An Indian student set a world record by singing in 140 languages for 9 hours. The Indian named Sucheta Satish sings songs in 140 languages completely memorized at a climate awareness concert in Dubai.
He was officially recognized by Guinness authorities in January.
Sucheta participated in the concert named Concert for Climate on November 24 last year. That performance made it to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Sucheta said, she can sing in 150 languages. But the reason for choosing 140 languages is that exactly 140 countries participated in this year’s COP28 summit held in Dubai.
According to the Guinness World Records website, Sucheta Satish sang the songs at a concert held at the Indian Consulate Auditorium in Dubai.
Satish Kumar, Indian Consul General appointed in Dubai handed over the certificate of Guinness authority to him.
In an interview, Sucheta said: “I’m delighted and humbled by the fact that the Record has been reported and applauded by media across India and rest of the world. And more importantly the Concert for Climate and the message for climate preservation has spread far and wide, which really justifies the whole effort. We have to do everything possible to make this world a better place to live in.”
She tries to emulate her role model Shreya Ghoshal in rendering the songs “perfectly”.
Award-winning music composer M Jayachandran, who was present at Satish’s concert, said: “It was so heartening to see her smile as she was journeying through these songs. I felt so proud to be there. Suchetha is indeed an extra-ordinary artist. She sang the songs with total dedication, understanding the inner meanings of each word she was singing and at the same time not compromising on the musicality or nativity of each song.”
The first-year digital media student at Middlesex University Dubai – who also learns carnatic, hindustani and western vocals from teachers Asha Menon, Jerry Amaldev and Hanna Nielazina – aims to become an accomplished international performer and playback singer.
