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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23 November 2020

A day at the museums

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My piece for India Today magazine : Connoisseurs can once again visit the National Museum and the National Gallery of Modern Art in Delhi t...

21 February 2016

Bhupen Khakhar: The Autodidact

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Published in Open magazine , 19 Feb 2016. A new Bhupen Khakhar exhibition showcases a painter of rich interminglings, in whose work the sa...

26 May 2015

Secular Deities, Enchanted Plants: the art of Mrinalini Mukherjee

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My essay on the late sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee, published in the newly launched website The Wire . In one of AS Byatt’s Matisse Storie...

3 September 2012

Life in a Dream: Project Cinema City

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Project Cinema City excavates quirky connections between the Hindi film industry and the city of Bombay . Recently, at a Rajesh Khanna ...

3 April 2012

Ramkinkar Baij: The World according to a Cat Lover

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The fate of both peasants and animals in Ramkinkar Baij’s art is a record of change in a post-industrial world. Walking through the seem...

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1 December 2010

Delhi: Postcards from the Last Century

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On a photography exhibition: Images courtesy of Alkazi Foundation for the Arts The Alkazi Foundation’s newest exhibition of vintage pho...

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