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 seaside. Show all posts

Showing posts with label seaside. Show all posts

10 August 2015

Post Facto - Take me to the water: An equal opportunity case for a casual swim

This month's Sunday Guardian column: One of my most thrilling childhood memories is of jumping into a village pond in a place ...

15 June 2015

Post Facto: Wake up and smell the fish: perfume and plebeian stinks

My Sunday Guardian column this month : "When he regained consciousness, the first thing that hit Ali was the smell of fish. Ri...

18 February 2015

Picture This: The Wide-Eyed Angle

My BLink column this month: What is it about seeing through the child’s eye that makes for such sensitive films? Recent Marathi cinema...

13 July 2014

Mediterranean Maldives

(In one of those rare moments where my working life suddenly becomes all it's cracked up to be, Outlook Traveller magazine sent me to ...

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