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PROGRAMS
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• Martin Chautari's Programme Schedule
Martin Chautari is organizing the following discussions coming week at its premises, i. e. Block No.27, Jeetjang Marga, Thapathali (Phone No. 4-238050/4-240243/4102027; Fax: 4-240059)
Aaitabare Discussion Series (Sunday)
19 November 2006 / 3 Mangsir 2063 Time: 3 pm
Topic: Is Classical Marxist Revolution Possible in Nepal.
Pundit: Dr. Surendra K.C., Central Department of History, TU.
Mangalbare Discussion Series (Tuesday)
21 November 2006 / 5 Mangsir 2063 Time: 5 pm
Topic: Non-State Owned Hospital: Experience of Model Hospital.
Pundits: Dr. Saroj Dhital, Dr. Bharat Pradhan and Friends.
Media Discussion Series (Thursday )
23 November 2006 / 7 Mangsir 2063 Time: 3 pm
Manoj Pundit\'s Greater Nepal (2006, 100 mins, Nepal, documentary)
About the documentary
Greater Nepal is a cinematic exploration of the identity of a nation and its people through the eyes of an insider.
The setting is of the film is the Anglo-Nepal war that occurred in 1814-15 A. D. and which resulted in the humiliating Treaty of Sugauli. As a result, Nepal had to lose more than one-third of its territory to the East India Company, who was ruling India during the time.
The protagonist of the film has not forgotten this bitter history, and he has a deep urge to explore the great Nepal that once was. Moreover, inspired by the glorious stories of bravery and heroism exhibited by his ancestors in the war against the British, he sets out on a journey to the places where they had actually taken place, (though they are no longer within his country\'s territory) and to those territories that had been inalienable part of his country.
But, in the process, he comes across a surprisingly new truth: Humiliating past that his nation already had, he discovers that the present too is not very different. It is then that he comes to realize that something more profound is at stake: the way in which his people perceive themselves as a nation. Thus, by the end, a film about the lost territories of a country, turns out to be a statement about the identity of a nation and its people.
The film is subtitled in English.
- every Sunday at 3:00 PM on various issues of Research and Politics,
- every Tuesday at 5:00 PM on various topics,
- every Thursday at 3:00 PM on media related issues and
- every Friday at 3:00 PM on youth related issues (Youth Initiative in collaboration with Martin Chautari organizes Youth Discussion Series).
Schedule of Chautari\'s upcoming discussions is also available in its website http://www.martinchautari.org.np . Participation is open to all. Unless otherwise stated, all discussions take place in the Nepali language.
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