''Navshakti'' (

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...

(मराठी) – नवशक्ति ) is a

newspaper based in

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

, India. The newspaper has a circulation of 83,910 across the state of

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. This paper was started by S. Sadanand. P. R. Behere was its first editor. ''Indian Literature'' mentions Prabhakar Padhye, editor of Navshakti as a "formidable editor" whose "political and social writing" stood out in the context of the Marathi language.

Bhatkyachi Bhramanti

Bhatkyachi Bhramanti (Journey of a tramp) was a weekly column by Pramod Navalkar. It ran for a record 52 years. It has found mention in

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. Kiran Tare writing in the

Daily News and Analysis The ''Daily News and Analysis'', abbreviated as ''DNA'', is a Hindi-language news program on Zee news that was earlier an English-language newspaper with multiple local city editions across India. ''DNA'' was first launched as a broadsheet newsp ...

informs that Navalkar was writing this column when he died. In this column Navalkar wrote about heads of criminal gangs, exposed gold smuggling, prostitution dens and bars. He used disguises to gain entry into exclusive brothels such as posing as an Arab to gain entry to a nude

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at Hotel Fariyas. Navalkar wrote free of charge.

References

External links

''Navshakti'' official site (Marathi)
{{Newspapers in India Marathi-language newspapers Newspapers published in Mumbai Newspapers established in 1943 1943 establishments in India