Padma Lakshmi in (30 April 2009), A.R. Rahman, publisher: Time.com, retrieved: 16 December 2013
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In India, a country of a billion inhabitants, where film and pop music are one, A.R. Rahman, 43, dominates the music industry so totally that he has supplied the sound track for a whole generation. He enjoys the godlike devotion of India's youth, but everyone from the street child who sweeps train platforms to the middle-aged doctor in Mumbai's posh Malabar Hill hums his tune.

— Padma Lakshmi

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In India, a country of a billion inhabitants, where film and pop music are one, A.R. Rahman, 43, dominates the music industry so totally that he has supplied the sound track for a whole generation. He enjoys the godlike devotion of India's youth, but everyone from the street child who sweeps train platforms to the middle-aged doctor in Mumbai's posh Malabar Hill hums his tune." in the context of "Padma Lakshmi in (30 April 2009), A.R. Rahman, publisher: Time.com, retrieved: 16 December 2013" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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A. R. Rahman

About A. R. Rahman

Allah-Rakha Rahman (born A. S. Dileep Kumar on January 6, 1967) is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist.