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Lamakaan has been open since 2010. Here are the events held since then, month by month, and the recordings of talks and performances on our YouTube channel.

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Events in August 2015

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Inklinkelements -A 2 Day Exhibit
Sat Aug 1, 11:00 AM
Bhargavi Madhiraju
Showcase by Inklinkelements, an art blogger for 2 Days 10am - 6pm on Sat- Sun 1st and 2nd August.

A self taught artist, Bhargavi has been doodling and creating pen and ink work from the last four years. It has to just be a new place, person, event ... Read More »
Samahaara Comedy Night 8
Sat Aug 1, 7:30 PM
Samahaara
Samahaara Comedy Night: 8th Edition

Date: August 01st, Saturday, 2015
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills
Time: 7.30pm

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy

It's baaaaaaaack, with a new set of short plays and stand-up comedy. Remember how much fun w ... Read More »
Weekly Organic Bazaar -On Sunday
Sun Aug 2, 10:30 AM
Lamakaan Organic Bazaar
Come and discover:
Wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries
Homemade Breads and other baked goods;
Organic Lunch,
Handicrafts and Handlooms,
Handmade Jewelry,
Terrace Gardening Corner,
Creative Design Spaces.
Every Sunday 10:30am - 2 ... Read More »
Kahaniwala - Stories on Buddha
Sun Aug 2, 11:00 AM
Suhas Bhatnagar
Kahaniwala Suhas tells stories related to Gautam Buddha. This session is Free and for all adults as well as for children too.
Suhas delivered lectures and had participated in the open mic session at Hyderabad Literary Festival 2015. He have started ... Read More »
Writing Dialogue : Workshop - 2
Sun Aug 2, 1:30 PM
Independent Cinemaspace
The Screenwriting Lab is an ongoing series of weekend workshops with writers and film makers, where we discuss and practise the craft of writing for cinema. Each session shall focus on a distinct aspect of scriptwriting in detail, with specific techn ... Read More »
Decoding Gender Identity
Sun Aug 2, 4:00 PM
Nirma Khatri Vadlamudi, MPH
A open discussion on gender identity. This discussion is geared towards individual development of identity and the process of gender identity discovery, to clarify misconception people have about physical attributes. This discussion is based on scie ... Read More »
Is Kambakht Sathe Ka Kya Karen
Sun Aug 2, 8:00 PM
UDAAN Performing Arts.
Is Kambakht Sathe Ka Kya Karen is an adaptation of the Marathi play, Sathecha Kay Karaycha, penned by the noted playwright Rajiv Naik and translated into Hindi by Jyoti Subhash.

The story focuses on the tender relationship between a husband and a ... Read More »
chittadavilo chinni pranulu
Wed Aug 5, 7:30 PM
Y.Kranthikumar reddy
A children playlet (telugu)its about stop deforestation and to save animals and birds.

Entey free. Read More »
Harsh Mander's Book release&Talk
Thu Aug 6, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan Lecture Series
Inviting all for an evening with Harsh Mander, writer and social worker for the release of his Book “Looking Away: Inequality, Prejudice And Indifference In New India”.

In the book, he takes a dig at the indifference of the privileged class about ... Read More »
My Experiments with Colors
Fri Aug 7, 10:30 AM
Sunila Gollapudi
My experiments with colors - a painting exhibition by Sunila Gollapudi. This will a painting exhibition of over 35 paintings on canvas done using acrylic and water based paints.

It will be on for 3 days on Tue-Thu 9-11th Jun 10am to 6pm.

All ar ... Read More »
Living History : Heritage of Hyd
Fri Aug 7, 7:00 PM
Hyderabad Trails
This talk showcases through an audiovisual medium the sorry state that Hyderabad’s great cultural heritage has fallen into: its historic architecture is crumbling (if not being actively torn down), and its art treasures are falling to pieces, through ... Read More »
Restore, don't Demolish !
Sat Aug 8, 7:00 PM
Hyderabad Trails
In light of the latest predicament we face as a city, we have organised this discussion on the need to preserve our heritage monuments. The Musi river, though in a state of ecological deterioration, strings along with it architectural marvels from th ... Read More »
Weekly Organic Bazaar -On Sunday
Sun Aug 9, 10:30 AM
Lamakaan Organic Bazaar
Come and discover: Wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Breads and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts and Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces. Every Sunday 10:30am - 2:30pm Fo ... Read More »
Writing Dialogue:Free Workshop-3
Sun Aug 9, 1:30 PM
Independent Cinemaspace
The Screenwriting Lab is an ongoing series of weekend workshops with writers and film makers, where we discuss and practise the craft of writing for cinema. Each session shall focus on a distinct aspect of scriptwriting in detail, with specific techn ... Read More »
Is Kambakht Sathe Ka Kya Karen
Sun Aug 9, 8:00 PM
UDAAN Performing Arts.
Is Kambakht Sathe Ka Kya Karen is an adaptation of the Marathi play, Sathecha Kay Karaycha, penned by the noted playwright Rajiv Naik and translated into Hindi by Jyoti Subhash.

The story focuses on the tender relationship between a husband and a ... Read More »
We love u Ranjan-Condolence meet
Tue Aug 11, 7:30 PM
P Nagendra Satish
M P Ranjan, a pillar of Design in India whose life was always an inspiration, Left us on 9th August, 2015.

Prof M P Ranjan is a design thinker with 40 years of experience in design education and practice. He helped visualize and set up two new d ... Read More »
A Short evening with Films- #19
Wed Aug 12, 6:30 PM
Octopus Studios
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 »
Book launch & Reading
Thu Aug 13, 7:30 PM
Irfan Khan/ Aditi Mukherjee
Book launch & reading session of 'The Last Mughal Warrior in Love.' It is a historical fiction based on Emperor Aurangzeb’s passionate love story. Read More »
Sutradhar's SIYAAH HAASHIYE
Fri Aug 14, 8:00 PM
Sutradhar
Sutradhar presents SIYAAH HAASHIYE written by Sa'adat Hasan Manto and directed by Deepti Girotra and Vinay Varma.

A medley of 32 short and very short stories based on the events that took place during partition. The stories illustrate the heinous ... Read More »
Designer Minion Quilled Rakhees
Sat Aug 15, 10:30 AM
Poornima KC
Inviting all of you to the Rakshabandhan special event - "Designer Minion Rakhee Workshop" using Quilling" on the 15th of august at 10:30 am

Celebrate this rakshabandhan with specially handmade Minion rakhees (using quilling) for your loved ones. ... Read More »
Dalits & Democratic Revolutions
Sat Aug 15, 4:00 PM
Lamakaan Lecture Series
Inviting all for an evening of Talk by Gail Omvedt on on Ambedkar, Dalits & Democratic Revolutions".

Gail Omvedt is an American-born Indian scholar, sociologist and human rights activist. She is a prolific writer and has published numerous books o ... Read More »
Annual lecture by BharatPatankar
Sat Aug 15, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan Lecture Series
Lamakaan invites all for a second Hasan Memorial Lecture by a leading political activist Bharat Patankar on the topic titled 'Bol, ke Lab Azaad Hain Tere: 'Cultural Freedom Curtailed'

Mr. Patankar will be delivering this lecture on the increasing ... Read More »
Sutradhar's SIYAAH HAASHIYE
Sun Aug 16, 8:00 PM
Sutradhar
Sutradhar presents SIYAAH HAASHIYE written by Sa'adat Hasan Manto and directed by Deepti Girotra and Vinay Varma.
A medley of 32 short and very short stories based on the events that took place during partition. The stories illustrate the heinous an ... Read More »
Disruptive Innovation
Tue Aug 18, 7:00 PM
Saampradaya - Helping Hands
Disruptive Innovation in the Digital Era. Its on how new emerging technologies is shaking the existing technology market.
Talk by Mr. I. Vijay Kumar, MS (Public Relations), Andhra Bank - PR.
All are welcome Read More »
Odissi - by Shubhashree&Sanjukta
Wed Aug 19, 7:00 PM
Nrutyadham
Inviting all for an evening of Odissi Dance By Shubhashree Pattnaik & Sanjukta Ghosh.

Shubhashree is an exponent in classical Indian dance forms of Odissi, Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam, Subhashree will be performing Odissi depicting Nabarasa, Dasav ... Read More »
The Woman at the Window - A Play
Thu Aug 20, 8:00 PM
Nuzhath M Syed
Play Introduction:

A Story can be found in every lifeless object too as a life would have definitely touched it somewhere somehow. And if the lifeless objects are those entrances and exits we pass through or peek through daily, then for sure they ... Read More »
Sawal-Jawab:Science Conversation
Sat Aug 22, 11:00 AM
Shubha Tewari
Title: How do Insects Fly?
The next Sawaal-Jawaab: Conversations on Science features Prof. Sanjay Sane of the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, speaking about the wonders and puzzles of insect flight. Insects are evolution's great ... Read More »
Oral History-Talk by Nandini Oza
Sat Aug 22, 4:00 PM
Lamakaan Lecture Series
Inviting all for an evening of talk with Nandini Oza on "Oral History of the Struggles around Sardar Sarovar Narmada Project (SSP)".

The presentation: The talk will focus on Nandini Oza’s work of collection of oral histories of the people who have ... Read More »
Bitcoins - What? How? Why?
Sat Aug 22, 5:00 PM
rachita
Crypto currencies are all the rage, not to mention the next big thing. One such crypto currency, bit coin has gone from 0 to a whopping $1250 in about 3 years!! So, lets find out where to get these bit coins!! We can buy everything from pizzas to bu ... Read More »
AAJIR - Bengali Play(Entry Free)
Sat Aug 22, 7:30 PM
Shudraka Hyderabad
The word ‘Aajir’ stands for one who has sold himself into slavery for a paltry sum. In the play, ‘Aajir’, the story of a slave held by a bond signed by an ancestor – a slavery that denies him the right to love, marry and live a life of a human being ... Read More »
Eat Right To Look And Feel Best
Sun Aug 23, 11:00 AM
Healthy Living
With India becoming the diabetes capital and with every Indian man and woman developing a paunch it's absolutely necessary to repeatedly ring the bells to eat right and live an active and fit lifestyle and to make this transition easier a Nutritionis ... Read More »
IndianStartup-volunteers meeting
Sun Aug 23, 3:00 PM
Indian Startup
Indian Startups meetup group is a community networking group for entrepreneurs across the world to help venture new startups, nurture existing startups, encourage entrepreneurship, provide incubation facilities, co-working space, seed funding, crowd ... Read More »
Kinu Kahar Ka Thitr -Hindi(Free)
Sun Aug 23, 7:30 PM
Shudraka Hyderabad
‘Kinu Kaharer Thetar’, arguably the best play written by Manoj Mitra, an outstanding theatrical personality of West Bengal, that has been sought to be transcribed in Hindi ‘Kinu Kahar Ka Thitr’, satirically portrays the system of domination and explo ... Read More »
Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai - A Film
Tue Aug 25, 4:00 PM
Lamakaan Lecture Series
Inviting all for a Screening of the film "Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai" (2014),
Directed by: Nakul Singh Sawhney
Duration: 136 mins.

Recently in Delhi, in yet another case of brash intolerance by the state and its violent cronies, the screening of th ... Read More »
Zinda Talisman
Tue Aug 25, 7:30 PM
Vaishali Bisht
Zinda Talisman ( or the Stuff of Life) is an Installation piece that combines Stage, Film and Sound- tied togegher by the story of a young girl from Hyderabad who goes to the busy markets of Charminar with her mother and gets spellbound by a magical ... Read More »
An evening with Piyush Mishra
Wed Aug 26, 6:00 PM
Lamakaan program committee & Lord Chamberlains Men
Piyush Mishra is an Indian film and theatre actor, music director, lyricist, singer, scriptwriter.

A graduate from National School of Drama, he started his career in Hindi theatre, established himself as a theatre director, actor, lyricist and sin ... Read More »
Sifar's My Wife's Husband
Thu Aug 27, 8:00 PM
SIFAR
Not every day will you see a man and his wife’s husband together on stage.

Come and find out who gets to keep the wife and who gets to keep the misery.

Donor Pass: Rs.100/-

http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/my-wifes-husband/ET00014535

Contac ... Read More »
Badnaam Manto - A Play
Fri Aug 28, 8:00 PM
Rangrez Theatre Productions
The play 'Badnaam Manto' is a production of Mumbai based theatre group Rangrez. The Play depicts the controversial stages of Manto's life.

Synopsis:

Badnaam Manto

‘Here lies Saadat Hassan Manto and with him lie buried all the secrets of th ... Read More »
Art is Priceless - An Exhibition
Sat Aug 29, 11:00 AM
SRINIVAS BOBBILI
Presenting a two day Art Exhibition and and Interactive session with Artist Srinivas Bobbili on Sat-Sun 29, 30 Aug from 11am to 5pm.

Artists are always craving to bring out the hidden dimensions of creativity in their art, while the other are priv ... Read More »
"One Day School on Health"
Sat Aug 29, 2:00 PM
Independent Cinemaspace
We welcome you to the screening of a documentary on Adi Ayurveda called " One day school on Health" along with interaction with the film maker - Satish K from Kerala.

Adi ayurveda advocates that the route to perfect health can only be attained th ... Read More »
Monthly Quiz Hyderabad Quiz Club
Sat Aug 29, 5:00 PM
Niti Gupta
This month's quiz is on Bollywood. There will be a maximum of 6 teams. For more info and updates, please see www.facebook.com/groups/hydquizclub

Entry - Free Read More »
Badnaam Manto - A Play
Sat Aug 29, 8:00 PM
Rangrez Theatre productions
The play 'Badnaam Manto' is a production of Mumbai based theatre group Rangrez. The Play depicts the controversial stages of Manto's life.

Synopsis:

Badnaam Manto

‘Here lies Saadat Hassan Manto and with him lie buried all the secrets of th ... Read More »
Newspaper Basket Making Workshop
Sun Aug 30, 10:30 AM
Khushboo Surana
This is a one day newspaper basket weaving workshop for 3hrs.Inviting you all for the eco-friendly artwork. Neswpaper baskets can be used for different purposes.Come n join the workshop and contribute your creative side to reuse,reduce n recycle.The ... Read More »
IoT meet up
Sun Aug 30, 11:00 AM
Vijay
IoT meeting Read More »
World Kitchen Garden Day
Sun Aug 30, 11:00 AM
Lamakaan Organic Bazaar
Inviting all for a World Kitchen Garden Day on Sun Aug 30th, 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM during our weekly Organic Bazaar where you can interact with other kitchen gardeners, and get inspired to grow your own food.

You can also Pick up seeds, compost bins ... Read More »
"Ek Tha Gadha" (A play in Hindi)
Sun Aug 30, 7:30 PM
Samahaara
Samahaara
presents

An adaptation of Sharad Joshi's
"Ek Tha Gadha" (A play in Hindi)

Produced by Rathna Shekar Reddy
Directed by Nagaraju Pejjai

A Samahaara Workshop Production

Ek Tha Gadha is a hilarious satire written by Sharad Joshi ... Read More »