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 beauty. Show all posts

Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts

8 December 2019

The arc of appearance

My Mirror column : Amar Kaushik’s Bala takes a witty Kanpuriya route to show Indian viewers that our preoccupation with surface-level qual...

8 September 2019

A love for all seasons

Continuing my tribute to RK Films, a look back at the banner’s first success, Barsaat (1949). What was its place in Raj Kapoor’s life and...

21 August 2018

At what price beauty?

My Mirror column : Women struggle to feel beautiful in an intriguing television series called Dietland , and a new comedy called I Feel P...

22 July 2018

TV review: Thin within

A review of the new TV series Dietland , for India Today magazine. (You can stream it in India on Amazon Prime). Alicia 'Plum...

27 April 2014

Picture This: Different Tyrannies

Nisha Pahuja's new documentary tracks young women through two Indias: a beauty pageant and a Hindutva camp. (This month's BLInk ...

7 March 2014

Post Facto - Beauty is the beast

My Sunday Guardian column for March 1st: Suchitra Sen In a sketch that's part of the Tadpole Repertory's superb play Tara...

6 August 2008

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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