Though I was born and brought up in Mumbai, Malayalam being my mother tongue I always struggled in studying the subject of Marathi back during my school days. Having studied in the State board, Marathi was a compulsory subject for us in the Class 10th board exams. Since I had to learn the language since my Class 5th, I could understand and read the language, but I struggled when it came to writing answers, essays, etc. wherein I made grammatical errors due to the confusion I had in my mind. One day, when I was studying in my Class 8th, my Marathi teacher had announced in our class about a “Maharashtra Dnyanpeeth” exam which was conducted by Maratha Mandir to test the writing skills of students in essays, letter writing, summarizing, comprehension skills and grammar. My Marathi teacher had said that she would be taking extra classes after school to teach the concepts in detail which were needed for writing that exam. In order to clear my doubts in grammar and to improve my writing skills, I had applied for the exam and started attending the classes after school. By attending the classes and clearing my doubts combined with regular writing practice, I was able to secure a distinction grade by scoring 93/100 in that exam and stood 3rd in Maharashtra state. That decision which I had taken to appear for Dnyanpeeth exam and the amount of preparation involved in it helped me not only in the near future by increasing my confidence in learning the subject but also in long run when it helped me in scoring good marks in Marathi when I appeared for my Class 10th State Board exams.
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