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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8 September 2019

The Spirit of Technologies Past

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My Mirror column : As we hurtle ever faster into a digitised present, some recent films cast an affectionate glance back at the technologi...
17 April 2016

Mining the Mother Lode

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My Mirror column today: Is there a new kind of Hindi film mother? Or have they become so complicated that they transcend the category...
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14 February 2016

All that glitters isn't gold

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My Mumbai Mirror column today : Fitoor reduces Great Expectations to a glossy bauble dangling from a thin thread of Kashmir. Portra...
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5 October 2014

Sons and Lovers, Redux

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My Mumbai Mirror column today: Vishal Bhardwaj's takes on Shakespeare have produced female figures of rare frankness and sexual v...
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