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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18 August 2019

Literary Heroines and Necklaces of Tears

The second instalment of my TVOF column Shelf Life , in which I look at literature through the prism of clothing. From coveted posse...

10 August 2019

Acrobats of the Upper Canopy

Don’t be fooled by the name or the sharp canines, the endangered lion-tailed ma caque is a shy, fruit-eating primate that inhabits the u...

9 August 2019

Redeeming Men

My Mirror column : The Malayalam film Kumbalangi Nights , now streaming on Amazon Prime, casts a warmly human look at not-so-eligible men...

Glossing over it

My Mirror column : The real-life story of Anand Kumar and his free coaching is incredible, but Super 30 feels like a missed opportunity....

22 July 2019

Hairy Situations

My Mirror column : A new film casts Jennifer Aniston as a New York City hairdresser caught up in a very European murder, making our column...

20 July 2019

Status and the status quo

My Mirror column : Anubhav Sinha’s fearless Article 15 uses a pacy police procedural to make Indians sit up and pay attention to an as...

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