Ranjana and Pranika presented singer Jocelyn B. Smith with the Sri Chinmoy Culture-Light award.

Jocelyn is a great jazz, soul and classical singer who was born in New York where she was classically trained. She has lived in Germany for over 30 years and worked with many great musicians, performing in over 3000 concerts. Jocelyn has been honoured for her social commitment through music by the German President with the Federal Cross of Merit. She has also been active in empowering children through music worldwide and is a recipient of the Beethoven Prize for Human Rights. With her “Higher Love” song project, she teaches and conducts children singers as part of a campaign to stop cluster munitions and inspire oneness. Jocelyn has come to many of Sri Chinmoy’s concerts and her father was lifted by Sri Chinmoy as part of his Lifting Up the World With a Oneness-Heart awards programme.

Jocelyn said, "Sri Chinmoy is with me. He sent gifts to me many years ago when I composed a song called Peace. I never knew that this is how the Supreme takes you on the Path.”

Jocelyn transported us to exalted realms by singing Amazing Grace and the Gayatri mantra.