<p>In what may spark a stand-off with neighbouring Karnataka, the Maharashtra Government has re-released a 50-year-old documentary chronicling the more than a century-old Marathi culture which flourished in the areas dominated by Marathi-speaking people along the border with Karnataka.</p>.<p>The 350-minute black and white film <em>A Case for Justice</em> was produced by the state government five decades ago.</p>.<p>The development comes a day after ‘Maharashtra-Karnataka Seemavad: Sangharsh Ani Sankalp’ (Maharashtra-Karnataka Boundary Dispute: Struggle and Pledge), a book penned by Dr Deepak Pawar, was released by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in presence of top leaders including NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>The documentary in digital format has been uploaded on YouTube. Thackeray has issued directions for the film to be made available for the public – a decision that was widely appreciated.</p>.<p>The film shows a teacher in a Karwar school teaching in English, Marathi, Konkani around 60 years ago, Marathi placard of NCC battalion, <em>Vichari</em>, a Marathi newspaper, annual report of Karwar Urban Co-operative Bank of 1912, a Marathi nameplate of a bridge constructed in Belgaum in 1890.</p>.<p>“The other issues highlighted in the film is the life in Belgaum and other border areas where Marathi used spoken as well as Marathi schools, religious rituals, songs,” according to a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office.</p>
<p>In what may spark a stand-off with neighbouring Karnataka, the Maharashtra Government has re-released a 50-year-old documentary chronicling the more than a century-old Marathi culture which flourished in the areas dominated by Marathi-speaking people along the border with Karnataka.</p>.<p>The 350-minute black and white film <em>A Case for Justice</em> was produced by the state government five decades ago.</p>.<p>The development comes a day after ‘Maharashtra-Karnataka Seemavad: Sangharsh Ani Sankalp’ (Maharashtra-Karnataka Boundary Dispute: Struggle and Pledge), a book penned by Dr Deepak Pawar, was released by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in presence of top leaders including NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.</p>.<p>The documentary in digital format has been uploaded on YouTube. Thackeray has issued directions for the film to be made available for the public – a decision that was widely appreciated.</p>.<p>The film shows a teacher in a Karwar school teaching in English, Marathi, Konkani around 60 years ago, Marathi placard of NCC battalion, <em>Vichari</em>, a Marathi newspaper, annual report of Karwar Urban Co-operative Bank of 1912, a Marathi nameplate of a bridge constructed in Belgaum in 1890.</p>.<p>“The other issues highlighted in the film is the life in Belgaum and other border areas where Marathi used spoken as well as Marathi schools, religious rituals, songs,” according to a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office.</p>
