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 Northeast literature. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Northeast literature. Show all posts

24 October 2016

Ram, Lokhon, Sinta. And Sabin.

My Mumbai Mirror column: Altaf Mazid’s film on the Karbi version of the epic underlines why we need all our many Ramayanas. It’s ...

28 September 2009

‘I Want To Disengage From The Activist Mindset’

Mizo poet Mona Zote, 36, shuns both the overtly political and the sentimental THE QUICKEST WAY to introduce Mona Zote is to describe her dou...

‘I Write In A Language The Elite Frowns Upon’

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, 45, writes in Khasi and English. His work in both is fuelled by the Khasi land and language TIMES HAVE CHANGED/ the...

‘Don’t Read Me To Improve Your General Knowledge’

Graphic novelist Parismita Singh, 30, says she will always be Assamese but wriggles away from a Northeastern ‘slot’ PARISMITA SINGH ISN’T go...

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