Poet Arivumathi is famous for his Haiku poems in Tamil. He uses the Japanese haiku form to compose poems in Tamil and these poems are full of satire. He
Ridicules the politicians for their hypocrisies and exposes their corrupt practices to swindle public money. He also pleads with the people to save trees to avoid eco-imbalance in the globe.
He always advocates for the welfare of Dalits.
He shows the way of non-cooperation and non-violence as the methods to protest.
Provocation may lead to turmoil thereby accelerating violence and mass-hysteria which always results in mass killing. The poet should be a responsible person. He should never incite violence.
Arivumathi is a responsible writer and in his poems always plead for a united struggle in a non-violent way.
He describes Dalits as 'Children of fire'.
In a poem titled "Children of fire” he echoes the voice of Dalits.
If you beat us
We may bleed.....
But we won’t shed tears
If you kick us
We won’t weep
We will shout slogans
If you put us in prisons
We may be imprisoned
But not our principles
If you kill us...
We may die
But not our ideology
Surely Arivumathi is showing the Gandhi and way of struggle which the country has forgotten.
If we heed to the advice of the poet there will never be any unwanted deaths and calamity.
But who is ready to follow the advice of the poet?
