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A WRITER'S STORY
"Pradeep Thapa Magar is primarily a journalist,
writer of books on ethnicity and culture, and at heart, a
poet..."-Excerpt from the
Writers of Colors, NJ, USA
Pratha Magar (Pradeep Thapa) was the "Featured
Writer" at Writers of Color, a New Jersey, USA based literary society in
2003. He edited several magazines in Nepal, one in the USA and in 2000
he published seven books including a book of poems called Manko Kura
(Voice of Soul).
Pradeep Thapa Magar in New York (2010). Photo:
Shyam Budha Magar (KhamDigital.com)
-Editor-in-Chief,
www.usnepalonline.com ,
www.MeroBoli.com,
www.NRNToday.com ,
www.NepaliCount.com
-Deputy Coordinator, Expatriate Nepali
Journalists Network (ENJN) प्रवासी नेपाली पत्रकार सन्जाल (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000830967670)
-Media Coordinator, विश्व नेपाली साहित्य महासंघ
(Global Federation for Nepali Literature- GFNL) (http://gfnl.org.np/)
-प्रेस सल्लाहकार, अन्तराष्ट्रिय कलाकार मन्च
International Artists Forum, USA (www.iafusa.blogspot.com)As an IT professional and journalist Pradeep has
developed and edited many websites including :
www.usnepalonline.com,
www.NepaliCount.com &
www.MeroBoli.com, Nepali
blog site for Nepali writers.
 
He
is the Editor-in-Chief of a New York based popular Nepalese community
news portal
www.usnepalonline.com which is run by US Nepal Media
Center, a not-for-profit American-Nepalese media corporation.
(Know
more)
He has trekked and
researched more than 100 forts of Sahyadri mountain range, Maharashtra
and all of India. See:
www.fortsofindia.com. His next poetry book- 'From My Heart to
Your Heart' (View
illustration by Rabin Koirala) will soon be published with
illustrations by two well known Nepali artists Buddhi Thapa Magar & Rabin
Koirala. Special illustration from young Nepalese artist Rashmi Amatya
will also be included.
He is
a co-founder of the Gurkha Memorial Trust and Museum Nepal (1994–1996,
1996–1998, 1998–2000)
(Know
more) & founding General Secretary of
Association of Nepalese Indigenous Journalists (ANIJ)
(Know
more). He served as an Executive Secretary on the federal
council of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN)
(formerly Nepal Janajati Mahasangh) (1997-2000)
(Know
more) & as a Central Executive Committee Member of Nepal
Magar Association (1995-2001) (Know
more).
He edited Laaphaa (Know
more), Kairan and many cultural magazines
in Nepal between 1992-1999 and wrote regularly for Jana Aastha
(Know
more) national
weekly
news paper in Kathmandu which is one of the most read news papers in
Nepal. He has written more than 300 articles on culture, people and
environment.
He was born on February 3, 1972 in Nepal, the country of Mt. Everest,
the tallest mountain peak of the world, also the birth place of Buddha.
In spite of his poetry
writing, he retains his primary identity as a nonfiction writer,
journalist and social activist on behalf of the indigenous peoples,
marginalized communities, women, immigrants and issues related to the
global environmental impacts. You can read some of his news feature
articles on these issues at:
Read
Challenges of the 21st Century
by Pradeep Thapa Magar
As a poet and writer Pradeep gives a glimpse of his passion and his
reason for writing: 'I express my feelings and experiences in words:
some may call it poetry. Words are the tool for the expression of
thoughts and feelings. I like to play with words and I want to take care
of them; they are my life's mirror. My words tell of my struggles,
sorrows and joys, defeats and triumphs, love and loved ones. You will
find me in every word that I have written.'
He can be reached at:
pradeepthapa@gmail.com;
or call at
+1-917-570-1098
Follow him at:
http://twitter.com/pradeepthapa
Find him on:
http://www.facebook.com/pradeepthapamagar
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