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 The Guide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Guide. Show all posts
30 October 2018

60 years of RK Narayan’s The Guide: A tale ahead of its time

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My piece for the Hindustan Times : Sixty years ago, RK Narayan published his remarkable novel, The Guide . The celebrated screen version...
16 October 2018

A brief guide to Guide

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My Mirror column : 60 years ago,  RK Narayan  wrote a novel that became a Hindi film classic. But he was not happy. Ahead of his 112th birt...
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