1. The Marathi is not so much a weapon, but more of a practice aid.

2. The Marathi is often pre-requisite before the sword is picked up.

3. To promote the food of the native Marathi culture, the Shiv Sena said it was "making a chain like McDonalds" to sell a popular local fried snack.

4. Gujarati, Punjabi, and Marathi there is much poetic literature, written by Muslims and commencing with the Islamic invocation of Allah, which nevertheless betrays strong Hindu influence.

5. The Marathi is an ingenious device for any student who wishes to gain balance and coordination.

6. The only quoted proponent of non-English is Raj Thackeray, a Mumbai politician "enraged" by the encroachment of English on Marathi in his city (though he sends his son to an English-language school).

7. "My husband used to insist that he wants a son, that's why I decided myself that I wanted to wait for a boy," Anu said in Marathi through a translator during a recent interview.

8. With 180 English titles published a year - and some in Hindi, Marathi and Urdu too - Penguin retains first mover advantage.