Intellectuals who live in Hungary, or who wish to work or lecture there, are extremely circumspect in their criticism.
Hari KunzruSeveral times in my life I've gone through long periods without sex or any other kind of physical contact. The hunger it produces is deep and low; it's possible to lose track of it, to forget or fail to perceive how it's emptied everything out of you and made the world papery and thin. Touch starved, you brush against existence like a stick against dry leaves. You become insubstantial yourself, a hungry ghost.
Hari KunzruThere's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.
Hari KunzruSay there are three identical-looking pizza joints on a street. Two of those will always be empty. The third will have a line of people patiently waiting, checking their phones. There's always one place that's the place. That's how it works.
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