{"id":6826,"date":"2018-03-01T06:06:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/?p=6826"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:32:15","slug":"a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8216;Maifal&#8217; of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_58061.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_58061-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_58061-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_58061-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_58061-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_58061-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_58061-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5853.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5853-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5853-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5853-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5853-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5853-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>In Photo: Prof. Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool emphasising the\u00a0<em>importance of literature as education for the young minds<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The annual two-day event Marathi Fest &#8216;Maifal&#8217; by Maharashtra Times and knowledge partner, S.P. Mandalis&#8217; Welingkar Institute\u00a0of Management (WeSchool) invited young minds and renowned authors, poets and poetesses, actors and theatre gurus like\u00a0play director, Shri. Achyut Deshingkar to share their views on some of the most talked about topics in writing and media content. Some of the sessions that gripped the audience were\u00a0&#8216;web series- present and future&#8217; and &#8216;Indian perspective, marketability, raising finance and content&#8217;. Anecdotes on bold content in web series were cheered by audience and luminaries in the audience and on the panel like Prof. Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool; Padma Shri. Kranti Shah; Shri. Suhas Kamath, renowned Marathi writer, theatre and acting guru; Shri. Santosh Juvekar, renowned Marathi actor; Shri. Sarang Sathaye, renowned Marathi actor and Shri. Hrishikesh Joshi, renowned Marathi writer, actor and director.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In Photo: The event was inaugurated at the hands of Chief Guest, Shri. Kiran Nagarkar, a prominent English-Marathi writer; Shri. Ramdas Bhatkal, MD, Popular Prakashan; Shri. Laxmikant Deshmukh, IAS officer also President, 2017 Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (an annual conference for literary discussions by Marathi writers) and Shri. Ashok Panvalkar, Executive Editor, Maharashtra Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lines from Marathi theatre play adapted from Kiran Nagarkar&#8217;s novel &#8216;Bedtime Story&#8217; were read in presence of play director Achyut Deshingkar and Kiran ji.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Present and past two presidents of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Shri. Laxmikant Deshmukh, Shri. Nagnath Kotapalle and Shri. Shripal Sabnis was\u00a0interviewed by Smt. Veena Sanekar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Discussion on &#8216;Why don&#8217;t we have new talents as cartoonists? by\u00a0renowned\u00a0cartoonists Shri. Pradeep Mhapaseka and Shri. Prabhakar Wairkar, Illustrator, Cartoonist, Painter urged young talent to illustrate their thoughts freely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The youngest panellists were top three college playwrights from intercollegiate competition who presented their views on their inspiration to write on social reforms and human experiences. No two writers think alike. Thinking power of each writer is individualistic and unique.\u00a0 College playwrights: Prashant Joshi, Swapnil Jadhav and Sanjay Jaamkhandi were interviewed by Advait Dadarkar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The visiting crowd among the old and young browsed through a display of autobiographies, biographies, novels and non-fiction books on technology and education as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event concluded with an anticipation of meeting again the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Photo: Prof. Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool emphasising the\u00a0importance of literature as education for the young minds The annual two-day event Marathi Fest &#8216;Maifal&#8217; by Maharashtra Times and knowledge partner, S.P. Mandalis&#8217; Welingkar Institute\u00a0of Management (WeSchool) invited young minds and renowned authors, poets and poetesses, actors and theatre gurus like\u00a0play director, Shri. Achyut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1401,1,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-post","category-campus-corner","category-events-happenings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A &#039;Maifal&#039; of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature - Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A &#039;Maifal&#039; of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature - Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Photo: Prof. Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool emphasising the\u00a0importance of literature as education for the young minds The annual two-day event Marathi Fest &#8216;Maifal&#8217; by Maharashtra Times and knowledge partner, S.P. Mandalis&#8217; Welingkar Institute\u00a0of Management (WeSchool) invited young minds and renowned authors, poets and poetesses, actors and theatre gurus like\u00a0play director, Shri. Achyut [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Welingkar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-01T06:06:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-16T18:32:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"weschool\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@welingkarinst\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@welingkarinst\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"weschool\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"weschool\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/cd3d432984c82fe11656a4a84b856bad\"},\"headline\":\"A &#8216;Maifal&#8217; of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-01T06:06:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-16T18:32:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/\"},\"wordCount\":412,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"All\",\"Campus Corner\",\"Events &amp; Happenings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/\",\"name\":\"A 'Maifal' of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature - Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-01T06:06:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-16T18:32:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A &#8216;Maifal&#8217; of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\",\"name\":\"Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-Welingkar_SP_Logo.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-Welingkar_SP_Logo.webp\",\"width\":600,\"height\":168,\"caption\":\"Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Welingkar\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/welingkarinst\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/cd3d432984c82fe11656a4a84b856bad\",\"name\":\"weschool\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ecf0180094d7ca8e807dfaba07f4534?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.welingkar.org%2Fblogs%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2Fdownload-6.png&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ecf0180094d7ca8e807dfaba07f4534?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.welingkar.org%2Fblogs%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2Fdownload-6.png&r=g\",\"caption\":\"weschool\"},\"description\":\"Voluptates aspernatur et ea unde molestiae pariatur sit. nisi laudantium voluptas sunt perspiciatis quas. Deleniti in cumque impedit. Totam repudiandae fuga aut velit.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/author\/weschool\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A 'Maifal' of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature - Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A 'Maifal' of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature - Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls","og_description":"In Photo: Prof. Dr Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool emphasising the\u00a0importance of literature as education for the young minds The annual two-day event Marathi Fest &#8216;Maifal&#8217; by Maharashtra Times and knowledge partner, S.P. Mandalis&#8217; Welingkar Institute\u00a0of Management (WeSchool) invited young minds and renowned authors, poets and poetesses, actors and theatre gurus like\u00a0play director, Shri. Achyut [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/","og_site_name":"Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Welingkar","article_published_time":"2018-03-01T06:06:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-16T18:32:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"weschool","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@welingkarinst","twitter_site":"@welingkarinst","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"weschool","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/"},"author":{"name":"weschool","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/cd3d432984c82fe11656a4a84b856bad"},"headline":"A &#8216;Maifal&#8217; of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature","datePublished":"2018-03-01T06:06:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-16T18:32:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/"},"wordCount":412,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["All","Campus Corner","Events &amp; Happenings"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/","url":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/","name":"A 'Maifal' of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature - Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-01T06:06:40+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-16T18:32:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ST2_5777-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/a-maifal-of-writers-poets-actors-lyriscists-playwrights-engaged-in-a-conversation-on-changing-content-and-nuances-of-contemporary-literature\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A &#8216;Maifal&#8217; of writers, poets, actors, lyriscists, playwrights engaged in a conversation on changing content and nuances of contemporary literature"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/","name":"Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#organization","name":"Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls","url":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-Welingkar_SP_Logo.webp","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/cropped-Welingkar_SP_Logo.webp","width":600,"height":168,"caption":"Welingkar Blog: Beyond the Walls"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Welingkar","https:\/\/x.com\/welingkarinst"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/cd3d432984c82fe11656a4a84b856bad","name":"weschool","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ecf0180094d7ca8e807dfaba07f4534?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.welingkar.org%2Fblogs%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2Fdownload-6.png&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ecf0180094d7ca8e807dfaba07f4534?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.welingkar.org%2Fblogs%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2Fdownload-6.png&r=g","caption":"weschool"},"description":"Voluptates aspernatur et ea unde molestiae pariatur sit. nisi laudantium voluptas sunt perspiciatis quas. Deleniti in cumque impedit. Totam repudiandae fuga aut velit.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs"],"url":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/author\/weschool\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8267,"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826\/revisions\/8267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welingkar.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}