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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 October 2016

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Write Club Meetup 072
Sat Oct 1, 4:00 PM
Sravanthi Talluri
Please help us post this for Saturday 1st October 2016 - 4 to 7 PM

Write Club, Hyderabad is a hangout place for all the writers of Hyderabad to sit together and spend a lazy Saturday afternoon in the best possible way - Writing!
What we do, basi ... Read More »
Book Release of Asuddha Bharath
Sat Oct 1, 4:00 PM
Hyderabad Book Trust, Safai Karmachari Andolan, Aman Vedika and
"Asuddha Bharath" is a translated version of UNSEEN-the truth about India's Manual scavengers written by Ms. Basha Singh and translated by K.Sajaya and published by Hyderabad Book Trust in 2016. Basha Singh is a journalist, activist and writer. Born ... Read More »
Living without money
Sat Oct 1, 6:00 PM
Nikhil Kulkarni
About the film
In the documentary Living Without Money we meet Heidemarie Schwermer, a former teacher and psychoterapist from Germany, who one day decided to stop using money and live a life based on exchanging favors.

After the Film we'll have a ... Read More »
Shakkar Ke Paanch Dane
Sat Oct 1, 8:00 PM
UDAAN Performing Arts, Hyderabad.
About The Play - Rajkumar has been requested to write a poem for a compilation to be published. If you knew Rajkumar you’d realize the absurdity of the request.
In an hour long monologue, Rajkumar tells us about his unremarkable life in his nondescr ... Read More »
phonetics workshop for children
Sun Oct 2, 10:30 AM
shripuja siddamsetty
Phonetics is an important aspect of beginning to read. In this basic workshop the kids will have fun with language where reading and writing will be fun with dance, music and story time.
Age - 6+
Fee - 200/- per child Read More »
Lamakaan Organic Bazaar
Sun Oct 2, 10:30 AM
Lamakaan Organic Bazaar
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 »
Future Of Transport In Hyderabad
Sun Oct 2, 12:30 PM
Ecologise Hyderabad
ECOLOGISE HYDERABAD

Workshops for Sustainability and Equality in the City

WORKSHOP ON

FUTURE OF TRANSPORT FOR HYDERABAD

Lamakaan, Sunday, October 2, 2016, 12:30 PM. To 6:00 PM.

WORKSHOP DESIGN

12:00 – 12:30 Regist ... Read More »
My Sunset Marriage by Hoshang M
Sun Oct 2, 6:00 PM
Navayana Publishers
The 101 collected poems of Hoshang Merchant, called My Sunset Marriage published by S Anand of Navayana will be released at Lamakaan. Read More »
Shakkar ke Paanch Daane
Sun Oct 2, 8:00 PM
UDAAN Performing Arts, Hyderabad.
About The Play - Rajkumar has been requested to write a poem for a compilation to be published. If you knew Rajkumar you’d realize the absurdity of the request. In an hour long monologue, Rajkumar tells us about his unremarkable life in his nondescri ... Read More »
Poi Dancing show
Tue Oct 4, 6:30 PM
Satwika Taduri
It is a 10 minute Poi dancing( LED spinning balls) show. This is a dancing prop from New Zealand. Read More »
Saving the Internet
Tue Oct 4, 7:30 PM
Gopalakrishna AB
Saving the Internet, to save Everything. A talk on net neutrality and activism by Holmes Wilson of Fight for the Future.

Holmes is the co-founder and co-director of Fight for the Future, an online activism group best known for its role in winning ... Read More »
Indian Photography Festival
Wed Oct 5, 6:30 PM
Aquin Mathews
Artist Talk & Slideshows by photographers Read More »
Charity Event
Thu Oct 6, 7:30 PM
Radhika Garimella
Musical night for fund raising for Daan Utssav Read More »
Write Club Meetup 073
Sat Oct 8, 3:00 PM
Sravanthi Talluri
Please help us post this for Saturday 8th October 2016 - 4 to 7 PM

Write Club, Hyderabad is a hangout place for all the writers of Hyderabad to sit together and spend a lazy Saturday afternoon in the best possible way - Writing!
What we do, basi ... Read More »
Fakeer hai Ye Duniya
Sat Oct 8, 5:30 PM
Milan Shrivastava
Recitation of Hindi/Urdu Poetry by Milan Shrivastava with a presentation about the modern trends of Urdu/Hindi poetry world Read More »
ACHARYA TARTUFFE by Samahaara
Sat Oct 8, 7:30 PM
Samahaara
Samahaara
presents

"ACHARYA TARTUFFE"
a hilarious adaptation of Moliere's Le TARTUFFE in Hindi

Produced by Rathna Shekar Reddy

Directed by Nasreen Ishaque

Date: 08th October 2016
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Lamakaan, Hyderabad.


Acharya ... Read More »
Tale Tellers Troupe_Storytelling
Sun Oct 9, 4:00 PM
Santosh Mohan Veeranki
Interested in telling stories or listening to others stories? Want to perfect the art of telling a story? Then look no further. This is the event you have been looking for :)
Aapki kahani. Aaphiki zubaani!

For queries whatsapp 7680993179 (Santos ... Read More »
Dr. Strangelove- Film Screening
Sun Oct 9, 7:30 PM
Lamakaan Programming Team
Dr.Strangelove (1964| English| 102mins)

An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.

Director: Stanley Kubrick Read More »
Nenu-short film screening
Tue Oct 11, 7:30 PM
vijay raghava
Nenu telugu short film,it is a psychological drama directed by vijeya ragghava.
Please support us by screening our short film

Regards
Vijay raghava
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In the Shade of Fallen Chinar
Wed Oct 12, 6:30 PM
Fazil N C
"In the Shade of Fallen Chinar" is a short documentary directed by Fazil N C and Shawn Sebastian. The film was shot in Kashmir valley a few days before the current unrest began. It takes a peep into the lives of a group of young Kashmiri artists who ... Read More »
The System of Education
Wed Oct 12, 7:30 PM
Zia
The System of Education is a short film to highlight the corruption in education system. It is a story of a a girl who is a research scholar and a Guide who coercively persuade her to budge to his advances. After years of research the girl decides su ... Read More »
tangy sessions
Wed Oct 12, 8:30 PM
Arjuna Prasad
We plan to put together an array of musical sounds like the Sarod- a north indian instrument, a Ghatam- a pot which is a south indian instrument, a carnatic vocalist, a female Israeli singer songwriter and male singer-songwriter Read More »
Ashurkahanas of Hyderabad
Thu Oct 13, 5:30 PM
Lamakaan Programming Team
A screening of the film Ashurakhanas of Hyderabad, the film captures the Shia traditions of Mohharam processions in Hyderabad.

Dir: Syed Sajid Bilgrami

The film would be followed by a discussion. Read More »
Shakti Nelone Undhi
Thu Oct 13, 8:30 PM
Manch Theatre
Manch Theatre presents it's Original play. "Shakti nelone undhi": This play depicts the incidents in the life of a Women who discovers the immense strength in her and deals situations with courage and intent. This play is written by Srikanth Banal ... Read More »
Dollar City: Documentary Film
Fri Oct 14, 7:30 PM
Lamakaan Programming Team
Dollar City

Dir: Amudhan R.P.

77 min; Tamil with English subtitles; 2016; Documentary

Produced by Raj Kajendra

 

Synopsis:

Tirupur aka Dollar City, well known for its thousands of export oriented garment hosiery units

and million ... Read More »
GLOBAL CAPITALISM: ECON UPDATES
Sat Oct 15, 10:30 AM
Abhishek & Nikhil
These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Prof. Richard Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. Our goal is to develop all participants’ understanding and ability to explain curre ... Read More »
Write Club Meetup 074
Sat Oct 15, 4:00 PM
Sravanthi Talluri
Please help us post this for Saturday 15th October 2016 - 4 to 7 PM

Write Club, Hyderabad is a hangout place for all the writers of Hyderabad to sit together and spend a lazy Saturday afternoon in the best possible way - Writing! What we do, basi ... Read More »
Salvaton mein Samvaad
Sat Oct 15, 7:00 PM
Kissago Theatre and Film Production Group
"Salvaton mein Samvaad"

'Salvaton mein Samvaad' is a Hindi play written by Mani Madhukar.The story focuses largely on the deteriorating value system of the younger generation.This one act play opens with an eager father who has come to meet Nita- ... Read More »
Shakti Nelone Undhi
Sat Oct 15, 8:30 PM
Manch Theatre
Manch Theatre presents it's Original play. "Shakti nelone undhi": This play depicts the incidents in the life of a Women who discovers the immense strength in her and deals situations with courage and intent. This play is written by Srikanth Banal ... Read More »
Screening of Modern Times
Sun Oct 16, 11:00 AM
Parag Verma and Shishir Gupta
Albert Einstein once famously said, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” We don’t know the context of his statement but it can be extrapolated to the realms of motion pictures. Not many actors-directors have been abl ... Read More »
General Knowledge Quiz
Sun Oct 16, 4:00 PM
Shankar Vaddadi
Hyderabad Quiz Club presents its October quiz. Topic is GK , Current affairs. Read More »
HySTPers Dance Performance
Sun Oct 16, 6:30 PM
Divya Tewari
HySTPers - Group of passionate dancers from Infosys are going to enthrall you with their mesmerising dance performance. You will witness multiple dance forms that will leave you wanting more.
Fun Fact: They are the reigning champions (6 years) of in ... Read More »
Mizaaj-e-Manto
Sun Oct 16, 8:00 PM
Darpan Theatre
Saadat Hasan Manto's two short plays

1. KHOL DO
“Khol Do” is one of the most famous and controversial stories by writer Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) . It is one of the masterpiece depicting the effects of violence during the partition of Indi ... Read More »
Bokul- Film Screening
Tue Oct 18, 7:30 PM
Popup Talkies & The Federation of Film Societies of India
Bokul (2015|Assamese|110min)

Presented by Popup Talkies
Synopsis: Raktim returns to his home town in the Brahmaputra valley, after a break of several years. He finds it hard to recognise the changed values of people, even of those he knew very cl ... Read More »
Mor Mann Ke Bharam- Film Screeni
Wed Oct 19, 7:30 PM
Popup Talkies & The Federation of Film Societies of India
Morr Mann Ke Bharam (2015|Chattisgadi|77min)

Presented by Popup Talkies

Synopsis:
An author's struggle between what he wants to write and what others might want to read culminates into a surrealist novel.
Directors: Heer Ganjwala, Karma Taka ... Read More »
A DOCUMENTARY PROPOSAL
Thu Oct 20, 6:30 PM
Lamakaan Programming Team
A DOCUMENTARY PROPOSAL
44 minutes, English, Bengali (Subtitled in English), 2015.
Photographed, Edited, Directed and Produced by R.V.Ramani
Among the various films made by the renowned filmmaker Mrinal Sen, ‘Bhuvan Shome’ made in 1969, financed by ... Read More »
Book launch: aparajithudu
Fri Oct 21, 6:00 PM
Sunil robert
This Telugu book is the translated story of a hyderabadi young lad who overcame adversity. Read More »
HINDUSTAN HAMARA
Fri Oct 21, 7:00 PM
Lamakaan Programming Team
HINDUSTAN HAMARA (This Country Is Ours)
98 minutes, English, Marathi, Hindi, Malayalam (Subtitled in English), 2014
Photographed, Edited, Directed and Produced by R.V.Ramani

Anand Patwardhan has been making and screening documentary films as an ... Read More »
Documentary Storytelling
Sat Oct 22, 10:30 AM
License to Shoot
A hands-on workshop on crafting narratives for Documentary Films. The workshop will benefit film makers and aspiring film makers with ideas for documentaries, by exploring storytelling techniques and devices used in popular documentary films.

Fees ... Read More »
Write Club Meetup 075
Sat Oct 22, 4:00 PM
Sravanthi Talluri
Please help us post this for Saturday 22nd October 2016 - 4 to 7 PM

Write Club, Hyderabad is a hangout place for all the writers of Hyderabad to sit together and spend a lazy Saturday afternoon in the best possible way - Writing! What we do, basi ... Read More »
In The Belly Of The Beast
Sat Oct 22, 4:00 PM
Hyderabad Urban Labs
Time: Saturday, October 22nd, 4pm to 7pm.

Hyderabad Urban Lab brings to Lamakaan, the second in the series of conversations about what it means to be urban in the 21st century.
This conversation titled 'Faith and the City' is set up as a struct ... Read More »
Maryaada - 2 plays by Sutradhar
Sat Oct 22, 7:30 PM
Sutradhar
SUTRADHAR

presents

'MARYAADA…'

The unspoken boundary of the psyche; the silent barrier of our hearts and souls. Some dedicate their entire lives to preserving it, sacrificing their passions and crushing the very feelings and emotions that ma ... Read More »
Lamakaan Organic Bazaar
Sun Oct 23, 10:30 AM
Lamakaan Organic Bazaar
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 »
Carpe Diem
Sun Oct 23, 3:30 PM
Shriya Gupta - The Nation's Rock Beat
A talk event to let the creative ideas reach a wide audience. Carpe Diem will consist of high spirited speakers who will expand your mind with the their creative ideas. The event will also host two guest speakers. The Speakers we are in talks with 1) ... Read More »
From Rohit Vemula to Una
Sun Oct 23, 5:00 PM
Lamakaan Programming Team
From Rohit Vemula to Una: The rising dalit issues, a talk by veteran social activist Vira Sathidar (lead actor of the Marathi film "Court"). Read More »
Maryaada - 2 plays by Sutradhar
Sun Oct 23, 7:30 PM
Sutradhar
SUTRADHAR

presents

'MARYAADA…'

The unspoken boundary of the psyche; the silent barrier of our hearts and souls. Some dedicate their entire lives to preserving it, sacrificing their passions and crushing the very feelings and emotions that ma ... Read More »
What Is An Open Space?
Tue Oct 25, 7:30 PM
Lamakaan Programming Team
What Is An Open Space: A talk by Dr. Anant Maringanti, Director of Hyderabad Urban Lab. Read More »
The Lone Conqueror
Wed Oct 26, 7:30 PM
Akram Feroze
“The Lone Conqueror” is the story about Alexander and Natalia, the only ones to have survived the ultimate war the world had ever faced. Both of them live in complete solitude not aware of the existence of the other and have a chance encounter after ... Read More »
Sham-e-ghazal
Thu Oct 27, 7:30 PM
Dr. Kalpana Sringar
Ustad.Yakoob Ali is a well-known musician and has been training students for the past 35 years. He has played the hormonium for many top-rated artists and he has sung in many Ghazal concerts. Read More »
"Naal Ki Angoothi"
Fri Oct 28, 7:30 PM
Kissago Theatre and Film Production Group
"Naal Ki Angoothi"

'Naal Ki Angoothi' is a Hindi play written by K.M. Mishra. The story revolves around Jeetlal, who under superstitious belief, buys horseshoe rings, thinking that all his desires would get fulfilled, instead his life takes a rol ... Read More »
Write Club Meetup 076
Sat Oct 29, 4:00 PM
Sravanthi Talluri
Please help us post this for Saturday 29th October 2016 - 4 to 7 PM

Write Club, Hyderabad is a hangout place for all the writers of Hyderabad to sit together and spend a lazy Saturday afternoon in the best possible way - Writing! What we do, basic ... Read More »
"Naal Ki Angoothi"
Sat Oct 29, 7:30 PM
Kissago Theatre and Film Production Group
'Naal Ki Angoothi' is a Hindi play written by K.M. Mishra. The story revolves around Jeetlal, who under superstitious belief, buys horseshoe rings, thinking that all his desires would get fulfilled, instead his life takes a roller-coaster ride.
Come ... Read More »