In today’s India, perhaps a hugely controversial place. It was also a Muslim neighbourhood, and there was a beef slaughterhouse around. “I intend to learn and even use it in my rap.” A single stringed instrument, the ektara might not sit well with his fast-paced rap, but Arivu is used to challenges – right from his childhood in Arakkonam. “It was a gift from the Tata Institute for Social Sciences when I recently visited them,” Arivu says. It is in this room that Arivu shot his now iconic rap song ‘ Sanda seivom‘, which effortlessly ripped the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens apart.Īmbedkar and Buddha are looking over him and an ektara (the instrument) standing tall.
Chennai: Twenty-six-year-old Arivu’s small room on the fourth floor terrace of an apartment in suburban Chennai is as lively as his music.
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