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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16 September 2008

Capital Vignettes: Book Review

Capital Vignettes: A Peep into Delhi's Ethos RV Smith Rupa, Rs 295 There’s no doubting RV Smith’s credentials as a Dilliwalla: one who k...

Christopher Pinney Interview

"Visual history tells us about repressed histories" Christopher Pinney, one of the first scholars to celebrate India’s adaption...

26 August 2008

Film Review: Mumbai Cutting

Bombay Eleven Read the Tehelka piece here . And the longer version below. Bombay has always been the metropolis of choice for Hindi...

25 August 2008

Living Image: Old Delhi in literature

An essay for Time Out Delhi, on changing literary depictions of Shahjahanbad over the last century: Photograph by Abhinandita Mathur “...

The Romance of the Single Screen

The demolition of Chanakya Cinema, December, 2008. Designed by PN Mathur (Photo courtesy Ram Rahman's blog) My first memories of watc...

17 August 2008

Sham-e-Awadh: Book Review

Author : Ed by Veena Talwar Oldenburg Publisher : Penguin Cost : Indian Rupees 395 Most readers probably expect exactly what this anthology ...

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