What is the nickname of this author of the collection of 56 Marathi language songs chronologically describing events from the Indian Hindu epic?
Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar Gajānan Digambar Mādgulkar (1 October 1919 – 14 December 1977) was a Marāthi poet, lyricist, writer and actor from India. He is popularly known in his home state of Maharashtra by just his initials as Ga Di Ma (गदिमा). He was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1951 and Padma Shri in 1969. He has written 157 screen play and over 2000 songs in his career. He was called Ādhunik Valmiki (the modern Valmiki) of current era due to his composition of Geet Rāmāyan (lit. Ramayana in Songs)as the most notable work.
List of Marathi-language newspapers The Marathi language has a long history of literature and culture. The first Marathi newspaper, "Darpan", was started on 6 January 1832 by Balshastri Jambhekar. The paper was bilingual fortnightly also published in English as "The Bombay Darpan" and stopped publishing in 1840. Founded in 1881 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the daily "Kesari" was a prominent newspaper of the pre-Independence era with a large readership. It claimed to have circulation of 3500 within two years of establishment and reached up to 22,000 during 1908. Narayan Meghaji Lokhande's Marathi daily "Din Bandhu", which focused on social causes of labour class, was the second largest circulation in Bombay Presidency with 1650 copies a week in 1884.