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Between a steering wheel and a blackboard: How Mumbai's migrant drivers are learning Marathi, one shift at a time
June 01, 2026 5:29 pm
A taxi driver tracing alphabets after an 11-hour shift. An auto driver whose phone is now full of Marathi reels. Drivers have until August 15 to learn the language or lose their permits. The Indian Express met the men caught between earning a living and starting from scratch.
Marathi mandate for auto, taxi drivers is bad politics, bad economics
May 02, 2026 12:19 am
Maharashtra government’s decision erects an informal barrier against internal migrants — the very people who sustain urban economies like Mumbai’s
Should rickshaw drivers know Marathi? Government invites public suggestions
April 24, 2026 8:54 pm
State issues draft law linking licences and permits to knowledge of Marathi.
Teach Marathi or lose recognition: Maharashtra govt warns schools
April 20, 2026 9:10 am
Marathi has been compulsory from Classes 1 to 10 since the 2020–21 academic year under the Maharashtra Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Marathi Language Act, 2020. The rule applies to all schools, regardless of board or medium of instruction.
No Marathi, no licence: State to crack down on taxi, auto drivers
April 15, 2026 12:33 am
Drivers say move could affect migrant workers, call enforcement unnecessary
Insistence on standard Marathi led to neglect of rich words from other dialects: Baviskar
November 02, 2025 11:51 pm
Challenging the notion that democracy is a Western concept, Baviskar said it was dangerous to believe so
Electoral roll revision in Bihar and Marathi imposition in Maharashtra have a common thread: Migrant workers
July 16, 2025 11:48 am
This disenfranchisement of poor immigrants comes at a time when the country is yet to recover from the post-pandemic recession fully, and workers are yet to resume pre-pandemic levels of migration
Inside Track: Maratha latecomers
July 13, 2025 2:28 pm
Sitting in the safety of Delhi, away from Raj Thackeray’s slap-happy goons, I admit ashamedly that although my formative years were spent largely in Mumbai, my Marathi remains rudimentary. I am not alone — just 36 per cent of people in the city consider Marathi their mother tongue.
Marathi doesn't need aggression to protect itself. It only needs to become inviting
July 10, 2025 4:53 pm
Language is more than words — it’s memory, comfort, and connection. Those who resort to violence in the name of Marathi, forget this
Raj-Uddhav together over Marathi language: What it means for Maharashtra politics
July 09, 2025 12:26 pm
The Thackerays are riding the issue of language, along with “Marathi Asmita” to leverage their political position, possibly with an eye on the upcoming BMC election
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