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Asian Studies CentreDebating Sexuality: Morality in the Early-Twentieth-Century Marathi Literary CulturePart of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Rahul Sarwate, University of Ahmadabad In this paper, I explore an interplay between sexuality and power by examining the production and circulation of a new moral sensibility in early-twentieth-century Marathi literary culture. In particular, I examine two specific conversations about the relationship between literature, art, and sexuality in the 1930s: A) a debate instigated by a painting titled, Oleti ((A Drenched Woman), which was printed as a cover page for Ratnakar, a literary magazine, in June 1930. Oleti was quite controversial in the Marathi public sphere throughout the 1930s and led...2022-01-2122 minAsian Studies CentreEducation, Nationalism and the Native Body: the Pradnya Pathshala ProjectRahul Sarwate gives the fourth presentation on the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.2021-04-2848 minAsian Studies CentreEducation, Nationalism and the Native Body: the Pradnya Pathshala ProjectRahul Sarwate gives the fourth presentation on the first day of the Maharashtra Studies Conference.2021-04-2848 min