but it was interesting because he was the leader at that time of the bjp, which was the hindu fundamentalistrge of the manhattan project, who was of german descent, an american scientist who was actually quoting the hindu scripture in condemnation of his own creation. so i thought, "well, what an incredible way to show the hypocrisies of nationality and religion, to show there's oppenheimer, who created it, who hated his own creation, the nuclear bomb, then there's this guy — and he condemns it in the name of hinduism." and that encapsulated the essence of what the album was, which was looking at issues of identity where we say that nationality, religion, race and so on are synonymous with who we are, as opposed to thinking about how we create our own identity. well, and identity is a theme that runs throughout your work. so let's bring it up—to—date on the latest album, immigrants — it's very much a reflection of a world in which nationalism in many different countries is on the rise, where there is, it seems, to be a rising fear of immigration, of the other. do you write it with a sense of