Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is organising a series of cultural and literary programmes to mark ...

In an age where the global lingua franca, English, seems to hold an unassailable position in the digital sphere, the survival of the regional vernacular often appears to be a losing battle. Yet, at ...

Rushikesh Khilare, 37, from Beed, has compiled seven volumes of dictionaries, documenting approximately 1.5 lakh words from 15 tribal dialects The decline of tribal dialects in Maharashtra has been a ...

Nagpur: The state govt has sanctioned Rs35.73 lakh for the Madiya Language Project at Riddhapur's Marathi Language University to safeguard one of the rarest Gond languages, spoken only in select ...

Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan, who is gearing up for the release of the upcoming film ‘Chandu Champion’ will be seen in a never-seen-before avatar. Given his heart and soul to perfect his character, ...

What’s the difference between a language and a dialect? Is there some kind of technical distinction, the way there is between a quasar and a pulsar, or between a rabbit and a hare? Faced with the ...

PUNE/ MUMBAI: Language lovers often find themselves lost in the labyrinthine rules of grammar. But Yasmin Shaikh, an acclaimed grammarian and Marathi language expert, has always viewed grammar as ...

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Vineet Sawant has spent the last two years navigating the streets of Mumbai on a scooter as a delivery driver. "Being on the road is always very stressful and especially in cities like Mumbai," he ...

The Marathi theatre world is mourning the loss of Gangaram Gavankar, a veteran playwright best known for his celebrated play ‘Vastraharan’, which gave the Malvani language a distinct identity on the ...