Marathi literary meet top post contenders rue language´s decline
(WorldNews India)

Nagpur: Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Mahamandal are ready to submit their votes before the deadline (December 9) to elect the president for the 91st Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan. The literary meet is scheduled at Baroda in Gujarat in February next year. The final five contestants have been travelling not just across Maharashtra, but also to other states such as Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Goa, Karnataka and others, in a bid to woo Marathi speaking population there. Preservation and promotion of Marathi language seems to be a top priority for all of them. For people of Nagpur, it is going to be a tough decision to choose between native contestants...