Rajesh Talwar | |
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| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, lawyer |
Rajesh Talwar is 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.
Rajesh Talwar | |
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| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, lawyer |
Rajesh Talwar is 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.
Talwar 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 the University of Nottingham, England, funded by a British Chevening Scholarship. [1]
Rajesh Talwar is both a practitioner and teacher of law. He taught LL.B students at both Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia over 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 includes Courting Injustice: The Nirbhaya Case and Its Aftermath, [4] How to Choose a Lawyer – and Win Your Case. [5] and Making 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 including The Boy Who Became a Mahatma on Mahatma Gandhi, The Boy Who Fought an Empire on Subhash Chandra Bose and a play titled The Boy Who Wrote a Constitution based on the childhood of B. R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. [10] His other children's books include The 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]
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