Table of Contents
Cutlish 3
The Po-Co Kid 5
Indo-Queer I 6
Dove (or Tell Me the Number of Your Plane) 7
Sapera, the Snake Charmer 8
Falling from a Plane 9
Lordha and Sil 10
Curry Powder 11
Hassa 12
Angreji Ke Sarap 17
Coolie 32
Hiranyagarbha 33
Kalapani 35
Snowfall in the Tropics 36
Offering 37
South Asian Art Exhibit, Metropolitan Museum of Art 38
Guyana 39
Inaugural Poem with Silence 44
Terrorism in Manhattan 46
Massacre Ballad 47
Indo-Queer II 48
Fire Rass 49
Shame in Mathura 50
Siren 51
Outcry 52
Neemakharam 58
Indo-Queer III 60
Sudama 61
Lyre 62
OK, Cupid 63
Indo-Queer IV 64
Coolie Oddity 67
Dantaal, an Instrument 80
Chutney Mashup 81
Bollywood Confabulation 82
Guide 83
Folksong 85
Kabira 86
Directions to the Holy Place 87
Indo-Queer V 88
May 5, 1838 89
We Come in Planes 93
Notes