The Influence of English on Marathi: A Sociolinguistic and Stylistic Study

Bhalchandra Nemade, distinguished Marathi poet, novelist and critic, taught Marathi, English and Linguistics at several places including Marathwada University, Aurangabad, The School of Oriental and African Studies, London and Goa University. He retired from the Gurudev Tagore Chair of Comarative Literature at the University of Mumbai in 1998. He was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1991. Nemade is Known to say enexpected, revealing and illuminating things in memorable terms, avoiding any jargon. It exemplifies the pentrating mind and questioning spirit which was the characteristic of our tradition. He i9s presently National Fellow at the Indian Institute of advanced Study, Shimla.