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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24 August 2016

Borderline Conditions

My Mumbai Mirror column: Watching Happy Bhaag Jayegi is an enjoyable way to think about the Indo-Pak relationship in Hindi cinema. ...

14 August 2016

The murderer as hero

My Mumbai Mirror column: Rustom 's lurid, overblown courtroom drama turns the 1959 Nanavati trial into a showcase for pop-patriotism....

Gurvinder Singh Interview: "Writing and cinema are completely different"

An edited version of this interview was published in Vantage , the web section of The Caravan on 11 August 2016. Gurvinder Singh, who ...

8 August 2016

A Punjab state of mind

My Mirror column , on the film you must watch in theatres this week: Chauthi Koot unfolds as an atmospheric, deliberately elliptical jou...

Picture This -- In the Eyes of the Beholder

My BL Ink column : The idea of dance as “not respectable” has a long history in the Indian subcontinent, as Mira Nair’s India Cabaret sh...

1 August 2016

Everything is Illuminated

This week's Mirror column : Are there more stoners on the Hindi film screen? A short history of filmi drugs, from old-fashioned to...

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