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Lamakaan hosts an evening of live music with a message.

Mohamed Mehdi is a musician, composer, and professor of philosophy (Chicago).His songs are influenced by reggae, folk-rock and Indian styles of music combining themes of political and persona ... Read More »

"What Hope for Humanity?";

'Shall we forgive and forget?
What kind of compassion makes my enemy
My brother?
What kind of humane-ness
Makes you die
For your 'other'?'

Lamakaan is hosting the release of “Prince of Tears” by Fatima Shahnaz. T ... Read More »

Startups exist not to make stuff, make money, or serve customers. They exist to learn how to build a sustainable business.

This learning can be validated scientifically, by running experiments that allow us to test each element of our vision. That ... Read More »

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, lead ... Read More »

Kcircle is organizing a potpourri quiz which is open to all. All participants need to get 10 questions or more in the form of a powerpoint presentation. We will form random teams on the spot.
Please register for the event at this link http://www.fa ... Read More »

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, leadin ... Read More »

aka Babulal Bhuiya Ki Qurbani 1987
A poetic documentary about the tribals around Bihar’s Mailgora collieries who survive by recycling the pits’ coal slurry. In February 1981, Babulal Bhuiya, one of the workers, was shot dead by the Industrial Securi ... Read More »

How Vibrant is Gujarat?: Development Myths and Reality.

Lamakaan is proud to present three well known grassroots activists from Gujarat to kick off our debates and discussions as India moves into another election season.

Mahesh Pandya is a wel ... Read More »

Create to Inspire Fellowship is an out-of-the-box challenge for the youth to generate awareness and ownership around effective and judicious consumption and management of water, energy, transport and e-waste through creative mediums. At this event, w ... Read More »

A screening and Seminar on Independent breakthrough cinema in India. The screening is a documentary called "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls". This Documentary talks about how Hollywood cinema went through a major change during 1970s. And the post one hour ... Read More »

On the World Indigenous Day, Lamakaan hosts a talk on 'Tribal Land and Forest Rights' by Dr Palla Trinadha Rao, is practicing lawyer, tribal rights activist, involved in tribal rights advocacy since 1986 and writing on tribal issues.

Land is their ... Read More »

Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, "to save them from themselves." Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two ... Read More »

Now we will have practical session on Photoshop. I know you are practicing and some of you are not.
In this session we will try to spend some time together to clarify our doubts in practice of photoshop.
I request U all to practice well and come. ... Read More »

Positive psychology is one of the newest branches of psychology to emerge. This particular area of psychology focuses on human prospering. While many other branches of psychology tend to focus on dysfunction and abnormal behavior, positive psychology ... Read More »

Samahaara presents

"HAMLET" (Play reading)

"Hamlet" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother ... Read More »

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

22nd Listening Post:
The fascinating music of George Gershwin

George Gershwin composed some of the most wonderful concert works of the 20th century, as well as the most memorable jazz standards ... Read More »

The Final Cry play – Concept by- Amrapalee Dutta and written with support from Suzanne Patel, holds a very strong message, conveyed in a way like never before – Using Physical Theatre as our primary medium, and combining it with Shadow Theatre, our p ... Read More »

The Nehruvian era made ordinary people - mostly adivasis and dalits - lose their lands, forests and streams in the name of ‘national development’. That development never reached them. Not only they remained as deprived of basic health care and educat ... Read More »

Exhibition and sale of sketches by talented painter Suraj, done in various methods of; KNIFE PAINTING, SAND PAINITNG, ACRYLIC & OIL PAINTING and PENCIL SKETCHES at Lamakaan through the weekend beginning Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th August all day.
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A exclusive event designed for short films, to show case some serious work in the short films category. With this event the studio wants to create an eco system for filmmakers to co exist & evolve, this is forum will address practical pain points of ... Read More »

TWO DAY- WEEKEND SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP
17th, 18th August (SAT – SUN), Morning 10.00am to 1.00pm. Conducted by FTII SCREENWRITING GRADUATE Raj chanvell

Age Limit: 20 above
Fees: 1000/-
Contact: 9912111173
Writing movies is one of the most cre ... Read More »

THE HUMAN FACTOR (Documentary/76 mins/2012) Directed by: Rudradeep Bhattacharjee

The fascinating story of the Lords, a Parsi family of musicians who have collectively worked for over 60 years in Mumbai's film orchestras.

Songs have been an inte ... Read More »

Love, Sex and Mocha is a quirky rom-com, that infuses slam poetry and theatre as one, is a satire on modern chick flicks that creates a twist on the male-female relationship.Bubbly and frothy, this theatrical effort takes a quirky look at the mans cu ... Read More »

Love, Sex and Mocha is a quirky rom-com, that infuses slam poetry and theatre as one, is a satire on modern chick flicks that creates a twist on the male-female relationship.Bubbly and frothy, this theatrical effort takes a quirky look at the mans cu ... Read More »

This is a story of the post Independent India. Every year when this country celebrates freedom, there are thousands of innocent prisoners in Indian jails, waiting for justice without even a trial. Abdul Nasar Maudany is one such victim. As a Muslim s ... Read More »

AN INTRODUCTION TO ODISSI DANCE - For dancers and non-dancers, open to all ages ...a 2 day workshop with Guru Jyoti Rout. on 21st and 22nd August 6pm-8pm.

Would you like to be a rivulet leaping and tumbling towards the river;
Would you like to be ... Read More »

Launch of www.pheku.in
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Sifar invites you to a Hindi play

Round & Round & Round.. -A play

An Old Bar...a table...and two restless souls sharing their SOLITUDE…

An old man who is expressing his feelings after going through oppression by state and society…
And ... Read More »

Samahaara Weekend Theatre Workshop (August - October)

If you wanted to be on stage and never had the time, if you have already been on stage but have not experienced the other fascinating aspects of theatre then you should join the weekend theatre ... Read More »

Sifar invites you to a Hindi play

“Round & Round & Round…”
Based on Nirmal Varma's “Dedh Inch upar”

An Old Bar...a table...and two restless souls sharing their SOLITUDE…

An old man who is expressing his feelings after going through oppre ... Read More »

Linking Energy & Ecology: We'll host Ecologist Nina Sengupta, Ph.D on Sunday Aug 25th, 2 - 3pm.
We talk about role of energy as the key to growth. Is energy essentially a human-centric issue? How does energy play out in the lives of other living be ... Read More »

From Jericho to New York:
The role of the trombone through the centuries

From the beauty and majesty during the early period of church and classical music to its position as horn-section or solo-instrument in Jazz big bands and brass bands, the ... Read More »

Young artists - Anant Pingle (tabla) and Suhit Rakshit (Sitar), both 14 and 13 yrs respectively and both Centre for cultural resources and training (CCRT) scholarship holders along with two senior artists from Nashik Sujit Kale (tabla) and Ashish Ran ... Read More »

On August 25th, 2007 a bomb blast at Gokul chat center killed over 40 people in Hyderabad. Papalal, a Hindu temple painter rescued a four year old distraught Muslim girl. Since then he and his wife have taken care of her as their own daughter. This n ... Read More »

Launching the stories of Tondanadu (an area encompassing north Tamilnadu, south AP and west Karnataka, rich in culture and cuisine.

The stories are writen in Telugu by several story tellers.

It takes us on a trip to the neverland for a long tim ... Read More »

Lamakaan celebrates 'Telugu Language Day' by commemmorating Gidudu Rama Murthy's 150th Birth anniversary. We reminisce the great linguist - who told the world that speaking in Dialects is not a shame and that there is no one standard way of pronounci ... Read More »

About - Miya Biwi`: Adapted from the original Marathi Play ``Shri Tashi Sau`` written by Yogesh Soman into Hindustani by Saurabh Gharipurikar.
This is a story about a Hyderabadi couple going to court to nullify their nuptials by divorcing each othe ... Read More »

Ace of Spades is an Artist Management division of Blue Butterfly Entertainment, which promotes independent musicians from across India. Live-Wire is a musical initiative to promote talented musicians who are known for their own compositions (English ... Read More »

A talk on Thalassemia by Dr Suman Jain, Chief Executive, Thalassemia & Sickle Cell Society (TSCS) and this will include information about the illness, the prevelance, prevention and cure.

Thalassemia is a form of inherited recessive blood disorder ... Read More »

The Last Bridge Live is a live music show by the popular band "The Last Bridge" based in Hyderabad.
The Last Bridge has performed across various Indian cities like Hyderabad, Delhi, Bangalore..etc at various events, shows and gatherings. The Last Br ... Read More »