Lamakaan

Sin Nombre (Mexico)

SYNOPSIS:
A Honduran young girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the American border.
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama

Please feel free to invite any guests along (you can use the "Facebook Invite" option on this event page to invite your friends)
Its a FREE event

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (1h 36 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Disclaimer - Movie screening for educational purposes only

How great leaders inspire audiences a talk by Rakesh Godhwani, adjunct Faculty, IIM Bangalore

Four young actors plan their future and unravel their past on a nine month exhilarating theater journey with two of India's most respected directors.

In Kannada and Hindi with English Subtitles

Creating a Created Future: The Fundamentals of Transformation
We often despair of creating the future we want to live in. It seems too distant, too tough, and just plain unattainable. We are submerged in so many problems that seem impossible to solve: war, corruption, an unpredictable world economy, mass unemployment, pervasive social malaise, disease, poverty, and the conundrum of our own lives and how to make a difference.
Yet, we desperately want a better present and a better future for our families, our communities, our world, and ourselves.
In this introductory lecture, Professor Michael Leslie outlines how to constitute oneself as the kind of entity who can powerfully call into existence the world we all desire, not by force or cunning, but by the transformation of who we are each being on the planet.
About Professor Michael Leslie
Dr. Michael Leslie has travelled the world in search of the keys to personal and social transformation for over fifty years, conducting research and teaching on five continents, in more than fifteen countries. His abiding scholarly and teaching interest is in the ontology and phenomenology of human transformation and planetary ascendance.
He received his degrees, chronologically, from the University of California at Berkeley; Columbia University in New York; and the University of Washington at Seattle. He is currently a tenured faculty member in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, where he teaches foundational courses in social responsibility and ethical leadership.
His inspirational book, “How to Get What You Really Want: Lessons from My Life!” is available in English, Mandarin, and Spanish on Amazon.com.
Additional information about Professor Leslie is available at www.linkedin.com/in/michaelleslie

Handmade bookmarks and handmade envelopes using colorpapers.

A One Day Workshop on Human Imaginations and its wonders!For Kids & Parents ! Workshop Fees ₹ 500 for parents & Kids ! By, POORVA DHANASHREE ,A Reowned Bharatnayam and vilasini Natyam Dancer .(www.purvadhanashree.com) The content of the workshop is as following , In today’s world where most of the conversations are done through gadgets, one hardly gets any space and time to express oneself in one’s own language and expressions… Creativity… Imagination…. Spontaneity… Empathy… Expressions … these are slowly losing their valuable space in both in adults and children.. Fear of future … status… … A strong sense of pride and image .. and chains of comparisons are stifling most of the children who hardly get a space where they can be themselves without the compulsions of judgments and they are growing up to be kiddults and then reaching adulthood quite fast before their age. And somewhere in the race of becoming an adult they are losing touch with the child within them This workshop on creative writing will give many opportunities to you and your child to go deep within the levels of your imagination and discover the unique person that you are Who can do this workshop ? 7-15 years of age… How many session ? 1* 2 hours every month And why ? - If you feel the strong need to dialogue with your creative self - If you want to explore the magic of writing/ drawing/movement/music - If you want to go on an adventure trip to find the hidden world of ideas, thoughts, feelings within you Then please join us… The journey of self-discovery does not stop with being a child. In fact, adults need it more as they consciously, unconsciously or sub-consciously internalize many external patterns/ ideas /images and somewhere forget connecting to one’s own self… How will we do it ? Through dialogues, discussions, writing, drawing, meditation, movements, music … You need to bring few pages perhaps a notebook will be better… colour pencils , pencil and a pen…. So come and be a part of this adventure trip into your own world of ideas.. thoughts and images.

Aathmeeya presents 'Kalārpana', a Kuchipudi recital by Kumari Pranati Goturi and her students.

An evening filled with Bhāva, Rasa and Bhakti, Kalārpana is a celebration of the life and work of the Godfather of Telugu Songwriting, Saint Annamacharya. Performing on many famous keerthanas written by the doyen of Telugu literature, the dancers hope to pay a humble tribute to the timeless legend.

Raksha bandhan is an Indian festival wherein the glorious relationship between a brother and sister is celebrated.
Let's make this even more special by making handmade Rakhi and gifts.
Why should your son be left behind in Rakhi craft extravaganza ? While the sister is busy making Rakhi, we will help him create a Masterpiece for her.

Orientation for new Bhumi Volunteers.

With Stories, not Stereotypes we are trying a new form of dialogue. In our upcoming event, we aim to facilitate a deeper and better understanding of the people around us. No themes, just a concept of an open conversation which will give all the participants a deeper insight into what kind of things bug our everyday lives. Come, let's talk!

Bhagwan is the epitome of the mundane — a middle-aged banker, married, with two grown up college-going children. However, one day, while sitting on a decrepit park bench he stumbles upon ‘enlightenment’. Therein begins the battle between the world outside and his world inside.

Design & Directed By : Subhash Gupta

Cast - Jay Ilhaam | Vivek Pandey | Shailja Chaturvedi | Adnan Hararwala | Gunjan Bhattacharya | Anusha Chowdhary

Donor Passes availaible - 150/-
Contact - 9700074079

A film by Samreen Farooqui & Shabani Hassanwalia. Gali is a documentary exploring the subculture of B-boying and Breaking in Delhi.

The online media is being increasingly used for hate campaigns to spread misinformation aimed to create distrust and alienation between different communities that result in hostilities and lead to violence. Confederation of Voluntary Associations (COVA) with support from the U.S. Consulate General in Hyderabad has created the Countering Online Fanatic Indoctrination (COFI) Network with the aim to enlist persons from different fields well versed in religious and social issues with progressive ideologies as Partners. Through the COFI Network several Digital Literacy and Intervention Techniques Training Programs will be implemented to provide them technical skills and ability in handling a range of social media platforms. Equipped with the required technical skills in handling social media, these persons will then be able to effectively counter online hate propaganda (against different religious groups and communities) in social and mainstream media spaces both as individuals and also through organized groups.

Dr. Mazher Hussain, Founder of COVA, will lead a talk on the journey of designing and creating the COFI Network.

HELI (Mexico)

SYNOPSIS:
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Please feel free to invite any guests along (you can use the "Facebook Invite" option on this event page to invite your friends)
Its a FREE event

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (1h 45mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Disclaimer - Movie screening for educational purposes only

First ways of seeing, organised under the Cinema Talk on July 31st 2015, tried to kick-off conversations around 'ways of seeing' documentary films.

As a follow up to that this talk, Ways of Seeing - 2.0, tries to ponder over how the 'Selfie' has changed the way we look at ourselves, the world around and the films we see. Are they all inter-linked? If so, how?

Let's ponder over!!

A tribute to the unsung heroes of the nation, the real heroes at the borders. Manch Theatre presents Ek aur Shaheed

Here is an opportunity to learn the Bengal Painting techniques - from Patua artist Suman Chitrakar. At the workshop, you will learn the nuances of the Bengal Painting style from master folk artist Suman Chitrakar and make and carry back your own Bengali painting! The paintings will be made with NATURAL COLOURS that are traditionally used.

The workshops will be conducted in Hyderabad from July 28 th - July 31st

6-8 venues to be announced.

PAY only Rs. 950/- for advance registration (includes art materials) and specify the venue at which you will be interested to attend the workshop. Registration on the day of the workshop will be at Rs. 1250/- FOR DETAILS, email sohini@heartforart.co.in or call +91 9560901211/ 8999093398

Suman Chitrakar is a young Patua Artist from West Bengal. He started painting nine years ago at the age of twenty with his mentor Jagdevji. Suman has been creatively infusing new themes to the traditional art form to create a distinctive style of his own. Suman carries the lineage of ‘folk’ artists who paint long, vertical scrolls and compose verses. His artwork has featured in two books – one book on Bono Bibi of the Sunderbans and another on the life of Savitribai Phule published by Azim Premji University. Suman has conducted workshops on Bengal Pattachitra in Delhi with the Happy Hands Foundation, in Kolkata with Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, an organization under Ministry of Culture at a workshop organized at the Victoria Memorial Hall, and in Goa with the Kala Academy.

Bengal paintings, popularised by master artists such as Jamini Roy, are inspired by the bold themes, colours and icons of Kali+Durga. Appreciate and Learn the nuances of Bengal Folk Paintings - Nayagram, Kalighat, Bengal Pattachitra and Santhal Paintings.

Suman will engage the participants in an exploration of the Patachitra (Scroll Painting) performance tradition and enable them to create new performative pieces based on their world of imagination that they imbibe from their social and cultural environment. The storytelling and singing by Suman would help participants create new stories and turn them into performances, thereby instilling in participants the confidence to imagine the performative aspect of the Bengal painting’s tradition.

The workshop will be followed by a sale of Masterpieces by the Artisans.

29th July is the International Day of the Tiger. We would like to conduct Interactive Poster Exhibition on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation. Followed by Talk by Tiger Conservationist & Biologist Imran Siddiqui

Over 93% of Tiger Area has been taken over by humans, leading to decimation of 97% of tigers in past 100 years. Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society(HyTiCoS) along with Wildlife Conservation Society(WCS) has taken up the fight to conserve tigers in Telangana and AP.

The events planned are as follows:
1. Interactive Exhibition by Field Staff on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation
2. Meet Imran Siddiqui and his team as they Talk on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation in AP/Telangana

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UDAAN Performing Arts, Hyerabad
Presents, A Hindi Play - Muwakkil ( A Client )

As the objective of the Campaign is to reclaim the atmosphere of peace and understanding between our two countries, it is felt that a continuous process involving some programs and activities will be required, especially during the Campaign period from 1st July to 15th August 2017. Many Partners have come out with some very creative programs and activities that they plan to organise during the course of the Campaign and other Partners can also consider to organise in their cities / towns.

29th July is the International Day of the Tiger. We would like to conduct Interactive Poster Exhibition on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation

Over 93% of Tiger Area has been taken over by humans, leading to decimation of 97% of tigers in past 100 years. Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society(HyTiCoS) along with Wildlife Conservation Society(WCS) has taken up the fight to conserve tigers in Telangana and AP.

Please join to witness the tiger conservation effort through poster presentation on topics related to Tiger Ecology, Research and Conservation.

Following events are planned for the day
1. Interactive Exhibition by Field Staff on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation
2. Meet Prerna Singh Bindra @ Book launch: "When I Grow I want to be Tiger" & "The Vanishing" India's Wildlife Crisis."


---------**All are welcome**---------

As we know there will be an organic Bazar in the morning time, we would like to get the film screening place (upstairs) for film screening and once the organic Bazar ends we will start our event at down stairs. Please consider our request and provide the space till 9 in the evening at ground space to conduct our event.

I am an environmental educator, surfer, parkour practitioner, and hip hop artist. My father is from Hyderabad and I was born and raised in the U.S. I will be sharing some of my hip hop music and videos, which celebrate the power of women and girls in surfing and the outdoors. I will be inviting the audience to join in, via a participatory beginners workshop in "freestyling" the art of creating rhymes on the spot, usually to a beat. This workshop is meant for total beginners who find the idea of freestyling to be terrifying, and is ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. We will do exercises to loosen ourselves up, release ourselves from judgment, and HAVE FUN!!!

The global image of U.S. hip hop tends to be of commercial gangster rap, however this is not the full picture. In the big cities in the U.S. local hip hop scenes thrive and musicians and artists (many of them women!) create work relevant to local issues and their community. I would like to share my own work as a San Francisco Bay Area hip hop artist as well as invite the audience to join in the participatory community based spontaneous aspect of hip hop through a freestyle workshop

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we are planing to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the first one of all, expected to be screened on first wednesday of this august.

movie title : rosetta
country : French-Belgian
synopsis:
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.

Genre: Drama

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 93 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Mitti- Back to the roots is a crowd funded documentary fictional film based on agrarian crisis in India.
Vision of the film is to save farmers from committing suicide.

In this talk hosted by Hyderabad Urban Lab, Dr. Amir Ullah Khan, will trace the history of GST and the road ahead. With the rollout of the GST, it is hoped that taxes would be simplified and harmonised. Tax terrorism would get extinguished. It may come at the cost of making India less of a federal state, but the tradeoff could be well worth it. However the beginnings have been rough. Not only is the industry unprepared, it is obvious that the government also is way behind on its preparations. The Telangana CM was the first to have realized that GST will cause distress. He has argued that that several thousands of workers sustain on the beedi industry and as such, imposing excess taxes on the industry will adversely impact the beedi workers. With more than 1,400 commodities that will have to be fitted into the five slabs – zero, 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent, the tax department has its hands full. It has still not decided what to do with sin products where we need to fix special cesses on demerit goods that are now capped at 15 per cent for aerated drinks and luxury cars, and at 135 per cent for pan masala, and 290 per cent or Rs 4,170 per 1,000 sticks for cigarettes. Most items therefore will be fit into the existing VAT scheme. However at the moment, each state differs so much that actual fitments will involve intense lobbying by states. Businesses will start their own lobbying. We may well return to the age old system of business lobbyists using all means possible to get their produce into the lower slabs. The government is staring into a possible embarrassment. Dr. Amir Ulla Khan, the speaker is a development economist who is currently a professor at the Maulana Azad Urdu Unviersity and is no stranger to Hyderabad. He was member of the Telangana commission of inquiry into the socio economic conditions of Minorities. He is on the board of several key institutions of policy research, policymaking and development interventions.

Kamla by Vijay Tendulkar is a naturalistic play. It focuses on the changed role of women in society. It was inspired by a real-life incident - the Indian Express exposure by Ashwin Sarin, who actually bought a girl from a rural flesh market and presented her at a press conference. But using this incident as a launching pad, Tendulkar raises certain cardinal questions regarding the value system of a modern success-oriented generation who are ready to sacrifice human value in the name of humanity itself. The playwright exposes the innate self-deception of this standpoint. It is the story of an unfortunate woman sold away in the flesh market and a so-called happy housewife married to a daring journalist, both having a revelation of finding themselves on the common platform of sexual slavery in this male-dominated world. Directed by - Subhash Gupta Cast - Kajol Dubey | Shailja Chaturvedi | Sumam Philip | Subhash Gupta | Sanjeev Acharya | Jay Jha Contact# 970007479 || Passes - 200/-

In memory of Prof. Yash Pal (26 November 1926 – 24 July 2017). He was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he has become one of the leading science communicators of the country.

Starting his career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), he later remained chairman of the University Grants Commission from 1986 to 1991. In 2013, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.


A documentary film about India's scientist, Prof.Yashpal (1926-2017), produced at AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia, New Delhi. Directed by Yousuf Saeed, 2004. Interaction with the filmmaker via skype.

Please schedule this for Saturday, 5th August 3-6PM 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, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

The K-Circle Monthly Quiz is a non-competitive quiz session conducted on the first Saturday of every month. The quiz is a great start for beginners to get involved in quizzing and a great session for veterans and trivia lovers.

Samahaara
presents

PANCHLIGHT - A Romantic Comedy in Hindi

Written by Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'
Designed and Directed by - Sandeep Sahu


Date - 05th August 2017
Time - 7.30pm
Venue - Lamakaan

This fictional story, dating 50 years back, talks about a small village situated in the state of Bihar. The story describes the situation of that period when many small villages in India were still in darkness and had no access to electricity.

The play highlights the effect of modern technology on people who are still reeling under the traditional practices observed in a village. Highlighting this issue, the play exposes a romantic tale of the central characters in the story.

Although a romantic comedy, this play reflects on the conditions of our villages in India, 50 years ago. Despite numerous hurdles and challenges, people never lost faith in their fellow people and supported each other to fight those obstacles.

Entry by Donation Rs 100/-

Artpagoda is conducting a fireless cooking workshop for kids. Encourage your little one to participate and learn some culinary techniques and develop love for cooking.
Come,let us indulge in cooking some yummy and lip smacking food.
Child gets to take home what he makes and a printed recipe.

Registration Mandatory

"Mass Culture and Its Emergence into Contemporary India" is a Talk followed by a very interactive Discussion with the attendees. The objective of organizing this Event is to spread awareness about Mass Culture and how it is affecting contemporary India, particularly the children and the youngsters. One may please note that there are some differences between Popular Culture and Mass Culture and the Talk shall address those differences also. People of all age groups are welcome to be a part of the Event. THERE IS NO ENTRY FEES.

Beat Stage Fear. Create your own story and tell it like a boss!

TALE TELLERS TROUPE INDIA'S storytelling workshop provides students with an encouraging, constructive environment in which to practice storytelling techniques. Exercises in class focus on classic story structuring, building suspense, eliciting emotion, recreating drama, digging deeper into a story’s meaning, and using your voice and body to add levels to your listeners’ experience, so that your story stays with them.

The class size will be limited to allow maximum individual attention and storytelling practice time for each student in each class session

WHAT WILL BE COVERED IN THIS WORKSHOP:
1. How to create stories on the fly (make it up while you are narrating it)
2. How to deal with Stage Fear
3. Techniques to narrate the story you created effectively and in an engaging manner

Expect to challenge yourself, participate actively and have a lot of fun and laughs along the way.

This is the first step towards being a POWERFUL ORATOR and a LEADER in life!

Entry: Rs 500

PS: Participants are requested to please fill in details in the attached short form. Open to all age groups.
https://goo.gl/forms/AqxMA88CrS7AtaVn2

The Quora Hyderabad Meetups invites not only all Quora Enthusiasts in the city but also people who would love to gain some knowledge and make valuable new connections over group discussion and open networking.

Sararattir, a play written by Badal Sircar, is a story of a night and three characters - a husband,a wife and an old man. This one is a psychological drama that revolves around the woman and her fantasy world and focuses on the inner conflicts that she faces when she is 28 as the writer very aptly suggests it as the age when a woman wonders about her own life and being. As the play opens up, we see her as a happy wife leading a healthy relationship with a perfect husband.

All is going well till she meets a mysterious old stranger during the couple's vacation in a lonely house on a rainy night, who has his own weird theory about 7. A chance encounter with this man leads them to crossroads of introspection and self realization. One night. One long, sleepless, rainy night. Was it a dream?

PLAY : BADAL SIRCAR; LANGUAGE : BENGALI;
DIRECTOR : SWAPAN MONDAL; PRODUCTION: SHUDRKA HYDERABAD

Death Cafe is a movement started dot promote Death Positivism.Its a space to talk freely about Death and related issues in a cafe atmosphere, We encourage the recently bereave dot take help elsewhere are this is not meant to be therapy even if the participants are qualified to assist.This is just an open space for people to bring Death and dying on the table ,literally!

http://deathcafe.com/what/

A 1981 adaptation of the play and television movie of the same name, the movie asks difficult questions.What does living mean? Who are the stakeholders of our life and what are the choices available in the first place.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8mZsDewSAk

When India is dealing with ambiguity regarding the issue of advance directives, it becomes an important conversation to have.Please join us for the post screening discussion.

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the second one of all, expected to be screened on second wednesday of this august.

movie title : L’Enfant
country : Belgian
synopsis:
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.

Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 93 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

In this daring and eloquent feature debut, we are introduced to Hari Aziz – possibly the coolest 11-year-old on the planet. He lives in Mumbai and is a member of the internet generation whose outlook is global, curious and sensitive to the nuances of cultural difference. Hari’s father Imran Aziz is Muslim by birth, but untethered by religion, as is his Hindu mother Parvati. They’re inspirational parents who are struggling to make their first feature film. Imran is deeply wedded to his the belief in India as an incredible, all-embracing country that above its differences, but as they run into financial problems with their film, the family has to downsize to rented apartments and soon come face-to-face with an onslaught of religious prejudices and corruption.
As his disillusioned parents discuss whether to stay in the country they love or leave, Hari hatches his own secret plan to save the day.
Directed by- N. PadmaKumar

"Udhaar ka pati" is a comedy play set in the 70s written by Dr. Vanmaala Bhawaalkar.

Gajashastra an ancient book on elephant lore(6 & 5th century B C) mentions that elephants once roamed over india today there's a large scale of reduction of the elephants range and population due to deforestation and capture of elephant for domesticating.

A One Day Workshop on Human Imaginations and its wonders!For Kids & Parents ! Workshop Fees ₹ 500 for parents & Kids ! By, POORVA DHANASHREE ,A Reowned Bharatnayam and vilasini Natyam Dancer .(www.purvadhanashree.com) The content of the workshop is as following , In today’s world where most of the conversations are done through gadgets, one hardly gets any space and time to express oneself in one’s own language and expressions… Creativity… Imagination…. Spontaneity… Empathy… Expressions … these are slowly losing their valuable space in both in adults and children.. Fear of future … status… … A strong sense of pride and image .. and chains of comparisons are stifling most of the children who hardly get a space where they can be themselves without the compulsions of judgments and they are growing up to be kiddults and then reaching adulthood quite fast before their age. And somewhere in the race of becoming an adult they are losing touch with the child within them This workshop on creative writing will give many opportunities to you and your child to go deep within the levels of your imagination and discover the unique person that you are Who can do this workshop ? 7-15 years of age… How many session ? 1* 2 hours every month And why ? - If you feel the strong need to dialogue with your creative self - If you want to explore the magic of writing/ drawing/movement/music - If you want to go on an adventure trip to find the hidden world of ideas, thoughts, feelings within you Then please join us… The journey of self-discovery does not stop with being a child. In fact, adults need it more as they consciously, unconsciously or sub-consciously internalize many external patterns/ ideas /images and somewhere forget connecting to one’s own self… How will we do it ? Through dialogues, discussions, writing, drawing, meditation, movements, music … You need to bring few pages perhaps a notebook will be better… colour pencils , pencil and a pen…. So come and be a part of this adventure trip into your own world of ideas.. thoughts and images.

Please schedule this for Saturday, 12th August 3-6PM 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, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

A talk on Crisis of Capitalism: It has been around a decade since the global economy plunged into crisis. The intensity of this crisis has deepened and its spread has expanded in this duration. It has impacted the lives and livelihood of billions of people around the world in an unprecedented manner. The job losses, growing social insecurity, widening income disparity in different parts of the world are direct outcome of this crisis. All the claims of an early recovery have got punctured. Make no mistake, this crisis is not just the usual dip in the business cycle, rather it’s systemic in nature. This crisis has yet again proved Karl Marx’s prognosis that capitalism is inherently crisis ridden system. In order to properly understand the nature of this crisis from Marxist perspective, the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a talk series.     We invite one and all to this important discussion as part of the Marxist Study Circle.      

Speaker: Anand Singh (political activist who writes in workers' newspaper 'Mazdoor Bigul' and Marxist theoretical journal "The Anvil")

"Udhaar ka pati" is a comedy play set in the 80s written by Dr. Vanmaala Bhawaalkar.

On the occasion of Indian Independence Day, Aarohi Music Academy invites kids to join them in a fun workshop where they get to learn songs on Freedom and Peace and Unity.

It has been around a decade since the global economy plunged into crisis. The intensity of this crisis has deepened and its spread has expanded in this duration. It has impacted the lives and livelihood of billions of people around the world in an unprecedented manner. The job losses, growing social insecurity, widening income disparity in different parts of the world are direct outcome of this crisis. All the claims of an early recovery have got punctured. Make no mistake, this crisis is not just the usual dip in the business cycle, rather it’s systemic in nature. This crisis has yet again proved Karl Marx’s prognosis that capitalism is inherently crisis ridden system. In order to properly understand the nature of this crisis from Marxist perspective, the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a talk series.     We invite one and all to this important discussion as part of the Marxist Study Circle.      

Speaker: Anand Singh (political activist who writes in workers' newspaper 'Mazdoor Bigul' and Marxist theoretical journal "The Anvil")

Smt Saladi Mrunalini, a Kuchipudi exponent, known for her strong urge of experimentation in dance will present Kuchipudi dance in collabration with her son Saladi Eshan and few students from Noopura Natyalaya.

Mrunalini has presented solo performance in almost all parts of India starting from Leh-Ladhak to Kanyakumari. She has performed in most of the Armed Forces (Army/Air Force/Navy) units at the border areas and across to boost the morale of our soldiers. Mrunalini has been featured and mesmerized audiences with her performance in a number of dance festivals in the country and abroad including Brahmotsava festival-Tirupati, Kanchenjunga festival-Sikkim, South Zone Cultural Centre- Thanjavur, Shindhudarshan, FETE Day-Pondicherry, Cape festival-Kanyakumari, Telugu Festival-New Delhi, All India Telugu Conference-Mumbai, Sharad Utsav, Nainital, Telugu Cultural Associations at Sharjah, Dubai and Singapore.

The story of a warrior who lost even after winning all the battles. The saprtan who fought all his wars with great valour, invariably defeated the enemy. Came alive and victorius from all the battles, ironically never bestowed a medal.


Now he is fighting the toughest battle of his life, finding ashes of his loved ones who were brutally burnt in riots.


Design and Directed: M Suraj Meshram


Venue: Lamakaan
Time: 15th and 16th July' 2017 08:00 PM
Duration: 50 Minutes

A book launch, signing and reading event of a much-awaited release by Aditi Mukherjee. Her previous two books- a historical fiction 'The last Mughal warrior in love' and a travel humor 'Europe for a bargain'have received significant media attention and garnered several good reviews online.

Amidst the euphoria of 70 years of independence, one must not forget to ask some pertinent questions: who is free today? Are we free from poverty, hunger and malnutrition? Are we free from caste-based atrocities and communal violence? Do we have freedom to choose our life partner? Do we have freedom to choose what we wish to eat? There could not have been a better day to discuss such issues than the Independence Day. Hence the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a discussion on these issues on the coming Independence Day. All those who believe that these issues are important, are cordially invited to be part of this discussion.

YOUNG INDIA!!

DO WE NEED THE RADICAL YOUTH MOVEMENT FOR THESE NEW TIMES?

On Independence Day 2017, Lamakaan is proud to host a panel discussion with 3 emergent youth leaders for the 4th edition of The Hasan Memorial lecture.

The median age of the Indian population now stands at 27. Between 2004 and 2014, 150 million new voters were added to the Indian electorate. By 2019, it is projected that over 300 million voters below the age of 35 will be eligible to vote. Some commentators have suggested that the remarkable resurgence of fascism in 2014 was at least in some part produced by the consolidation of this new youth. As this trajectory gains even greater momentum what are the new questions that frame youth aspirations....


What are the ways in which the youth in India are expressing their concerns and frustrations?

How do we evaluate the state of the consolidation, post 2014-is it holding or is it falling apart?

What is a new language that a left youth movement can use to galvanize this young electorate?

What would produce a new organizing moment among this demographic?

How can the demographic dividend be encashed?


This year's Hasan Memorial Lecture, therefore brings together 3 emergent youth leaders, to articulate not just their vision but to engage each other's imaginary.

Our panellists for Hasan Memorial Lecture, will respond to these and other questions, on August 15.

“Lamakaan has always strived to ask questions and foster debate and dialogues on key issues in our society and there is no one better than our 3 young guests to engage with these questions”, says, Ashhar Farhan, one of the founders of Lamakaan.

The Panellists are:

Shehla Rashid Shora: Shehla, a former Vice-President of the JNU students' union (JNUSU) from 2015-16, was instrumental in leading the student agitation calling for the release of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others.

She is also vocal about the human rights situation in Kashmir, particularly for ensuring justice to minor undertrials & was a key figure in the Occupy UGC mobilization.

Jignesh Mevani: Jignesh, is a young lawyer and firebrand organizer who was at the helm of remarkable mobilization in response to a brutal attack on Dalit youth in una, Gujarat.

In a fierce four-month mobilization the Una Attached Land Samiti and Jignesh opened up a vision for a renewed and militant Dalit movement in India, which was the catalyst for the formation of all India Dalit Adhikar Manch.

Pratik Sinha: Pratik and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda".

He is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.

About The Hasan Memorial Lecture:

The Hasan Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2014 and is held each year at Lamakaan on August 15 with an eye to emergent political and economic crisis in India/South Asia or the world. It is our single most important programming effort each year and draws a very significant audience. The previous editions of the lectures were delivered by Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Prof.Gail Omvedt, Bharat Patankar and Prof.Kodandaram.

Mr. Moyed Hasan in whose memory the annual lecture is named, was a scientist, a photographer, an environmentalist and a person with deep concern for the lives of ordinary people. His house, that he named Lamakaan (as in the Sufi literary tradition to mean 'an abode for those who travel without any worldly possessions') has now become an important part of Hyderabad’s cultural and political life. Mr. Hasan left behind an imaginary of what an engaged life is. From science to art, and environment to international affairs he encompassed a vision of how we must live our lives meaningfully.


The discussion would be for a duration of 2.5 hours and is slated to begin at 7pm.

Lamakaan is thrilled to host Pratik Sinha on the day after the Independence Day (August 16th).
At a time when it is a given that our inboxes are flooded each day with multiple forwards spreading fake news, from the seemingly benign UNESCO awards and World Bank rankings to completely doctored videos aimed at inciting communal violence, Pratik Sinha and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda". Pratik, a former techie was compelled to start this venture since he believes, "It is extremely dangerous and no political party is working to stop it”.
AltNews describes itself as a website for the “post-truth world”; one that aims to “act as an antidote to the right-wing propagandists that have established themselves in the mainstream media”. In the five months since its launch Alt News has amassed over 43,000 followers on Facebook and 21,000 on Twitter. This, without either advertisements or external funding.
Sinha is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.
Tracing the origins of a widely circulated hoax can often be complicated. An image or video may not have been manipulated: rather, an entirely authentic piece of footage may be circulated under false contexts. The techniques involved in deconstructing them involve, slowing it down, scraping the internet to find where it has previously been posted, analysing visible signage in the background, looking at streetscapes and trying to catch the language being spoken.
Lamakaan is proud to host Pratik for the following two workshops:
• Exposing fake news: Aimed at journalists to help separate the wheat from the chaff (2pm to 4pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/gze6MRgQihGrmj233
• Breaking down fake news: Workshop on the techniques to breakdown fake-news for techies and the socially concerned (7:30pm to 9:30pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/cbCgqChB04PaXWal2

Prior Registration required.

Lamakaan is thrilled to host Pratik Sinha on the day after the Independence Day (August 16th).
At a time when it is a given that our inboxes are flooded each day with multiple forwards spreading fake news, from the seemingly benign UNESCO awards and World Bank rankings to completely doctored videos aimed at inciting communal violence, Pratik Sinha and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda". Pratik, a former techie was compelled to start this venture since he believes, "It is extremely dangerous and no political party is working to stop it”.
AltNews describes itself as a website for the “post-truth world”; one that aims to “act as an antidote to the right-wing propagandists that have established themselves in the mainstream media”. In the five months since its launch Alt News has amassed over 43,000 followers on Facebook and 21,000 on Twitter. This, without either advertisements or external funding.
Sinha is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.
Tracing the origins of a widely circulated hoax can often be complicated. An image or video may not have been manipulated: rather, an entirely authentic piece of footage may be circulated under false contexts. The techniques involved in deconstructing them involve, slowing it down, scraping the internet to find where it has previously been posted, analysing visible signage in the background, looking at streetscapes and trying to catch the language being spoken.
Lamakaan is proud to host Pratik for the following two workshops:
• Exposing fake news: Aimed at journalists to help separate the wheat from the chaff (2pm to 4pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/gze6MRgQihGrmj233
• Breaking down fake news: Workshop on the techniques to breakdown fake-news for techies and the socially concerned (7:30pm to 9:30pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/cbCgqChB04PaXWal2

Prior Registration required.

Theerpu is Manch theatre's one of its kind Telugu play which deals with completely a new concept which most of the audience get relate to.

It is a court hall drama in which court encounters a different case. How was the case solved remains the main crux of the play.

It is well executed by all the actors and received well accolades for its previous stagings.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Sin Nombre (Mexico)

SYNOPSIS:
A Honduran young girl and a Mexican gangster are united in a journey across the American border.
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama

Please feel free to invite any guests along (you can use the "Facebook Invite" option on this event page to invite your friends)
Its a FREE event

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (1h 36 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Disclaimer - Movie screening for educational purposes only

How great leaders inspire audiences a talk by Rakesh Godhwani, adjunct Faculty, IIM Bangalore

Four young actors plan their future and unravel their past on a nine month exhilarating theater journey with two of India's most respected directors.

In Kannada and Hindi with English Subtitles

Creating a Created Future: The Fundamentals of Transformation
We often despair of creating the future we want to live in. It seems too distant, too tough, and just plain unattainable. We are submerged in so many problems that seem impossible to solve: war, corruption, an unpredictable world economy, mass unemployment, pervasive social malaise, disease, poverty, and the conundrum of our own lives and how to make a difference.
Yet, we desperately want a better present and a better future for our families, our communities, our world, and ourselves.
In this introductory lecture, Professor Michael Leslie outlines how to constitute oneself as the kind of entity who can powerfully call into existence the world we all desire, not by force or cunning, but by the transformation of who we are each being on the planet.
About Professor Michael Leslie
Dr. Michael Leslie has travelled the world in search of the keys to personal and social transformation for over fifty years, conducting research and teaching on five continents, in more than fifteen countries. His abiding scholarly and teaching interest is in the ontology and phenomenology of human transformation and planetary ascendance.
He received his degrees, chronologically, from the University of California at Berkeley; Columbia University in New York; and the University of Washington at Seattle. He is currently a tenured faculty member in the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, where he teaches foundational courses in social responsibility and ethical leadership.
His inspirational book, “How to Get What You Really Want: Lessons from My Life!” is available in English, Mandarin, and Spanish on Amazon.com.
Additional information about Professor Leslie is available at www.linkedin.com/in/michaelleslie

Handmade bookmarks and handmade envelopes using colorpapers.

A One Day Workshop on Human Imaginations and its wonders!For Kids & Parents ! Workshop Fees ₹ 500 for parents & Kids ! By, POORVA DHANASHREE ,A Reowned Bharatnayam and vilasini Natyam Dancer .(www.purvadhanashree.com) The content of the workshop is as following , In today’s world where most of the conversations are done through gadgets, one hardly gets any space and time to express oneself in one’s own language and expressions… Creativity… Imagination…. Spontaneity… Empathy… Expressions … these are slowly losing their valuable space in both in adults and children.. Fear of future … status… … A strong sense of pride and image .. and chains of comparisons are stifling most of the children who hardly get a space where they can be themselves without the compulsions of judgments and they are growing up to be kiddults and then reaching adulthood quite fast before their age. And somewhere in the race of becoming an adult they are losing touch with the child within them This workshop on creative writing will give many opportunities to you and your child to go deep within the levels of your imagination and discover the unique person that you are Who can do this workshop ? 7-15 years of age… How many session ? 1* 2 hours every month And why ? - If you feel the strong need to dialogue with your creative self - If you want to explore the magic of writing/ drawing/movement/music - If you want to go on an adventure trip to find the hidden world of ideas, thoughts, feelings within you Then please join us… The journey of self-discovery does not stop with being a child. In fact, adults need it more as they consciously, unconsciously or sub-consciously internalize many external patterns/ ideas /images and somewhere forget connecting to one’s own self… How will we do it ? Through dialogues, discussions, writing, drawing, meditation, movements, music … You need to bring few pages perhaps a notebook will be better… colour pencils , pencil and a pen…. So come and be a part of this adventure trip into your own world of ideas.. thoughts and images.

Aathmeeya presents 'Kalārpana', a Kuchipudi recital by Kumari Pranati Goturi and her students.

An evening filled with Bhāva, Rasa and Bhakti, Kalārpana is a celebration of the life and work of the Godfather of Telugu Songwriting, Saint Annamacharya. Performing on many famous keerthanas written by the doyen of Telugu literature, the dancers hope to pay a humble tribute to the timeless legend.

Raksha bandhan is an Indian festival wherein the glorious relationship between a brother and sister is celebrated.
Let's make this even more special by making handmade Rakhi and gifts.
Why should your son be left behind in Rakhi craft extravaganza ? While the sister is busy making Rakhi, we will help him create a Masterpiece for her.

Orientation for new Bhumi Volunteers.

With Stories, not Stereotypes we are trying a new form of dialogue. In our upcoming event, we aim to facilitate a deeper and better understanding of the people around us. No themes, just a concept of an open conversation which will give all the participants a deeper insight into what kind of things bug our everyday lives. Come, let's talk!

Bhagwan is the epitome of the mundane — a middle-aged banker, married, with two grown up college-going children. However, one day, while sitting on a decrepit park bench he stumbles upon ‘enlightenment’. Therein begins the battle between the world outside and his world inside.

Design & Directed By : Subhash Gupta

Cast - Jay Ilhaam | Vivek Pandey | Shailja Chaturvedi | Adnan Hararwala | Gunjan Bhattacharya | Anusha Chowdhary

Donor Passes availaible - 150/-
Contact - 9700074079

A film by Samreen Farooqui & Shabani Hassanwalia. Gali is a documentary exploring the subculture of B-boying and Breaking in Delhi.

The online media is being increasingly used for hate campaigns to spread misinformation aimed to create distrust and alienation between different communities that result in hostilities and lead to violence. Confederation of Voluntary Associations (COVA) with support from the U.S. Consulate General in Hyderabad has created the Countering Online Fanatic Indoctrination (COFI) Network with the aim to enlist persons from different fields well versed in religious and social issues with progressive ideologies as Partners. Through the COFI Network several Digital Literacy and Intervention Techniques Training Programs will be implemented to provide them technical skills and ability in handling a range of social media platforms. Equipped with the required technical skills in handling social media, these persons will then be able to effectively counter online hate propaganda (against different religious groups and communities) in social and mainstream media spaces both as individuals and also through organized groups.

Dr. Mazher Hussain, Founder of COVA, will lead a talk on the journey of designing and creating the COFI Network.

HELI (Mexico)

SYNOPSIS:
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Please feel free to invite any guests along (you can use the "Facebook Invite" option on this event page to invite your friends)
Its a FREE event

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (1h 45mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Disclaimer - Movie screening for educational purposes only

First ways of seeing, organised under the Cinema Talk on July 31st 2015, tried to kick-off conversations around 'ways of seeing' documentary films.

As a follow up to that this talk, Ways of Seeing - 2.0, tries to ponder over how the 'Selfie' has changed the way we look at ourselves, the world around and the films we see. Are they all inter-linked? If so, how?

Let's ponder over!!

A tribute to the unsung heroes of the nation, the real heroes at the borders. Manch Theatre presents Ek aur Shaheed

Here is an opportunity to learn the Bengal Painting techniques - from Patua artist Suman Chitrakar. At the workshop, you will learn the nuances of the Bengal Painting style from master folk artist Suman Chitrakar and make and carry back your own Bengali painting! The paintings will be made with NATURAL COLOURS that are traditionally used.

The workshops will be conducted in Hyderabad from July 28 th - July 31st

6-8 venues to be announced.

PAY only Rs. 950/- for advance registration (includes art materials) and specify the venue at which you will be interested to attend the workshop. Registration on the day of the workshop will be at Rs. 1250/- FOR DETAILS, email sohini@heartforart.co.in or call +91 9560901211/ 8999093398

Suman Chitrakar is a young Patua Artist from West Bengal. He started painting nine years ago at the age of twenty with his mentor Jagdevji. Suman has been creatively infusing new themes to the traditional art form to create a distinctive style of his own. Suman carries the lineage of ‘folk’ artists who paint long, vertical scrolls and compose verses. His artwork has featured in two books – one book on Bono Bibi of the Sunderbans and another on the life of Savitribai Phule published by Azim Premji University. Suman has conducted workshops on Bengal Pattachitra in Delhi with the Happy Hands Foundation, in Kolkata with Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, an organization under Ministry of Culture at a workshop organized at the Victoria Memorial Hall, and in Goa with the Kala Academy.

Bengal paintings, popularised by master artists such as Jamini Roy, are inspired by the bold themes, colours and icons of Kali+Durga. Appreciate and Learn the nuances of Bengal Folk Paintings - Nayagram, Kalighat, Bengal Pattachitra and Santhal Paintings.

Suman will engage the participants in an exploration of the Patachitra (Scroll Painting) performance tradition and enable them to create new performative pieces based on their world of imagination that they imbibe from their social and cultural environment. The storytelling and singing by Suman would help participants create new stories and turn them into performances, thereby instilling in participants the confidence to imagine the performative aspect of the Bengal painting’s tradition.

The workshop will be followed by a sale of Masterpieces by the Artisans.

29th July is the International Day of the Tiger. We would like to conduct Interactive Poster Exhibition on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation. Followed by Talk by Tiger Conservationist & Biologist Imran Siddiqui

Over 93% of Tiger Area has been taken over by humans, leading to decimation of 97% of tigers in past 100 years. Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society(HyTiCoS) along with Wildlife Conservation Society(WCS) has taken up the fight to conserve tigers in Telangana and AP.

The events planned are as follows:
1. Interactive Exhibition by Field Staff on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation
2. Meet Imran Siddiqui and his team as they Talk on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation in AP/Telangana

------All are welcome-------

UDAAN Performing Arts, Hyerabad
Presents, A Hindi Play - Muwakkil ( A Client )

As the objective of the Campaign is to reclaim the atmosphere of peace and understanding between our two countries, it is felt that a continuous process involving some programs and activities will be required, especially during the Campaign period from 1st July to 15th August 2017. Many Partners have come out with some very creative programs and activities that they plan to organise during the course of the Campaign and other Partners can also consider to organise in their cities / towns.

29th July is the International Day of the Tiger. We would like to conduct Interactive Poster Exhibition on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation

Over 93% of Tiger Area has been taken over by humans, leading to decimation of 97% of tigers in past 100 years. Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society(HyTiCoS) along with Wildlife Conservation Society(WCS) has taken up the fight to conserve tigers in Telangana and AP.

Please join to witness the tiger conservation effort through poster presentation on topics related to Tiger Ecology, Research and Conservation.

Following events are planned for the day
1. Interactive Exhibition by Field Staff on Tiger Ecology, Research & Conservation
2. Meet Prerna Singh Bindra @ Book launch: "When I Grow I want to be Tiger" & "The Vanishing" India's Wildlife Crisis."


---------**All are welcome**---------

As we know there will be an organic Bazar in the morning time, we would like to get the film screening place (upstairs) for film screening and once the organic Bazar ends we will start our event at down stairs. Please consider our request and provide the space till 9 in the evening at ground space to conduct our event.

I am an environmental educator, surfer, parkour practitioner, and hip hop artist. My father is from Hyderabad and I was born and raised in the U.S. I will be sharing some of my hip hop music and videos, which celebrate the power of women and girls in surfing and the outdoors. I will be inviting the audience to join in, via a participatory beginners workshop in "freestyling" the art of creating rhymes on the spot, usually to a beat. This workshop is meant for total beginners who find the idea of freestyling to be terrifying, and is ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. We will do exercises to loosen ourselves up, release ourselves from judgment, and HAVE FUN!!!

The global image of U.S. hip hop tends to be of commercial gangster rap, however this is not the full picture. In the big cities in the U.S. local hip hop scenes thrive and musicians and artists (many of them women!) create work relevant to local issues and their community. I would like to share my own work as a San Francisco Bay Area hip hop artist as well as invite the audience to join in the participatory community based spontaneous aspect of hip hop through a freestyle workshop

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we are planing to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the first one of all, expected to be screened on first wednesday of this august.

movie title : rosetta
country : French-Belgian
synopsis:
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.

Genre: Drama

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 93 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Mitti- Back to the roots is a crowd funded documentary fictional film based on agrarian crisis in India.
Vision of the film is to save farmers from committing suicide.

In this talk hosted by Hyderabad Urban Lab, Dr. Amir Ullah Khan, will trace the history of GST and the road ahead. With the rollout of the GST, it is hoped that taxes would be simplified and harmonised. Tax terrorism would get extinguished. It may come at the cost of making India less of a federal state, but the tradeoff could be well worth it. However the beginnings have been rough. Not only is the industry unprepared, it is obvious that the government also is way behind on its preparations. The Telangana CM was the first to have realized that GST will cause distress. He has argued that that several thousands of workers sustain on the beedi industry and as such, imposing excess taxes on the industry will adversely impact the beedi workers. With more than 1,400 commodities that will have to be fitted into the five slabs – zero, 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent, the tax department has its hands full. It has still not decided what to do with sin products where we need to fix special cesses on demerit goods that are now capped at 15 per cent for aerated drinks and luxury cars, and at 135 per cent for pan masala, and 290 per cent or Rs 4,170 per 1,000 sticks for cigarettes. Most items therefore will be fit into the existing VAT scheme. However at the moment, each state differs so much that actual fitments will involve intense lobbying by states. Businesses will start their own lobbying. We may well return to the age old system of business lobbyists using all means possible to get their produce into the lower slabs. The government is staring into a possible embarrassment. Dr. Amir Ulla Khan, the speaker is a development economist who is currently a professor at the Maulana Azad Urdu Unviersity and is no stranger to Hyderabad. He was member of the Telangana commission of inquiry into the socio economic conditions of Minorities. He is on the board of several key institutions of policy research, policymaking and development interventions.

Kamla by Vijay Tendulkar is a naturalistic play. It focuses on the changed role of women in society. It was inspired by a real-life incident - the Indian Express exposure by Ashwin Sarin, who actually bought a girl from a rural flesh market and presented her at a press conference. But using this incident as a launching pad, Tendulkar raises certain cardinal questions regarding the value system of a modern success-oriented generation who are ready to sacrifice human value in the name of humanity itself. The playwright exposes the innate self-deception of this standpoint. It is the story of an unfortunate woman sold away in the flesh market and a so-called happy housewife married to a daring journalist, both having a revelation of finding themselves on the common platform of sexual slavery in this male-dominated world. Directed by - Subhash Gupta Cast - Kajol Dubey | Shailja Chaturvedi | Sumam Philip | Subhash Gupta | Sanjeev Acharya | Jay Jha Contact# 970007479 || Passes - 200/-

In memory of Prof. Yash Pal (26 November 1926 – 24 July 2017). He was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he has become one of the leading science communicators of the country.

Starting his career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), he later remained chairman of the University Grants Commission from 1986 to 1991. In 2013, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.


A documentary film about India's scientist, Prof.Yashpal (1926-2017), produced at AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia, New Delhi. Directed by Yousuf Saeed, 2004. Interaction with the filmmaker via skype.

Please schedule this for Saturday, 5th August 3-6PM 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, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

The K-Circle Monthly Quiz is a non-competitive quiz session conducted on the first Saturday of every month. The quiz is a great start for beginners to get involved in quizzing and a great session for veterans and trivia lovers.

Samahaara
presents

PANCHLIGHT - A Romantic Comedy in Hindi

Written by Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'
Designed and Directed by - Sandeep Sahu


Date - 05th August 2017
Time - 7.30pm
Venue - Lamakaan

This fictional story, dating 50 years back, talks about a small village situated in the state of Bihar. The story describes the situation of that period when many small villages in India were still in darkness and had no access to electricity.

The play highlights the effect of modern technology on people who are still reeling under the traditional practices observed in a village. Highlighting this issue, the play exposes a romantic tale of the central characters in the story.

Although a romantic comedy, this play reflects on the conditions of our villages in India, 50 years ago. Despite numerous hurdles and challenges, people never lost faith in their fellow people and supported each other to fight those obstacles.

Entry by Donation Rs 100/-

Artpagoda is conducting a fireless cooking workshop for kids. Encourage your little one to participate and learn some culinary techniques and develop love for cooking.
Come,let us indulge in cooking some yummy and lip smacking food.
Child gets to take home what he makes and a printed recipe.

Registration Mandatory

"Mass Culture and Its Emergence into Contemporary India" is a Talk followed by a very interactive Discussion with the attendees. The objective of organizing this Event is to spread awareness about Mass Culture and how it is affecting contemporary India, particularly the children and the youngsters. One may please note that there are some differences between Popular Culture and Mass Culture and the Talk shall address those differences also. People of all age groups are welcome to be a part of the Event. THERE IS NO ENTRY FEES.

Beat Stage Fear. Create your own story and tell it like a boss!

TALE TELLERS TROUPE INDIA'S storytelling workshop provides students with an encouraging, constructive environment in which to practice storytelling techniques. Exercises in class focus on classic story structuring, building suspense, eliciting emotion, recreating drama, digging deeper into a story’s meaning, and using your voice and body to add levels to your listeners’ experience, so that your story stays with them.

The class size will be limited to allow maximum individual attention and storytelling practice time for each student in each class session

WHAT WILL BE COVERED IN THIS WORKSHOP:
1. How to create stories on the fly (make it up while you are narrating it)
2. How to deal with Stage Fear
3. Techniques to narrate the story you created effectively and in an engaging manner

Expect to challenge yourself, participate actively and have a lot of fun and laughs along the way.

This is the first step towards being a POWERFUL ORATOR and a LEADER in life!

Entry: Rs 500

PS: Participants are requested to please fill in details in the attached short form. Open to all age groups.
https://goo.gl/forms/AqxMA88CrS7AtaVn2

The Quora Hyderabad Meetups invites not only all Quora Enthusiasts in the city but also people who would love to gain some knowledge and make valuable new connections over group discussion and open networking.

Sararattir, a play written by Badal Sircar, is a story of a night and three characters - a husband,a wife and an old man. This one is a psychological drama that revolves around the woman and her fantasy world and focuses on the inner conflicts that she faces when she is 28 as the writer very aptly suggests it as the age when a woman wonders about her own life and being. As the play opens up, we see her as a happy wife leading a healthy relationship with a perfect husband.

All is going well till she meets a mysterious old stranger during the couple's vacation in a lonely house on a rainy night, who has his own weird theory about 7. A chance encounter with this man leads them to crossroads of introspection and self realization. One night. One long, sleepless, rainy night. Was it a dream?

PLAY : BADAL SIRCAR; LANGUAGE : BENGALI;
DIRECTOR : SWAPAN MONDAL; PRODUCTION: SHUDRKA HYDERABAD

Death Cafe is a movement started dot promote Death Positivism.Its a space to talk freely about Death and related issues in a cafe atmosphere, We encourage the recently bereave dot take help elsewhere are this is not meant to be therapy even if the participants are qualified to assist.This is just an open space for people to bring Death and dying on the table ,literally!

http://deathcafe.com/what/

A 1981 adaptation of the play and television movie of the same name, the movie asks difficult questions.What does living mean? Who are the stakeholders of our life and what are the choices available in the first place.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8mZsDewSAk

When India is dealing with ambiguity regarding the issue of advance directives, it becomes an important conversation to have.Please join us for the post screening discussion.

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the second one of all, expected to be screened on second wednesday of this august.

movie title : L’Enfant
country : Belgian
synopsis:
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.

Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 93 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

In this daring and eloquent feature debut, we are introduced to Hari Aziz – possibly the coolest 11-year-old on the planet. He lives in Mumbai and is a member of the internet generation whose outlook is global, curious and sensitive to the nuances of cultural difference. Hari’s father Imran Aziz is Muslim by birth, but untethered by religion, as is his Hindu mother Parvati. They’re inspirational parents who are struggling to make their first feature film. Imran is deeply wedded to his the belief in India as an incredible, all-embracing country that above its differences, but as they run into financial problems with their film, the family has to downsize to rented apartments and soon come face-to-face with an onslaught of religious prejudices and corruption.
As his disillusioned parents discuss whether to stay in the country they love or leave, Hari hatches his own secret plan to save the day.
Directed by- N. PadmaKumar

"Udhaar ka pati" is a comedy play set in the 70s written by Dr. Vanmaala Bhawaalkar.

Gajashastra an ancient book on elephant lore(6 & 5th century B C) mentions that elephants once roamed over india today there's a large scale of reduction of the elephants range and population due to deforestation and capture of elephant for domesticating.

A One Day Workshop on Human Imaginations and its wonders!For Kids & Parents ! Workshop Fees ₹ 500 for parents & Kids ! By, POORVA DHANASHREE ,A Reowned Bharatnayam and vilasini Natyam Dancer .(www.purvadhanashree.com) The content of the workshop is as following , In today’s world where most of the conversations are done through gadgets, one hardly gets any space and time to express oneself in one’s own language and expressions… Creativity… Imagination…. Spontaneity… Empathy… Expressions … these are slowly losing their valuable space in both in adults and children.. Fear of future … status… … A strong sense of pride and image .. and chains of comparisons are stifling most of the children who hardly get a space where they can be themselves without the compulsions of judgments and they are growing up to be kiddults and then reaching adulthood quite fast before their age. And somewhere in the race of becoming an adult they are losing touch with the child within them This workshop on creative writing will give many opportunities to you and your child to go deep within the levels of your imagination and discover the unique person that you are Who can do this workshop ? 7-15 years of age… How many session ? 1* 2 hours every month And why ? - If you feel the strong need to dialogue with your creative self - If you want to explore the magic of writing/ drawing/movement/music - If you want to go on an adventure trip to find the hidden world of ideas, thoughts, feelings within you Then please join us… The journey of self-discovery does not stop with being a child. In fact, adults need it more as they consciously, unconsciously or sub-consciously internalize many external patterns/ ideas /images and somewhere forget connecting to one’s own self… How will we do it ? Through dialogues, discussions, writing, drawing, meditation, movements, music … You need to bring few pages perhaps a notebook will be better… colour pencils , pencil and a pen…. So come and be a part of this adventure trip into your own world of ideas.. thoughts and images.

Please schedule this for Saturday, 12th August 3-6PM 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, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

A talk on Crisis of Capitalism: It has been around a decade since the global economy plunged into crisis. The intensity of this crisis has deepened and its spread has expanded in this duration. It has impacted the lives and livelihood of billions of people around the world in an unprecedented manner. The job losses, growing social insecurity, widening income disparity in different parts of the world are direct outcome of this crisis. All the claims of an early recovery have got punctured. Make no mistake, this crisis is not just the usual dip in the business cycle, rather it’s systemic in nature. This crisis has yet again proved Karl Marx’s prognosis that capitalism is inherently crisis ridden system. In order to properly understand the nature of this crisis from Marxist perspective, the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a talk series.     We invite one and all to this important discussion as part of the Marxist Study Circle.      

Speaker: Anand Singh (political activist who writes in workers' newspaper 'Mazdoor Bigul' and Marxist theoretical journal "The Anvil")

"Udhaar ka pati" is a comedy play set in the 80s written by Dr. Vanmaala Bhawaalkar.

On the occasion of Indian Independence Day, Aarohi Music Academy invites kids to join them in a fun workshop where they get to learn songs on Freedom and Peace and Unity.

It has been around a decade since the global economy plunged into crisis. The intensity of this crisis has deepened and its spread has expanded in this duration. It has impacted the lives and livelihood of billions of people around the world in an unprecedented manner. The job losses, growing social insecurity, widening income disparity in different parts of the world are direct outcome of this crisis. All the claims of an early recovery have got punctured. Make no mistake, this crisis is not just the usual dip in the business cycle, rather it’s systemic in nature. This crisis has yet again proved Karl Marx’s prognosis that capitalism is inherently crisis ridden system. In order to properly understand the nature of this crisis from Marxist perspective, the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a talk series.     We invite one and all to this important discussion as part of the Marxist Study Circle.      

Speaker: Anand Singh (political activist who writes in workers' newspaper 'Mazdoor Bigul' and Marxist theoretical journal "The Anvil")

Smt Saladi Mrunalini, a Kuchipudi exponent, known for her strong urge of experimentation in dance will present Kuchipudi dance in collabration with her son Saladi Eshan and few students from Noopura Natyalaya.

Mrunalini has presented solo performance in almost all parts of India starting from Leh-Ladhak to Kanyakumari. She has performed in most of the Armed Forces (Army/Air Force/Navy) units at the border areas and across to boost the morale of our soldiers. Mrunalini has been featured and mesmerized audiences with her performance in a number of dance festivals in the country and abroad including Brahmotsava festival-Tirupati, Kanchenjunga festival-Sikkim, South Zone Cultural Centre- Thanjavur, Shindhudarshan, FETE Day-Pondicherry, Cape festival-Kanyakumari, Telugu Festival-New Delhi, All India Telugu Conference-Mumbai, Sharad Utsav, Nainital, Telugu Cultural Associations at Sharjah, Dubai and Singapore.

The story of a warrior who lost even after winning all the battles. The saprtan who fought all his wars with great valour, invariably defeated the enemy. Came alive and victorius from all the battles, ironically never bestowed a medal.


Now he is fighting the toughest battle of his life, finding ashes of his loved ones who were brutally burnt in riots.


Design and Directed: M Suraj Meshram


Venue: Lamakaan
Time: 15th and 16th July' 2017 08:00 PM
Duration: 50 Minutes

A book launch, signing and reading event of a much-awaited release by Aditi Mukherjee. Her previous two books- a historical fiction 'The last Mughal warrior in love' and a travel humor 'Europe for a bargain'have received significant media attention and garnered several good reviews online.

Amidst the euphoria of 70 years of independence, one must not forget to ask some pertinent questions: who is free today? Are we free from poverty, hunger and malnutrition? Are we free from caste-based atrocities and communal violence? Do we have freedom to choose our life partner? Do we have freedom to choose what we wish to eat? There could not have been a better day to discuss such issues than the Independence Day. Hence the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a discussion on these issues on the coming Independence Day. All those who believe that these issues are important, are cordially invited to be part of this discussion.

YOUNG INDIA!!

DO WE NEED THE RADICAL YOUTH MOVEMENT FOR THESE NEW TIMES?

On Independence Day 2017, Lamakaan is proud to host a panel discussion with 3 emergent youth leaders for the 4th edition of The Hasan Memorial lecture.

The median age of the Indian population now stands at 27. Between 2004 and 2014, 150 million new voters were added to the Indian electorate. By 2019, it is projected that over 300 million voters below the age of 35 will be eligible to vote. Some commentators have suggested that the remarkable resurgence of fascism in 2014 was at least in some part produced by the consolidation of this new youth. As this trajectory gains even greater momentum what are the new questions that frame youth aspirations....


What are the ways in which the youth in India are expressing their concerns and frustrations?

How do we evaluate the state of the consolidation, post 2014-is it holding or is it falling apart?

What is a new language that a left youth movement can use to galvanize this young electorate?

What would produce a new organizing moment among this demographic?

How can the demographic dividend be encashed?


This year's Hasan Memorial Lecture, therefore brings together 3 emergent youth leaders, to articulate not just their vision but to engage each other's imaginary.

Our panellists for Hasan Memorial Lecture, will respond to these and other questions, on August 15.

“Lamakaan has always strived to ask questions and foster debate and dialogues on key issues in our society and there is no one better than our 3 young guests to engage with these questions”, says, Ashhar Farhan, one of the founders of Lamakaan.

The Panellists are:

Shehla Rashid Shora: Shehla, a former Vice-President of the JNU students' union (JNUSU) from 2015-16, was instrumental in leading the student agitation calling for the release of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others.

She is also vocal about the human rights situation in Kashmir, particularly for ensuring justice to minor undertrials & was a key figure in the Occupy UGC mobilization.

Jignesh Mevani: Jignesh, is a young lawyer and firebrand organizer who was at the helm of remarkable mobilization in response to a brutal attack on Dalit youth in una, Gujarat.

In a fierce four-month mobilization the Una Attached Land Samiti and Jignesh opened up a vision for a renewed and militant Dalit movement in India, which was the catalyst for the formation of all India Dalit Adhikar Manch.

Pratik Sinha: Pratik and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda".

He is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.

About The Hasan Memorial Lecture:

The Hasan Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2014 and is held each year at Lamakaan on August 15 with an eye to emergent political and economic crisis in India/South Asia or the world. It is our single most important programming effort each year and draws a very significant audience. The previous editions of the lectures were delivered by Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Prof.Gail Omvedt, Bharat Patankar and Prof.Kodandaram.

Mr. Moyed Hasan in whose memory the annual lecture is named, was a scientist, a photographer, an environmentalist and a person with deep concern for the lives of ordinary people. His house, that he named Lamakaan (as in the Sufi literary tradition to mean 'an abode for those who travel without any worldly possessions') has now become an important part of Hyderabad’s cultural and political life. Mr. Hasan left behind an imaginary of what an engaged life is. From science to art, and environment to international affairs he encompassed a vision of how we must live our lives meaningfully.


The discussion would be for a duration of 2.5 hours and is slated to begin at 7pm.

Lamakaan is thrilled to host Pratik Sinha on the day after the Independence Day (August 16th).
At a time when it is a given that our inboxes are flooded each day with multiple forwards spreading fake news, from the seemingly benign UNESCO awards and World Bank rankings to completely doctored videos aimed at inciting communal violence, Pratik Sinha and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda". Pratik, a former techie was compelled to start this venture since he believes, "It is extremely dangerous and no political party is working to stop it”.
AltNews describes itself as a website for the “post-truth world”; one that aims to “act as an antidote to the right-wing propagandists that have established themselves in the mainstream media”. In the five months since its launch Alt News has amassed over 43,000 followers on Facebook and 21,000 on Twitter. This, without either advertisements or external funding.
Sinha is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.
Tracing the origins of a widely circulated hoax can often be complicated. An image or video may not have been manipulated: rather, an entirely authentic piece of footage may be circulated under false contexts. The techniques involved in deconstructing them involve, slowing it down, scraping the internet to find where it has previously been posted, analysing visible signage in the background, looking at streetscapes and trying to catch the language being spoken.
Lamakaan is proud to host Pratik for the following two workshops:
• Exposing fake news: Aimed at journalists to help separate the wheat from the chaff (2pm to 4pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/gze6MRgQihGrmj233
• Breaking down fake news: Workshop on the techniques to breakdown fake-news for techies and the socially concerned (7:30pm to 9:30pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/cbCgqChB04PaXWal2

Prior Registration required.

Lamakaan is thrilled to host Pratik Sinha on the day after the Independence Day (August 16th).
At a time when it is a given that our inboxes are flooded each day with multiple forwards spreading fake news, from the seemingly benign UNESCO awards and World Bank rankings to completely doctored videos aimed at inciting communal violence, Pratik Sinha and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda". Pratik, a former techie was compelled to start this venture since he believes, "It is extremely dangerous and no political party is working to stop it”.
AltNews describes itself as a website for the “post-truth world”; one that aims to “act as an antidote to the right-wing propagandists that have established themselves in the mainstream media”. In the five months since its launch Alt News has amassed over 43,000 followers on Facebook and 21,000 on Twitter. This, without either advertisements or external funding.
Sinha is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.
Tracing the origins of a widely circulated hoax can often be complicated. An image or video may not have been manipulated: rather, an entirely authentic piece of footage may be circulated under false contexts. The techniques involved in deconstructing them involve, slowing it down, scraping the internet to find where it has previously been posted, analysing visible signage in the background, looking at streetscapes and trying to catch the language being spoken.
Lamakaan is proud to host Pratik for the following two workshops:
• Exposing fake news: Aimed at journalists to help separate the wheat from the chaff (2pm to 4pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/gze6MRgQihGrmj233
• Breaking down fake news: Workshop on the techniques to breakdown fake-news for techies and the socially concerned (7:30pm to 9:30pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/cbCgqChB04PaXWal2

Prior Registration required.

Theerpu is Manch theatre's one of its kind Telugu play which deals with completely a new concept which most of the audience get relate to.

It is a court hall drama in which court encounters a different case. How was the case solved remains the main crux of the play.

It is well executed by all the actors and received well accolades for its previous stagings.