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 January 2014

Post Facto - Life and labour: What does it mean to have servants?

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My Sunday Guardian column this month: At a big Delhi party hosted by an eminent economist and advisor to the government, a grandchi...

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30 December 2013

Spirit of Place: a grand old hotel rises from the ashes

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The refurbished Hotel Savoy offers an atmospheric window into Mussoorie. My article for Outlook Traveller magazine. The Savoy at night....

26 December 2013

Misadventurers in the Museum: Nasreen Mohamedi, Amrita Shergil and Seven Contemporaries

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An art review, published in Open magazine. The women whose imaginations currently fill Delhi’s Kiran Nadar Museum of Art are many th...

1 December 2013

Difficult Loves: hope and heartbreak on the fringes of urban India

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Published in The Caravan , my essay on the worlds of Indian men and women as revealed by three powerful non-fiction films: Till We Me...

20 November 2013

Post Facto: The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing

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My Sunday Guardian column this month: The late Hindi writer Upendranath Ashk The late Hindi writer Upendranath Ashk has a great st...

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