Hey there, Pune peeps! Looks like senior scientist Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar is making some waves at the Pune Book Festival. He’s calling on the government to step up and save Marathi schools, saying that Marathi needs to become a language of knowledge if it’s going to survive.
At the festival’s closing ceremony, Dr. Mashelkar talked about the decline of Marathi schools in big cities like Mumbai and Pune. He also stressed the importance of reading, saying that every household in Pune should be a “temple of knowledge” to transform the city into a hub of learning.
The event was a star-studded affair, with Union Minister Muralidhar Mohol and Maharashtra Minister Chandrakant Patil in attendance. The festival, organized by the National Book Trust, has become a major cultural event, even catching the eye of folks in Delhi.
NBT Chairman Milind Marathe and Director Yuvraj Malik announced some exciting news – they’re setting up an NBT office in Pune, and everything there will be free! Minister Patil also shared some plans to promote reading in Maharashtra, like adding 2,000 new libraries and digitizing rare books.
The Pune Book Festival this year was a hit, growing bigger than ever before. And it looks like the organizers are already planning for an even grander event next year. Stay tuned for more bookish fun in Pune!
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