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___MASK78___ ( Marathi      ) is the winter capital and the third largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and largest city of central India . It has one of the highest literacy rate of 91 . 92 % among all the urban agglomerations in India and one of the proposed Smart Cities from Maharashtra . Jejuri is a city and a municipal council in ___MASK7___ district in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra . It is famous for the main temple of Lord Khandoba . Arvind Krishna Mehrotra ( born 1947 ) is a noted Indian poet , anthologist , literary critic and translator . Mehrotra is widely recognized for extending the Indian English language poetry tradition , established by figures such as A . K . Ramanujan , Nissim Ezekiel , ___MASK34___ Moraes and Arun Kolatkar . Mehrotra ' s poetry contained in collections such as " Middle Earth ", " Nine enclosures " and " The transfiguring places " are considered significant contributions to Indian English poetry , and are noted for their innovative exploration of modern concerns and ways of representation . Mehrotra ' s work has been wide ranging , including both traditional forms and unconventional techniques . Mehrotra ' s occasional literary experimentation , emphasizing a variety of perspectives , has made his work a part of modern Indian English poetry . Dominic Francis " ___MASK34___ " Moraes ( 19 July 1938  2 June 2004 ) was an Indian writer and poet who wrote in the English language . He published nearly 30 books . Moraes is widely seen as a foundational figure in Indian English literature , whose poems are a meaningful and substantial contribution to Indian and World literature . Rhythm ( from Greek , " rhythmos ", " any regular recurring motion , symmetry " ) generally means a " movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements , or of opposite or different conditions " . This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from microseconds to several seconds ( as with the riff in a rock music song ); to several minutes or hours , or , at the ___MASK70___ extreme , even over many years . ___MASK7___ ( District ) is situated in Maharashtra state of India . ___MASK7___ city is the district headquarters . In the most recent census on 2011 , the total population of the district was 9 , 426 , 959 , making it the fourth most populous district in India ( out of 640 ). Urban population comprises 58 . 08 % of the total population . The current population of ___MASK7___ urban agglomerate is over 5 million . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the ___MASK40___ ___MASK29___ to the north , the ___MASK75___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication , particularly the human ability to do so , and a language is any specific example of such a system . The scientific study of language is called linguistics . Questions concerning the philosophy of language , such as whether words can represent experience , have been debated since Gorgias and Plato in Ancient ___MASK61___ . Thinkers such as Rousseau have argued that language originated from emotions while others like Kant have held that it originated from rational and logical thought . 20th - century philosophers such as Wittgenstein argued that philosophy is really the study of language . Major figures in linguistics include Ferdinand de Saussure and Noam Chomsky . Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar ( Marathi :              ) ( 1 November 1932 -- 25 September 2004 ) was a poet from ___MASK42___ , India . Writing in both Marathi and English , his poems found humor in many everyday matters . His poetry had an influence on modern Marathi poets . His first book of English poetry , Jejuri , is a collection 31 poems pertaining to a visit of his to a religious place with the same name Jejuri in ___MASK42___ ; the book won Commonwealth Writers ' Prize in 1977 . His Marathi verse collection Bhijki Vahi won a Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005 . His Collected Poems in English , edited by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra , was published in Britain by Bloodaxe Books in 2010 . Trained as an artist from the J . J . School of Art , he was also a noted graphics designer , with many awards for his work . Standard of living refers to the level of wealth , comfort , material goods and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class in a certain geographic area , usually a country . The standard of living includes factors such as income , quality and availability of employment , class disparity , poverty rate , quality and affordability of housing , hours of work required to ___MASK13___ necessities , gross domestic product , inflation rate , amount of leisure time every year , affordable ( or free ) access to quality healthcare , quality and availability of education , life expectancy , incidence of disease , cost of goods and services , infrastructure , national economic growth , economic and political stability , political and religious freedom , environmental quality , climate and safety . The standard of living is closely related to quality of life . ___MASK88___ is the capital of ___MASK24___ and one of Delhi city ' s 11 districts . The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in ___MASK24___ , which the Sahitya Akademi , ___MASK24___ ' s National Academy of Letters , annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the major Indian languages recognised by the Sahitya Akademi , New Delhi . Bloodaxe Books is a British publishing house specializing in poetry . Bloodaxe has published British , Irish , American , European and Commonwealth of Nations writers . As well as publishing famous names in literature , Bloodaxe has discovered and helped establish the reputations of many new British writers . It has published nearly 1000 books by more than 300 writers , with an annual output of around 30 new titles . The Bloodaxe list has more women poets than any other British publisher and the ___MASK70___ substantial list of ___MASK84___ and Black British poets . Bloodaxe authors have won virtually every major literary award for which poetry is eligible , including four Nobel Prizes . Khandoba , (, ) also known as Martanda Bhairava and Malhari , is a Hindu deity worshipped as a manifestation of Shiva mainly in the Deccan plateau of ___MASK24___ , especially in the states of ___MASK42___ and ___MASK31___ . He is the most popular Kuladaivat in ___MASK42___ . He is also the patron deity of some warrior , farming , herding and Brahmin ( priestly ) castes , as well as several of the hunter / gatherer tribes that are native to the hills and forests of this region . The cult of Khandoba has linkages with Vaishnava and Jain traditions , and also assimilates all communities irrespective of caste , including Muslims . Khandoba is sometimes identified with Mallanna of Telangana , MallikarjunaSwamy of Andhrapradesh and Mailara of ___MASK31___ . The worship of Khandoba developed during the 9th and 10th centuries from a folk deity into a composite god possessing the attributes of Shiva , Bhairava , Surya and Karttikeya ( Skanda ). He is depicted either in the form of a Lingam , or as an image of a warrior riding on a bull or a horse . The foremost centre of Khandoba worship is Jejuri in ___MASK42___ . The legends of Khandoba , found in the text " Malhari Mahatmya " and also narrated in folk songs , revolve around his victory over demons Mani - malla and his marriages . ___MASK24___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK24___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South ___MASK58___ . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK26___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK24___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK24___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Poetry ( the term derives from a variant of the Greek term , " poiesis ", " making ") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language  such as phonaesthetics , sound symbolism , and metre  to evoke meanings in addition to , or in place of , the prosaic ostensible meaning . ___MASK7___ (; spelt " Poona " during British rule ) is the the second largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ninth most populous city in the country . Situated above sea level on the Deccan plateau on the right bank of the Mutha river , ___MASK7___ is the administrative headquarters of ___MASK7___ district and was once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire established by Shivaji Maharaj . In the 18th century , ___MASK7___ was the political centre of the Indian subcontinent , as the seat of the Peshwas who were the prime ministers of the Maratha Empire . Western ___MASK24___ consists of the states of ___MASK47___ , Gujarat , Maharashtra and Rajasthan along with the Union territory of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli of ___MASK24___ . The region is highly industrialized , with a large urban population . Roughly , Western ___MASK24___ is bounded by the Thar Desert in the northwest , the Vindhya Range in the north and the Arabian Sea in the west . A major portion of Western ___MASK24___ shares the Deccan Plateau with South ___MASK24___ . Before the partition of ___MASK24___ , the now - Pakistani territories of Sindh and Balochistan were also included in this region . ___MASK10___ ( also known as Bombay , the official name until 1995 ) is the capital city of the Indian state of ___MASK42___ . It is the most populous city in India and the ninth most populous agglomeration in the world , with an estimated city population of 18 . 4 million . Along with the neighbouring regions of the ___MASK10___ Metropolitan Region , it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world and the second most populous metropolitan area in India , with a population of 20 . 7 million . ___MASK10___ lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour . In 2009 , ___MASK10___ was named an alpha world city . It is also the wealthiest city in India , and has the highest GDP of any city in South , West , or Central ___MASK58___ . ___MASK10___ has the highest number of billionaires and millionaires among all cities in India . Nissim Ezekiel ( 16 December 1924  9 January 2004 ) was an Indian Jewish poet , ___MASK9___ , playwright , editor and art - critic . He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India ' s literary history , specifically for Indian writing in English . Literature , in its broadest sense , is any single body of written works . More restrictively , it is writing considered as an art form , or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value , often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage . Its Latin root " literatura "/" litteratura " ( derived itself from " littera ": " letter " or " handwriting ") was used to refer to all written accounts , though contemporary definitions extend the term to include texts that are spoken or sung ( ___MASK45___ literature ). Literature can be classified according to whether it is fiction or non - fiction and whether it is poetry or prose ; it can be further distinguished according to major forms such as the novel , short story or ___MASK95___ ; and works are often categorized according to historical periods or their adherence to certain aesthetic features or expectations ( genre ). ___MASK42___ ( Marathi :          pronunciation : , abbr . MH ) is a state in the western region of India and is India ' s third - largest state by area and is also the world ' s second - most populous sub - national entity . It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital , Mumbai , has a population of approximately 18 million . ___MASK78___ is ___MASK42___ ' s second capital as well as its winter capital . ___MASK42___ ' s business opportunities along with its potential to offer a higher standard of living attract migrants from all over India . The Sahitya Akademi , ___MASK24___ ' s National Academy of Letters , is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of ___MASK24___ . Founded on 12 March 1954 , it is supported by , though independent of , the Indian government and situated at Rabindra Bhavan near Mandi House in Delhi .