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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29 June 2015

CineVoice of the Nation

My Mirror column: Continuing my short history of the Indian film magazine in English: editor Burjor K Karanjia and his many publications. ...

Book Review: Regret -- by Ikramullah

Published in Scroll : With ‘Regret’, Urdu fiction in translation reveals a writer of courage and beauty. The two novellas in this volum...

26 June 2015

Book Review: To the Farthest Rock

A book review published in last week's BL Ink : Travelling Light An impeccable translation of the Hindi writer Mohan Rakesh’s tr...

21 June 2015

Stars, scandals and fandom

Today's Mirror column: Reading in English about Hindi movies: a very brief history of the Indian film magazine as we know it. ...

Book Review: Unbound: 2,000 Years of Indian Women’s Writing

Published in the Indian Express : A Book of One's Own To represent the immense variety of texts produced by Indian women ...

15 June 2015

Post Facto: Wake up and smell the fish: perfume and plebeian stinks

My Sunday Guardian column this month : "When he regained consciousness, the first thing that hit Ali was the smell of fish. Ri...

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