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 children's books. Show all posts

Showing posts with label children's books. Show all posts

10 April 2016

The Strength of the Pack

Today's Mumbai Mirror column : A sparkling new adaptation of The Jungle Book is a chance to take a fresh look at Kipling. Th...

5 May 2015

Speaking in Tongues

My Mirror column for 3 May, 2015: Why are we so resistant to subtitled films, instead of pouring our efforts into improving their qual...

26 October 2014

Picture This: A Different Beast

My latest column for BLink , the Hindu Business Line's Saturday paper: Only recently did I see a film that brings the terrible patho...

3 August 2014

Angry River

In May 2014, I wrote this short text for the photography quarterly PIX . The theme of the issue was Habitat (downloadable for view here ...

16 February 2010

The Quiet Riot: Dibakar Banerjee profile

The middle class loves Dibakar Banerjee’s films. If only they knew that this is unrequited passion. The first thing Richa Puranesh, Diba...

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