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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12 October 2017

Serving Their Purpose

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An essay I wrote for the Indian Quarterly:  How Indian filmmakers depict servants is a comment on their masters. In a 1939 essay, George ...
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