MCX Stock Exchange website now in Marathi

As Marathi Manoos shuns his shyness of dancing with the Bulls and Bears, MCX Stock Exchange opens a website in Marathi. This will certainly go a long way in attracting investors from mofussil towns in Maharashtra. MCX-SX already offers this service in Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil & Malayalam.

Click on this link to see the website.

Opposition to Shiv Vada Pav

As Shiv Sena gears up to introduce Shiv Vada Pav to the world, NCP is not amused. They feel that Maharashtrian sentiments have been hurt by linking Shivaji’s name to this humble dish.

But NCP is not only one to oppose this much loved snack… Dietary experts have dubbed Vada Pav as “Heart Attack Food”!

Marathi Sahitya Sammelan - American Style

With for 4 days to go for the “First International Marathi Sahitya Sammelan”, the Marathi community in San Jose, California is buzzing with activity. With renowned people from the film and music community agreeing to join the event, this will be an event that Marathi Manoos in America will cherish for a long time to come.

This event seems to have cleared a lot of hurdles. If you recall, this sammelan was planned against stiff opposition from a section of “Marathi Literati”… but eventually the ‘backlash’ seems to have melted away! Then came the rumours of recession hitting the event… and 2 days back Dr. Gangadhar Pantavane, the chairperson, voiced his displeasure on Zee 24 Taas about the “uncouth correspondence” by the organizing committee.

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3M hopes that in the final lap the sammelan itself will take place without any glitches!

Political parties to play cupid!

Congress has been trying to woo the younger voters by projecting Rahul Gandhi and other young scions as leaders… But Srirama Sene and Shiv Sena have got it all wrong by opposing valentine’s day. No wonder Muthalik is getting loads of PINK CHADDIS!

Raj Thackeray incidentally has tuned into his TG (Target Group) correctly by supporting Valentine’s day… but King Pawar’s men have gone a step forward… these wannabe cupids are selling valentine’s greetings @ Thane station!

Shinde as PM?

As NCP prepares to project Sharad Pawar as the future PM, another Marathi name is doing the rounds of the Delhi rumour mills… Sushilkumar Shinde! In case, the new allies “don’t like” Manmohan Singh after the Lok Sabha elections… a Marathi Manoos may finally make it to the Delhi Throne!

कारे दुरावा, कारे अबोला Kare Durava, Kare Abola?

अट्या पाट्या 11: ‘Bombay is now Mumbai’ Patya

Two hotels… one in up market Phoenix Mills and the other in down market Dharavi continue to use “Bombay” in English but “Mumbai” in Marathi…

अट्या पाट्या 10: ‘What Marathi?’ Patya

A set of shops and establishments are still defiant and refuse to have even a miniscule touch of Marathi on their shopboards…

Surprisingly a management college run by a Marathi institution shuns Marathi to look “international”… Wellingkar trying to look like “Wellington”!

अट्या पाट्या 9: ‘Do I know this brand?’ Patya

Some brands look really funny in Marathi…

Mr. Pathak... please spare us the torture of seeing these phunni Patya!

Marathi Pamphlet

One Sunday this pamphlet landed in our morning stack of newspapers…

3M was amused to see a ‘Marathi only’ pamphlet in Mumbai after decades…

MMW took 20 mins to read it…

A Marathi neighbour thought that the vegetable vendor was naïve enough to give a Marathi pamphlet…

But our ‘North Indian’ neighbour saw this as an ‘MNS conspiracy’!

One pamphlet… multiple reactions!