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	\| subject = [[Indus Valley ~~civilisation~~\|Harappan culture]]		\| subject = [[Indus Valley Civilisation\|Harappan culture]]
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	'''Om Thanvi''' is a Hindi writer, senior journalist, editor and critic.<ref name="hindisamay1935">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindisamay.com/writer/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80--OM-THANVI.cspx?id=1935 \|title=लेखक ओम थानवी का व्यक्तित्व OM THANVI \|publisher=Hindisamay.com \|accessdate=26 December 2018}}</ref> Thanvi is currently the founding vice-chancellor of [[Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication]].<ref name="bhadas4media.com">{{Cite web\|title=ओम थानवी बने हरिदेव जोशी पत्रकारिता विवि के कुलपति {{!}} No. 1 Indian Media News Portal\|url=https://www.bhadas4media.com/haridev-joshi-journalism-university/\|access-date=2021-10-14\|website=www.bhadas4media.com\|language=en-US}}</ref> His ~~most famous~~ work ~~is a~~ book ~~titled~~ ''Muanjodaro''.<ref name="muanjodaro">{{cite web\|url=https://m.aajtak.in/world-of-books/book-review/story/book-review-of-muanjodaro-by-om-thanvi-786421-2014-11-05\|title=''Muanjodaro'' written by Om Thanvi\|publisher=aajtak.in \|date=5 November 2014 \|accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref>		'''Om Thanvi''' is a Hindi writer, senior journalist, editor and critic.<ref name="hindisamay1935">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindisamay.com/writer/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80--OM-THANVI.cspx?id=1935 \|title=लेखक ओम थानवी का व्यक्तित्व OM THANVI \|publisher=Hindisamay.com \|accessdate=26 December 2018}}</ref> Thanvi is currently the founding vice-chancellor of [[Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication]].<ref name="bhadas4media.com">{{Cite web\|title=ओम थानवी बने हरिदेव जोशी पत्रकारिता विवि के कुलपति {{!}} No. 1 Indian Media News Portal\|url=https://www.bhadas4media.com/haridev-joshi-journalism-university/\|access-date=2021-10-14\|website=www.bhadas4media.com\|language=en-US}}</ref> His works include work ''Apne Apne Agyey'',<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.aajtak.in/literature/review/story/new-book-apne-apne-agyey-edited-by-om-thanvi-vani-prakashnan-297105-2015-05-04 \| title=अज्ञेय से जुड़ी यादों के उजास दिखाएगी किताब 'अपने अपने अज्ञेय' \| date=4 May 2015 }}</ref> and ''Muanjodaro''.<ref name="muanjodaro">{{cite web\|url=https://m.aajtak.in/world-of-books/book-review/story/book-review-of-muanjodaro-by-om-thanvi-786421-2014-11-05\|title=''Muanjodaro'' written by Om Thanvi\|publisher=aajtak.in \|date=5 November 2014 \|accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref> He is also an advisory board member of ''[[Muslim Mirror]]''.<ref name=":MM">{{Cite web \|title=About us \|url=https://muslimmirror.com/eng/about/ \|access-date=2023-12-18 \|website=Muslim Mirror \|language=en-US \|archive-date=16 December 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216032355/https://muslimmirror.com/eng/about/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Om Thanvi was born in the town of [[Phalodi]] in [[Jodhpur]] district of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/writer-journalist-om-thanvi-felicitated-with-bihari-puraskar-457436-2015-09-01\|title=Writer-journalist Om Thanvi felicitated with Bihari Puraskar\|work=[[India Today]] \|date=1 September 2018 \|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> His father was an educationalist and editor of two educational journals. He grew up in [[Bikaner]] and took his post graduation degree in [[Business Administration]] from [[Rajasthan University]].{{citation needed\|date=December 2018}}		Om Thanvi was born in the town of [[Phalodi]] in [[Jodhpur]] district of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/writer-journalist-om-thanvi-felicitated-with-bihari-puraskar-457436-2015-09-01\|title=Writer-journalist Om Thanvi felicitated with Bihari Puraskar\|work=[[India Today]] \|date=1 September 2018 \|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Thanvi started journalism in his student days in 1977 contributing to weekly ''Marudeep'' daily ''Yugpaksh'' (Bikaner) and weekly ''Ravivar'' (Calcutta). After completing his Masters in Commerce Thanvi started his mainstream journalism in 1978 with ''Itwari'', a weekly paper from the [[Rajasthan Patrika]] in Jaipur, Rajasthan. From 1980 to 1989 he worked in Rajasthan Patrika. After this, he joined the Hindi daily ''[[Jansatta]]'' of the [[Indian Express]] Group and was associated with this newspaper for the next twenty-six years (from 1989 to 2015), serving as a journalist, resident editor (Chandigarh edition, 1989―99), and editor (1999―2015).<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=47429194&privcapId=22077949\|title=About Om Thanvi\|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.\|date=26 December 2018\|accessdate=26 December 2018}}</ref>		Thanvi started journalism in his student days in 1977 contributing to weekly ''Marudeep'' daily ''Yugpaksh'' (Bikaner) and weekly ''Ravivar'' (Calcutta). After completing his Masters in Commerce Thanvi started his mainstream journalism in 1978 with ''Itwari'', a weekly paper from the [[Rajasthan Patrika]] in Jaipur, Rajasthan. From 1980 to 1989 he worked in Rajasthan Patrika. After this, he joined the Hindi daily ''[[Jansatta]]'' of the [[Indian Express]] Group and was associated with this newspaper for the next twenty-six years (from 1989 to 2015), serving as a journalist, resident editor (Chandigarh edition, 1989―99), and editor (1999―2015).<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite web\|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=47429194&privcapId=22077949\|title=About Om Thanvi\|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.\|date=26 December 2018\|accessdate=26 December 2018}}</ref>

	After separating from the ''Jansatta'', Thanvi taught as a visiting professor at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) at the Center for Media Studies, School of Social Sciences. He is currently the founding vice-chancellor of [[Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication]], Jaipur (Rajasthan).<ref name="bhadas4media.com"/> ~~He is holding additional charge of V-C, MDSU, Ajmer and V-C, Rajasthan State Skills University, Jaipur.~~		After separating from the ''Jansatta'', Thanvi taught as a visiting professor at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) at the Center for Media Studies, School of Social Sciences. He is currently the founding vice-chancellor of [[Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication]], Jaipur (Rajasthan).<ref name="bhadas4media.com"/>

	==Awards and recognition==		==Awards and recognition==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [http://www.vaniprakashan.in/auth-details.php?wid=633 Om Thanvi], writer introduction, Vani Prakashan.		* [http://www.vaniprakashan.in/auth-details.php?wid=633 Om Thanvi] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903215635/http://www.vaniprakashan.in/auth-details.php?wid=633 \|date=3 September 2018 }}, writer introduction, Vani Prakashan.

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	\| birth_name = Omprakash Thanvi		\| birth_name = Omprakash Thanvi
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	\| birth_place = [[Phalodi]], [[Jodhpur]], Rajasthan, India		\| birth_place = [[Phalodi]], [[Jodhpur]], Rajasthan, India
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	\| genre = Memoir, criticism		\| genre = Memoir, criticism
	\| subject = [[Indus Valley ~~Civilisation~~\|Harappan ~~Culture~~]]		\| subject = [[Indus Valley civilisation\|Harappan culture]]
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	'''Om Thanvi''' is a Hindi writer, senior journalist, editor and critic.<ref name="hindisamay1935">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindisamay.com/writer/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80--OM-THANVI.cspx?id=1935 \|title=लेखक ओम थानवी का व्यक्तित्व OM THANVI \|publisher=Hindisamay.com \|accessdate=26 December 2018}}</ref> Thanvi is currently the founding vice-chancellor of [[Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication]].<ref name="bhadas4media.com">https://www.bhadas4media.com/haridev-joshi-journalism-university/</ref> His most famous work is a book titled ''Muanjodaro''.<ref name="muanjodaro">{{cite web\|url=https://m.aajtak.in/world-of-books/book-review/story/book-review-of-muanjodaro-by-om-thanvi-786421-2014-11-05\|title=''Muanjodaro'' written by Om Thanvi\|publisher=aajtak.in \|date=5 November 2014 \|accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref>		'''Om Thanvi''' is a Hindi writer, senior journalist, editor and critic.<ref name="hindisamay1935">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindisamay.com/writer/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80--OM-THANVI.cspx?id=1935 \|title=लेखक ओम थानवी का व्यक्तित्व OM THANVI \|publisher=Hindisamay.com \|accessdate=26 December 2018}}</ref> Thanvi is currently the founding vice-chancellor of [[Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication]].<ref name="bhadas4media.com">{{Cite web\|title=ओम थानवी बने हरिदेव जोशी पत्रकारिता विवि के कुलपति {{!}} No. 1 Indian Media News Portal\|url=https://www.bhadas4media.com/haridev-joshi-journalism-university/\|access-date=2021-10-14\|website=www.bhadas4media.com\|language=en-US}}</ref> His most famous work is a book titled ''Muanjodaro''.<ref name="muanjodaro">{{cite web\|url=https://m.aajtak.in/world-of-books/book-review/story/book-review-of-muanjodaro-by-om-thanvi-786421-2014-11-05\|title=''Muanjodaro'' written by Om Thanvi\|publisher=aajtak.in \|date=5 November 2014 \|accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref>

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One of India’s most distinguished Editors and public intellectuals in recent decades, Om Thanvi is the Founding Vice-Chancellor of Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication (HJU), a state university established by the Rajasthan Legislature in 2019.

In a 43-year career in journalism, Thanvi has been a well-regarded writer, speaker and thought leader across continents. Besides his core competency of journalism, his interests range from literature, arts, culture, theatre and cinema to history, anthropology, social sciences and the environment.

Besides writing and commenting extensively on current issues across print, electronic, social and online platforms, he has also written on cinema, art, literature, archeology, architecture and language.

{{short description|Indian writer}}

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| caption = Thanvi during a conference, 2012
| birth_name = Omprakash Thanvi
| birth_date = 1957
| birth_place = [[Phalodi]], [[Jodhpur]], Rajasthan, India
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| occupation = Journalist, editor
| language = [[Hindi]]
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| genre = Memoir, criticism
| subject = [[Indus Valley Civilisation|Harappan Culture]]
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| awards =* Bihari Puraskar,<ref name="biharipuraskar">{{cite web|url=https://aajtak.in/world-of-books/books-and-literature-news/story/bihari-puraskar-for-writer-journalist-om-thanvi-807852-2015-04-14|title=Om Thanvi gets ''Bihari Puraskar'' |publisher=aajtak.in |date=14 April 2015 |accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref> ([[K. K. Birla Foundation]])<br>
* [[Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi]] Puraskar<ref name="gsvp">{{cite web|title=Profile at Jaipur Literary Festival|url=https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/archive/jlfspeakers/om-thanvi-2/|date=8 December 2016|accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref>
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'''Om Thanvi''' is a Hindi writer, senior journalist, editor and critic.<ref name="hindisamay1935">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindisamay.com/writer/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80--OM-THANVI.cspx?id=1935 |title=लेखक ओम थानवी का व्यक्तित्व OM THANVI |publisher=Hindisamay.com |accessdate=26 December 2018}}</ref> Thanvi is currently the founding vice-chancellor of [[Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication]].<ref name="bhadas4media.com">https://www.bhadas4media.com/haridev-joshi-journalism-university/</ref> His most famous work is a book titled ''Muanjodaro''.<ref name="muanjodaro">{{cite web|url=https://m.aajtak.in/world-of-books/book-review/story/book-review-of-muanjodaro-by-om-thanvi-786421-2014-11-05|title=''Muanjodaro'' written by Om Thanvi|publisher=aajtak.in |date=5 November 2014 |accessdate=30 December 2018}}</ref>

==Early life==
Om Thanvi was born in the town of [[Phalodi]] in [[Jodhpur]] district of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/writer-journalist-om-thanvi-felicitated-with-bihari-puraskar-457436-2015-09-01|title=Writer-journalist Om Thanvi felicitated with Bihari Puraskar|work=[[India Today]] |date=1 September 2018 |accessdate=31 December 2018}}</ref> His father was an educationaist and editor of two educational journals. He grew up in [[Bikaner]] and took his post graduation degree in [[Business Administration]] from [[Rajasthan University]].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

==Journalism and Editing==
Thanvi started journalism in his student days in 1977 contributing to weekly 'Marudeep', daily 'Yugpaksh' (Bikaner) and weekly 'Ravivar' (Calcutta). After completing his Masters in Commerce Thanvi started his mainstream journalism in 1978 with 'Itwari', a weekly paper from the [[Rajasthan Patrika]] in Jaipur, Rajasthan. From 1980 to 1989 (for about nine years) he worked in Rajasthan Patrika. After this, he joined the Hindi daily [[Jansatta]] of the [[Indian Express]] Group and was associated with this newspaper for the next twenty-six years (from 1989 to 2015), serving as a journalist, resident editor (Chandigarh edition, 1989―99), and editor (1999―2015).<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=47429194&privcapId=22077949|title=About Om Thanvi|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|date=26 December 2018|accessdate=26 December 2018}}</ref>

After separating from the [[Jansatta]], Thanvi also taught as a visiting professor at the famous university of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) at the Center for Media Studies, School of Social Sciences. He is currently the founding vice-chancellor of [[Haridev Joshi University of Journalism and Mass Communication]], Jaipur (Rajasthan).<ref name="bhadas4media.com"/> He is holding additional charge of V-C, MDSU, Ajmer and V-C, Rajasthan State Skills University, Jaipur.

==Academic Experience==
He has delivered lectures on journalism, language, arts, environment and other subjects in institutions in India and abroad. Among them are Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU); Delhi University; Tokyo University; Jagiellonian University, Kraków (Poland); Aligarh Muslim University (AMU); Banaras Hindu University (BHU); University of Rajasthan, Jaipur; Jammia Millia Islamia, New Delhi; Makhanlal Chaturvedi University of Journalism and Communication, Bhopal; Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New York; Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and Mass Communication, Raipur; Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer; Maharshi Dayanand University, Ajmer; Gulbarga University; Pondicherry University, Pudducherry; Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur; The Asiatic Society, Kolkata and Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi.

==Thought Leadership==
Thanvi has been a leading voice at conferences organised by the South Asia Free Media Association in New Delhi, Kabul, Colombo, Dhaka, Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, Kathmandu and Lahore. He has attended Editors’ Conferences organised by Panos South Asia at Nagarkot (Nepal), Bellagio (Italy), Istanbul and Brussels; Editors’ Conference organised by World Editors Forum and World Association of Newspapers in Hyderabad; Conference on Media, Public Interest and Regulations organised by the Asian College of Journalism, Panos South Asia and British High Commission in Chennai; Conferences organised by Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature in Kathmandu, Agra, Lucknow and New Delhi. Conference on Trends in the Reporting of Migration Issues organised by International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Panos Europe at Dead Sea, Jordan. Conference for Financing for Development organised by United Nations in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Participated in wide ranging interactions organised by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Gandhi Peace Foundation, Sahitya Akademi, Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, National Book Trust (NBT), Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), National School of Drama (NSD), Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Raza Foundation, India Habitat Centre, India International Centre, SAHMAT and ANHAD etc.

==Professional Association==
Thanvi has participated in conferences on environment, social sciences, arts and culture in five continents including the United Nations’ first conference on environmental degradation, also known as Earth Summit, held in1992 at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); It's Preparatory conference held in Paris; UN Climate Change conferences in Copenhagen, Cancun, Maxico, Durban, Doha, Warsaw, Lima (Peru), Addis Ababa, Paris, Marrakech (Morocco), Bonn and Katowice (Poland); World Social Forum meets in Mumbai, Tunis and Helsinki; World Hindi Conferences in Bhopal, New York and Paramaribo, Surinam. Cultural conference in Havana. He was part of an official delegation of Vice President India to Bucharest (Romania), Georgetown (Guyana), Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Yerevan (Armenia), Minsk (Belarus), Paris and London. Joined Editors Delegation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland on invitation of the government of UK.

==Countries Visited==
Thanvi is a keen traveler. Apart from exploring India extensively, he has toured five continents of the world. Major countries visited are: Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Hungry, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, UAE, UK, US.

==Other Involvements==
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Thanvi had been Secretary General of Editors Guild of India for two terms as well as Vice President of the South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA). He was member of the [[National Integration Council]], headed by Prime Minister of India and is on the Advisory Council of the [[India International Center]] (IIC), New Delhi.

He has deeply been involved with environmental activities. In 1986 he was awarded the journalism fellowship by [[Centre for Science and Environment]] (CSE) to study Conventional Water Harvesting Methods of the Desert. He travelled extensively the arid zone to study the philosophy of water conservation, ways of living, particularly unique relationship with water in the Thar desert. That study later became a much talked and researched subject among the environmentalists all over. [[The Times of India]] interviewed him on front page: an unusual occasion in journalism when one journalist (Usha Rai) was interviewing another. He attended [[United Nations|UN's]] first conference on climate change called [[Earth Summit]] at [[Rio de Janeiro]] 1992 and it's preparatory conference held in Paris. In 2012, Thanvi was among few journalists who attended Rio summit, called [[Rio+20]], again.

He is a frequent political commentator on major Hindi TV networks, mainly [[NDTV]], [[Rajya Sabha TV|RSTV]], [[Aaj Tak]], [[ABP News]], [[News Nation]] and [[ETV Hindi|Etv]].

==Creativity==
* '''Muanjodaro''' – Excerptive travelogue tracing remains of the [[Indus Valley Civilization]].<ref name="muanjodaro"/><ref name="hindisamay1935"/>
* '''Apne Apne Agyey''' – A two-volume anthology of memoirs consisting 100 contributions of writers from Hindi and other languages.<ref name="hindisamay1935"/>

==Awards and recognition==

* Honored with [[Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi]] Puraskar for Journalism by the President of India for journalism.<ref name="gsvp"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award |url=http://khsindia.org/india/hi/?option=com_content&view=article&id=259&Itemid=919&lang=hi |website=khsindia.org}}</ref>

Thanvi, for his work 'Muanjodaro', has received various awards.
* [[SAARC Literature Award]]
* [[Shamsher Samman]]
* [[Delhi Academy Award]]
* [[Madhavrao Sapre National Journalism Award]]
* Bihari Puraskar given by [[K. K. Birla Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web|agency=Press Trust of India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bihari-puraskar-for-writer-journalist-om-thanvi-115041300645_1.html |title=Bihari Puraskar for writer-journalist Om Thanvi | Business Standard News |work=Business Standard |accessdate=3 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/bihari-puraskar-for-writer-journalist-om-thanvi-1-807852.html |title=‘मुअनजोदड़ो’ के लिए ओम थानवी को बिहारी पुरस्कार – bihari puraskar for writer journalist om thanvi – AajTak |work=India Today |date=14 April 2015 |accessdate=3 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=vanson |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%AE-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80-24%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0-2014-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4-1429346502-2 |title=Bihari Puraskar for writer journalist Om Thanvi in Hindi |publisher=Jagranjosh.com |date=18 April 2015 |accessdate=3 September 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.vaniprakashan.in/auth-details.php?wid=633 Om Thanvi], writer introduction, Vani Prakashan.
* [http://vaniprakashanblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/blog-post_6024.html Muanjodaro], introduction of the book by Vani Prakashan
* [http://hindi.webdunia.com/media-signature/om-thanvi-celebrity-editor-114100100049_1.htm Blog by Rajendra Upadhyay], Webdunia
* [https://www.kalpana.it/hindi/lekhan/omthanvi/index.htm Few articles written by Om Thanvi], Kalpana.it
* [https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/hindi-belt-life-down-muanjodaros-street/article7113649.ece Life down Muanjodaro’s street], blog by Kuldeep Kumar, [[The Hindu]]

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