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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24 November 2020

Shelf Life: Out of Vaidehi's Closet

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My Shelf Life column for October 2020: The link between clothes, sexual attractiveness and power is incestuous and can be unnerving. Kannad...
13 December 2019

The Catholic Dress: Bombay to Goa and Back

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My Shelf Life column for TVOF:   The dress-wearing Catholic girl was an object of Indian male fantasy, but as Jane Borges’ Bombay Balchão...
25 February 2017

Manly Women, Womanly Men

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My Mirror column, on Akshayambara and Harikatha Prasanga : A new play and a new film step into the world of Yakshagana performers to sha...
26 April 2015

Living by the loom: Shyam Benegal's Susman

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My column in Mumbai Mirror today:  Shyam Benegal's Susman offers a portrait of the handloom  weaver's predicament, sadly rel...
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