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 tourism. Show all posts

10 August 2019

Acrobats of the Upper Canopy

Don’t be fooled by the name or the sharp canines, the endangered lion-tailed ma caque is a shy, fruit-eating primate that inhabits the u...

9 November 2014

Post Facto - Chandigarh Diary: notes from the fringes of a litfest

The Rock Garden in Chandigarh My Sunday Guardian column today: I have just returned from my second visit to Chandigarh. The ...

28 November 2011

Tales from the Desert Safari

In Jaisalmer, tour guides and hotel managers can be as interesting as the place itself. (A piece I wrote for Open's winter travel issue...

18 October 2010

High Table: Food in Manali

'Tourist Food' takes on many wonderful avatars in Old Manali. (Click on the link above to see this piece with Sanjoy Ghosh's ...

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