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 future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label future. Show all posts
28 April 2020

Fictional motherlands, real relationships

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My Mirror column: Some recent fictions illustrate how totalitarianism thrives on turning on real people into mythical enemies – and pittin...
24 June 2019

Grave New World

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My Mirror column :  The new webseries Leila is uneven in its language, its storytelling and its politics, but it offers plenty to think ...

Future imperfect

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My Mirror column : a two-part series on Leila The new web series  Leila , adapted from Prayaag Akbar’s 2017 novel, imagines a dystopian I...
23 May 2017

Book Review: Prayaag Akbar's Leila

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The future that 'Leila' presents is already here, and all of us may be responsible.  This novel is a mirror to our selves and n...
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4 February 2016

"I’m too old to do things I don’t enjoy."-- An Interview with Margaret Atwood

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I had the privilege of interviewing the writer Margaret Atwood during her recent visit to India. The published interview, for Vantage , is...
6 June 2015

Book Review: Red riding hoods

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A new book review, for India Today : Bengal becomes a protectorate of China in Shovon Chowdhury's splendid satire, with its recognisab...
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