Shelved No More: How American Libraries Are Building Serious Homes for Marathi Literature
Across the United States, a quiet but consequential shift is underway in the acquisitions rooms of major academic and public libraries. Archivists, donors, and literary advocates are working together to ensure that Marathi literature — long absent from Western institutional shelves — finally receives the scholarly recognition it deserves. What this movement means for the global standing of one of India's most storied regional languages is only beginning to come into focus.