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 Mohan Rakesh. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Mohan Rakesh. Show all posts

26 June 2015

Book Review: To the Farthest Rock

A book review published in last week's BL Ink : Travelling Light An impeccable translation of the Hindi writer Mohan Rakesh’s tr...

15 June 2015

Post Facto: Wake up and smell the fish: perfume and plebeian stinks

My Sunday Guardian column this month : "When he regained consciousness, the first thing that hit Ali was the smell of fish. Ri...

25 August 2008

Living Image: Old Delhi in literature

An essay for Time Out Delhi, on changing literary depictions of Shahjahanbad over the last century: Photograph by Abhinandita Mathur “...

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