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 ...

The use of English shorthand and typewriters expanded towards the end of the 19th century in clerical work in the major cities of the subcontinent. The use of shorthand in Indian languages, however, ...

The recent recognition of Marathi as a classical language has brought a surge of pride and enthusiasm among its speakers, and in no small part, social media has played a crucial role in making this ...

A common lament you may hear—or even utter—is, “Kids these days don’t speak Marathi.” There’s a simple solution: Teach them. And, there’s no better day than Marathi Bhasha Gaurav Divas, celebrated on ...

Print may have reached the shores of India accidentally in 1556 (the original destination of the printing press was Ethiopia); it may have had a tenuous existence for the first two centuries and more ...