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 November 2014

To a Different Drum

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Last Sunday's Mumbai Mirror column : The figure of the dancer has been the object of hypocritical censure, both in Indian society a...

27 October 2014

Nothing happy, or good, about this year

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This week's Mirror column : Farah Khan's Happy New Year rides on her usual tweaking of Hindi film history, only with a dash of l...

26 October 2014

Picture This: A Different Beast

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My latest column for BLink , the Hindu Business Line's Saturday paper: Only recently did I see a film that brings the terrible patho...

19 October 2014

A Star Fell From Heaven

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My Mumbai Mirror column today: A recent biography of Hindi cinema's first superstar retraces the outlines of what could not be a mor...

13 October 2014

Guns, Roses and Gangsters Gone Wrong

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Tamanchey , like Revolver Rani from earlier this year, makes a half-baked attempt at an atypical gangster heroine. But in both, the desi d...

12 October 2014

Book Review: Dim Lighting

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A book review I did for India Today magazine: Rachel Dwyer's latest book offers a guided tour of the new Bollywood. But her glan...

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