Urmilesh Yadav | |
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Nationality | Indian |
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Notable work | Christiania Meri Jaan, Kashmir - Virasat aur Siyasat (2006), Jharkhand Jadui Zameen Ka Andhera, Bihar ka Sach, Rahul Sankrityayan Srijan Aur Sangharsh, Jhelam Kinare Dahakate Chinar. |
Urmilesh is an Indian journalist and author. He was the executive director of Rajya Sabha TV [1] from 2010 to 2012, and has worked in various Hindi publications like Hindustan and Navbharat Times, among others. He also anchored Media Manthan [2] on Rajya Sabha TV, a media-watch programme about the week's news and its coverage in the media.
He is currently (as of July 2020) the 'Reader's Editor' at NewsClick. [3]
Urmilesh completed his M.A. from Allahabad University and received his MPhil from JNU in 1981. [4]
He has written Hindi books like Christiania Meri Jaan, Kashmir - Virasat aur Siyasat (2006), [5] [6] Jharkhand Jadui Zameen Ka Andhera, Bihar ka Sach, [7] Rahul Sankrityayan Srijan Aur Sangharsh, Jhelam Kinare Dahakate Chinar. [8]
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