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 Basu Chatterjee. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Basu Chatterjee. Show all posts

24 April 2018

A Muted Sharpness

My Mumbai Mirror column: The brilliant Jaya Bhaduri, who turned 70 earlier this month, once specialised in being the thinking man’s girl...

1 April 2018

The dreamlife of angels

My Mirror column: On the eve of the Hindi writer Mannu Bhandari’s 87th birthday on April 3, a look at two films on which she collaborated...

6 September 2015

Post Facto: The Brave New World of Brooklyn

Today's Post Facto column is about a book I recently fell in love with. There are books you can read all the way thr...

30 August 2015

Picture This: Working it out

My Picture This column for BL Ink this month: When’s the last time you saw a Hindi film unfold at a crowded bus stop? Forty years aft...

29 June 2015

CineVoice of the Nation

My Mirror column: Continuing my short history of the Indian film magazine in English: editor Burjor K Karanjia and his many publications. ...

10 November 2014

Lust for life: Thoughts on The Shaukeens

Yesterday's Mumbai Mirror column: a new comedy unwittingly tells us more about the chained spirit than the freedoms of the flesh. ...

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