Dalai Lama Wins First Grammy for Spoken Word Album; Indian Artists Miss Out

• The Dalai Lama secured his first Grammy Award for his spoken word album “Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama” in the ‘audio books, narration and storytelling’ category.
• The 68th Grammy Awards, hosted by Trevor Noah at the Crypto.com Arena, recognized winners across over 90 categories.
• Indian and Indian-origin artists, including Anoushka Shankar, fusion band Shakti, and Siddhant Bhatia, received nominations but did not win any awards.
• The Dalai Lama expressed gratitude, viewing the award as a recognition of shared universal responsibility and a means to spread messages of peace, compassion, and oneness.
• Other notable wins included Steven Spielberg for ‘music film’ and Bad Bunny for Album of the Year, marking the first time a Spanish-language album won the top prize.

Why It Matters: Dalai Lama wins his first Grammy for a spoken word album, while Indian nominees return empty-handed.