http://endpoverty2015.org/english/news/millennium-campaign-supporter-becomes-first-indian-artist-win-two-oscars/27/feb/09
Composer and long-time UN Millennium Campaign supporter A.R. Rahman took home two Oscars at the Academy Awards this Sunday, for best original score and best original song in the hit film "Slumdog Millionaire." In accepting the awards, Rahman became the first Indian artist to win two Oscars. Rahman has long been a supporter of the Millennium Development Goals. In 2007, he served as one of three judges evaluating competing singers on "Mission Ustaad," a blockbuster television program in India with the mission of "making a difference by promoting the Millennium Development Goals." Rahman has also performed at an anti-poverty concert in Delhi, launched an anti-poverty song entitled "Pray for Me Brother" and appeared in two of the Millennium Campaign's public service announcements. "The UN Millennium Campaign works with a wide range of celebrities across the world, but I have rarely come across somebody who is so passionate about the fight against poverty, and that too with such humility," said Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Campaign. "A lot of this, no doubt, comes from his own lived experience of hardship and a humble beginning. We don't see Rahman purely as a celebrity advocate for the Millennium Development Goals and the UN, but much more than that. He is really a fellow campaigner against poverty and injustice." The Millennium Campaign joins with fans around the globe in congratulating Rahman! -- Cheers, Madhavan.R Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate!
