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 Ramlila. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ramlila. Show all posts
24 October 2016

Ram, Lokhon, Sinta. And Sabin.

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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 ...
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21 November 2011

The Real Demon: Ramlila, Ramanujan, and the freezing of tradition

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A 'Perspectives' essay, published in  The Caravan . The week before Dussehra, I saw several performances of the Ramayana story. I...
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