Rajesh Talwar is an Indian

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and

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. He has written several books on the topics of law and human rights and also some children's books and plays.

Early life

Talwar finished his schooling from La Martiniere College, Lucknow and thereafter studied for a BA (Hons) in Economics at Hindu College, Delhi at the University of Delhi. Subsequently, after securing an LL.B from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, he studied for an LL.M in human rights law at the

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, England, funded by a British

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Career

Rajesh Talwar is both a practitioner and teacher of law. He taught LL.B students at both

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over a period of six years. 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. Rajesh Talwar's career in writing includes ''Courting Injustice: The Nirbhaya Case and Its Aftermath'', ''How to Choose a Lawyer – and Win Your Case''. and ''Making Your Own Will''. Rajesh Talwar has been interviewed for his views on the Indian justice system by The New York Times He has written for prestigious newspapers including The Indian Express, The Times of India, Scroll, CNN-News 18, The New Indian Express, and The Daily Guardian. 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

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. His other children's books include ''The Three Greens'', which has three children solving what are called 'enviromysteries'. (Orient BlackSwan). 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 and the Pragati EVichaar Literary Festival amongst others.

References

External links

Rajesh Talwar official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talwar, Rajesh Living people British writers of Indian descent Alumni of the London School of Journalism Alumni of the University of Nottingham Year of birth missing (living people)