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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5 September 2020

The faults in our stars - II

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The second part of a two-part Mumbai Mirror column (published in August 2020). What Indian Matchmaking doesn’t tell us about arranged marria...

25 March 2019

Dreamy pictures, earthly selves

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My Mirror column : Made in Heaven fails in the Delhi authenticity department, but there's some promise in its protagonists' stru...

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Heading to the Wedding

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My Mirror column : The new series Made in Heaven is a meaty addition to a genre that has captured our imagination for the last two decad...

15 April 2012

Bittoo Boss: Bit too goody-goody to be funny

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The opening sequence of Bittoo Boss is pure delight. A large Punjabi family is gathered in the sprawling courtyard of an old-style house –...

11 December 2011

Cinemascope: Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl

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In an early scene in Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl , a lean, limber young man with floppy hair and a winsome smile appears at a Delhi businessm...

17 January 2011

Twist in the Wedding

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Why the shaadi is still a staple of Bollywood romance Bittoo Sharma first meets Shruti Kakkar at a wedding. She’s rude to him, but he’...

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