While uncertainty looms large over the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) plan of introducing Marathi language to the non-Maharashtrian population in the city following opposition from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), the University of Pune (UoP) is all set start a course for those to wish to learn the language from the upcoming academic year. The MNS has opposed to the PMC’s plan claiming that if migrants learn the local language, they’ll snatch away jobs from the Marathi manoos.

People’s choice: u00a0HoD of Marathi language (UoP) Dr Vidyagauri Tilak said that there is lot of curiosity amongst non-Maharashtrians about learning the local language. She claimed that the department constantly receives requests to start a course for people who don’t understand Marathi at all. Pics/Niranjan Medhekar u00a0u00a0