and at the G20 summit in September in New Delhi world leaders were served an all-vegetarian dinner dominated by millet.
Millet was a staple food in many regions of India for thousands of years, and was eaten as porridge, flatbread, dosa pancakes and with lentils.
But the green revolution that started in India in the 1960s saw the production of millet fall as hybrid high-yield varieties of wheat and rice gained prominence.
As a result, millet began to be seen as the food of the rural poor.
The shared efforts of our farmers and us....will adorn India and the world's prosperity with a new radiance, Modi says in the song, in a sample from a speech.
Grammy winners will be announced on February 4.