We have so few unaffiliated public intellectuals now - people who are not beholden to a think tank, corporate-owned media, or academic department - and even many literary writers look and behave like young urban professionals and canny careerists.
I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or "You have to do that." Buddhism does not … - Pankaj Mishra
I don't feel any great need to subscribe to a certain notion of Buddhism that says "You have to do this" or "You have to do that." Buddhism does not …
- Pankaj Mishra
There are some serious limitations in Mo Yan's situation as a writer in China today - just as there are for Jia Zhangke, one of the world's greatest … - Pankaj Mishra
There are some serious limitations in Mo Yan's situation as a writer in China today - just as there are for Jia Zhangke, one of the world's greatest …
I've never really felt that being part of a literary community is all that important. It can be extremely detrimental to a writer. It can damage succ… - Pankaj Mishra
I've never really felt that being part of a literary community is all that important. It can be extremely detrimental to a writer. It can damage succ…
Writers in the nineteenth century - people like George Eliot and Flaubert - were accustomed to addressing particular communities with which they shar… - Pankaj Mishra
Writers in the nineteenth century - people like George Eliot and Flaubert - were accustomed to addressing particular communities with which they shar…
The whole idea of mindfulness is all about having a second-level monitoring of your thoughts and being able to recognize them as being negative or ha… - Pankaj Mishra
The whole idea of mindfulness is all about having a second-level monitoring of your thoughts and being able to recognize them as being negative or ha…
Most suffering is human-made and avoidable. It's mostly in your head. - Pankaj Mishra
Most suffering is human-made and avoidable. It's mostly in your head.
Freedom of speech doesn't guarantee great literature. - Pankaj Mishra
Freedom of speech doesn't guarantee great literature.
There is a lot of anxiety in India about writers selling out to foreign audiences, but I’m neither flattering the Indian audience nor the American au… - Pankaj Mishra
There is a lot of anxiety in India about writers selling out to foreign audiences, but I’m neither flattering the Indian audience nor the American au…
When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions. I saw India's… - Pankaj Mishra
When I first decided to be a writer, that meant dealing with preoccupations and concerns that took little account of Indian traditions. I saw India's…
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