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 Chowringhee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chowringhee. Show all posts
14 June 2015

Bengali writers know that unless they reach London, nothing will happen: Sankar

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My interview with Sankar, published in Scroll . Sankar (Mani Sankar Mukherjee) is perhaps Bengal's best-selling contemporary wri...
20 August 2014

Picture This: Not a home away from home

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In the consumer desert of pre-liberalisation India,  filmi  hotels were a salacious fantasy. Will we never see them as anything except si...
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