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 Herbert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herbert. Show all posts
1 October 2011

Book Review: Harbart

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THE BRIEF, WONDROUS LIFE OF HARBART A new translation finally gives us a closer sense of this madcap modern classic. Harbart Nabarun Bhattac...
19 August 2009

The Bong Disconnect: the new Bengali cinema

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A new Bengali cinema — cosmopolitan, urban and sanitised — now whets the appetites of a hip, globalised audience. SOMETIME IN the 1990s,...
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