“Take a picture of me wearing this rugged jeans and a torn shirt, cause I look cute, almost like a homeless person!”

In this episode, I reflect on “Hitting Budapest” by Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo, a raw and brilliant short story that follows children from a slum called Paradise as they wander into the manicured streets of wealth and silence. It’s a journey driven by hunger, but beneath it lies something more a mirror held up to the world and its voyeurism.