Did Latin American, African, Chinese, revolutionary, emancipationist and Dalit poetry influence you?
Initially I was influenced by the Indian Freedom Movement. To conquer the formal orthodox norms of poetry, I sought the aid of those factors, as many other poets do. Do you believe your poems are revolutionary? I can see some leftist political and social organisations using one’s poems as their weapons. The speciality of poetry is that it gives multifarious experiences. The same poetry that is revolutionary for one person may be a poetry of change for another. In the revolutionary period, if you believe there was one, my main subjects were suicide, murder or martyrdom. And if it is about the dream for emancipation… which poet does not bear that? What do you believe is the basic theme of your poetry? It is not for me to examine that. My theme is always my own experience. Mine means the societys. Does your poetry stress on humanism? Ideologically I am more attracted towards Marxism than humanism. If you evaluate Marxism as humanism you can consider my works as humanistic. Your poetic i
