''Navshakti'' (

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

(मराठी) – नवशक्ति ) is a

newspaper based in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

, India. The newspaper has a circulation of 83,910 across the state of Maharashtra. 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 ''Zee Media Corporation Limited'' (abbreviated as ZMCL; formerly Zee News Limited) is the news broadcasting company of the Essel Group which is controlled by Subhash Chandra. The company is engaged mainly in the business of broadcasting of new ...

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 Publications established in 1943 1943 establishments in India