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This Ganesh Chaturthi let's make our own Ganesha and keep Him with us forever.
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Painting knife is an artist's tool with a flexible steel blade used to apply paint to the canvas. It has a pointed tip, lowered or "cranked" like a trowel, suited for ... Read More »

How does the media engage with the question of queerness? How could one engage with some of the positions that it takes on queer issues and queer representations?

What has been the role of the Telugu regional media around queer issues? What happen ... Read More »

Navayana and Lamakaan present


Aishwary Kumar's

Public lecture: “Cruelty, Courage, and the Constitution: Ambedkar, Gandhi, and the Liberalisms of our Fear”
Kumar will inscribe the question of political courage and its antithesis—political cr ... Read More »

No Man's Land
Description : Two wounded soldiers - a Bosnian and a Serb, have a confrontation in a trench in the no man's land between their line, until the Bosnian finds himself on a bouncing mine and they call for truce.
Director : Danis Tranov ... Read More »

The water need in the city is massive, and the city extracts groundwater for the same. With depleting groundwater levels and fluctuating climate conditions, the method, with hands on practical knowledge, promises to go a long way to help mitigate wat ... Read More »

Non competitive quiz required for every first Saturday of the month.
Capacity ~ 50 members
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Matewan is a movie directed by John Sayles, a story of striking West Virginia coal miners in the 1920's against the coal mining company. It captures the bloody working class battle in the town of Matewan and examines the labor unions from a critical ... Read More »

The TEAM of HYDERABAD HASLEY ZARA is conducting a CERTIFICATE-ORIENTED VIDEO EDITING, SOUND EDITING and PHOTOSHOP Work-Shop specially for BEGINNERS.

In this Work-Shop we are going to teach you three different softwares each one for VIDEO-EDITING, ... Read More »

Aly Ndiaye, a.k.a. Webster, was born and raised in Quebec city's Limoilou neighborhood. From a Senegalese father and a Quebecer mother, he has always been proud of his dual origin and sees himself as a SeneQueb. His passion for history drove him to s ... Read More »

IS INDIA A SECULAR COUNTRY?
Tue Sep 10, 7:00 PM

Journalist and commentator Kapil Komireddi will discuss his critically acclaimed new book, Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India, with Mohan Guruswamy and Sridala Swami.

Under Na ... Read More »

Avakash Mahanta was an integral part of Lamakaan with a strong presence in the Hyderabad theater circuit. Unfortunately, he is no longer with us. We are holding a prayer meeting on 11th September between 6 PM - 7 PM for his friends and colleagues to ... Read More »

Lemon Tree Film screening

Lemon Tree is a 2008 Israeli drama film directed by Eran Riklis and co-directed by his cousin Ira Riklis. It stars Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman, Danny Leshman, Rona Lipaz-Michael, Tarik Kopty, Amos Lavi, Lana Zreik and Amnon ... Read More »

Ishq Mastana | Drunk on Love
Life and philosophy of Kabir, in story and song
by Vipul Rikhi

An introduction to the enigmatic, iconoclastic 15th century Bhakti-Sufi poet, Kabir, through storytelling, commentary, poetry and songs. The songs are in ... Read More »

iVolunteer-Your Skills can change lives brings you a platform to do so through a highly customized training session on “Important aspects for writing effective concept note/ proposal" to be held on 14th September, 2019 from 10.00am to 03.00pm as part ... Read More »

Rinzin Choedon (National Director, Students for a Free Tibet- India) and Tenzin Phakdon (Grassroots Director, SFT India) will speak on the ongoing crackdown in Tibet and the new forms of resistance Tibetans have employed in their struggle for freedom ... Read More »

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, ... Read More »

“Push Start to Auto Start” by Anu Kushwaha is a helping hand for those of us who feel lost, confused like we’re just drifting through life with exhaustion seeping into our bones as we keep pushing our lives forward just to succeed.

If you are feel ... Read More »

Reflections on the Indian Constitution and Judiciary in the Current Moment

The transfer of judges their appointments and related challenges throw long shadows on the efficacy and credibility of the system. Is the last sentinel suffering an credib ... Read More »

This is the culmination of the Weekend Theatre Workshop for Children where we invite the parents of the children who have participated in the workshop, in order to view the children's presentations and speak with the workshop facilitator regarding th ... Read More »

In the context of amendments to Right to information act, we want to create awareness on Right to information and talk about online platforms that enable all citizens to use Right to Information easily and for free. Read More »

Based on Tarapada Roy's story, dramatised by Soumitra Basu, Gadha Kahini is a political satire that portrays through a story telling style on how some of the decision making authorities are being driven by their whims and fancies and how it all turns ... Read More »

17th September this year marks 71 years since the erstwhile state of Hyderabad was annexed to India, in the year 1948, more than a year after India got its independence. While what transpired then has been largely forgotten and left out of our histor ... Read More »

When a group of Mayan Indians decides to organize a labor union to improve conditions in their village, their community is violently destroyed by the Guatemalan army. Teenage siblings, Rosa (Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez) and Enrique (David Villalpando) man ... Read More »

Relevance of Periyar today : Contradictions of caste, language and religion

Thanthai Periyar lived in a time when the country was witnessing a turmoil in its social and political landscape. He stood against the current questioning the idea of nati ... Read More »

This hilarious play, staged is the age-old argument on MODERN ART and its creativity(or the lack of it). LOTS OF SWEARING AND FIST FIGHTS IN STORE!! On a serious note, the ingenious french playwright YASMINA REZA has gained immense popularity with th ... Read More »

On the occasion of Bhagat Singh's Birth Anniversary, Lamakaan cordially invite one and all to an important discussion on the relevance of Bhagat Singh today. With the fascists forces in political power and spreading their reactionary politics like a ... Read More »

water COLOUR WITH CRIMSON
This is a Practical & complete watercolor painting workshop for one and all, An in-depth understanding of a unique art medium, painting with watercolors is all about your confidence, it's also about how you respond towards ... Read More »

Ventriloquism is art of voice manipulation using a puppet or doll.

M.Sathosh Kumar is a international Ventriloquism artiste, with more than 20 years experience in performing Ventriloquism shows.

He is the only ventriloquist who is attending in ... Read More »

We will have a reader read from Wendy Doniger's banned book The Hindus: An Alternative History and another reader read from Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses. This will be followed by a discussion of both books. Read More »

The film is about the non violent, people's movement - Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) - which has been fighting for Adivasi people's right to proper rehabilitation for over 3 decades. It has been presented as a success story, where more than 250 thousa ... Read More »

A comedy play about three men in a park fighting for their place;
there are three benches but not enough. The play touches upon
that thing which is at a premium these days – space – literally
and metaphorically. What starts of as light-hearted ban ... Read More »

water COLOUR WITH CRIMSON
This is a Practical & complete watercolor painting workshop for one and all, An in-depth understanding of a unique art medium, painting with watercolors is all about your confidence, it's also about how you respond towards ... Read More »

Exclusive book release by Dr. Bala Tripura Sundari , founder of Sri Raaga Music School, featuring the compositions composed by her. Read More »

The play, 'Rajar' has drawn from Camus' “Caligula” the concept of deification of emperors which was common to the pagan world, the Greek and Macedonian kings. Raja (the king) discovers on the death of his sister and lover, Apurupa, that people die an ... Read More »

In its first edition of HUNAR CHARCHA we bring to you an artist-chat with a unique 'CAR ARTIST' whose iconic museum in Hyderabad has people coming in from all over the world. HUNAR TV-A unique web channel for the arts and LAMAKAAN-An Open Cultural Sp ... Read More »

Climate change is a global problem. It is a contemporary problem. It may seem counterintuitive, but the solution to this modern global problem is in local, indigenous knowledge based, community driven, de centralized water management.

Speaker Raj ... Read More »

As part of the Indian Photography Festival - Hyderabad 2019, we would like to host a Talk and a slideshow/ projection of the photographs. Read More »

Le Havre is a 2011 comedy-drama film produced, written, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin and Blondin Miguel. It tells the story of a shoeshiner who tries to save an immigrant child in the F ... Read More »

I wanted to conduct Creative Art and Craft workshop for interested children and adults. We have already conducted workshops and exhibition to government, social welfare, and private schools of Telangana and AP. This program of art with paper was i ... Read More »

"Why I Resigned?" A talk by Kannan Gopinath, Former IAS Officer

Injustice and curbing of freedom of expression are worth sacrificing the biggest of power positions

Kannan Gopinath stands by democracy and free speech. He was an IAS officer who r ... Read More »

Let’s talk podcasts!

• What on earth is a podcast?
• What does the world of podcasting look like?
• Who makes podcasts and who listens?

And—

• Do you have a podcast idea you’d like to try out—or one you’d like feedback on?

On the occasi ... Read More »

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) in collaboration with Lamakaan presents
the premiere screening of

Songs of Our Soil
by Aditi Maddali
Duration: 52 mins | Language: Telugu with English subtitles

Friday, September 27, 2019 | 07:00 PM | Lama ... Read More »

This two day workshop is for beginners.During this workshop participants will learn the technique of woodcut printmaking which is one of the oldest printing method. Participants will learn from preparing a 2D visual image to carving it on a flat piec ... Read More »

We CHRA (Council for Harm Reduced Alternatives) are a not-for-profit organization working towards tobacco harm reduction in the country. We are organising a meeting to express our point of view regarding the e-cigarette ban by the central government ... Read More »

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, ... Read More »

Darpan Theatre is back with their next play Pakitmaar Rangmandal. The play potrays how one can do anything when they're passionate about it. Come to witness the practical problems usually faced by theatre groups, how they cope with it, and in the end ... Read More »

This is a pencil sketching workshop where you can learn basics in sketching and several techniques of shading which helps you to make a portrait drawing. Read More »

NRC- RELEVANCE & EFFECTS
A Dialogue

NATIONAL REGISTER OF CITIZENS’s (NRC) final list for Assam was released recently. Around 17 lakhs individuals have been left out of the list including a retired army veteran. In some families the father’s name ... Read More »

Four-Play is a piece of performance art curated by Patruni Sastry in which the subject will be playing few games names EGO, POWER, LUST AND Seduction. a performance piece involving body , art and how body becomes the part of art Performance art is a ... Read More »