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'''Chandra Kishore Shrestha'''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shrestha|first=Chandra Kishore|title=Gorkhas' Quest for Indian Identity|publisher=|year=|isbn=8192043673|location=|pages=}}</ref> (popularly known as C.K. Shrestha) is a well-known [[dramatist]], [[social worker]], [[social thinker]], [[political analyst]], [[journalist]], theater [[Activism|activist]], film script writer, [[lyricist]] and a community motivator from the Darjeeling hills, [[India]].<ref name=dt>{{cite web|url=http://darjeelingtimes.com/archive/main-news/general/7116-ck-shrestha-proposes-formation-of-national-gorkha-council.html|title=CK Shrestha Proposes Formation of National Gorkha Council|date=February 24, 2014|work=Darjeeling Times|access-date=September 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917171912/http://darjeelingtimes.com/archive/main-news/general/7116-ck-shrestha-proposes-formation-of-national-gorkha-council.html|archive-date=September 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He belongs to the [[Indian Gorkha]] community.<br />
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C.K. Shrestha has written and directed numerous plays in the [[Nepali language|Nepali]] language, which include ''Ani Bhaleymungro Runcha'', ''Salaam Relimai'', and ''Aina Ma Herda Ramsailee''. He is the group leader of the theater troupe ''Bhadrey ko Toli Natya Samuha.'' ''Ani Bhaley Mungro Runcha'' is a social satire that was staged for 11 years in different parts of India. He has been the protagonist of 'theater for a social change' and a follower of the 'fourth theatre'. His fourth theatre play ''Aina Ma Herda Ramsailee'' was staged more than 500 times in different parts of India.<br />
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He has also written a book, the “Gorkhas' Quest for Indian Identity<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Gorkhas' Quest for Indian Identity|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>”on the issue of the identity crisis faced by Indian Gorkhas. As a journalist, C.K. Shrestha has edited and published a number of daily newspapers, weeklies, journals and periodicals. His main contributions include ''Sunchari Samachar'' (daily), ''Aba Samvad Patra'' (daily), ''Aadhar'' (monthly), ''Himali Bela'' (weekly) and ''Milekhutti'' (monthly magazine). He has authored many books including ''Darjeelingey Bhanu Jayantiko Naknik'', ''Narad Uvanch'', ''Hamro Love Story'', ''Mujhe Rang De Tiranga Chola Mai'', ''Bharatma Gorkha Haruko Rashtriya Chihnari Sankat'', ''Gorkha's Quest for Indian Identity'', ''Banmara'', etc.<br />
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C.K. Shrestha is a former national working president of the [[Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh]].<ref name="at">{{cite web|url= http://www.assamtimes.org/node/2137/|title=BGP Leadership Workshop concluded in Guwahati|date=October 21, 2008|work=Assam Times}}</ref> He is the founder of Gorkha Bharati Bichar Manch.<br />
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