Discussions take place at Martin Chautari every Sunday at 3 pm on Research related topics, every Tuesday at 3 pm on various topics and every Thursday at 3 pm on Media related issues. Participation is open to all. Unless otherwise stated, all discussions take place in the Nepali language.




Research Seminar Series (Sunday), 3pm
13 May 2012/31 Baishakh 2069
Transformations of Nepali Nationalism:  Historical Perspective
Monika Timsina, Lecturer, Padma Kanya Campus

Mangalbare Discussion Series (Tuesday), 3pm
15  May  2012/2 Jeth 2069
Book Discussion Series
Discussion on Dhruba Kumar’s Electoral Violence and Volatility in Nepal
Dhruba Simkhada, Journalist, Kantipur Daily

Media Discussion Series (Thursday), 3pm
17 May 2012/4 Jeth 2069
No Discussion due to Strike.

Research Seminar Series (Sunday), 3pm
20 May 2012/7 Jeth 2069
No Discussion due to Strike.

Mangalbare Discussion Series (Tuesday), 3pm
22 May  2012/9 Jeth 2069
Music Scenario and Music Policy in Nepal
Aavaas, Member Secretary, Nepal Academy of Music and Drama

Media Discussion Series (Thursday), 3pm
24 May 2012/11 Jeth 2069
Film Show and Discussion
Lajima Budha and Rajendra Budha Magar's Extinction of Pastures (Nepal, 2012, 30 mins)

About the Documentary
This documentary shows the negative impact of climate change and community forest on the lives of peasants or shepherds. They have to change their shelter in search of pasture and adapt to the ecological changes.

Research Seminar Series (Sunday), 3pm
27 May 2012/14 Jeth 2069
Occupational Shift and Livelihood Change: A Case Study of Pahari Community
Ruby Shakya, Research Apprentice, SIRF

Mangalbare Discussion Series (Tuesday), 3pm
29 May 2012/16 Jeth 2069
Art Discussion Series
Identity-making: The Process of Building Communal Narratives
Ms Arun Storrs, Visual Artist, USA

Media Discussion Series (Thursday), 3pm
31 May 2012/18 Jeth 2069
Nationalism's Appropriation of Modernity in Maitighar and Anagarik
Bal Bahadur  Thapa, Lecturer, Tribhuvan University