Rajesh Talwaris a lawyer and writer from India. He has written several books on the topics of law and human rights and also some children's books and plays.
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| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, lawyer |
Early life
editTalwar studied for a BA (Hons) in Economics at Hindu College at the University of Delhi. Subsequently, after securing an LL.B from Campus Law Centre at the University of Delhi, he studied for an LL.M in human rights law at theUniversity of Nottingham,England, funded by a BritishChevening Scholarship.[1]
Career
editRajesh Talwar is both a practitioner and teacher of law. He taught LL.B students at bothDelhi UniversityandJamia Millia Islamiaover a period of six years.[2]Thereafter, he began working for the United Nations in various capacities including as the Executive Officer of the UN Human Rights Advisory Panel in Kosovo, as the Legal Adviser to the Police Commissioner in East Timor and as the Deputy Legal Adviser to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. His work with the U.N. took him across the world including Somalia, Liberia, Kosovo and Afghanistan[3].[citation needed]
Rajesh Talwar's career in writing includesCourting Injustice: The Nirbhaya Case and Its Aftermath,[4]How to Choose a Lawyer – and Win Your Case.[5]andMaking Your Own Will.[6]
Rajesh Talwar has been interviewed for his views on the Indian justice system by The New York Times[7]He has written for prestigious newspapers including The Indian Express, The Times of India, Scroll, CNN-News 18, The New Indian Express,[8]and The Daily Guardian.[9]
Talwar's work for children include fiction and plays for children includingThe Boy Who Became a Mahatmaon Mahatma Gandhi,The Boy Who Fought an Empireon Subhash Chandra Bose and a play titledThe Boy Who Wrote a Constitutionbased on the childhood ofB. R. Ambedkar,the chief architect of theIndian Constitution.[10]His other children's books includeThe Three Greens,which has three children solving what are called 'enviromysteries'. (Orient BlackSwan).[11]
For his work, amongst others, he has been interviewed by Sahitya Tak from the India Today Group and by Anand Bazaar Patrika ABP (Live) and has been a moderator and speaker at the Kalinga Literary Festival, the Pune International Literary Festival[12]and the Pragati EVichaar Literary Festival amongst others.[13]
References
edit- ^Jaffer, Askari (19 September 2021)."'Guilty of Love, Your Honour' deals with themes of love: Rajesh Talwar ".thehansindia.Retrieved13 February2024.
- ^"Rajesh Talwar Author Biography".Hay House India. Archived fromthe originalon 6 September 2014.Retrieved26 February2014.
- ^"Rajesh Talwar: From Delhi's Hindu College to UN diplomat".The Global Indian.Retrieved13 February2024.
- ^"Courting Injustice by Rajesh Talwar".Penguin Random House Canada.Retrieved13 February2024.
- ^"Demystifying the Complexity of Litigation in India".The New Indian Express.Retrieved18 October2019.
- ^*"Making Your Own Will: Rajesh Talwar: Vision Books: Book (ISBN: 8170948835)".Vision Books.
- ^"In India, the Wheels of Justice Hardly Move".archive.nytimes.Retrieved13 February2024.
- ^"Rajesh Talwar".The New Indian Express.29 January 2022.Retrieved13 February2024.
- ^"Latest Rajesh Talwar News|Top Rajesh Talwar News Headlines Today|Today India news| Breaking Rajesh Talwar News Today|English Rajesh Talwar News Headlines".TheDailyGuardian.Retrieved13 February2024.
- ^"Nautanki Saala and Other Stories, and Other Books".April 2022.
- ^"Orient Blackswan PVT. LTD".Archived fromthe originalon 4 January 2015.Retrieved4 January2015.
- ^"PILF".pilf.in.Retrieved13 February2024.
- ^"Day-2: PragatiE Vichaar Literature Festival Virtual festival".Cityairnews.10 January 2023.Retrieved13 February2024.