Marathi Literary Meet

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday objected to the name of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar being "missing'' at the ongoing annual Marathi literary meet at Nashik in north Maharashtra.

The president of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, Shripad Joshi, resigned today amid controversy over withdrawal of invitation to writer Nayantara Sahgal for the annual Marathi literary meet by the event's organisers.

The Shiv Sena on Tuesday claimed author Nayantara Sahgal's invite to the 92nd all-India Marathi literary meet was rescinded after the organisers learnt about her intent to speak on issues like cow-related violence and lynchings and ''misuse'' of government machinery.

Amid flak by opposition leaders and authors over rescinding the invitation to author Nayantara Sahgal to inaugurate the 92nd all-India All Marathi literary meet, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) Monday distanced itself from the controversy.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said that his party has no objection to noted author Nayantara Sahgal being invited to a literary meet in Maharashtra this week and apologised for "any convenience and strain". The decision to withdraw the invitation to the writer was taken after a political outfit threatened to disrupt the function, t...

The controversy surrounding a Marathi literary meet continued to generate heat in literary and political circles in Maharashtra with a question mark over the invitation to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the event following sammelan president Sripal Sabnis' remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A women's Marathi literature conference will be held at sector 6 in Vashi on December 22 from 10 am till 6 pm. Three talented women from diverse fields namely Dr Arundathi Joshi, Sandhya Kausdikar and Vaishali Magdoom have taken up the responsibility to organise this conference along with Marathi Sahitya Sanskriti and Kala Mandal.Vrushali Magdoom, ...

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday objected to the name of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar being "missing'' at the ongoing annual Marathi literary meet at Nashik in north Maharashtra.

The president of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal, Shripad Joshi, resigned today amid controversy over withdrawal of invitation to writer Nayantara Sahgal for the annual Marathi literary meet by the event's organisers.

The Shiv Sena on Tuesday claimed author Nayantara Sahgal's invite to the 92nd all-India Marathi literary meet was rescinded after the organisers learnt about her intent to speak on issues like cow-related violence and lynchings and ''misuse'' of government machinery.

Amid flak by opposition leaders and authors over rescinding the invitation to author Nayantara Sahgal to inaugurate the 92nd all-India All Marathi literary meet, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) Monday distanced itself from the controversy.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said that his party has no objection to noted author Nayantara Sahgal being invited to a literary meet in Maharashtra this week and apologised for "any convenience and strain". The decision to withdraw the invitation to the writer was taken after a political outfit threatened to disrupt the function, t...

The controversy surrounding a Marathi literary meet continued to generate heat in literary and political circles in Maharashtra with a question mark over the invitation to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the event following sammelan president Sripal Sabnis' remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A women's Marathi literature conference will be held at sector 6 in Vashi on December 22 from 10 am till 6 pm. Three talented women from diverse fields namely Dr Arundathi Joshi, Sandhya Kausdikar and Vaishali Magdoom have taken up the responsibility to organise this conference along with Marathi Sahitya Sanskriti and Kala Mandal.Vrushali Magdoom, ...