Ch. Sambhajinagar, Dec. 25 -- Noted Marathi poet and writer Fakir Mohammad Shahajinde has been chosen as the president of the 45th Marathwada Sahitya Sammelan. The decision was taken unanimously in the recent executive committee meeting of the Marathwada Sahitya Parishad.
The literary convention is scheduled to be held in April at Shanti Van, Shevgaon Kasar taluka in Beed district.
Shahajinde, whose full name is Shahajinde Fakir Pasha Mehboob, was born on July 3, 1946, in Sastur (Lohara taluka, Osmanabad district). He is a prominent literary voice who has vividly portrayed the collective consciousness, social anguish, and cultural identity of the Muslim community in Marathi literature.
He completed his early education at Shanteshwar Vidy...