chhotahazri

Hindi: chhoti haziri, vulg. hazri, 'little breakfast'; refreshment taken in the early morning, before or after the morning exercise. (Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, 1994 [1886])

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19 March 2018

Coffee Break: thoughts on Stuart Freedman's pictures of Indian Coffee Houses

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The Palaces of Memory: Tales from the Indian Coffee House is Stuart Freedman's visual journey of urban India.   The Indian...
21 May 2015

Interview: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

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"Urdu was a neglected language, damned as 'foreign' or 'Pakistani'":  The renowned writer SR Faruqi speaks about...
9 May 2015

Why English Matters

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How translation from Indian languages to English is giving regional literature a dedicated new readership, turning linguistic rivals into ...
5 May 2015

Speaking in Tongues

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My Mirror column  for 3 May, 2015:   Why are we so resistant to subtitled films, instead of pouring our efforts into improving their qual...
24 June 2014

Post Facto -- Vernacular Claims: Malgudi, Modi and the Vox Populi

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My most recent Post Facto column , for the Sunday Guardian: A still from Malgudi Days algudi Days had only to re-appear on ...
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