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 Sanskrit. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Sanskrit. Show all posts

20 February 2021

Book Review: Archaeology and the Public Purpose

A special book about a special man. My review for Scroll. This study of archaeologist MN Deshpande’s work highlights the integrity and zeal ...

24 January 2021

Shelf Life: Making Love, With Clothes

My Shelf Life column this month: What did clothes mean to the ancient Indian poet? You wouldn't think it to look at us now, but ancient...

11 June 2017

The Poet-Scholar: A.K. Ramanujan

A conversation about the legendary late poet, translator and scholar AK Ramanujan, occasioned by a fine new book by Prof. Guillerm...

4 June 2017

Book Review: Uttara—The Book Of Answers

Ramayan's backstories If we could stop trying to prove the truth of the epic, it can tell us much about ourselves. Uttara—The...

6 August 2008

Theatre Review: Uttararamacharita

Hindi/ Urdu, National School of Drama, June 3 & 4 In the Uttarakhanda (believed to be a later addition to the Valmiki Ramayana), Ram...

Back to the future: Mohan Maharishi's Vidyottama

Time has always played the lead in Mohan Maharishi’s work, says Trisha Gupta, and it’s true of his latest as well. ...

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