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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Showing posts with label Ashokamitran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ashokamitran. Show all posts
6 June 2018

Studio portraits

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My Mirror column : The mid-20th century Tamil film world of SS Vasan and Gemini Studios had a marvellous chronicler in the late Ashokami...
3 July 2016

Book Review: Eighty eight ways to read Tamil literature, one story at a time

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A book review published in Scroll :  Neil Gaiman once described short stories as “journeys you can make to the far side of the univer...
2 August 2015

Picture This: Studio sagas

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My 'Picture This' column for BL Ink : Two books by Ashokamitran offer a richly storied account of the '50s film world, as ...
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