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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24 June 2017

Urban Legend: Paul Beatty Interview

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Paul Beatty’s Booker-winning novel is a sublime, savage satire about modern-day racism in America. The author tells Trisha Gupta why no one...

4 February 2016

"I’m too old to do things I don’t enjoy."-- An Interview with Margaret Atwood

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I had the privilege of interviewing the writer Margaret Atwood during her recent visit to India. The published interview, for Vantage , is...

24 January 2016

Not quite by the book

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My Mirror column today: As the Jaipur Litfest unfolds, here's a look at publishers and publishing -- as projected onto the Hindi fil...

17 December 2012

Talking walls: Translator Jason Grunebaum on Uday Prakash

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An edited version of this interview was published in Time Out Delhi . A sweeper’s life changes when he finds money stowed away in th...

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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21 February 2011

A world framed by language: A report on the Jaipur Literature Festival, 2011

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This report was written for Biblio's Jan-Feb 2011 issue. Do register on the Biblio website to read it and many other wonderful pieces ...

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