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 Japan. Show all posts
6 October 2020

The medical missionary

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My Mirror column, the first in a series on films about doctors: V Shantaram’s 1946 film about the legendary Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis sheds an od...
28 April 2020

Home viewing in times of quarantine

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My Mirror column: Everything I watch these days seems to be speaking to the current moment. One theme that jumps out at me, film upon fi...
19 November 2019

Dispatch from Dharamshala – 2

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My Mumbai Mirror column : Films about animals at this year's edition of the Dharamshala International Film Festival had powerful th...
13 November 2019

Dispatch from Dharamshala – 1

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My Mirror column : The Dharamshala International Film Festival, now in its eighth year, is still the most intimate, charming setting in w...
15 October 2019

The Silk Route Between the Covers

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My 'Shelf Life' column for October: The unreal lustre of silk has long been the stuff of fantasy, in life and in fiction, from Al...
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