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Mr. Vinay Varma, Film Director Mr. Srinivasa, RoadKraft RoadSafety (a Group) and myself (Nadira Tyabji) and ... the PUBLIC wish to organise a Meeting - basically a discussion on Improving Hyderabad Traffic. which we feel it ... Read More »

The recent events in Kashmir have resulted greater human loss and suffering of the civilians, especially women and children. There is a huge distress in the valley because of ever growing human rights violations and killing of the civilians which hav ... Read More »

Economics and Energy: Of black holes and rakshasa vivah a talk by Sagar Dhara

We face three tipping points today—peak oil (representing imminent exhaustion of fossil fuels with inadequate alternate energy replacement), climate change and rampant i ... Read More »

The Hindi play revolves around three friends out of them two are in college and one is a 12th fail who always tries to impress girls but fails in that as well. All of them stay together in an apartment and love to booze on every possible occasion, to ... Read More »

Nayi Disha Resource Centre (www.nayi-disha.org) is a not for profit organisation that supports families of persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) by providing information and connecting them with a range of resources and servi ... Read More »

Organizing Social Movements by Biju Mathew

It's been a while since the KBR protests have fallen silent. For everyone who has been a part of this fight to protect our precious bit of natural heritage, we are having a gathering to review and retrosp ... Read More »

The main discussions of the meeting are as follows:

• Objectives of this Python Group

• Plan future meetup

• Select/nominate volunteers for facilitating meetup

• Discuss on participation in Open Source Project. Read More »

Open Mic Poetry can be held on a monthly basis on a suitable Saturday afternoon. It will be coordinated and hosted by a local volunteer of Poetry Couture. All operational responsibility apart from the venue will lie with Poetry Couture. Read More »

Baishe Srabon - an evening of ragas and Rabindrasangeet based on them. It will be an evening of songs interspersed with recitations. Read More »

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 - 1.30pm Fo ... Read More »

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Myself Venkatesh(Shortfilm maker) made a short film on ancient indian classical instrument known Nadaswaram, we see & hear inall good occasion of this music intrument. Motive of this making short film...is to make aware how this great ancient mus ... Read More »

Rangadhara & Sutradhar
present
‘Main Rahi Masoom’
a solo performance enacted by Vinay Varma and directed by Prof. Bhaskar
Shewalkar
It is a biographical sketch of the famous Hindi and Urdu writer, the Late Dr. Rahi Masoom
Raza. This performance ... Read More »

Panel Discussion on
“Contemporary Politics in current Scenario”
On: 9th August 2016 (Tuesday), at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.
Time: 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Panelist:
Dr. Ram Puniyani, Writer and Activist
Mr. Mir Ayoob Ali Khan, Senior Journalist
Mr. ... Read More »

Renewing Solidarities, Towards Justice, Peace, and Hope

In solidarity with Irom Sharmila and the struggle for the repeal of AFSPA

On 9 August 2016 Irom Sharmila will give up her fast, which she began in November 2000 to demand the repeal of Arm ... Read More »

Topic: Cross Cultural Communication and Issues.

Communication has become an integral part of sharing of ideas and thoughts and with the advent of globalization and information overload, there is a constant battle to understand the communication ne ... Read More »

A defense lawyer cross-examines a woman during her testimony in a sexual assault case -- and in doing so, horribly distorts her perfectly innocent walk in the park.

Donor Pass: Rs100/- Read More »

A Chapbook of Poetry and Visuals by Anil CS Rao.

Anil CS Rao is an artist and writer presently based in Andhra Pradesh in South India. He has lived in the West from the age of 4 prior to obtaining "dual citizenship" and relocating to his Mother La ... Read More »

Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd. and Lamakaan invite you to a book reading from "When Sun Meets Moon: Gender, Eros, and Ecstasy in Urdu Poetry" by Dr Scott Kugle.

Long regarded one of the most influential writers of her time, 18th Century poet Mah Laqa ... Read More »

Lamakaan invites one and all to a refreshing talk on 'Questioning Normal Daily Life: Normal? Daily? Life?' by Prof Divyaraj

What is time poverty in the context of urban Indian middle class of Delhi in 21st century ? In the 1950s, one male member w ... Read More »

Rangdezvous is Rang De's quarterly initiative to help individuals learn from inspirational leaders in the rural development space. Read More »

One of the greatest film makers of all time, Alfred Hitchcock born on this day 117 years ago.
He left the mortal world at the age of 81 in 1980 leaving a treasure of immortal and immaculate collection of his movies.

Hitchcock was one of the few w ... Read More »

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 »

I shall be reciting my own love poems written in Hindi. Read More »

World Union Of Poets Telangana State is organizing an open Mic Poetry Recitation Event by invitation In the Honor of those Special People of the world, who have endowed their life for the cause of humanity and Social Service.
We are planning to gath ... Read More »

Photo Exhibition - Farmers of Rural Telangana
August 14-21st

Rang De(rangde.org), India’s first low-cost online crowd funding platform that provides microcredit to rural entrepreneurs.Rang De has been striving to reach out to under-served communi ... Read More »

Topic: All Show No Substance? Modinomics and the State of the Indian Economy by Prof Jayati Ghosh

The NDA victory of 2014 was significantly powered by the slowing down of the Indian economy and allegations of policy paralysis, rising unemployment, ... Read More »

On the occasion of 70th India's Independence celebrations, Deaf Rainbow Films Hyderabad is presenting a night of cultural programs. The performers are all different abled people compsing of different age groups and diverse socio-economic and cultural ... Read More »

There are actors and super stars. Sean Penn has moved beyond stardom and has earned great reputation as an artist and wonderful human being who can stand for a cause with others! On this day, 17th August 1960, this great personality was born.

We w ... Read More »

New projects in the name of development are not new but what is surprising is the act of acquiring the land and consequences of building such projects. Mallanna Sagar project in Medak district of Telangana is one such example where scores of people i ... Read More »

About The Play - It's a socio-political satire which involves a conversation between three crazy men who are talking about different social aspects directly/indirectly and suddenly a stranger enters and that is when story begins, according to this fo ... Read More »

Discussion being organized by the forum "In Defense of Reason" on the topic 'Is Growing Population Really a Cause behind Unemployment?'

Any sensitive and rational person today cannot but be perturbed by the growing onslaught on reason and rationa ... Read More »

Solo and group presentations of a repertoire of Indian classical pieces performed in the traditional Kuchipudi style. Read More »

This talk is a presentation of the study and research done on the monuments and heritage of Hampi over the past few weeks, which culminated in a three day experiential tour of Hampi participated by more than fifty people from diverse fields, nation ... Read More »

Rabindranath Tagore's Dak Ghar - A Hindi Play directed by Hindola B.
This is an unusual bittersweet play written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1912. It talks about the last few days of a dying boy named Amal, who is confined to his adopted uncle's house ... Read More »

Pictures and Words: A One-Day Workshop on Comics Storytelling and Photojournalism, by Javed Imthiaz (The Sequential Artists Workshop, United States) and Rahul M. (Photojournalist, India).

This workshop will introduce participants to the fundamen ... Read More »

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 »

1. Odi gelisina manishi : Oka schizophrenic aatmakatha by Malla Reddy edited by Shobha Devi
2. Manasika Vaidyudu lenichota : (Where There is No Psychiatrist by Vikram Patel and translated by Dr. Aluri Vijayalakshmi)
Panelists: Malla Reddy, Dr. Vija ... Read More »

STORY: MAHASWETA DEVI
DRAMATISATION: DEBASHISH CHAKRABORTY
ADAPTATION AND DIRECTION: SWAPAN MONDAL
PRODUCTION:SHUDRKA HYDERABAD
TIME:7:30 PM
DURATION:1 hour 15 minutes
LANGUAGE:BENGALI

This play is a tribute to Mahasweta Devi and her ... Read More »

Dr Neal Hall is back in Hyderabad, for a short trip and he is going to recite few of his new compositions at Lamakaan. An evening to remember. Do come one and all.

- Entry Free and Open to all

Neal Hall, M.D., Poet
Neal Hall, M.D. received hi ... Read More »

Author from Chennai, Suraksha Giri reads from her new book 'It happened like this' and storytelling by noted artiste Pooja Giri Read More »

i want to screening pellichoopulu indipendent movie in lamakaan Read More »

August is the month of creative people. There are many directors, actors and writers born in this month. One such actor, Sean Connery, one of the best 007 Agent bonds is born today.

We will talk about his life and films and watch The Name of the ... Read More »

Join us to listen to Urdu short stories written by Jeelani Bano as read by Aslam Farshori the well known broadcaster, actor and writer. These are stories of Hyderabad, Telangana, of women, children, workers and ordinary people and their struggles.
J ... Read More »

This is a part of continual effort to make our LGBTQ community be aware and be prepared to age will and simultaneously actively learning not to be age discriminatory as a community. Would like to screen the following two movies interspersed with di ... Read More »

Continuing our exploration with the movies and movie makers, Lamakaan brings to you this finest Finnish Film The Man Without A Past directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Dr ... Read More »

On this Sunday morning through afternoon come and explore 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 S ... Read More »

Come on this Sunday morning to listen some of the gems of Hindustani Classical compositions.


Vocal by Mrs. Aradhana Karhade Shastri

Tabla solo by Mr.Vivek Kayal
Accompanying artists,
Tabla-------Mr.Suhas Shastri
Harmonium-------Mr.Rahul D ... Read More »

Ganesha Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated on the birthday (rebirth) of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. Chaturthi was being celebrated as a public event in Pune since the times of Shivaji (1630-1680). In 1893, Lokmanya Tilak trans ... Read More »

Nuvvu Chaavali is a MANCH Original play, a Suspense Drama Written by Srikanth Banala.
This play is a story of three criminals, who killed humans for their own good reasons, only the number of victims changes, the amount of impact changes, the metho ... Read More »

Goonj, an original Manch Production is an inspirational Drama written by Ashish Srivastava and Shashank Srivastava. It is a musical drama which revolves around a girl with dreams and aspirations like every other young girl, but she is not exactly lik ... Read More »

The classic black and white paintings which include landscape, still life and animals. Read More »

[Date Blocked] In the belly of the beast is a freewheeling conversation anchored by Anant Maringanti on what it means to be Urban in the 21st century. It will draw on examples from the experience of researching, writing, teaching and community engage ... Read More »

Celebrating Amrita Pritam and screening of the movie based on the adaptation of her novel 'PINJAR'

Come join us to celebrate one of the gifted authors of India, Amrita Pritam (31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian writer and poet, who wr ... Read More »