Urmilesh is an Indian journalist and author. He was the executive director of

Rajya Sabha TV Rajya Sabha TV was an Indian public cable television network channel owned and operated by Rajya Sabha that covered the proceedings of Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of the Parliament of India). It has now been replaced by Sansad TV. Apart from ...

from 2010 to 2012, and has worked in various Hindi publications like

Hindustan ''Hindūstān'' ( English: /ˈhɪndustæn/ or /ˈhɪndustɑn/, ; ) was a historical region, polity, and a name for India, historically used simultaneously for northern Indian subcontinent and the entire subcontinent, used in the modern day ...

and

Navbharat Times ''Navbharat Times'' (NBT; ) is a Hindi newspaper distributed in Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow and Kanpur. It is from the stable of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL), which also publishes other dailies including ''The Times of India'', ''The Economic ...

, among others. He also anchored ''Media Manthan'' on

, 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 NewsClick is an Indian news website founded by Prabir Purkayastha in 2009, who also serves as the Editor-in-Chief. The main headquarters are situated in New Delhi, with an additional office branch in Mumbai, Maharashtra. History and ownership ...

. Urmilesh completed his M.A. from

Allahabad University The University of Allahabad is a Central University located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 23 September 1887 by an act of Parliament and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance (INI). It is the 4th oldest mode ...

and received his MPhil from JNU in 1981. He has written

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

books like 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.''

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