Music composer Ricky Kej won his second Grammy Award at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in April this year. Ricky bagged the award along with Stewart Copeland for Divine Tides in the Best New Age Album category. Divine Tides has nine songs and features singers and musicians from all over the world. Ricky’s album celebrates the enchanting magnificence of the natural world and the resilience of our species.
Recently, Ricky Kej sought the help of authorities on Twitter to expedite the clearance of his Grammy medallion, which was stuck with the customs due to the lack of paperwork. Ricky tagged the verified Twitter handles of government agencies like the Chennai Customs department, Mumbai Customs department, Bengaluru Commissioner City Customs (ICDs), and even Fed Ex India.
“Request urgent help @ChennaiCustoms @mumbaicus1 @CommrBlrCityCus @CustomsIndia. I recently won a Grammy Award, my medallion has been stuck in Customs Bengaluru for over 2 months. @FedEx @FedExHelp @FedExIndia are unresponsive and not helpful. Could you please help me get my medal,” read Ricky’s tweet
Request urgent help @ChennaiCustoms @mumbaicus1 @CommrBlrCityCus @Customs_India. I recently won a Grammy Award, my medallion is stuck in Customs Bengaluru for over 2 month. @FedEx @FedExHelp @FedExIndia is nonresponsive and not helpful. Could you please help me get my medal?
— Ricky Kej (@rickykej) June 7, 2022
Following Ricky’s tweet, many of his fans tweeted their disappointment over the whole issue and criticised the bureaucratic red tape. Ricky wrote another tweet in which he requested his fans to not blame the customs for the delay in the clearance of his Grammy medallion.
Would sincerely request everyone not to blame Customs for this. They may not be aware what the product is.. or what it’s purpose is. They are probably following procedure. The motive of this tweet was to let them know of the package, and hopefully they will release it to me.
— Ricky Kej (@rickykej) June 7, 2022
After a few hours, Kej announced on Twitter that his Grammy medallion was cleared by the customs. The vaunted musician expressed his gratitude to the customs department for their swift intervention.
Kej wrote, “Good news: Thanks to the quick, swift intervention by the Customs of India, my Medallion has cleared customs and will be delivered tomorrow. Just got a call from FedEx. This would not be possible without the Customs officials going over & above their duty to ensure this is done.”
Good news: Thanks to the quick, swift intervention by the Customs of India, my Medallion has cleared customs and will be delivered tomorrow. Just got a call from Fedex. This would not be possible without the Customs officials going over & above their duty to ensure this is done.
— Ricky Kej (@rickykej) June 7, 2022
It is worth mentioning that Ricky won his first Grammy in the best new age album category for Winds of Samsara in 2015.
