a concert at Avery Fisher Hall in 2003 in aid of the Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation. Shankar and Jethro Tull postponed a concert scheduled for 29 November 2008 in Mumbai after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. They reorganised the performance as A Billion Hands Concert, a benefit performance for victims of the attacks, and held it on 5 December 2008. Shankar commented on this decision stating that: "As a musician, this is how I speak, how I express the anger within me [...] our entire tour has been changed by these events and even though the structure of the concert may remain the same, emotionally perhaps we are saying a lot more." In 2016 Shankar helped gather names and signed Letter to the Guardian for a call for action to help Syrian Refugees. In February 2018 she read a poem as part of Letters Live for Help Refugees, alongside other performers such as Gemma Arterton, Andrew Scott, Jade Anouka, Cara Theobaold, Florence Welch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joely Richardso among many others. In July 2018 she embarked on a short US tour of Land of Gold to help raise funds for the nonprofit organization Help Refugees. Awards and honours British House of Commons Shield, 1998 Woman of the Year awarded on International Women's Day 2003 in India Named as one of 20 Asian Heroes by the Asia edition of Time in 2004 First Grammy Nomination in 2003 in the World Music category for her third-album, Live at Carnegie Hall. She was the youngest-ever nominee in this category. In 2004 she received National Award nomination for best supporting actress in the film Dance Like A Man in 2004. In 2005 she was nominated for another Grammy, in the Best Contemporary World Music category for her fourth album RISE. In 2012 she won Best Artist in the Songlines Music Award for her album Traveller. In 2013 she was nominated for her third Grammy, in the Best World Music category for her album Traveller. In 2014 she was nominated for a fourth Grammy in the Best World Music category for her album Traces of You. In 2015 she was nominated for a fifth Grammy in the Best World Music Category for her album "Home". In 2016 she was nominated for a sixth Grammy in the Best World Music Category for her album "Land of Gold". In 2017 she won the Eastern