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 Meri Pyari Bindu. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Meri Pyari Bindu. Show all posts

8 September 2019

The Spirit of Technologies Past

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

7 January 2018

The Year of Sex - I

My Mirror column: Looking back at what sex has meant in 2017, both onscreen and off. The first of a two-part column. Looking back a...

14 May 2017

A Mixed-Up Tape

Meri Pyari Bindu ’s attempt to merge our nostalgia for old Hindi songs with 1990s adolescence and a Calcutta childhood feels well-intentio...

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