Doctors rap to inspire young voters to show up at booths

When ophthalmic surgeon Murugananth Sabapathy from Chennai had his usual catching-up calls with his friend orthopaedic surgeon Ananth Krishnan in Muscat, their conversation veered towards the upcoming Tamil Nadu elections, and the sections of society that are indifferent to casting their votes.

So, the medical professionals collectively decided that they would nudge people to step out and vote, and the idea of a song occurred to them rather organically, given that they are part-time vocalists and poets. Once the song was written, laparoscopic bariatric surgeon Anirudh Rajkumar in Chennai was roped in. “We have been seeing a section – people in the Gen Z group to those in their 50s – that seems apathetic to exercise their franchise and we think a powerful song could cut through,” Dr. Sabapathy said.