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In the process, Faadu peels off layers of desi hypocrisy, showing us life as it is for the young Indian male. It's as if he's walking around with a specially designed butterfly net, which he employs adroitly to capture a wide variety of urban effluvia. The range of references is staggering: porn film DVDs in Palika Bazaar, the DPS MMS scandal, the Nithari murders, Honda City, Amway, IGNOU, CAT, Sarita and Grihashobha. At the time he released 'Kash Koi Mil Jaaye' (KKMJ) and '50 Ladkiyan', Faadu was drawing on the experience of engineering college and the lack of women in the classroom: ' B.Tech mein 4 saal tak brahmchari ban k padhte hain/ Isiliye to jada engineers gay banke sadte hain/ Rukhi si class or sukhe se lectures attend karta hu/ Bhai DU mein hai or class me hain 50 ladkiyan.'ДЄlso read - Life is a lemon (And I want my money back): The failure of the Left There's a natural evolution in Parihar's song writing. Although conversant in English, his first language is Hindi' it's the language that comes most naturally to him and the one he chooses to express himself.ДЇaadu's songs might have autobiographical elements, but Faadu is an invented persona.ДЇaadu's songs might have autobiographical elements, but to conflate Faadu with Aditya, the person, would be a mistake. Sometimes, when on the stage, he recites his 'poems', eyes shut tight in concentration. When he's performing, Faadu strikes one as a cross between a manch kavi, of which there is a tradition in Hindi, and a rapper. In '50 Ladkiyan', he raps: ' Rukhi si class or sukhe se lectures attend karta hu/ Fir koi item dikh jaye to door se he aanhe bharta hu/ Karu b kya cuz I don't have that much of liquidity/ Impressing her requires at least a Honda City.' Faadu, the poet He rides a simple city motorbike - a Bajaj Pulsar. He is a born rapper (Eminem is a big inspiration) but he doesn't feel the need to take on the trappings of the genre. In his new track 'I vs Myself', he says: ' Naa hai gale mein haar, na koi super car/ Meri chhoti si duniya studio ki chaar divaar.'

In appearance, he looks like a regular guy - jeans, shirt, simple haircut.

He's worked as a patent analyser in Gurgaon. He specialized in the 'communications' branch. He studied electronic engineering at Bhartiya Vidyapeeth, I.P. When we met at The Toddy Shop, he told me: 'Sir, yahan par to sab ek doosre ko jante hain.' He felt like an outsider. He's a Dilliwallah - an East Dilliwallah, suspicious of the air-kissing South Delhi crowd.

Each song has made its own way in the chaos of the online space.ДЇaadu doesn't seem himself as an English-wallah. None of his songs have been backed by a record label, sponsor or event management company. His debut single 'Kash Koi Mil Jaaye', an anthem of sexual frustration, has been viewed 1,284,905 (that's 1.2 million or over 12 lakh) times. A true blue maverick, and an instant internet sensation, his songs routinely get tens of thousands of hits on YouTube.

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Aukat me reh.' This is now a running joke between us.ДЄlso read - Ladies Room: this web series is a storm of fresh airДЇaadu aka 28-year-old Aditya Parihar is Delhi's best kept secret. He told me later that I was in a state and told him: ' Main writer hoon aur tu rapper hai. I live in R block, GK 1 Faadu made it to M block market-it was my birthday and I was throwing a party-but then went back to his place in Preet Vihar for unspecified reasons.ДЄ few nights later, I called him drunk. We'd been talking on the phone and trying to fix a date for a rendezvous for as long. I first met the reclusive rapper, Faadu, at The Toddy Shop in Delhi's Hauz Khaas Village.