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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17 December 2015

Taking a new direction

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Last Sunday's Mirror column: Watching Mia Madre sets off a train of thought about an unspoken assumption that underpins most cinema...

7 December 2015

Cobwebs of the Mind

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My Mumbai Mirror column yesterday : A documentary that brings the 'jharu' to the forefront, using it as an illuminator of our pa...

30 November 2015

The Age of Discovery

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My Mirror column this week: Two films based on women's memoirs of their teenage years offer rich, nuanced accounts of se...

27 November 2015

The Karma Chameleon: Saeed Jaffrey

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My Mumbai Mirror column last week: Saeed Jaffrey was that rare actor who could fit in seemingly anywhere -- and yet carved out a very...

25 November 2015

The World as Picture: Book Review

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A book review published in Biblio 's Sep-Nov 2015 issue : Visual Homes, Image Worlds: Essays from Tasveer ...

18 November 2015

Double the Silliness: on watching Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

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My column for Mumbai Mirror last Sunday: Sooraj Barjatya's ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ gives us all the things Hindi movies have alw...

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