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 Chupke Chupke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chupke Chupke. Show all posts
1 September 2017

Homing in, zooming out

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My Mirror column : Among 1957’s biggest Hindi hits was Musafir , a triptych of tales about a house and its succession of tenants, whic...
27 September 2015

Driving in Many Directions

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Today's Mirror column : Ahead of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's birthday, a tribute to one of his finest, funniest films — 1975's Chu...
28 July 2011

Triumph of Hinglish: How shuddh Hindi lost its groove

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The second part of an essay published on Firstpost . In Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s comedy classic Chupke Chupke (1975) language purist Raghavend...
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