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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22 April 2019

Prisons of the Mind

My Mirror column : At 25, Ismail Merchant's In Custody ( Muhafiz ) remains a striking vision of poetry amidst pettiness, as well...

15 April 2019

Game of thrones

My Mirror column : Despite its '70s sarkaari aesthetic (Akbar Hotel's modernist Mughalia and Doordarshan-style songs), Kissa...

In the name of a cause

Second part of my two-part Mirror column on Delhi Crime: Almost unconsciously, Delhi Crime puts its finger on the disconnect between t...

A blinkered vision

First part of my two-part Mirror column on Delhi Crime: Delhi Crime 's retelling of the 'Nirbhaya' investigation is gri...

25 March 2019

Dreamy pictures, earthly selves

My Mirror column : Made in Heaven fails in the Delhi authenticity department, but there's some promise in its protagonists' stru...

Heading to the Wedding

My Mirror column : The new series Made in Heaven is a meaty addition to a genre that has captured our imagination for the last two decad...

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