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 Bangalore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bangalore. Show all posts
26 July 2020

The Reel Life of MS Sathyu - II

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My Mirror column (a sequel to last week's piece): In honour of his 90th birthday earlier this month, a look back at MS Sathyu's u...
8 September 2019

Abhishek Majumdar: Theatre Interview

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A two-part interview with the multi-talented Abhishek Majumdar, published on Firstpost in August: At 38, Abhishek Majumdar is one of In...
17 July 2019

First as tragedy, then as farce

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A very short profile of the playwright-director Abhishek Majumdar, for India Today  magazine. THEY TAKE AS THEIR THEMES OUR MOST DIVISIVE...
20 November 2018

Streets full of dreams

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My Mirror column: Two recent city films, one from Delhi, the other Bangalore, make us think about the role fantasy plays in the lives of t...
18 April 2018

Book Review: Anjum Hasan's A Day in the Life

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A Question of Belonging Hamish Hamilton, 2018. 256 pages.  Anjum Hasan's writing has never lacked craft or perspective. The 14 s...
5 January 2017

Men on the Ropes

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My Mirror column :  Dangal grapples with wrestling’s tradition of masculinity — and Indianness. On the simplest level, the tale tol...
10 July 2016

Trivial Pursuit

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My Mirror column  on Brahman Naman : A smartalecky new film about quizzers in '80s Bangalore treats its casteist, sexist and terribly...
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