GATEWAY LITFEST is a literary jamboree of regional writers and writings, with perhaps the largest such gatherings ever. It is a great confluence of regional literature in India. Many festivals, dominated by English and to some extent Hindi, have treated regional writers as step-sisters. Gateway Lit Fest is an attempt to correct this imbalance and impropriety by bringing together vernacular languages into English and Hindi-dominated mainstream literary jamborees.
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Saleel Wagh (1967) is a leading contemporary Marathi poet. He has seven collections of poetry to his credit. Nivadak Kavita, Aadhichya Kavita, Sadhyachya Kavita, Racecourse Ani Itar kavita (2008), Junya…
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A BRIEF SURVEY OF MARATHI LITERATURE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
October 22, 2018 Read More...The current write-up, sketchy and introductory in nature, provides a concise survey of the developments in Marathi literature in the twenty-first century. It looks at a range of essential literary…
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इन आदिवासियों का शीर्षक विमुक्त घुमंतू आदिवासी होना चाहिए
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Sahitya Aaj Tak gives Dustak
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The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018 shortlist announced
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Sahitya Aaj Tak: Poet Piyush Mishra, musical maestros Javed Ali, Wadali brothers will commence Day 1
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Poetry, prose and music: Sahitya AajTak begins tomorrow
Source : India Today The 3-day third edition of Sahitya AajTak literary festival starts tomorrow and will highlight the importance of art and literature in today’s times. Aaj Tak, India’s…
Mumbai: Ninth edition of Tata Literature Live begins today
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