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Karkaṭa, also referred to as Karka or Karkatha, is a month in the Indian solar calendar. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Cancer , and overlaps approximately with the later half of July and early half of August in the Gregorian calendar .
Pustakanch Gaav (English: Village of Books) is a special library in Bhilar, Maharashtra that opened on May 4, 2017. [1] The initiative was conceptualized and led by Vinod Tawde, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Marathi Language [2] and inaugurated by Devendra Fadnavis, Ex.Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
The Marathi language has a long history of literature and culture. The first Marathi newspaper, Darpan, was started on 6 January 1832 by Balshastri Jambhekar. The paper was bilingual fortnightly also published in English as The Bombay Darpan and stopped publishing in 1840.
Venkatesh Digambar Madgulkar (5 April 1927 – 28 August 2001) was one of the most popular Marathi writers of his time. He became well-known mainly for his realistic writings about village life in a part of southern Maharashtra called Maandesh, set in a period of 15 to 20 years before and after Independence. He was often called Tatya ("old man ...
Mumbai Marathi Grantha Sangrahalaya has a collection of more than 645,569 books in the Marathi language. Some of the books are more than 200 years old. Some rare books kept by the library include Geeta Rahasya written by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Vishnushastri Chiplunkar's essays, Mao Che Laskari Avahan on the 1962 Sino-Indian War and a book named ...
Though he had an obsession to keep his life private, he also longed to reach out through letters to his friends who shared his tastes. Four volumes of his letters were published after his death. He had written many of those letters to "Shri Pu" Bhagwat, Sunita Deshpande, Madhav Achawal, [ 8 ] Jaywant Dalvi, Anantrao Kulkarni, and "Ma Da ...
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He was admitted to Sion Hospital, where he was suffering from cardiomyopathy. On his death, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “Arun Sadhu’s novel Sinhasan and Mumbai Dinank are landmark in Marathi literature. He wrote on contemporary issues, problems of metropolitan life very effectively. He guided generations of journalists.