Arunaja Nalinakshan performing at an earlier concert

“I don 't have a place of my own in Mumbai. I don 't make as much from gigs to afford a house. But my work lies here. I have been travelling back and forth (from Kochi). I stay at friends ' places whenever I come,” says Arunaja Nalinakshan, known to most as one of the finalists on the second season of singing reality show, The Stage. The 23-year-old is in town to perform a cover set at a Women 's Day-themed gig tonight.