MUSIC TO OUR EARS

South Asian winners at this year’s Grammy Awards

AROOJ AFTAB

For those like Barack Obama who had already discovered the Brooklyn-based Pakistani artist’s blend of jazz, folk and Sufi, her win in the Best Global Performance category didn’t come as a surprise.

JOSEPH PATEL

The “first Patel” to ever win an Oscar with Summer of Soul, a documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that he produced, Patel also went on to pick up a Grammy this year for the Best Musical Film.

FALGUNI SHAH

A Colorful World, the album for which Shah won the Best Children’s Album Grammy, was the singer’s response to her son’s question: why do children of different races live such contrasting lives?