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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4 June 2021

How Benegal turned an '80s train ride into a journey of self-discoveries

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For my weekly column in Mirror/TOI Plus, the seventh piece in a series on trains in Indian cinema:  Shyam Benegal's thought-provoking te...
15 July 2019

The White Noise of an Urdu Poet

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Very happy to report that I started a new column called Shelf Life , down at TVOF . A monthly look at  literature through the prism of clot...
22 April 2019

Prisons of the Mind

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My Mirror column : At 25, Ismail Merchant's  In Custody  ( Muhafiz ) remains a striking vision of poetry amidst pettiness, as well...
20 November 2017

Familial Fault Lines

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My Mirror column: Arshad Khan’s documentary memoir Abu bravely opens up a personal and familial history, touching on issues of cultural a...
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