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  14. ADMIN
    It’s no hidden fact that Indians have been acing the music scene since the very beginning, not just in our own country but on the global stage as well. From the international popularity of Bollywood, indie, and classical music to Indian representation on western award shows, we’ve certainly made our presence felt.
    Despite their faults and continuous controversies, especially in regards to representation and diversity, the Grammys are no different. This year saw the nomination of Anoushka Shankar and Priya Darshini in the Best Global Music Album and Best New Age Album categories, respectively.
    But before we go into that, here are some of the Indian faces on the stage of Grammys that we’ve seen over the years.
    1. Ravi Shankar © Recording Academy Grammy Museum
    Having a record number of 5 Grammy wins for an Indian artist, sitar maestro and composer Pandit Ravi Shankar had been nominated in the Grammy Awards for 10 times. He had been a shining light on Indian classical music right from the award ceremony’s early years, with his first nomination being in 1966 and his first win in 1967 for Best Folk Recording and Best Chamber Music Performance categories, respectively.

    In 2013, he won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded to “performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording".
    2. Zakir Hussain © Zakir Hussain
    Indian tabla player, composer, producer, and actor Ustad Zakir Hussain wears many hats and being a Grammy awardee is one of them. Having been nominated 4 times, with his first nomination in 1995 for his album “Raga Aberi” in the Best World Music Album category, the artist won his first and only Grammy yet for “Global Drum Project” in 2008 in the Best Contemporary World Music Album category.

    Previously, his collaboration with Mickey Hart of the band Grateful Dead, “Planet Drum”, had won the first ever Best World Music Album award in 1992.
    3. AR Rahman © Pinterest
    A name that probably anyone who’s even somewhat familiar with the global music scene, whether in India or abroad, would know, AR Rahman has been nominated for and consequently won two Grammy awards. In 2009 during the 59th Grammy Awards, the artist took home two Grammy wins for his work on the soundtrack of Slumdog Millionaire, Best Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Song Written for Visual Media (Jai Ho).

    4. Ricky Kej © Jude Lazaro
    US-based music composer Ricky Kej in 2015 was nominated for and won his first Grammy award in the Best New Age Album category for his 14th studio album “Winds of Samsara”. He has also participated in various other Grammy-winning albums, including “Ayahuasca Dreams”, “Grace”, and “Love Language”.

    5. Anoushka Shankar © Instagram/anoushkashankarofficial
    This year marks the seventh year Ravi Shankar’s daughter, British-Indian sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar has been nominated for a Grammy, and we are hopeful that the number might just prove its luck after all! This year she has been nominated for her album “Love Letters” in the Best Global Music Album category. What’s more, she will also be performing at the Grammy stage, and we can’t wait!

    Previously she has been nominated in the Best World Music Album and the Best Contemporary World Music Album categories, with her first nomination in 2002.
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    6. Priya Darshini © Instagram/priyism
    With her debut album “Periphery”, the India-born New York-based singer-songwriter Priya Darshini has bagged her first Grammy nomination, in the Best New Age Album category.

    “The entire album was recorded on ONE mic, in an abandoned church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. What we got was an authentic view into that isolated, vulnerable and powerful space. This album to me, is a collaboration of @chesky’s brilliant recording technology, the architecture of the space and the music,” the artist wrote in an Instagram post.
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    The 63rd Grammy Awards will be broadcasted on March 15 in India at 5:30 am, which you can catch live on the SonyLIV app. There will also be a premiere ceremony, broadcasted live on YouTube, where Anoushka Shankar will be performing in a collaborative performance.

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    Trigger warning: Sexual Abuse
    Patriarchy: a system we all live under, are affected by, and unknowingly contribute to by living by a traditional society’s ideals. People have gone on and on about how this affects women and other genders, but a lesser talked about topic is how it affects men and why, despite all the privileges it affords you, patriarchy is not anyone’s friend.
    Here are some of the many reasons why patriarchy is horrible to men.
    1. It Prohibits You From Expressing Your Masculinity © Giphy
    Just like we all have different personalities, men experience and display their masculinity in different manners. But patriarchy only promotes the unattainable idea of hegemonic masculinity and men spend their whole lives trying to live up to that hypermasculine ideal.

    And this, in turn, gets in the way of men from forming healthy, dynamic relationships with both themselves as well as other men and genders.
    2. It Excludes LGBTQ+ Men © Tenor
    This one’s a no-brainer. The very foundation of patriarchy rejects men acting in any way other than what’s perceived as “normal” or “manly”. Which means, of course, that anyone who doesn’t fit the mould set up for them is punished by the system—which includes everyone from cis gay men to trans men to even asexual or aromantic men.

    3. It Downplays Male Assault And Sexual Abuse © Badri Nath Ki Dulhania
    Patriarchy thrives on the idea that women are weak and men are tough. That goes to show why so many popular movies portray male assault and sexual abuse as something “lighthearted” or “amusing”. Something outside the realm of reality, because men are supposed to be strong.

    So, the next time you ask someone “what about men?”, consider that you might be on the same side.
    4. It Instills The Idea That Mental Health Isn’t For Men © Tenor
    How many times have you been told the exasperating old saying “men don’t cry” or “be a man” or any of it’s other variations? Well, you’ve got patriarchy to thank for this. You can’t be showing weakness when you’re meant to be strong and at the top of the proverbial food chain!

    Some men say it’s natural and how men are supposed to behave, but believe me when I say that’s years of conditioning talking.
    5. It’s Just Really Freaking Unfair © Tenor
    As an inherently oppressive system, patriarchy manifests in different ways for different individuals. The same system that oppresses women and grants you privilege as the one at the top of the hierarchy, also tears your masculinity down and creates an environment where you’re not allowed to be yourself but a version of yourself that patriarchy approves of.

    5. It Keeps You Ignorant And “Safe” In Your Bubble © Tenor
    With challenging patriarchy comes challenging the idea that men are superior, which puts a lot of them on the defensive. And so they keep perpetuating the same system that seeks to keep them ignorant of its evils, because it can’t be that bad, right? Men feel safe in their pockets of reality, dismissing concerns as inconveniences and instead blaming women for trying to get out of the system that silences them.

    6. It’s Ruining Your Relationships © Tenor
    At the root of patriarchy, for men, is to essentially reject anything that could paint them as “feminine”. It’s a contempt for women and femininity that manifests in ignorant and dangerous ways in how you interact with the women in your life, whether knowingly or unknowingly. It’s why men say “women are a mystery”, because they’ve been conditioned to reject the very idea of what women want—which generally isn’t all that much really.

    To challenge a system so old and so deep-rooted in our society is not an easy task, and is bound to make us uncomfortable every step of the way as we challenge our own and other people’s biases. But all we have to remember is that in a patriarchal system, no one benefits — not men, not women, and especially not society at a large.

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