Website Janvikalp website | Name Pramod Ranjan | |
Occupation Journalism, author, social worker | ||
Jharkhand's former chief minister Shibu Soren talks to Pramod Ranjan
Pramod Ranjan (born in February 1980) is an Indian author, social worker, famous journalist. He has worked for Bharatendu Shikhar (Shimla), Gram Parivesh, Dhramshala based Divya Himachal, Punjab Kesari,Dainik Bhaskar,Amar Ujala He is managing editor of the Forward Press monthly magazine.
Contents
- Jharkhands former chief minister Shibu Soren talks to Pramod Ranjan
- BBC Live on Ambedkars legacy reservation and conversion
- Early life
- Literary and cultural contributions
- Books
- Controversies
- References
BBC Live on Ambedkar's legacy, reservation and conversion
Early life
Pramod Ranjan was born on 22 February 1980 in Patna, Bihar. He attended government primary and secondary schools in Nalanda district. Ranjan did M.Phil. (Social concerns of Phaniswarnath Renu’s journalism) and Ph.D Scholar at JNU, New Delhi where he wrote dissertations titled “Social Concerns of Phaniswarath Renu’s Journalism” and “The Question of Liberation from Caste in Novels by Non-Dwij Hindi Authors”. He is known for his engaging, writings on society, politics and internal democracy in the media in northern India.
Literary and cultural contributions
Pramod Ranjan’s journalistic focus has been the rights of the backward classes, Adivasis, Dalits and other oppressed communities. He has tried to bring the discourse on OBC-Dalit issues from the margins of Hindi literature to the mainstream. He is credited with the reinterpretation of many Hindu legends from the Bahujan angle. He has also contributed to the Bahujan cultural movement by exposing the lies fed to the media regarding the Mahishasur Martyrdom Day celebrations organized by JNU students. He showed how the RSS tried to discredit this movement by attributing it to the organizations of the Far Left and terming it anti-national.
He also worked as one of the two Editors of socio- political monthly Jan Vikalp published from Patna. since January 2007 to March 2008. He was Senior Correspondent in Patna Bureau of ‘Prabhat Khabar’ March 2008 to January 2010. He joined Forward Press as Managing Editor from May 2011- to November 2013 and appointed its Consulting Editor from November 2013. Pramod Ranjan completed seven years with Forward Press. Now Its currently published under the supervision of Mr. Ranjan.