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{{Infobox magazine<br />
| title = Forward Press (फारवर्ड प्रेस)<br />
| image_file =<br />
| image_size = 200px<br />
| image_caption = November 2013 cover<br />
| editor = Ivan Kostka<br />
| editor_title = Chief editor<br />
| editor2 = [[Pramod Ranjan]]<br />
| editor_title2 = Managing editor<br />
| frequency = Monthly<br />
| circulation = <br />
| category = Social issues, Politics<br />
| publisher = Aspire Publication<br />
| founded = 2009<br />
| finaldate = June 2016 (print)<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]], English<br />
| based = [[New Delhi]] <br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.forwardpress.in}}<br />
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'''''Forward Press (फारवर्ड प्रेस)''''' is an English-Hindi [[bilingual]] monthly [[magazine]] covering issues relevant to India's backward classes (the masses) and regions. The [[editor-in-chief]] is Ivan Kostka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forwardpress.in/about/|title=About|website=Forward Press|language=en-US|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref> Its management decided to suspend its print edition from June 2016 and convert itself to a web-only publication.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/providing-a-voice-to-the-dispossessed-majority-interview-with-pramod-ranjan-of-forward-press/article8475368.ece Providing a voice to the dispossessed majority] ''The Hindu''. April 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.</ref><br />
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== Overview ==<br />
''Forward Press'' was started by Silvia Maria Fernandes Kostka and Ivan Kostka in 2009 in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|title=The closure of Forward Press print edition is a backward step for journalism|url=http://scroll.in/article/804865/the-closure-of-forward-press-print-edition-is-a-backward-step-for-journalism|access-date=29 July 2016|work=Scroll|date=11 March 2016}}</ref> It has appointed many correspondents from several states and cities. It launched the ''Bahujan Sahitya Catalogue''.<br />
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== Controversy ==<br />
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/dalit-magazine-insults-durga-angers-hindus-1539929.html|title= Dalit magazine insults 'Durga,' angers Hindus|website=One India|access-date=2020-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/Mahishasur-Day-observed-at-JNU/articleshow/24305458.cms|title=Mahishasur Day observed at JNU|website=Times of India|access-date=2020-11-03}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Pramod Ranjan]]<br />
* [[Gail Omvedt]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.forwardpress.in/ Official website]<br />
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