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News18
17-07-2025
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'Gandhi-Mantras Of Compassion' A Soul Stirring Tribute By Ricky Kej & Kailash Satyarthi
Last Updated: To bring this vision to life, Ricky Kej collaborated with 230 musicians from over 40 countries, including Tina Guo, a Chinese-American virtuoso cellist, and Masa Takumi from Japan. The album 'Gandhi – Mantras of Compassion" is a remarkable collaboration between three-time Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej, Grammy and Brit Award nominee Tina Guo, Grammy Award winner Masa Takumi, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi. It emerged from profound conversations between Ricky Kej and Kailash Satyarthi, who both held a deep reverence for Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. This mutual respect inspired the creation of the album, blending Gandhi's beloved melodies with original compositions inspired by his timeless ideals. To bring this vision to life, Ricky Kej collaborated with 230 musicians from over 40 countries, including Tina Guo, a Chinese-American virtuoso cellist, and Masa Takumi, a Grammy Award-winning shamisen player from Japan. The result is a truly global musical homage to one of humanity's greatest leaders. 'Gandhi – Mantras of Compassion" is a soul-stirring musical tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian leader who championed non-violent resistance and inspired figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. The new age album unites artists to celebrate Gandhi's enduring ideals of peace, tolerance, non-violence, and environmental consciousness. Through a rich diversity of sounds and styles, 'Gandhi – Mantras of Compassion" serves as a poignant reminder of Gandhi's philosophy, offering hope and inspiration for a world yearning for healing and harmony. In 2024, Grammy-winning musician Ricky Kej embarked on a meaningful collaboration with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi on a four-city concert tour across India. The tour's success allowed Ricky to spend valuable time with Satyarthi, both at the concert venues and at his Bal Ashram – a sanctuary providing love, care, and protection to children, empowering them to grow and advocate for the rights of those who suffer in silence. The tour raised funds for Satyarthi's 'Satyarthi Movement for Global Compassion," a global initiative championing compassion as a driving force for justice, equality, peace, and sustainability. This partnership was a natural fit, given Ricky's dedication to creating music that sparks positive social impact. Few know that Ricky has a rich nationalist family legacy. His grandfather, Jankidas Mehra, was a world champion cyclist who made history by hoisting the Indian National Flag on foreign soil in 1946. This flag, given to him by Mahatma Gandhi, is now proudly displayed at the Gandhi National Museum in New Delhi. Jankidas was also a familiar name in Bollywood. Views expressed in the above piece are personal and solely those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect News18's views.
India Gazette
24-06-2025
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- India Gazette
Grammy winner Ricky Kej collaborates with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Sathyarthi for 'GANDHI--Mantras of Compassion' music album
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej, Masa Takumi, BRIT Award-nominated cellist Tina Guo, and Nobel Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi collaborate for the album 'GANDHI--Mantras of Compassion', a musical tribute to the life and ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. The musical album assembles the voices and talents of over 200 artists worldwide to highlight Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence, peace, tolerance and environmental consciousness through music. According to the press note shared by the album 'GANDHI' makers, the album is expected to serve as a poignant reminder that Gandhi's message remains as urgent and necessary today as ever. 'Mahatma Gandhi inspired generations of changemakers, from Martin Luther King Jr. to Nelson Mandela. This album is our humble offering to keep that flame alive. Music has the power to transcend boundaries, just as Gandhi's message did,' said Ricky Kej as quoted in a press note. Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, whose life's work has focused on children's rights and peace, lends his voice and vision to the project. His collaboration underscores the album's deeper mission to awaken global consciousness through art. 'Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30th 1948. But the assassin did not know that some people never die. Gandhi is indeed one of them. His life lessons are universal and timeless. Gandhi will continue to guide us beyond geography, and through the ages,' said Kailash Satyarthi as quoted in a press note. Music album 'GANDHI' marks a unique collaboration between a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and a GRAMMY Award Winner. In the album's trailer description, the Grammy Award-winning musician Ricky Kej revealed the story behind his collaboration with the Nobel Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi. The musician and Nobel Prize Laureate's collaboration started in 2024 when the duo attended a four-city concert tour across India. 'In 2024, Grammy-winning musician Ricky Kej embarked on a meaningful collaboration with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi on a four-city concert tour across India. The tour raised funds for Satyarthi's 'Satyarthi Movement for Global Compassion,' a global initiative that champions compassion as a driving force for justice, equality, peace, and sustainability, as written in the trailer's description. It further read, 'This shared respect sparked the idea for the album 'Gandhi - Mantras of Compassion,' a new-age musical tribute that would blend melodies beloved by Gandhi with original compositions inspired by his timeless ideals. To bring this vision to life, Ricky collaborated with over 200 musicians from more than 40 countries, including dear friends Tina Guo, a Chinese-American virtuoso cellist, and Masa Takumi, a Grammy Award-winning shamisen player from Japan. The result is a truly global musical homage to one of humanity's greatest leaders.' Take a look at the trailer of the music album here, The 'GANDHI--Mantras of Compassion' will release on July 14. (ANI)
