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Topic: Marathi

Marathi grandmothers are taking over Instagram. In nine-yard saris

The padar or pallu has a special place in these videos. 'The last generation to cover their head with a padar,' some buffoon will write.

Maharashtra’s folk music inspired Shailesh Srivastava — ‘it has a song for every occasion’

At the Maati ki Boli event, Shailesh Srivastava presented the lyrical soul of Maharashtra’s folk traditions and highlighted the versatility of folk music.

SubscriberWrites: Language Wars: When Hindi was David and Marathi—the Goliath

The need of the hour is to use Hindi to build global dominance but this scale would serve no purpose if the soul were lost

Hindi imposition, English preference, Maharashtra’s Marathi schools are vanishing amid a language war

While govt blames closure on parents preferring English medium, educators & activists say that administration is not putting enough efforts to upgrade infra in these schools.

SubscriberWrites: A tale of Marathi ‘Asmita’

Marathi 'Asmita' flares in Mumbai again, but without vision or statewide resonance, can it move beyond politics and hooliganism into real cultural revival?

Bear-hug diplomacy & the cost of evasion

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Marathi wins in Mumbai’s monsoon madness—and Maharashtrian mulgi gives competition to Malaika

If Cousins T are indeed serious about reconnecting toddlers to Marathi, perhaps they should appeal to Yasmin Shaikh, an acclaimed grammarian and Marathi language expert.

Not Noddy, Tom & Pingu, but ‘Adu, Sanju & Teju’—BJP wants Mumbaikar penguins to have Marathi names

Mumbai BJP leaders also held a protest outside the Byculla Zoo Monday to emphasise their demand for Marathi name for the penguins born on Mumbai’s soil.

Language row, now in Maharashtra: RSS leader’s Marathi remark puts BJP in spot as Oppn cries treason

‘Mumbai doesn’t have one language…’ Joshi can be heard saying in a video clip circulating on social media. However, he clarified Thursday that his comment was misunderstood.

Maharashtra enforces Marathi for govt officials, violators to face action

The Maharashtra govt reiterated its Marathi language policy finalised on 14 March, 2024, when previous Mahayuti govt under Eknath Shinde was in charge.

On Camera

Mamata Banerjee vs the Election Commission—Why India needs an annual voter list revision

We cannot absolve the Election Commission of all the blame, but we must emphasise that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee must shoulder the lion’s share of the responsibility for these exclusions.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.