''Forward Press'' is an English-Hindi

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web publication covering issues relevant to India's backward classes (the masses) and regions. Anil Varghese is the current

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of the publication. Forward Press started as a monthly print magazine in June 2009. Its management decided to discontinue the print edition in 2016 to convert it into a web-only publication.

Overview

''Forward Press'' was founded by Silvia Maria Fernandes Kostka and Ivan Kostka in 2009 in New Delhi. They have appointed many correspondents from several states and cities and launched the ''Bahujan Sahitya Catalogue''. Senior journalist

Pramod Ranjan Pramod Ranjan (born in February 1980) is an Indian author, social worker and journalist. He has worked for ''Bharatendu Shikhar (Shimla)'', ''Gram Parivesh'', ''Dhramshala based Divya Himachal'', ''Punjab Kesari'', ''Dainik Bhaskar'', and ''Ama ...

served as the magazine's managing editor from 2011 to 2019.

Controversy

One of the magazine issues, published an article which was alleged to be derogatory to Hindu Goddess

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. Some student organizations with political association such as those who were associated with All India Backward Student Federation, and a student union comprising members belonging to Backward Castes and

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communities organised 'Mahisasura Sahadat Diwas' at

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU; ISO: Javāharalāla Neharū Viśvavidyālaya) is a public research university located in Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university ...

due to the allegations which prompted the Delhi Police to raid the press office on a complaint filed by

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student unions of Jawaharlal Nehru University.

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