By Rajan Thapaliya
Journalism is a very demanding profession especially in todays fast pace life. From reputable and prominent journalists to lesser-known journalists, whenever there is a mention of note-worthy journalist, name of Mr. Kishor Panthi is well known as one of today’s influential investigative journalists. His special focus is on immigrant and immigration matters.
He has been successful in impressing people around the globe and has been successful in being recognized among a very big mass owing to his unique and creating writing style. Panthi also hosts a popular TV show by the name “Talk of the Town” which is broadcasted on ABC television, has been involved in journalism since a very long time. He currently operates as a full time journalist in the USA. He is an intellectual, wise person guided by morals, laws and ethics of journalism.
Everyone has a secret that is sealed behind the closed doors of one’s hearts. Today, we are about to dig into the untold, unheard secrets of the very talented Mr. Kishor Panthi. Let’s get to know the lesser-known facts about him.
Mr. Kishor was disqualified in the position of a dishwasher
In the initial days, everything is always tough especially if you are coming to a city like New York where your previous university degree and technical skills from Nepal matter so less. Hiring managers won’t settle for less than “The” New York experience. After resting for a few days upon his arrival, Mr. Kishor went to one of the popular restaurants on Queen’s blvd where the manager questioned him if he had any previous experience in the position of dishwasher. Very promptly, he confirmed that he had previous experience that wasn’t true at all. Very shortly, the manager dismissed him citing him unfit for the mere position of a dishwasher. He never applied for the same position following that incident.
Language barrier is no wonder such a big issue! No matter how much people claim of equality, equal opportunity, in reality language issues can be a major factor to the decisions employers make while recruiting employees. Sadly with Mr. Kishor, not having Hindi linguistic skill turned out to be the reason of rejection to him in many of the position he applied for. That was his what we call rough past. Who doesn’t have them anyway, right? As for now, he is a full time journalist working for his own newspaper in the USA. He is his own master, his own boss. There’s no time constraint for him and under such low pressure, he’s been able to spread his wings freely and work with his full heart in the field of work that he enjoys doing. And when work is something you enjoy doing, that work no longer remains work. It becomes worship; it becomes enjoyable not dull and boring. He believes that people should be free from circumstances to enjoy what they are doing.
He has served as editor in many media houses
Whether it is Radio, Newspaper or Television, he has always served as an Editor in all of them. He worked in a popular media houses like Sagarmatha Television (first Nepali News Television) and ABC TV (Nepali News TV) as a news editor for a long time. When he first arrived in the US, he worked as a newspaper editor in one of Nepalese community newspapers in voluntary basis.
Currently, he is hosting “Talk of the town”, first Nepalese TV show from the USA. He also serves as chief editor of Khasokhas Weekly, first Nepali weekly magazine in the USA. You will notice a lot of deviation from traditional writings in his work and his writing mainly revolves around immigrants. He is an avid reader and devotes up to four hours of his time to reading in order to expand his vision, knowledge and better his personality. If you have any queries regarding journalism or have passion for the same, Mr. Panthi is for sure the best person you would like to seek advice from.
Who could be a better person to take advice from than the man himself who has been in the field of journalism since seventeen years?