Introduction

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by around 83 million Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively, and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. Marathi ranks 19th in the list of most spoken languages in the world. Marathi has the third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi and Bengali. Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages, dating from about 900 AD. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Koli, Malvani Konkani has been heavily influenced by Marathi varieties

Goals and objectives

1. To create literary awareness in the students.
2. To inculcate human values in the students through the study of literature.
3. To create empathy in the students.
4. To develop reading culture.
5. To make them aware of various trends in literature.
6. To create creativity among the shows.
7. To develop communication skills in them.
8. To develop research attitude in them.
9. To enable the students to acquire linguistic competence in Marathi.