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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2 August 2020

Book Review: The Dark Hours

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I reviewed the new translation of a 97-year-old Bengali book, for India Today magazine. A 1923 bhadralok account of Calcutta's seamy sid...
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