Thapa writes stories, poems and plays. He is also a film buff and theatre enthusiast. He has directed plays like August Wilson’s Fences and Marsha Norman’s Night, Mother. Thapa is also a Secretary of Society of Nepali Writers in English (NWEN). His stories are regularly published in Of Nepalese Clay. Thapa’s poems have appeared in Six Strings, a joint anthology published in 2012. His research articles have been published in journals like Cross-Currents and Literary Studies.