The COVID-19 pandemic with its concomitant lockdown policies exacerbated the worst living conditions in different regions of the world, Africa and Ghana in particular. The major discursive issues concerning the pandemic has glaringly or cunningly ignored the lack of emphasis on local dynamics concerning what ought to be or could have been done…[Read more]

Teaching role of library staff is studied as established in the national and international professional frameworks and guidelines (CCB, REBIUN, ECIA, ALA, ACRL, IFLA), as well as the main aspects dealt with in professional literature. The specialized and academic publications analyzed deal with aspects such as the evolution of the concept; the…[Read more]

The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have raised concerns about whether AI will surpass and eventually replace humans, leading to a future dominated by digitally sentient entities. This paper challenges this notion by examining the impact of AI evolution on humanity from an evolutionary theorist’s perspective. Instead of viewing…[Read more]

हिंदी कथाकार राजकुमार राकेश और प्रमोद रंजन की यह लंबी बातचीत शिमला में जनवरी, 2003 में हुई थी, जिसे वर्ष 2007 में पटना के मंडल विचार प्रकाशन ने एक पुस्तिका के रूप में प्रकाशित किया था। इस बातचीत में जादूई यथार्थवाद, मार्क्सवाद, दलित विमर्श तथा लेखक और सत्ता के बीच संबंध जैसे मुद्दे प्रमुखता से आए हैं।

पटना से जाबिर हुसेन के संपादन में प्रकाश…[Read more]

खूबसूरत प्राकृतिक दृश्यों से परिपूर्ण किन्नौर का समाज व संस्कृति शेष भारत से अलग है। यह बौद्ध धर्म का इलाका है, जिसे हिंदूवादी संस्कृति लीलती जा रही है। आर्थिक संपन्नता के आगमन से जाति-आधारित उत्पीड़न और भेदभाव कम हो रहा है। प्रमोद रंजन ने इस यात्रा संस्मरण में किन्नौर की विशिष्ट संस्कृति, बहु पत्नी प्रथा, वहां के समाज और राजनीति…[Read more]

This essay examines English Renaissance chess manuals in order to understand why chess, a game that encourages subterfuge and stratagem, was nonetheless figured as the paradigmatic example of a virtuous pastime. Particular attention is given to da Odenara Damiano’s The Pleasaunt and Wittie Playe of the Cheasts (1564), Arthur Saul’s The Famous Gam…[Read more]

राजस्थान के गोपालगढ कस्बे में 14 सितंबर, 2011 को हुई सांप्रदायिक हिंसा का विश्लेषण

पत्रकारिता में बहुत कुछ बदला है। कारोबार के आकार से लेकर टेक्नोलॉजी तक में बुनियादी बदलाव हो चुके हैं। लेकिन पत्रकारिता में एक चीज है जो समय के फ्रेम में लगभग फ्रीज सी हो गई है। यह ठहराव पत्रकारिता में जातिवाद के संदर्भ में है। पत्रकारिता में वंचित समूहों की हिस्सेदारी पहले बिल्कुल नहीं थी और अब भी हालात बदले नहीं हैं। प्रमोद रंजन का यह आलेख…[Read more]

An examination of how museums can change how they relate to the public, through engagement opportunities.

This article explores how public health was transformed in Egypt soon after its occupation by Great Britain in 1882. Over the course of the nineteenth century, the Egyptian state had invested substantially in health to boost the nation’s economic and military strength, and, especially after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, to address E…[Read more]

The pre-publication praise Natasha Brown received for her debut novel Assembly (2021) from renowned writers like Bernardine Evaristo or Ali Smith is quite remarkable. The author had been virtually unknown to the larger public before winning one of the London Writers Awards in the literary fiction category in 2019. As a young Black British woman of…[Read more]

All the world’s a stage, but the irony is the rest of the globe often has an easier time understanding William Shakespeare than English speakers. “English audiences are at a disadvantage because the language has evolved and is more and more distant. They need footnotes, props and staging to understand,” said Alexa Alice Joubin, a Shakespeare schol…[Read more]

एम्स से चिकित्सा शास्त्र की डिग्री लेने वाले नाथपंथी एकआम्बेडकरवादी साधु से संबंधित यात्रा संस्मरण।

A team of journalists led by Pramod Ranjan, editor, FORWARD Press, is touring India to explore Bahujan India and its culture. The team invites FP readers to join this odyssey. We will keep you posted with what we see and learn through regular reports and articles. Here is a report by Pramod Ranjan from Rajasthan

In the 1890s, Camden Municipal Council started beautifying the town area by planting various trees, including peppercorns. These cultural plantings defined the local urban landscape for decades, yet only a handful remain today.

In August 2019, Prof Avijit Pathak and Prof Apoorvanand have written two poignant pieces on the government-sponsored maligning of JNU and the fall of the university, published in The Wire and the Indian Express, respectively. Taking the discourse forward, Forward Press managing editor Pramod Ranjan emphasizes the need for those fighting to save…[Read more]