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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11 May 2015

Interview: Is fiction-writer Siddharth Chowdhury creating a new literary form?

An interview with one of my favourite contemporary writers, the inimitable Siddharth Chowdhury, for Scroll : ‘I see my individual boo...

Picture This: Remembering Rififi

My column for BL Ink this month: Jules Dassin’s Rififi (1955) might or might not be the best film noir I have ever seen, but it’s likel...

9 May 2015

Why English Matters

How translation from Indian languages to English is giving regional literature a dedicated new readership, turning linguistic rivals into ...

5 May 2015

Speaking in Tongues

My Mirror column for 3 May, 2015: Why are we so resistant to subtitled films, instead of pouring our efforts into improving their qual...

26 April 2015

Living by the loom: Shyam Benegal's Susman

My column in Mumbai Mirror today: Shyam Benegal's Susman offers a portrait of the handloom weaver's predicament, sadly rel...

24 April 2015

Extra-legal understanding

My Mumbai Mirror column last Sunday: Chaitanya Tamhane's debut film Court is a devastating, elegant indictment of our collective p...

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