Poetry = Anger x Imagination
I think a lot of Indians want Indian artists to be cultural cheerleaders rather than cultural investigators.
I know a lot about being white - because I have to, I live in the white world. A white person doesn't live in the Indian world. I have to be white every day.
Books and beer are the best and worst defense.
What inspires a poem for me is usually a moment.
In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.