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Forward Press (फारवर्ड प्रेस) is an English-Hindi bilingual web publication covering issues relevant to India's backward classes (the masses) and regions. Anil Varghese is the current editor-in-chief of the publication.[1] Forward Press started as a monthly print magazine in June 2009 but its management decided to discontinue the print edition in 2016 and converted it into a web-only publication.[2]
| Chief editor | Ivan Kostka |
|---|---|
| Managing editor | Pramod Ranjan |
| Categories | Social issues, Politics |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Aspire Publication |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Final issue | June 2016 (print) |
| Country | India |
| Based in | New Delhi |
| Language | Hindi, English |
| Website | www |
Overview edit
Forward Press was started by Silvia Maria Fernandes Kostka and Ivan Kostka in 2009 in New Delhi.[3] It has appointed many correspondents from several states and cities. It launched the Bahujan Sahitya Catalogue. Senior journalist Pramod Ranjan served as magazine's managing editor from 2011 to 2019.
Controversy edit
The magazine in one of its issues published an article which was alleged to be derogatory to Hindu Goddess Durga by some student organizations having political association while another group of students mostly associated with All India Backward Student Federation, a student union comprising members belonging to Backward Castes and Dalit communities organised 'Mahisasura Sahadat Diwas' at Jawaharlal Nehru University being inspired by the issue which prompted the Delhi Police to raid its office on a complaint filed by right-wing student unions of Jawaharlal Nehru University.[4][5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "About". Forward Press. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Providing a voice to the dispossessed majority The Hindu. April 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "The closure of Forward Press print edition is a backward step for journalism". Scroll. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ "Dalit magazine insults 'Durga,' angers Hindus". One India. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Mahishasur Day observed at JNU". Times of India. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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