Today, I received this honorable wording from the Minister of External Affairs, India, in the "World Hindi Day" event at the Embassy of India in Tokyo. I sincerely appreciate to the opportunity, contributing to this particular project of "Vaishnava Jana To" performance. 本日インド大使館で開かれた｢世界ヒンディー語の日｣イベントでインドの外務大臣からこのような名誉あるお言葉をいただきました。この｢Vaishnava Jana To｣の演奏に貢献できた事をとてもありがたく思います。

This is a great start of the year. I am happy to inform you that we have received an award from the Minister of External Affairs of India and Embassy of India in Japan for our Japanese rendering of the hymn 'Vaishava Jana to' to celebrate 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Yesterday, on 10th Jan 2019, we performed the first ever live concert of this song at the Embassy of India in Tokyo, and it was very well received by the new Ambassador Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma and all the audience. We next perform at the glorious banquette hall of Hotel Okura on 28th Jan 2019. Thanks to all the team members. It was a great selfless team effort. All so positive and dedicated.