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 Guru Dutt. Show all posts
10 September 2017

Disenchanted Nights

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1957’s second-highest Hindi grosser is much watched but little understood. Pyaasa may have been filled with poets and poetry, but it’s tru...
12 June 2016

Book Review: Modern love, ’50s style

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Published in BL Ink : What was Hindi cinema’s ‘Golden Age’ all about? A new book wants us to take off our nation-focused spectacles and ...
8 March 2016

In her own name

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My BL Ink column for February: Waheeda Rehman turned 78 this month. Nasreen Munni Kabir’s book-length interview is a treat for fans of ...
20 February 2010

Bhanu Athaiya Interview

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‘Before My Designs for Waqt , Women Wore Dumpy Salwars’   Bhanu Athaiya, 83, was born Bhanumati Annasaheb Rajopadhye in Kolhapur, Maharasht...
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