NEW DELHI: A two-day programme was held on 26-27 June to mark the completion of five years of regular publication of FORWARD Press. On the first day, a workshop was held for the state correspondents of FORWARD Press. On the second day, Prof Sushma Yadav (Pro VC, IGNOU) and Rajendra Kashyap (PMG, Delhi Circle) were feted with the First Mahatma Jotiba and Krantibai Phule Balijan Ratna Samman Award. The Bahujan lLiterature Annual for 2014 was also released on the occasion.

From Left: Veer Bharat Talwar, Ramnika Gupta, Ivan Kostka, Silvia Kostka, Pramod Ranjan, Sanjay Kumar, Sushama Yadav, Rajindra Kashyap

Thom Wolf

H.L. Dusadh

Lal Ratnakar

Surendra Kushwaha addressing the function

Guests at the felicitation ceremony

More guests at the felicitation ceremony

FORWARD Press correspondents from different states at the workshop

Kevin Brinkmann taking a session at the workshop

Sarvesh and Avinash Das during the training session at the workshop

Editor-in-chief Ivan Kostka and Consulting Editor Pramod Ranjan with FORWARD Press correspondents
Published in the August 2014 issue of the Forward Press magazine
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