Lamakaan

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

Contact: sifar.theatre@gmail.com|98493 31347

Written by: Miro Gavran | Indian adaptation by: Feroze

Music composed by: Amit Dasani & Suhit Chiruthapudi

Poster & Ticket designed by: Kathik Vijay V

Cast: Maya, Shravanth, Feroze

Directed by: Feroze

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 the art of storytelling in his breast. Weighed down by the earth he wonders still: Who is the greater writer, God or he?’

The play plots itself in Saadat Hasan Manto’s after life and packs a lot of untold surprises for the audience to keep them pondering on his current existence. Though considering the fact that Manto is dead.. he has not ceased living. One can still find traits of his existence in his writings, his followers and of course you and me. Based on the most primitive and the inevitable relations of mankind’s histories, his stories (in non-prejudice eyes) have proved to be valid in all the directions of time.


Play Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes.

Play Language: Hindustani.


Cast & Crew

On Sage

Pahalwaan: Ayatullah Khan
Manto: Devroop Sarma

Back stage

Lights & Music : Shivkaant Agrahari
Creative Director: Shashi Sharma
Writer Inspired from a play Written by
Rafi Sahbbir
Director: Ayatullah Khan.

For passes: at the gate on Fri & Sat 28,29 Aug at 8pm.

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 privileged to access and inquire in to the creative activity of the artist from the art exhibitions.

Art is everyone's instinct, and Srinivas Bobbili believes that people will try to reach out to art when art is reachable to them in every possible aspect.

This exhibition is primarily the artist's urge to share his art while made it reachable for the sheer joy of owning and appreciation.

This exhibition is conceptualized in all aspects to reach every art enthusiasts, to collect, and enjoy art in everyday life surrounded by art in their living environment.

The art works in this exhibition remains priceless and One can take home art of their choice and at their choice of price paid only to make both ends meet.

All are welcome to this interactive and participatory Exhibition, learn and Take home a piece of Art at the price you find suitable.

Entry - Free.

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 through balance of structure, posture, breath and nutrition . A balance in posture can only be achieved if there is a balance in structure. A balance in structure can be achieved only if there is a balance in breath. A balance in breath can only be achieved if there is a balance in the bodily fluid and sufficient haemoglobin in the blood.

Adi ayurveda aims to create harmony in the body by correcting imbalances of structure, posture. breath and nutrition. The common cold, asthma, epilepsy, over 400 diseases, which are unseen in other living beings and found only in man can be understood and solved through the right movement-breath awareness program. To overcome the huge economic and other burdens related to these diseases, we welcome you to our One Day School program.

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

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 the art of storytelling in his breast. Weighed down by the earth he wonders still: Who is the greater writer, God or he?’

The play plots itself in Saadat Hasan Manto’s after life and packs a lot of untold surprises for the audience to keep them pondering on his current existence. Though considering the fact that Manto is dead.. he has not ceased living. One can still find traits of his existence in his writings, his followers and of course you and me. Based on the most primitive and the inevitable relations of mankind’s histories, his stories (in non-prejudice eyes) have proved to be valid in all the directions of time.


Play Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes.

Play Language: Hindustani.


Cast & Crew

On Sage

Pahalwaan: Ayatullah Khan
Manto: Devroop Sarma

Back stage

Lights & Music : Shivkaant Agrahari
Creative Director: Shashi Sharma
Writer Inspired from a play Written by
Rafi Sahbbir
Director: Ayatullah Khan.

For passes: at the gate on Fri & Sat 28,29 Aug at 8pm.

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 fee for workshop is Rs.500(including material)

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, and other gardening accessories.

Entry - Free

IoT meeting

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. It's the story of how a person in authority capitalises on someone's tragedy for their own selfish political gains - something that we as an audience are familiar with if we ever picked up a news paper.

Date: 30th August, 2015
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Lamakaan

Donation Rs.100/-

Inviting all for an evening of Cultural Exchange between Indian and Africa by showcasing the culture of various Africans nations as portrayed by the ex-pat students studying in India.

Showcasing this month are the programmes by Sudanese artists.

1- Introduction of African Student Association
2- Cultural program with brothers Sudanese
3-Presentation about Sudan and his position in Africa
4-Interaction questions and answers

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Indian Startups is a community networking group for entrepreneurs through out India and across the globe to help venture new startups, nurture existing startups, encourage entrepreneurship, provide incubation facilities, co-working space, seed funding, crowd funding, investor connections, co-founders, mentors, advisers.

Inviting all for a Electronics and Robotics Training to students from 3rd class to 10th Class students, professionals too.

Entry - Free.

Sifar presents


Forget हॉलीवुड

a play in Hindi /English










Originally written by Miro Gavran

Lights Design: Shravanth Konneru

Production Design: Ajay Yadav

Cast: C S Shekhawat, Feroze

Directed by Feroze





Donor Pass: Rs. 100/-

http://in.bookmyshow.com/hyderabad/events/forget-hollywood/ET00014537

Lamakaan invites children to learn free workshop on how to make clay Ganeshas from Arunjyothi Lokhanday.

Arunjyothi S Lokhanday is a traditional crafts person from Nalgonda with a multi-talented artistry to her name. She makes all of them in zero-budget. For Diwali, she enthralled us by making diyas with vegetables and house hold objects.

Limited seats. For early registrations: Call ArunJyoti ji at 9704621500

Entry - Free

Inviting all for a storytelling workshop of a folktale about giving and kindness, an introduction to a new way of 'reading' a book by Toral Shah. The Story is ''The Boy and the Drum'' written by Umesh PN.

Celebrate the joy of reading on the eve of International Literacy Day & Indian Teachers Day. "The Boy and the Drum" is a folktale about giving and kindness. It transforms into a lively play! It is an introduction to a new way of 'reading' a book. Relive the story with some theme activities as a second part to it.

All are welcome to this vibrant noon.
Entry - Free.

On the eve of World Suicide Prevention Day hosting a talk on the topic "SAVE LIFE WITH YOUR WORDS-PREVENT SUICIDES- Be like a Lover to your life".
Come to become counselor to your neighbors, friends, family and needy.

Suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem. Start being lover to your life.

September 10th - Suicide Prevention Day- Creating Awareness on stopping them

Are you having any thoughts of ENDING UP YOUR LIFE?

Are you stressed out of life ?

Are you willing to change your thinking style ?

Come lets take the opportunity of joining the session.

Registrations : FREE

Join us to help yourself and others who are in need.

You can contribute in the form of books and stationary and money to the orphanages below:

Mahima ministries
House No 2-38/8/2/9/4/1,
Ntr Nagar, Ameenpur Village,
Sridevi Theatre Road,
Chanda Nagar.Hyderabad


APMWS- Andhra Pradesh Mahila Welfare Society.
Faluknama police station opposite road.
Faluknama Govt School.
Hyderabad.

Token of gratitude will be given in return.

Ravan meets Shakespeare in heaven, who has written the famous dialogue, ''Whats in a name?'', and tells him to write a play where Ravan will become Ram. Shakespeare sends him to earth where he meets a playwright who writes a play as per Ravan's wish. Thereafter begins a series of funny incidents, and it continues till at last Shakespeare accepts the fact that everything is in the name. The play is full of humor and witty dialogues as we see mythology, the Shakespearean era and contemporary atmosphere all combined in one play.

Director:Prakash Phadnis, Sachin Sashtry Writer:Vinod Hadap Artists:Sanjeev Acharya, V S Mouli, Akhilesh Washikar, Ali Ahmed Faisal, Rahul Kamelakar, Suraj G Meshram

Read more: http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/aur-shakespeare-sharmaya/ET00032936#ixzz3klxfM9s7

On the occasion of World Suicide Prevention day, Group Captain GJ Rao will be presenting a talk for the safety, sound health and well being of the people by addressing the methods of SUSTAINABLE SUICIDE PREVENTION MODEL FOR FARMERS & STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR AND OTHERS IN GENERAL under the aegis of Administrative Staff College of India.

Group Captain GJ Rao is the Command Education Officer and PRO at Head Quarters Maintenance Command, Nagpur. In the year 2014, in addition to his primary job, he has under taken a first of its kind project in the Indian Air Force (IAF) where he has identified, counselled and motivated 70 under privileged personnel from Air Force campus to provide them with sustainable means of lively hood by organising free training in ITI and MHRD recognised Computer Institute.

He also reached out to people in distress and saving precious lives through his Suicide Prevention Model in IAF and for transforming Air Force Schools in to Centres of Excellence.

The salient aspects of his project include:-

a) Cost effective and immediate utilisation of the existing 104 as the 24x7 toll free Suicide Prevention Counselling Centre.
b) Establishing Central Locking Storage System for storing pesticides to avoid the access to the means of committing suicide.
c) Sensitize the entire population of the State about identifying the symptoms of suicidal behaviour and equip the individuals with simple techniques of helping them in overcoming these suicidal behaviour.
d) Mass publicity by the message of honourable CM through TV, radio, Banners and pamphlets on the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day.

All are welcome to this evening of learning to love your own life and teaching your neighbor to do so.
Entry - Free

Improvised theater is a genre of theatre performed without a script- characters and scenes are taken up on the spot, based on suggestions from the audience. Come and watch the actors as they perform the same, made even more difficult by the show host, who conducts a series of 'improv'games.

WHAT: Press conference by hijra and transgender community on lack of implementation of the NALSA judgment and need for 'TRANSGENDER' column in the admission forms of Universities.

WHERE: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills
WHEN: 1 pm

In July, 2014, UGC had issued a circular asking all varsities to include transgenders in different fellowship/scholarship schemes. According to the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Vijay Sampla, in all the application forms of the universities under University Grants Commission (UGC), there now has to be a column for transgender community students. However, this has yet to be implemented in many universities including University of Hyderabad and we wish to hereby begin a campaign for the same.

All friends from media are invited for the meet.
For RSVP: 8179542651

Colour of Trans 2.0 is an evocative performance by trans activists Living Smile Vidya, Angel Glady and Gee Imaan Semmalar. It traces the experiences of the actors themselves through seven episodes. The performances mixes the forms of cabaret, monologues, clown theatre, commedia del arte, pathos, realism, film and theatre of the absurd.Colour of Trans 2.0 is for anyone interested in questions of self representation, trans activism, caste and new interventions in theatre.



About the actors



Gee Imaan Semmalar is a savarna trans activist from Kerala. He holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature from Lady Shri Ram College and an MA in Arts and Aesthetics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has written, directed and acted in a multilingual, docu-fiction film on transmen titled 'Kalvettukal' which has been screened in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Madurai, Kerala and Sweden. He has been writing about trans issues for several leading newspapers in India including DNA, Bombay and New Indian Express, Chennai. He lives in Bangalore and was a radio host for a show on 'Q radio', an online LGBT radio channel. He has worked on building alliances with several movements over the years and believes that anti caste gender activism is crucial for actualising any revolutionary social change.



Living Smile Vidya is a dalit transwoman, theatre actor, writer, poet and artist from Trichy, Tamil Nadu. She holds a Masters degree in Linguistics. Smiley received the Charles Wallace Award in 2013 for her excellence in Theatre. She has staged more than 100 shows of 20 plays with 9 eminent theatre directors. She is the author of I am Vidya which is the first transgender autobiography to be published in India. It has been translated into over 6 other indian languages and is part of the syllabus of B.A. English in Stella Maris College, Chennai, India. Her essays and poems are published in magazines in many commercial magazines, literary magazines and online magazines. As a self-taught artist, she started drawing since 2010. She has done five exhibitions in Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi. She also has experience in Tamil cinema industry and has been Assistant Director, Associate Director and actor in Tamil and Malayalam films.



Angel Glady is a Bahujan trans woman from Tamil Nadu. She has studied M.A. mass communication in University of Madras. She is a theatre actor and has worked with french clowns from "clowns without border" and a South Korean theatre group called "TUIDA". She feels art is the best tool to make a revolution and is co-founder of a trans theatre group called Panmai theatre in Chennai.

For passes: 8179542651

Inviting all for an exhibition of the oil painintgs on glass (Reverse paintings) depicting the mythological facts and meanings of Shlokas by Mr.Krishnakar.

The painter Krishnakar, has dedicated his life on these paintings, just to find the truth behind the Shlokas and Mythological sayings. He wants to share this knowledge with people and youngster. The paintingis is done on glass in reverse and completely hand painted.

All are welcome.
Entry - Free

Showing this Sunday matinee is "Koi Sunta Hai -Someone Is Listening;
Journeys with Kumar and Kabir" a film by Shabnam Virmani.

This film is an interweaving the folk music traditions of the mystic poet Kabir with the life and music of the late classical singer Kumar Gandharva, this film searches for that elusive sound, that jhini si awaaz, Kabir urges us to hear. Where does it resonate, that subtle sound? Journeying between folk and classical, oral and written, rural and urban expressions of this 15th century mystic poet of north India, the film finds moments of both continuity and rupture between these disparate worlds.

All are welcome. Screening will be followed by discussion with the film maker Shabnam Virmani.
Entry - Free

Had Anhad is a film by Shabnam Virmani.

Kabir was a 15th century mystic poet of north India who defied the boundaries between Hindu and Muslim. He had a Muslim name and upbringing, but his poetry repeatedly invokes the widely revered Hindu name for God – Ram. Who is Kabir’s Ram? This film journeys through song and poem into the politics of religion, and finds myriad answers on both sides of the hostile border between India and Pakistan.

About the filmmaker:
Shabnam Virmani, is a documentary film maker and artist. Co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights collective, she has directed several documentaries, some of which have won awards. In 2002, she co-directed an award-winning community radio program with the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan in Gujarat.

Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein, a documentary film by Shabnam Virmani on the poet-saint as part of her Kabir Project, has won the Special Jury Prize at the 58th National Awards, June 2011.

She was conferred this award for, "An insightful film that introduces us to the various cults that have grown around Kabir, the mystic weaver and saint. It explores the nuances of India's argumentative tradition as exemplified by Kabir's dohas and traces the eventful journey of one man caught in an Orwellian dilemma as he is elevated to the status of a cult leader, torn between the inevitable trappings of hierarchy that run paradoxical to the simple philosophy of Kabir"

This film is in Hindi & Urdu with English Subtitles
Duration: 103 min.

The film screening will be followed by an interactive session with the filmmaker and then at 7pm is a Musical Performance "Songs of Kabir and other Mystics" by Shabnam Virmani and Vipul Rikhi.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

We are inviting applications for coordinators and team volunteers for in the below categories.

Are you passionate about entrepreneurship and startups, like to network and help startup community? Come join the Indian Startups Local Metro Chapters in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai & Delhi. Usual expectation from the volunteers is to help out and commit for few hours a week or upon their convenience for any of the volunteering activities.

Inviting all for an evening of performance of "songs of Kabir and other Mystics" at 7pm on Sunday 13th September by Shabnam Virmani and Vipul Rikhi.

Shabnam and Vipul will share some of the musical and poetic treasures they have come across during their journeys into the folk oral traditions of mystic poetry. They will present folk songs from Malwa (Madhya Pradesh), Rajasthan, Kutch (Gujarat), and a few from the Baul and classical traditions, which speak with startling clarity, and yet with great feeling, about the fundamental truths of human life, in the voices of Kabir and other Bhakti poets such as Gorakhnath, Dharamdas, Brahmanand, Meera and others.

All are welcome to this evening of mysticism.
Entry - Free.

A casting director has one day to find the leads for a community theater production of Romeo and Juliet. But what seems like a simple task proves impossible when the pool of actors includes extreme method actors, performers who just don't know what to do with their hands, and one particular woman who may or may not think she's a cat. This hilarious comedy will bring you to the last place you'd ever want to be...behind the doors of a casting session

Inviting all youngsters and adults for a Puppetry Play on the Birth Story of Lord Ganesha. It is the storytelling from Indian Mythology using puppets to tell how he got elephant head. A Puppet play by Sphoorthi Theatre-STEPARC.

Entry fees-Rs100/- for adults and Rs 50 for children below 8 years, Rs 75/- for children above 8 and below 15 years.

Entry passes at the Gate.

"Story Creators" is a Work Shop, which aims at making the participants understand, learn and replicate the process of generating a story on the spot. The focus of the Work Shop is completely on LEARNING THE PROCESS OF GENERATING A STORY. This Work Shop is meant for all those who would like to create really unique stories meant for movies or short films or novels or short stories or even for paintings and sculpture. (YES, you have read it right. Even for paintings and sculpture.) Simply put, if you are aspiring to acquire the ability and skill to create a story that stands unique with your own signature on that story, this Work Shop is for you.

The workshop is conducted by Adi Babu, a teacher in English Language and Literature for 27 years.

For Registration : Pl call 9052906210.

"LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara" – is a film directed by Iara Lee.

Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa’s last colony. This film chronicles the everyday violence experienced by Sahrawis living under Moroccan occupation and voices their struggle for self-determination through creative resistance and non-violence.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/123847322
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/LifeIsWaiting
Website: http://culturesofresistancefilms.com/western-sahara

Bio:
Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and director of the Cultures of Resistance Network. In 2010, she released her feature-length documentary entitled CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, which explores how creative action contributes to conflict prevention and resolution. As an extension of her commitment to the issues explored in the film, she also founded the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity, supports efforts to secure peace and social justice, and brings together artists and changemakers from around the world.

Iara has also continued to produce and direct documentary films. She just finished two new docs: K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak. LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara, looks at 40 years of Moroccan occupation and the sahrawi nonviolent struggle for self-determination by a people for whom colonialism has never ended. In 2013, Iara made a short film entitled THE KALASHA AND THE CRESCENT, which chronicles how an indigenous movement in northern Pakistan is responding to the challenges facing their culture. In 2012, she released a documentary called THE SUFFERING GRASSES: when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, which examines the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps.

In May 2010, Iara was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers. Among the many people who recorded the events on that ship, her crew was the only one to successfully hide and retain most of the raid footage, which she later released to the world after a screening at the United Nations. Iara is dedicated to the support of Palestinian civilians who have been victims of war crimes committed by the Israeli military and who suffer from the Israeli government's ongoing acts of collective punishment.

At the onset of the Iraq war in 2003, Iara decided to travel and live in the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa) in order to understand the conflict better. While residing in Lebanon in 2006, she experienced firsthand the 34-day Israeli bombardment of that country. Moved by that experience, she has since dedicated herself to the pursuit of a just peace in the region, and she is an enthusiastic supporter of those initiatives which strengthen adherence to international law in enforcing human rights. In 2008 Iara lived in Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between that country and the West with the goal of promoting arts & culture for global solidarity.

From 1984 to 1989 Iara was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil. From 1989-2003 she was based in New York City, where she ran the mixed-media company Caipirinha Productions, created to explore the synergy of different artforms (such as film, music, architecture, and poetry). Under that banner, Iara directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations, Architettura, and Beneath the Borqa.

Iara is a member of the International Council of Advisors of the National Geographic Society, a long-time supporter of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world. Through the Cultures Of Resistance Network foundation, she connects and collaborates with activists, agitators, educators, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN is a film directed by Iara Lee.
Shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/126423435
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K2InvisibleFootmen
Website: http://www.culturesofresistancefilms.org/k2-invisible-footmen

Bio:
Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and director of the Cultures of Resistance Network. In 2010, she released her feature-length documentary entitled CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, which explores how creative action contributes to conflict prevention and resolution. As an extension of her commitment to the issues explored in the film, she also founded the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity, supports efforts to secure peace and social justice, and brings together artists and changemakers from around the world.

Iara has also continued to produce and direct documentary films. She just finished two new docs: K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak. LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara, looks at 40 years of Moroccan occupation and the sahrawi nonviolent struggle for self-determination by a people for whom colonialism has never ended. In 2013, Iara made a short film entitled THE KALASHA AND THE CRESCENT, which chronicles how an indigenous movement in northern Pakistan is responding to the challenges facing their culture. In 2012, she released a documentary called THE SUFFERING GRASSES: when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, which examines the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps.

In May 2010, Iara was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers. Among the many people who recorded the events on that ship, her crew was the only one to successfully hide and retain most of the raid footage, which she later released to the world after a screening at the United Nations. Iara is dedicated to the support of Palestinian civilians who have been victims of war crimes committed by the Israeli military and who suffer from the Israeli government's ongoing acts of collective punishment.

At the onset of the Iraq war in 2003, Iara decided to travel and live in the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa) in order to understand the conflict better. While residing in Lebanon in 2006, she experienced firsthand the 34-day Israeli bombardment of that country. Moved by that experience, she has since dedicated herself to the pursuit of a just peace in the region, and she is an enthusiastic supporter of those initiatives which strengthen adherence to international law in enforcing human rights. In 2008 Iara lived in Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between that country and the West with the goal of promoting arts & culture for global solidarity.

From 1984 to 1989 Iara was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil. From 1989-2003 she was based in New York City, where she ran the mixed-media company Caipirinha Productions, created to explore the synergy of different artforms (such as film, music, architecture, and poetry). Under that banner, Iara directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations, Architettura, and Beneath the Borqa.

Iara is a member of the International Council of Advisors of the National Geographic Society, a long-time supporter of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world. Through the Cultures Of Resistance Network foundation, she connects and collaborates with activists, agitators, educators, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Invite you all to join us for workshop "FROM RECYCLED TO UP-CYCLED" on the 19th of September 2015 at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

From:10:30 am To:1:30 pm • Contact No.: 9700003083 9703287377 • Last date to register: September 15th 2015 • Entry:Rs 400 This workshop is aimed at teaching you the art of creative recycling and will demonstrate several novel ways of creating innovative new products from recycled goods. During the course of this workshop you will learn to up-cycle your everyday household objects that one would normally throw away! These up-cycling projects are a great way to teach children to appreciate the value of recycling and not to mention also includes a lot of fun!! While engaging with children at a young age is necessary, there is no age limit to learn fun, new and creative things! •

What will you learn at our Up-cycling workshop?
1. How to make a support for your cell phone so you can charge it anywhere you want without having to worry about it falling
2. How to make your own set of coasters out of recycled bottle caps.
3. How to make a bookcase for the kiddies or a magazine rack for the moms out of old cereal boxes.

• What you will need?
1. Scissors, pencils and a ruler.
2. Fevicol, glue stick & a hot glue gun. (Note: hot glue guns will be provided temporarily for those who do not have one)
3. Acrylic paint, water container and brushes.
4. One cereal box for magazine rack. Three same sized cereal boxes for bookcase.
5. Your cell phone charger and either a
shampoo bottle or a coke bottle that is as wide as your cell phone.
6. Bottle caps will be provided.

Midst the busy schedule of our lives, we have are sometimes oblivion of so much going around, primarily because we do not find time for ourselves. Find the better you, through proven techniques of mind management and self- cognizance.

The session will help you identify your deeper emotions, fallacies, resilience in a totally different manner.

The session is going to be amalgamated with humor,to leave you nostalgic of yourself, yet highly entertained.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

"Pluralist India and Inclusive Politics".

Join us for a topical debate at LaMakaan on
Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 5.30 pm.

We will be joined by Asaduddin Owaisi, MP,
Prof M.Kodandaram, senior advocate Bojja Tharakam,
Manoj Mitta and others. Justice Chandra Kumar will preside.

The occasion is the book launch of "Dilli 1984 nundi Gujarat 2002 varaku: Vyavasthala vaiphalyam pai panchanama". (An Omnibus translation of 'When A Tree Shook Delhi', by Manoj Mitta and H.S.Phoolka, AND 'The Fiction of Fact-finding: Modi and Godhra', by Manoj Mitta).

An event by Hyderabad Book Trust.

All are welcome to this Book launch and discussion.

We are pleased to announce one of a kind Super Hero and Princess inspired Arts and Crafts Workshop for Kids, where we will be teaching kids how to conjure up their own Super hero or a Princess in a simplistic yet powerful style.

We will be emphasizing the creativity of the kids by helping them draw their own Costumes, Super Powers and Characters. At the end of our workshop with our help they will have they're own Super hero or Princess with a unique set of skills and gifts that they created from scratch!

Our Craft class will be focusing on creating an Enchanting Princess costume for girls.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

>An old dress, t shirt,flip flops or any footwear that you would like decorate on.

>You can also carry hair bands or hair accessories to decorate on.
( you must get only one item of clothing and only one pair of footwear.)

>Bring colours of choice Can be Crayons, Sketch pens or Paints.

MATERIAL PROVIDED:

>Papers Pencils and Erasers will be provided.

>Material to make tiaras, bracelets, wands, bows will be provided.

(You can choose any two items to make.)


Entry registration - Call 9000899175

The present sessions at YOCS include a book/art review, a minor and a major. One of the firmest pillars that YOCS, a 46 year old club, stands on is its evaluation session. Judgments are made and accepted all the time. Group discussions, prose-reading sessions, poetry sessions, declamations, debates and JAM sessions also find their way into the agenda from time to time. In these three-hour sessions, over three decades of its existence, YOCS members have traversed far and wide in their intellectual discussions. YOCS has provided a platform for discussion of varied topics and works of varied individuals. Some of our gatherings can claim to have hosted presentations or aroused discussion on Kautilya and Camus, on Ramesh Sippy and Ingmar Bergman, on Des Cartes and Phaedrus, not to mention more mundane matters like nuclear disarmament, neo-colonialism, and job reservations. The members of YOCS have gathered to engage in public speaking activities and any matter is acceptable for their speeches, as long as it is within the rules of decorum. To an outsider, YOCS may seem like a gathering of blue stockings, which would be quite far from the truth. Members have had varied reasons for aspiring to the YOCS membership. For some it may be the desire to interact with others at a certain level of intellectual accomplishment; some may hope to develop and polish their communication skills in advance of their appearance in competitive examinations and job interviews, and some may just wind up at YOCS to spend an evening a week with friends.

*You don't need membership to attend sessions *It's free

Samahaara Comedy Night: 9th Edition

Date: 20th September, Sunday 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 we had last time? It's going to be Double the Fun as always with Comedy Plays and Stand-up. Get that funny bone tickled with mad, funny, impish, satirical and hilarious characters and situations.

For entry Passes: 9885288982

This play deals with the issues of addiction of substances and understands them deeply it was concluded that addiction is a state of mind, state of heart, state of soul or just the weak state of body.
Why does someone rely on the things outside their self? Either because his surroundings don’t have what that entity is giving, non-belonging or the self is void. If this is the right understanding then addicts of things can grow to become addicts of people and emotions. From emotions to enlightenment, they can move from lower to higher addictions. They can grow beyond this body and be eternal. The addiction controlling their body can be let go. Yes, so there is a possibility of existence of the Eternal Addicts. Yes it is possible.

The Play starts with this Idea and deeper understanding of Eternal addicts like the spiritual and divine souls of Yogis, the agitated and longing souls of the lovers and the analytical or logical souls of philosophers the play is set in a metaphorical world of rehabilitation. Addicts of different backgrounds and abused by substances of different kind enter a room where the voice of narrator talks to them and indulges them into a conversation of self-realization. The Souls of Yogi, Lover and Philosopher talk their heart out of how they passed through to higher addiction. And then there is a session where some addicts are still in denial and choose hell and some addicts accept and rehabilitate to live a life of heaven. A simple metaphoric series of monologues and amalgamation of sequences will let us see deeper into different lives.
Entry - Free

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

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

Contact: sifar.theatre@gmail.com|98493 31347

Written by: Miro Gavran | Indian adaptation by: Feroze

Music composed by: Amit Dasani & Suhit Chiruthapudi

Poster & Ticket designed by: Kathik Vijay V

Cast: Maya, Shravanth, Feroze

Directed by: Feroze

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 the art of storytelling in his breast. Weighed down by the earth he wonders still: Who is the greater writer, God or he?’

The play plots itself in Saadat Hasan Manto’s after life and packs a lot of untold surprises for the audience to keep them pondering on his current existence. Though considering the fact that Manto is dead.. he has not ceased living. One can still find traits of his existence in his writings, his followers and of course you and me. Based on the most primitive and the inevitable relations of mankind’s histories, his stories (in non-prejudice eyes) have proved to be valid in all the directions of time.


Play Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes.

Play Language: Hindustani.


Cast & Crew

On Sage

Pahalwaan: Ayatullah Khan
Manto: Devroop Sarma

Back stage

Lights & Music : Shivkaant Agrahari
Creative Director: Shashi Sharma
Writer Inspired from a play Written by
Rafi Sahbbir
Director: Ayatullah Khan.

For passes: at the gate on Fri & Sat 28,29 Aug at 8pm.

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 privileged to access and inquire in to the creative activity of the artist from the art exhibitions.

Art is everyone's instinct, and Srinivas Bobbili believes that people will try to reach out to art when art is reachable to them in every possible aspect.

This exhibition is primarily the artist's urge to share his art while made it reachable for the sheer joy of owning and appreciation.

This exhibition is conceptualized in all aspects to reach every art enthusiasts, to collect, and enjoy art in everyday life surrounded by art in their living environment.

The art works in this exhibition remains priceless and One can take home art of their choice and at their choice of price paid only to make both ends meet.

All are welcome to this interactive and participatory Exhibition, learn and Take home a piece of Art at the price you find suitable.

Entry - Free.

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 through balance of structure, posture, breath and nutrition . A balance in posture can only be achieved if there is a balance in structure. A balance in structure can be achieved only if there is a balance in breath. A balance in breath can only be achieved if there is a balance in the bodily fluid and sufficient haemoglobin in the blood.

Adi ayurveda aims to create harmony in the body by correcting imbalances of structure, posture. breath and nutrition. The common cold, asthma, epilepsy, over 400 diseases, which are unseen in other living beings and found only in man can be understood and solved through the right movement-breath awareness program. To overcome the huge economic and other burdens related to these diseases, we welcome you to our One Day School program.

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

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 the art of storytelling in his breast. Weighed down by the earth he wonders still: Who is the greater writer, God or he?’

The play plots itself in Saadat Hasan Manto’s after life and packs a lot of untold surprises for the audience to keep them pondering on his current existence. Though considering the fact that Manto is dead.. he has not ceased living. One can still find traits of his existence in his writings, his followers and of course you and me. Based on the most primitive and the inevitable relations of mankind’s histories, his stories (in non-prejudice eyes) have proved to be valid in all the directions of time.


Play Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes.

Play Language: Hindustani.


Cast & Crew

On Sage

Pahalwaan: Ayatullah Khan
Manto: Devroop Sarma

Back stage

Lights & Music : Shivkaant Agrahari
Creative Director: Shashi Sharma
Writer Inspired from a play Written by
Rafi Sahbbir
Director: Ayatullah Khan.

For passes: at the gate on Fri & Sat 28,29 Aug at 8pm.

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 fee for workshop is Rs.500(including material)

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, and other gardening accessories.

Entry - Free

IoT meeting

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. It's the story of how a person in authority capitalises on someone's tragedy for their own selfish political gains - something that we as an audience are familiar with if we ever picked up a news paper.

Date: 30th August, 2015
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Lamakaan

Donation Rs.100/-

Inviting all for an evening of Cultural Exchange between Indian and Africa by showcasing the culture of various Africans nations as portrayed by the ex-pat students studying in India.

Showcasing this month are the programmes by Sudanese artists.

1- Introduction of African Student Association
2- Cultural program with brothers Sudanese
3-Presentation about Sudan and his position in Africa
4-Interaction questions and answers

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Indian Startups is a community networking group for entrepreneurs through out India and across the globe to help venture new startups, nurture existing startups, encourage entrepreneurship, provide incubation facilities, co-working space, seed funding, crowd funding, investor connections, co-founders, mentors, advisers.

Inviting all for a Electronics and Robotics Training to students from 3rd class to 10th Class students, professionals too.

Entry - Free.

Sifar presents


Forget हॉलीवुड

a play in Hindi /English










Originally written by Miro Gavran

Lights Design: Shravanth Konneru

Production Design: Ajay Yadav

Cast: C S Shekhawat, Feroze

Directed by Feroze





Donor Pass: Rs. 100/-

http://in.bookmyshow.com/hyderabad/events/forget-hollywood/ET00014537

Lamakaan invites children to learn free workshop on how to make clay Ganeshas from Arunjyothi Lokhanday.

Arunjyothi S Lokhanday is a traditional crafts person from Nalgonda with a multi-talented artistry to her name. She makes all of them in zero-budget. For Diwali, she enthralled us by making diyas with vegetables and house hold objects.

Limited seats. For early registrations: Call ArunJyoti ji at 9704621500

Entry - Free

Inviting all for a storytelling workshop of a folktale about giving and kindness, an introduction to a new way of 'reading' a book by Toral Shah. The Story is ''The Boy and the Drum'' written by Umesh PN.

Celebrate the joy of reading on the eve of International Literacy Day & Indian Teachers Day. "The Boy and the Drum" is a folktale about giving and kindness. It transforms into a lively play! It is an introduction to a new way of 'reading' a book. Relive the story with some theme activities as a second part to it.

All are welcome to this vibrant noon.
Entry - Free.

On the eve of World Suicide Prevention Day hosting a talk on the topic "SAVE LIFE WITH YOUR WORDS-PREVENT SUICIDES- Be like a Lover to your life".
Come to become counselor to your neighbors, friends, family and needy.

Suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem. Start being lover to your life.

September 10th - Suicide Prevention Day- Creating Awareness on stopping them

Are you having any thoughts of ENDING UP YOUR LIFE?

Are you stressed out of life ?

Are you willing to change your thinking style ?

Come lets take the opportunity of joining the session.

Registrations : FREE

Join us to help yourself and others who are in need.

You can contribute in the form of books and stationary and money to the orphanages below:

Mahima ministries
House No 2-38/8/2/9/4/1,
Ntr Nagar, Ameenpur Village,
Sridevi Theatre Road,
Chanda Nagar.Hyderabad


APMWS- Andhra Pradesh Mahila Welfare Society.
Faluknama police station opposite road.
Faluknama Govt School.
Hyderabad.

Token of gratitude will be given in return.

Ravan meets Shakespeare in heaven, who has written the famous dialogue, ''Whats in a name?'', and tells him to write a play where Ravan will become Ram. Shakespeare sends him to earth where he meets a playwright who writes a play as per Ravan's wish. Thereafter begins a series of funny incidents, and it continues till at last Shakespeare accepts the fact that everything is in the name. The play is full of humor and witty dialogues as we see mythology, the Shakespearean era and contemporary atmosphere all combined in one play.

Director:Prakash Phadnis, Sachin Sashtry Writer:Vinod Hadap Artists:Sanjeev Acharya, V S Mouli, Akhilesh Washikar, Ali Ahmed Faisal, Rahul Kamelakar, Suraj G Meshram

Read more: http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/aur-shakespeare-sharmaya/ET00032936#ixzz3klxfM9s7

On the occasion of World Suicide Prevention day, Group Captain GJ Rao will be presenting a talk for the safety, sound health and well being of the people by addressing the methods of SUSTAINABLE SUICIDE PREVENTION MODEL FOR FARMERS & STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR AND OTHERS IN GENERAL under the aegis of Administrative Staff College of India.

Group Captain GJ Rao is the Command Education Officer and PRO at Head Quarters Maintenance Command, Nagpur. In the year 2014, in addition to his primary job, he has under taken a first of its kind project in the Indian Air Force (IAF) where he has identified, counselled and motivated 70 under privileged personnel from Air Force campus to provide them with sustainable means of lively hood by organising free training in ITI and MHRD recognised Computer Institute.

He also reached out to people in distress and saving precious lives through his Suicide Prevention Model in IAF and for transforming Air Force Schools in to Centres of Excellence.

The salient aspects of his project include:-

a) Cost effective and immediate utilisation of the existing 104 as the 24x7 toll free Suicide Prevention Counselling Centre.
b) Establishing Central Locking Storage System for storing pesticides to avoid the access to the means of committing suicide.
c) Sensitize the entire population of the State about identifying the symptoms of suicidal behaviour and equip the individuals with simple techniques of helping them in overcoming these suicidal behaviour.
d) Mass publicity by the message of honourable CM through TV, radio, Banners and pamphlets on the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day.

All are welcome to this evening of learning to love your own life and teaching your neighbor to do so.
Entry - Free

Improvised theater is a genre of theatre performed without a script- characters and scenes are taken up on the spot, based on suggestions from the audience. Come and watch the actors as they perform the same, made even more difficult by the show host, who conducts a series of 'improv'games.

WHAT: Press conference by hijra and transgender community on lack of implementation of the NALSA judgment and need for 'TRANSGENDER' column in the admission forms of Universities.

WHERE: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills
WHEN: 1 pm

In July, 2014, UGC had issued a circular asking all varsities to include transgenders in different fellowship/scholarship schemes. According to the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Vijay Sampla, in all the application forms of the universities under University Grants Commission (UGC), there now has to be a column for transgender community students. However, this has yet to be implemented in many universities including University of Hyderabad and we wish to hereby begin a campaign for the same.

All friends from media are invited for the meet.
For RSVP: 8179542651

Colour of Trans 2.0 is an evocative performance by trans activists Living Smile Vidya, Angel Glady and Gee Imaan Semmalar. It traces the experiences of the actors themselves through seven episodes. The performances mixes the forms of cabaret, monologues, clown theatre, commedia del arte, pathos, realism, film and theatre of the absurd.Colour of Trans 2.0 is for anyone interested in questions of self representation, trans activism, caste and new interventions in theatre.



About the actors



Gee Imaan Semmalar is a savarna trans activist from Kerala. He holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature from Lady Shri Ram College and an MA in Arts and Aesthetics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has written, directed and acted in a multilingual, docu-fiction film on transmen titled 'Kalvettukal' which has been screened in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Madurai, Kerala and Sweden. He has been writing about trans issues for several leading newspapers in India including DNA, Bombay and New Indian Express, Chennai. He lives in Bangalore and was a radio host for a show on 'Q radio', an online LGBT radio channel. He has worked on building alliances with several movements over the years and believes that anti caste gender activism is crucial for actualising any revolutionary social change.



Living Smile Vidya is a dalit transwoman, theatre actor, writer, poet and artist from Trichy, Tamil Nadu. She holds a Masters degree in Linguistics. Smiley received the Charles Wallace Award in 2013 for her excellence in Theatre. She has staged more than 100 shows of 20 plays with 9 eminent theatre directors. She is the author of I am Vidya which is the first transgender autobiography to be published in India. It has been translated into over 6 other indian languages and is part of the syllabus of B.A. English in Stella Maris College, Chennai, India. Her essays and poems are published in magazines in many commercial magazines, literary magazines and online magazines. As a self-taught artist, she started drawing since 2010. She has done five exhibitions in Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi. She also has experience in Tamil cinema industry and has been Assistant Director, Associate Director and actor in Tamil and Malayalam films.



Angel Glady is a Bahujan trans woman from Tamil Nadu. She has studied M.A. mass communication in University of Madras. She is a theatre actor and has worked with french clowns from "clowns without border" and a South Korean theatre group called "TUIDA". She feels art is the best tool to make a revolution and is co-founder of a trans theatre group called Panmai theatre in Chennai.

For passes: 8179542651

Inviting all for an exhibition of the oil painintgs on glass (Reverse paintings) depicting the mythological facts and meanings of Shlokas by Mr.Krishnakar.

The painter Krishnakar, has dedicated his life on these paintings, just to find the truth behind the Shlokas and Mythological sayings. He wants to share this knowledge with people and youngster. The paintingis is done on glass in reverse and completely hand painted.

All are welcome.
Entry - Free

Showing this Sunday matinee is "Koi Sunta Hai -Someone Is Listening;
Journeys with Kumar and Kabir" a film by Shabnam Virmani.

This film is an interweaving the folk music traditions of the mystic poet Kabir with the life and music of the late classical singer Kumar Gandharva, this film searches for that elusive sound, that jhini si awaaz, Kabir urges us to hear. Where does it resonate, that subtle sound? Journeying between folk and classical, oral and written, rural and urban expressions of this 15th century mystic poet of north India, the film finds moments of both continuity and rupture between these disparate worlds.

All are welcome. Screening will be followed by discussion with the film maker Shabnam Virmani.
Entry - Free

Had Anhad is a film by Shabnam Virmani.

Kabir was a 15th century mystic poet of north India who defied the boundaries between Hindu and Muslim. He had a Muslim name and upbringing, but his poetry repeatedly invokes the widely revered Hindu name for God – Ram. Who is Kabir’s Ram? This film journeys through song and poem into the politics of religion, and finds myriad answers on both sides of the hostile border between India and Pakistan.

About the filmmaker:
Shabnam Virmani, is a documentary film maker and artist. Co-founder of the Drishti Media Arts and Human Rights collective, she has directed several documentaries, some of which have won awards. In 2002, she co-directed an award-winning community radio program with the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan in Gujarat.

Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein, a documentary film by Shabnam Virmani on the poet-saint as part of her Kabir Project, has won the Special Jury Prize at the 58th National Awards, June 2011.

She was conferred this award for, "An insightful film that introduces us to the various cults that have grown around Kabir, the mystic weaver and saint. It explores the nuances of India's argumentative tradition as exemplified by Kabir's dohas and traces the eventful journey of one man caught in an Orwellian dilemma as he is elevated to the status of a cult leader, torn between the inevitable trappings of hierarchy that run paradoxical to the simple philosophy of Kabir"

This film is in Hindi & Urdu with English Subtitles
Duration: 103 min.

The film screening will be followed by an interactive session with the filmmaker and then at 7pm is a Musical Performance "Songs of Kabir and other Mystics" by Shabnam Virmani and Vipul Rikhi.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

We are inviting applications for coordinators and team volunteers for in the below categories.

Are you passionate about entrepreneurship and startups, like to network and help startup community? Come join the Indian Startups Local Metro Chapters in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai & Delhi. Usual expectation from the volunteers is to help out and commit for few hours a week or upon their convenience for any of the volunteering activities.

Inviting all for an evening of performance of "songs of Kabir and other Mystics" at 7pm on Sunday 13th September by Shabnam Virmani and Vipul Rikhi.

Shabnam and Vipul will share some of the musical and poetic treasures they have come across during their journeys into the folk oral traditions of mystic poetry. They will present folk songs from Malwa (Madhya Pradesh), Rajasthan, Kutch (Gujarat), and a few from the Baul and classical traditions, which speak with startling clarity, and yet with great feeling, about the fundamental truths of human life, in the voices of Kabir and other Bhakti poets such as Gorakhnath, Dharamdas, Brahmanand, Meera and others.

All are welcome to this evening of mysticism.
Entry - Free.

A casting director has one day to find the leads for a community theater production of Romeo and Juliet. But what seems like a simple task proves impossible when the pool of actors includes extreme method actors, performers who just don't know what to do with their hands, and one particular woman who may or may not think she's a cat. This hilarious comedy will bring you to the last place you'd ever want to be...behind the doors of a casting session

Inviting all youngsters and adults for a Puppetry Play on the Birth Story of Lord Ganesha. It is the storytelling from Indian Mythology using puppets to tell how he got elephant head. A Puppet play by Sphoorthi Theatre-STEPARC.

Entry fees-Rs100/- for adults and Rs 50 for children below 8 years, Rs 75/- for children above 8 and below 15 years.

Entry passes at the Gate.

"Story Creators" is a Work Shop, which aims at making the participants understand, learn and replicate the process of generating a story on the spot. The focus of the Work Shop is completely on LEARNING THE PROCESS OF GENERATING A STORY. This Work Shop is meant for all those who would like to create really unique stories meant for movies or short films or novels or short stories or even for paintings and sculpture. (YES, you have read it right. Even for paintings and sculpture.) Simply put, if you are aspiring to acquire the ability and skill to create a story that stands unique with your own signature on that story, this Work Shop is for you.

The workshop is conducted by Adi Babu, a teacher in English Language and Literature for 27 years.

For Registration : Pl call 9052906210.

"LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara" – is a film directed by Iara Lee.

Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa’s last colony. This film chronicles the everyday violence experienced by Sahrawis living under Moroccan occupation and voices their struggle for self-determination through creative resistance and non-violence.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/123847322
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/LifeIsWaiting
Website: http://culturesofresistancefilms.com/western-sahara

Bio:
Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and director of the Cultures of Resistance Network. In 2010, she released her feature-length documentary entitled CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, which explores how creative action contributes to conflict prevention and resolution. As an extension of her commitment to the issues explored in the film, she also founded the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity, supports efforts to secure peace and social justice, and brings together artists and changemakers from around the world.

Iara has also continued to produce and direct documentary films. She just finished two new docs: K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak. LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara, looks at 40 years of Moroccan occupation and the sahrawi nonviolent struggle for self-determination by a people for whom colonialism has never ended. In 2013, Iara made a short film entitled THE KALASHA AND THE CRESCENT, which chronicles how an indigenous movement in northern Pakistan is responding to the challenges facing their culture. In 2012, she released a documentary called THE SUFFERING GRASSES: when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, which examines the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps.

In May 2010, Iara was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers. Among the many people who recorded the events on that ship, her crew was the only one to successfully hide and retain most of the raid footage, which she later released to the world after a screening at the United Nations. Iara is dedicated to the support of Palestinian civilians who have been victims of war crimes committed by the Israeli military and who suffer from the Israeli government's ongoing acts of collective punishment.

At the onset of the Iraq war in 2003, Iara decided to travel and live in the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa) in order to understand the conflict better. While residing in Lebanon in 2006, she experienced firsthand the 34-day Israeli bombardment of that country. Moved by that experience, she has since dedicated herself to the pursuit of a just peace in the region, and she is an enthusiastic supporter of those initiatives which strengthen adherence to international law in enforcing human rights. In 2008 Iara lived in Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between that country and the West with the goal of promoting arts & culture for global solidarity.

From 1984 to 1989 Iara was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil. From 1989-2003 she was based in New York City, where she ran the mixed-media company Caipirinha Productions, created to explore the synergy of different artforms (such as film, music, architecture, and poetry). Under that banner, Iara directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations, Architettura, and Beneath the Borqa.

Iara is a member of the International Council of Advisors of the National Geographic Society, a long-time supporter of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world. Through the Cultures Of Resistance Network foundation, she connects and collaborates with activists, agitators, educators, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN is a film directed by Iara Lee.
Shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/126423435
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K2InvisibleFootmen
Website: http://www.culturesofresistancefilms.org/k2-invisible-footmen

Bio:
Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and director of the Cultures of Resistance Network. In 2010, she released her feature-length documentary entitled CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, which explores how creative action contributes to conflict prevention and resolution. As an extension of her commitment to the issues explored in the film, she also founded the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity, supports efforts to secure peace and social justice, and brings together artists and changemakers from around the world.

Iara has also continued to produce and direct documentary films. She just finished two new docs: K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, shot in stunning northern Pakistan, it is about the plight of the unsung heroes, the indigenous porters of majestic K2, the earth’s second-highest peak. LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara, looks at 40 years of Moroccan occupation and the sahrawi nonviolent struggle for self-determination by a people for whom colonialism has never ended. In 2013, Iara made a short film entitled THE KALASHA AND THE CRESCENT, which chronicles how an indigenous movement in northern Pakistan is responding to the challenges facing their culture. In 2012, she released a documentary called THE SUFFERING GRASSES: when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, which examines the Syrian conflict through the humanity of the civilians who have been killed, abused, and displaced to the squalor of refugee camps.

In May 2010, Iara was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers. Among the many people who recorded the events on that ship, her crew was the only one to successfully hide and retain most of the raid footage, which she later released to the world after a screening at the United Nations. Iara is dedicated to the support of Palestinian civilians who have been victims of war crimes committed by the Israeli military and who suffer from the Israeli government's ongoing acts of collective punishment.

At the onset of the Iraq war in 2003, Iara decided to travel and live in the MENA region (Middle East & North Africa) in order to understand the conflict better. While residing in Lebanon in 2006, she experienced firsthand the 34-day Israeli bombardment of that country. Moved by that experience, she has since dedicated herself to the pursuit of a just peace in the region, and she is an enthusiastic supporter of those initiatives which strengthen adherence to international law in enforcing human rights. In 2008 Iara lived in Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between that country and the West with the goal of promoting arts & culture for global solidarity.

From 1984 to 1989 Iara was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil. From 1989-2003 she was based in New York City, where she ran the mixed-media company Caipirinha Productions, created to explore the synergy of different artforms (such as film, music, architecture, and poetry). Under that banner, Iara directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations, Architettura, and Beneath the Borqa.

Iara is a member of the International Council of Advisors of the National Geographic Society, a long-time supporter of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, and many organizations around the world. Through the Cultures Of Resistance Network foundation, she connects and collaborates with activists, agitators, educators, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! http://culturesofresistance.org/groups-we-support

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Invite you all to join us for workshop "FROM RECYCLED TO UP-CYCLED" on the 19th of September 2015 at Lamakaan, Banjara Hills.

From:10:30 am To:1:30 pm • Contact No.: 9700003083 9703287377 • Last date to register: September 15th 2015 • Entry:Rs 400 This workshop is aimed at teaching you the art of creative recycling and will demonstrate several novel ways of creating innovative new products from recycled goods. During the course of this workshop you will learn to up-cycle your everyday household objects that one would normally throw away! These up-cycling projects are a great way to teach children to appreciate the value of recycling and not to mention also includes a lot of fun!! While engaging with children at a young age is necessary, there is no age limit to learn fun, new and creative things! •

What will you learn at our Up-cycling workshop?
1. How to make a support for your cell phone so you can charge it anywhere you want without having to worry about it falling
2. How to make your own set of coasters out of recycled bottle caps.
3. How to make a bookcase for the kiddies or a magazine rack for the moms out of old cereal boxes.

• What you will need?
1. Scissors, pencils and a ruler.
2. Fevicol, glue stick & a hot glue gun. (Note: hot glue guns will be provided temporarily for those who do not have one)
3. Acrylic paint, water container and brushes.
4. One cereal box for magazine rack. Three same sized cereal boxes for bookcase.
5. Your cell phone charger and either a
shampoo bottle or a coke bottle that is as wide as your cell phone.
6. Bottle caps will be provided.

Midst the busy schedule of our lives, we have are sometimes oblivion of so much going around, primarily because we do not find time for ourselves. Find the better you, through proven techniques of mind management and self- cognizance.

The session will help you identify your deeper emotions, fallacies, resilience in a totally different manner.

The session is going to be amalgamated with humor,to leave you nostalgic of yourself, yet highly entertained.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

"Pluralist India and Inclusive Politics".

Join us for a topical debate at LaMakaan on
Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 5.30 pm.

We will be joined by Asaduddin Owaisi, MP,
Prof M.Kodandaram, senior advocate Bojja Tharakam,
Manoj Mitta and others. Justice Chandra Kumar will preside.

The occasion is the book launch of "Dilli 1984 nundi Gujarat 2002 varaku: Vyavasthala vaiphalyam pai panchanama". (An Omnibus translation of 'When A Tree Shook Delhi', by Manoj Mitta and H.S.Phoolka, AND 'The Fiction of Fact-finding: Modi and Godhra', by Manoj Mitta).

An event by Hyderabad Book Trust.

All are welcome to this Book launch and discussion.

We are pleased to announce one of a kind Super Hero and Princess inspired Arts and Crafts Workshop for Kids, where we will be teaching kids how to conjure up their own Super hero or a Princess in a simplistic yet powerful style.

We will be emphasizing the creativity of the kids by helping them draw their own Costumes, Super Powers and Characters. At the end of our workshop with our help they will have they're own Super hero or Princess with a unique set of skills and gifts that they created from scratch!

Our Craft class will be focusing on creating an Enchanting Princess costume for girls.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

>An old dress, t shirt,flip flops or any footwear that you would like decorate on.

>You can also carry hair bands or hair accessories to decorate on.
( you must get only one item of clothing and only one pair of footwear.)

>Bring colours of choice Can be Crayons, Sketch pens or Paints.

MATERIAL PROVIDED:

>Papers Pencils and Erasers will be provided.

>Material to make tiaras, bracelets, wands, bows will be provided.

(You can choose any two items to make.)


Entry registration - Call 9000899175

The present sessions at YOCS include a book/art review, a minor and a major. One of the firmest pillars that YOCS, a 46 year old club, stands on is its evaluation session. Judgments are made and accepted all the time. Group discussions, prose-reading sessions, poetry sessions, declamations, debates and JAM sessions also find their way into the agenda from time to time. In these three-hour sessions, over three decades of its existence, YOCS members have traversed far and wide in their intellectual discussions. YOCS has provided a platform for discussion of varied topics and works of varied individuals. Some of our gatherings can claim to have hosted presentations or aroused discussion on Kautilya and Camus, on Ramesh Sippy and Ingmar Bergman, on Des Cartes and Phaedrus, not to mention more mundane matters like nuclear disarmament, neo-colonialism, and job reservations. The members of YOCS have gathered to engage in public speaking activities and any matter is acceptable for their speeches, as long as it is within the rules of decorum. To an outsider, YOCS may seem like a gathering of blue stockings, which would be quite far from the truth. Members have had varied reasons for aspiring to the YOCS membership. For some it may be the desire to interact with others at a certain level of intellectual accomplishment; some may hope to develop and polish their communication skills in advance of their appearance in competitive examinations and job interviews, and some may just wind up at YOCS to spend an evening a week with friends.

*You don't need membership to attend sessions *It's free

Samahaara Comedy Night: 9th Edition

Date: 20th September, Sunday 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 we had last time? It's going to be Double the Fun as always with Comedy Plays and Stand-up. Get that funny bone tickled with mad, funny, impish, satirical and hilarious characters and situations.

For entry Passes: 9885288982

This play deals with the issues of addiction of substances and understands them deeply it was concluded that addiction is a state of mind, state of heart, state of soul or just the weak state of body.
Why does someone rely on the things outside their self? Either because his surroundings don’t have what that entity is giving, non-belonging or the self is void. If this is the right understanding then addicts of things can grow to become addicts of people and emotions. From emotions to enlightenment, they can move from lower to higher addictions. They can grow beyond this body and be eternal. The addiction controlling their body can be let go. Yes, so there is a possibility of existence of the Eternal Addicts. Yes it is possible.

The Play starts with this Idea and deeper understanding of Eternal addicts like the spiritual and divine souls of Yogis, the agitated and longing souls of the lovers and the analytical or logical souls of philosophers the play is set in a metaphorical world of rehabilitation. Addicts of different backgrounds and abused by substances of different kind enter a room where the voice of narrator talks to them and indulges them into a conversation of self-realization. The Souls of Yogi, Lover and Philosopher talk their heart out of how they passed through to higher addiction. And then there is a session where some addicts are still in denial and choose hell and some addicts accept and rehabilitate to live a life of heaven. A simple metaphoric series of monologues and amalgamation of sequences will let us see deeper into different lives.
Entry - Free