A.R. Rahman wants to "make poverty history".Byline: ANI Nevada (US), Nov 10 (ANI): Oscar winner musician A. R. Rahman's "A. R. Rahman Foundation" wants to "make poverty history". As a first step towards achieving the vision of "strive towards making poverty history", the Foundation will set up educational institutions and provide world class, state-of-the-art infrastructure and education to underprivileged children who do not have the means to access and fund their education. This will equip them with knowledge and skill sets to pursue specialized higher studies that will provide them career opportunities to build a secure future for themselves and their families, Foundation states. Rahman is giving live "Jai Ho" concert in Kolkata (India) on November 14 in support of the Foundation. Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed Rajan Zed is a Hindu chaplain from Reno. He is director of interfaith relations for the Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada, which is raising money to build a Hindu temple in the Reno area. has applauded Rahman for his efforts of making poverty history, saying religions tell us to help the helpless. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, urged other world entertainment celebrities to follow Rahman in contributing to poverty eradication eradication extermination of an infectious agent so that no further cases of the related disease can occur. virtual eradication from the planet. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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