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 May 2018

Life, Tamil cinema style

My Mirror column: What does cinema stand for in Tamil fiction? The second of a multi-part column on films and life in Tamil Nadu. ...

Big screen, writ larger

My Mirror column: Life and cinema in Tamil Nadu seem to intersect more than in most places. The first of a multi-part column on a unique ...

20 May 2018

Meet the American who translates some of India’s finest Hindi writers into English: Daisy Rockwell

An interview I did for Scroll : ‘I was tired of translating detailed descriptions of male desire and women’s breasts.’ Daisy Rockwe...

7 May 2018

God is in the details

My Mirror column: Satyajit Ray would have turned 97 earlier this week. Looking back at what we might learn from him. An early ...

3 May 2018

Educational Hiccups

My Mirror column: Hichki talks of schools being places of learning not just for students, but for teachers and parents as well. This ...

24 April 2018

A Muted Sharpness

My Mumbai Mirror column: The brilliant Jaya Bhaduri, who turned 70 earlier this month, once specialised in being the thinking man’s girl...

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