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Magar Journalists form Magar Community United
Who Include from Gorkhapatra, NTV, Himal Media, Nepal FM, USNepalOnline.Com...

Kathmandu, August 15, 2008- Magar journalists have come together to form Magar Mass-Communication Society (MMCS) with the objective to protect rights of working Magar journalists, promote their professional skills and to disseminate information on Magar culture, social, economic and political activities via media to national and international audiences.

Participants Magar journalists. Photos: Smita

Presenting a concept paper in the first gathering of Magar journalists and mass communicators, scholar of social movement Jhakendra Gharti Magar said, “The necessity to form Magar Mass-communicators Society is a must as in today’s world, media can play the most important role in the protection and promotion of Magar cultural identity. At the same time, it can play the vital role to ensure our social, cultural, lingual, economic and political issues in new Constitution through media lobbing.”

Preliminary study shows among 8,000 journalists in the country there are only about 100 Magar journalists listed under the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ). That is about 1.25% or less of all professional journalists. The study shows there are 23 Magar journalists in daily newspapers, 9 in weeklypublications, 1 in biweekly, 5 in monthly magazines and there are 4 Magar journalists in television, Radio /FM. An additional 13 include 3 in online, 12 freelance journalists and 2 photographers.

Jhakendra Gharti Magar

Advisors to the newly formed MMS are senior journalists Khildhoj Thapa Magar, Lok Deep Thapa Magar, Ujir Magar, Radha Budhathoki Magar and Jhakendra Gharti Magar.

Nepal Magar Association (NMA), Magar National Liberation Front (MNLF) affiliated to CPN (Maoists), Nepal National Magar Association (NNMA) affiliated to Nepali Congress, Nepal Democratic Magar Association (NDMA) affiliated to CPN (UML), Magar Autonomous Association (MAA) affiliated to CPN (United), Magar Liberation Organization (MLO) affiliated to Janamorcha Nepal and Magar Hang Council (MHC) affiliated to National Janamukti Party are the patron organizations of MMS.

Newly elected President of MMS Naresh Khapangi Magar said, “We are taking it as a serious responsibility especially because this is the period of Constitution making process. The responsibility rests on our shoulders to be a bridge between the Magar voice and Nepal Government to ensure Magarant and other Magar cultural, social, economic and political related issues in New Constitution.”

Khapangi Magar added that MMS will focus on bringing out the Magar related issues in the media by forming a network all over the country among Magar journalists. He hopes that will bridge the gap between mainstream media houses and Magar mass communicators.

Senior journalists Khildhoj Thapa Magar (Annapurna Daily), Lokdeep Thapa Magar (The Rising Nepal)

Appreciating the initiation, senior journalist Khildhoj Thapa Magar said, “I congratulate the MMS adhoc committee and hope they will be the voice of the Magar community to ensure their rights, cultural identity and political representation in the country.”

President of NMA Jhak Bahadur Thapa Magar, Member of Constituent Assembly (CA) and Vice Chairperson of MNLF Onsari Gharti Magar, President of NNMA Ganesh Bahadur Thapa Magar, CA member and President of NDMA Dal Bahadur Rana Magar, CA member and General Secretary of Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) Ram Bdr Thapa Magar, Vice President of MAA Lila Bahadur Thapa Magar, President of MLC Tek Balampaki Magar, President of Nepal Magar Women Association Syam Maya Pun Magar, President of Nepal Magar Students Association Bhoj Bikram Budha Magar, President of Nepal Magar Cultural Association Kabita Ale Magar and businessman Man Bahadur Thapa Magar also congratulated and gave their best wishes to the new committee in the occasion.

Central Ad-hoc Committee of MMS members are as follows:

1. President: Naresh Khapangi Magar, Gorkhapatra
2. Vice-President: Dilip Thapa, NTV
3. General Secretary Manoj Gharti, Janadisha
4. Secretary Madhusudan Thapa, Sagarmatha TV
5. Treasurer Manu Thapa, Dhankuta Weekly
6. Members: Dhan Bahadur Magar, FNJ (Kathmandu)
7. Ishwor Raj Magar, Morang Saptahik
8. Dhurba Ale Magar, The Himalayan Times
9. Nabin Bibhas, Naya Patrika
10. Santa Gaha Magar, Himal Media
11. Smita Magar, www.usnepalonline.com
12. Dipendra Rana, Naya Nepal (Gorkhapatra)
13. Prakash Rana Magar, Gorkha Sainik Aawaj (monthly)
14. Kumar Lungeli Magar, Metro FM
15. Sachin Roka Magar, Nepal FM

Central Adhoc committee announced that it will contact Magar mass-communicators from all over the country in near future to organize its national conference.

-Smita Magar in Kathmandu

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