scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Saturday, April 11, 2026
TopicMarathi poet

Topic: Marathi poet

With reading rooms in gardens & beaches, there’s a ‘Village of Poems’ in the works in Maharashtra

Ubhadanda village has identified spaces inside private residences where it can set up libraries filled with poetry books. Maharashtra govt has set aside Rs 1.94 cr for project.

Narayan Surve was a poet of the masses—an uncommon man with a common touch

When a thief realised he had stolen a TV from the Marathi poet’s house—14 years after his death on 16 August 2010—he returned it with an apology note.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.