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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20 December 2012

Post Facto -- Used Goods: Cities, capitalism and the obsolescence of things

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My Sunday Guardian column this fortnight: mong the numerous imaginative triumphs of Italo Calvino's  Invisible Cities  is Leo...
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