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 Ratna Pathak Shah. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Ratna Pathak Shah. Show all posts

5 August 2017

Speaking of Sex

My Mirror column : For the women in Lipstick Under My Burkha , words are a necessary weapon on the quest for desire – but they can also w...

26 July 2017

Those Who Dream In Daylight

My Mirror column : Under the easy symbolism of burkhas, lipsticks and cigarettes, Lipstick Under My Burkha is a film that’s urgently ...

17 April 2016

Mining the Mother Lode

My Mirror column today: Is there a new kind of Hindi film mother? Or have they become so complicated that they transcend the category...

29 September 2014

Not Khubsoorat enough

My Mumbai Mirror column: Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Khubsoorat was a delicious samosa of a film, crisp on the outside, but stuffed with w...

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