Lamakaan

Team HWS(Hyderabad Weekend Shoots) is a photowalking club of Hyderabad. We are planning to meet to discuss about our forthcoming photo exhibition "REFLECTIONS".

A hilarious comedy by Sutradhar about tricksters and the tricky lanes of Hyderabad in the spicy Dakkani language. Directed by Mohit & Deepti, this play is an adaptation into Dakkani of Hugh Chesterman's 'The Pie & The Tart'.

im learning n teaching kathak my motto is to promote who have talents

This will be an event where some rock bands from Hyderabad will play and the audience has to pay an entry fee and watch the show. The money collected through the entry amounts will go to an NGO called CSS(Center for Social Services). Here is the link to the NGO:
http://cssvision.org/

This workshop titled ``Contact” is inspired by Astronomy from the award-winning movie Contact. We plan to screen the movie on a Saturday night (September 22 2012) and then the next day have a workshop based on the science (good & bad) from the movie. The idea being to train people to critically asses scientific information they come across on the net, in movies, in newspapers....In the present time when we are flooded with information, this skill will go a long way in helping people assimilate information. The workshop will comprise of 3 lectures and a complete open session in the afternoon to encourage free thinking & discussion of science.

Rotaract club of Hyderabad East is organising a photography workshop, in which the money which is raised will be used to organize The Joy of giving week. So on 23rd of this month, from 2PM-5:30PM, we would like to organize this event in Lamakaan. Thank you.

A Chronicle of Jazz - 1960 to 2008.

This session included an assortment of instrumental as well as vocal jazz. We will listen to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Mel Torme, Diana Krall, to name a few.

Riding solo to the top of theWorld, is about my solo motorcycle journey from Mumbai to one of the remotest places in the world, the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh, bordering China. The film has won 13 awards world-wide and also the National Award by the President of India.

Glimpse into the wonderful world of Speed math, doing math by using right and left brain we can tap the optimal potency of Human Brain. we will demonstrate how easy and fun filled is learning and solving Math problms.

A panel of experts discusses how the government is attempting to dilute Parliament’s legislative intent by cleverly manipulating the rules and suggests ways to impose Nuclear reactors.

Panelists include prominent anti-nuclear activists, and Dr. Dr. A Gopalakrishnan is a former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of the Indian government

A exclusive event designed for short films, to show case some serious work in the short films category.
With this event the studio wants to create an eco system for filmmakers to co exist & evolve, this is forum will address practical pain points of filmmaker like production (including pre & post), casting & other important issues. After the entire list of movies is screened we have a 30-45 min focused discussion moderated by the studio to find ans to some of the current problem of film making.
A bi-monthly event held to promote short films; we call for short films entries to be sent to us. We accept films below 45 mins in this type. Your work can be submitted to Octopus Studios, the set of independent curator will go through the films & select a set of films. We screen selected short films to an elite audience who are short film enthusiasts. We introduce the filmmakers as well cast & crew to the audience.
The entire event is open & free of cost, it’s also held at place which has actually inspired the idea. Lamaakan-An Open Cultural Space.

Most people who browse through wikipedia everyday never know wikipedia even exists in their own Indian languages and the articles are contributed by people like them. Wikipedia exists in 20+ Indic languages including Odia. Odia Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia in Odia language and one of the flagship projects of Wikimedia foundation. With 4.55 lakh visitors every month it is one of the most visited Odia site and the biggest online encyclopedia in Odia language. Enriched with 3000 articles on various topics on Arts, Science, Places and people of interest and lot more Odia Wikipedia has over 25 active contributors across the world. Odias in Odisha and of Odia diaspora have been educating more and more people in different places by organizing workshops. Hyderabad Odia Wikipedia workshop is going to the first Odia workshop in the city. This is an open event and anyone who can read and write Odia can join this.

Presumed Guilty is a documentary on the justice system of Mexico where an accused has to prove his innocense rather than the police having to prove his guilt. This puts loads of innocents behind bars for crimes that they had absolutely nothing to do with.

This is the story of one such young man who was convicted of a murder even though he had ample witnesses corroborating his alibi at the time.

IGNITING MINDS Guest Lecture by Dr. Rajeev Sangal on 'Policy reforms due in HIGHER EDUCATION in India'

This will one of the first major events of Wikipedia in Hyderabad ever.

The agenda for the event will be the following:
a) Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikimedia
b) Membership in Wikimedia and benefits
c) Activities map and Action Plan introduction for Hyderabad
d) Introduction of projects - GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums), WLM (Wiki Loves Monuments)

This play takes a dig at our existing educational system. It shows how systems and practices of education followed all over the world are more or less the same and focus more on rote learning and preparing the individual for examinations rather than imparting knowledge that can help him/her meet the demands of society and the world around us.
Meet Mr. Aadarsh Vidyarthi, a man who comes back to school to question his teachers and ask for a refund as he feels that the education he was imparted did not do him any good. He demands a re-examination by all his old teachers to prove his ignorance.

Jagriti Sewa Sansthan is organizing a seminar to create awareness about Social Entrepreneurship & also spread the word about the Jagriti Yatra.

Jagriti Yatra is an annual train journey that that takes hundreds of India's highly motivated youth (with some participation of international students) between the ages of 20-25 and experienced professionals with age above 25, on a eighteen day national odyssey, introducing them to unsung heroes of India. The aim is to awaken the spirit of entrepreneurship - both social and economic - within India's youth by exposing them to individuals and institutions that are developing unique solutions to India's challenges. Through this national event we have begun to inspire the youth of India to lead and develop institutions both nationally and within their communities.

The aim of Rang De Hyderabad Chapter is to screen a documentary that deals with social issues that India faces today. These films are made by filmmakers of all nationalities who want to shine a spotlight on social issues ranging from gender injustices, the climate change to the suicide of farmers in rural areas of India. Our will is two-fold: to screen these films for free (the audience is not charged)& then to have a discussion about the topic of the documentary amongst the audience after the screening.

Octopus is looking for fresh and experienced actors and backstage crew for its upcoming production to be staged in Nov & Dec 2012.

The play will be in English .

Two NGOs's are coming together. we are going to discuss on our upcoming events.

Thaali: A Plateful of Plays is the latest offering by Manch Theatre. A collection of humorous short plays. It promises to fill your appetite for theatre and tickle your funny bone. With different shades of humour in each play, Thaali offers you 120 minutes of pure fun.

A short course on the fundamentals of Physics and Astronomy coupled with hands on sessions
in planned on September 2012, which will be preceeded by a trip to the Observatory at Japal-Rangapur.

It is about the botanical drawings made by Indian artists to help Western botanists in their work documenting the Indian flora in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Dr Noltie is a taxonomist, historian & botanist, a Research Associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh & a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for World Environmental History. Dr Noltie has curated exhibitions, lectured and written books on his specific interest, the botanical drawings made by Indian artists for the East India Company during the 19th century.

A documentary on the life of the Hindu refugees from Pakistan. A group of 151
Pakistani Hindus entered India on September, 2011 with a one month tourist
visa. They came to take refuge from the various religious persecutions they had
to face in Pakistan. The group which has a majority of children and women are
now sheltered in a camp on the outskirts of New Delhi. But now their visa has
expired and is facing deportation. Various organizations are fighting for the basic
human rights of these people at the political and judicial level. Their story is a
grim reminder of all those lives caught up in no man’s land. As more boundaries
are drawn across the human conscience, we fail to realize that humanity has
always suffered because of those human boundaries. This documentary traces
the difficulties they had to face in Pakistan, their life inside the camp and their
hopes for tomorrow.

Rahul Riji Nair graduated from Amrita School of Engineering, with a
bachelor’s degree in Information Technology. He is currently employed
in NeST Technologies Ltd as a Business Analyst. His passion for film
making inspired him to do his first ever documentary called "The Human
Boundaries", based on the life of Hindu refugees from Pakistan. He was
one among India’s representatives at the South Asian Youth Conference
and was the cointernational mobilization. He is a regular columnist for
many publications and writes on social issues and international affairs.

screening of

THE HUMAN BOUNDARIES - on the plight of Hindu refugees from Pakistan

NANOOK OF THE NORTH - Robert J Flaherty's classic. On the struggles of the Inuk Nanook and his family in the Canadian Arctic. The first ever feature documentary.

-------------------------------------------------
THE HUMAN BOUNDARIES

directed by RAHUL RIJI NAIR 35 min, 2011


A group of 151 Pakistani Hindus entered India on September, 2011 with a one month tourist visa. They came to take refuge from the various religious persecutions they had to face in Pakistan. The group which has a majority of children and women are now sheltered in a camp on the outskirts of New Delhi. But now their visa has expired and is facing deportation. Various organizations are fighting for the basic human rights of these people at the political and judicial level. Their story is a grim reminder of all those lives caught up in no man’s land. As more boundaries are drawn across the human conscience, we fail to realize that humanity has always suffered because of those human boundaries. This documentary traces the difficulties they had to face in Pakistan, their life inside the camp and their hopes for tomorrow.


Rahul Riji Nair is a Business Analyst. His passion for film making inspired him to do this, his first documentary. He is a regular columnist for many publications and writes on social issues and international affairs.

Festivals etc :
* Won the first runner-up for “Best Documentary” in Cinematheque 2012, a film festival conducted by the prestigious St. Xavier's College in Kolkata.
* Screened at the International Human Rights Conference in New Delhi.




NANOOK OF THE NORTH
directed by Robert J. Flaherty 79 min, 1922

The classic documentary follows the lives of an Inuit, Nanook, and his family as they travel, search for food, and trade in northern Quebec, Canada. Nanook, his wife, Nyla, and their baby, Cunayou, are introduced as fearless heroes who endure rigors "no other race" could survive.


Nanook is a 1922 silent documentary film by Robert Flaherty, in the tradition of what would later be called salvage ethnography. As the first nonfiction work of its scale, Nanook of the North was ground-breaking cinema. It captured an exotic culture (that is, indigenous and considered exotic to non-Inuit peoples) in a remote location. Hailed almost unanimously by critics, the film was a box office success in the United States and abroad.

Partho Sarothi Ray is an activist and academic based in West Bengal. He is an assistant professor, at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, specializing in the molecular biology of cancer. He has been closely involved in a number of people's movements, such as in Lalgarh and the anti-POSCO movement in Odisha, and more recently in Nonadanga. He is a founder member of the Sanhati collective and the website www.Sanhati.com.

This event is curtain raiser for the upcoming people's bio diversity festival to be held at Nampally exhibition grounds from October 13th to 16th 2012.

On the occasion of the 7th Anniversary of the implementation of the landmark Right to Information Act (RTI),two documentaries that showcase the history of this movement and the essence of the act will be screened. The screening will be followed by a panel of discussion of RTI, how it is changing the governance,problems in implementation etc.

Open Show is a free monthly event that provides photographers, filmmakers and multimedia producers the chance to present their work in an interactive space.

Format: Four curated presenters have 15 minutes each to introduce one project. Both ongoing and completed work is accepted. We welcome diverse topics ranging from documentary to fine art.

We went for a trek on last weekend and we would like to gather at LAMAKAAN on 13 Oct 2012 (Sat) at around 7.00 P.M for about 1-1.5 to share the pics of the trek. Team size is of 15 max. Pleaase let us know if we are allowed to use LAMAKAAN to have this meeting.

Regards,
Peddi Reddy

One Crazy Ride, shot in the eastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh is about a motorcycle expedition to find a new route across the state which people though does not exist. The film has also won several awards and was judged best film at International Motorcycle Film Festival.

SmartAsses is a comical play about three flatmates who flunk Uni and live on beer and Pizza and are out of work. When the girl, Chantelle, leaves with her boyfriend, George and Jane cross all lines to woo her back including sabotaging her relationship.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Team HWS(Hyderabad Weekend Shoots) is a photowalking club of Hyderabad. We are planning to meet to discuss about our forthcoming photo exhibition "REFLECTIONS".

A hilarious comedy by Sutradhar about tricksters and the tricky lanes of Hyderabad in the spicy Dakkani language. Directed by Mohit & Deepti, this play is an adaptation into Dakkani of Hugh Chesterman's 'The Pie & The Tart'.

im learning n teaching kathak my motto is to promote who have talents

This will be an event where some rock bands from Hyderabad will play and the audience has to pay an entry fee and watch the show. The money collected through the entry amounts will go to an NGO called CSS(Center for Social Services). Here is the link to the NGO:
http://cssvision.org/

This workshop titled ``Contact” is inspired by Astronomy from the award-winning movie Contact. We plan to screen the movie on a Saturday night (September 22 2012) and then the next day have a workshop based on the science (good & bad) from the movie. The idea being to train people to critically asses scientific information they come across on the net, in movies, in newspapers....In the present time when we are flooded with information, this skill will go a long way in helping people assimilate information. The workshop will comprise of 3 lectures and a complete open session in the afternoon to encourage free thinking & discussion of science.

Rotaract club of Hyderabad East is organising a photography workshop, in which the money which is raised will be used to organize The Joy of giving week. So on 23rd of this month, from 2PM-5:30PM, we would like to organize this event in Lamakaan. Thank you.

A Chronicle of Jazz - 1960 to 2008.

This session included an assortment of instrumental as well as vocal jazz. We will listen to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Mel Torme, Diana Krall, to name a few.

Riding solo to the top of theWorld, is about my solo motorcycle journey from Mumbai to one of the remotest places in the world, the Changthang Plateau in Ladakh, bordering China. The film has won 13 awards world-wide and also the National Award by the President of India.

Glimpse into the wonderful world of Speed math, doing math by using right and left brain we can tap the optimal potency of Human Brain. we will demonstrate how easy and fun filled is learning and solving Math problms.

A panel of experts discusses how the government is attempting to dilute Parliament’s legislative intent by cleverly manipulating the rules and suggests ways to impose Nuclear reactors.

Panelists include prominent anti-nuclear activists, and Dr. Dr. A Gopalakrishnan is a former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of the Indian government

A exclusive event designed for short films, to show case some serious work in the short films category.
With this event the studio wants to create an eco system for filmmakers to co exist & evolve, this is forum will address practical pain points of filmmaker like production (including pre & post), casting & other important issues. After the entire list of movies is screened we have a 30-45 min focused discussion moderated by the studio to find ans to some of the current problem of film making.
A bi-monthly event held to promote short films; we call for short films entries to be sent to us. We accept films below 45 mins in this type. Your work can be submitted to Octopus Studios, the set of independent curator will go through the films & select a set of films. We screen selected short films to an elite audience who are short film enthusiasts. We introduce the filmmakers as well cast & crew to the audience.
The entire event is open & free of cost, it’s also held at place which has actually inspired the idea. Lamaakan-An Open Cultural Space.

Most people who browse through wikipedia everyday never know wikipedia even exists in their own Indian languages and the articles are contributed by people like them. Wikipedia exists in 20+ Indic languages including Odia. Odia Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia in Odia language and one of the flagship projects of Wikimedia foundation. With 4.55 lakh visitors every month it is one of the most visited Odia site and the biggest online encyclopedia in Odia language. Enriched with 3000 articles on various topics on Arts, Science, Places and people of interest and lot more Odia Wikipedia has over 25 active contributors across the world. Odias in Odisha and of Odia diaspora have been educating more and more people in different places by organizing workshops. Hyderabad Odia Wikipedia workshop is going to the first Odia workshop in the city. This is an open event and anyone who can read and write Odia can join this.

Presumed Guilty is a documentary on the justice system of Mexico where an accused has to prove his innocense rather than the police having to prove his guilt. This puts loads of innocents behind bars for crimes that they had absolutely nothing to do with.

This is the story of one such young man who was convicted of a murder even though he had ample witnesses corroborating his alibi at the time.

IGNITING MINDS Guest Lecture by Dr. Rajeev Sangal on 'Policy reforms due in HIGHER EDUCATION in India'

This will one of the first major events of Wikipedia in Hyderabad ever.

The agenda for the event will be the following:
a) Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikimedia
b) Membership in Wikimedia and benefits
c) Activities map and Action Plan introduction for Hyderabad
d) Introduction of projects - GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums), WLM (Wiki Loves Monuments)

This play takes a dig at our existing educational system. It shows how systems and practices of education followed all over the world are more or less the same and focus more on rote learning and preparing the individual for examinations rather than imparting knowledge that can help him/her meet the demands of society and the world around us.
Meet Mr. Aadarsh Vidyarthi, a man who comes back to school to question his teachers and ask for a refund as he feels that the education he was imparted did not do him any good. He demands a re-examination by all his old teachers to prove his ignorance.

Jagriti Sewa Sansthan is organizing a seminar to create awareness about Social Entrepreneurship & also spread the word about the Jagriti Yatra.

Jagriti Yatra is an annual train journey that that takes hundreds of India's highly motivated youth (with some participation of international students) between the ages of 20-25 and experienced professionals with age above 25, on a eighteen day national odyssey, introducing them to unsung heroes of India. The aim is to awaken the spirit of entrepreneurship - both social and economic - within India's youth by exposing them to individuals and institutions that are developing unique solutions to India's challenges. Through this national event we have begun to inspire the youth of India to lead and develop institutions both nationally and within their communities.

The aim of Rang De Hyderabad Chapter is to screen a documentary that deals with social issues that India faces today. These films are made by filmmakers of all nationalities who want to shine a spotlight on social issues ranging from gender injustices, the climate change to the suicide of farmers in rural areas of India. Our will is two-fold: to screen these films for free (the audience is not charged)& then to have a discussion about the topic of the documentary amongst the audience after the screening.

Octopus is looking for fresh and experienced actors and backstage crew for its upcoming production to be staged in Nov & Dec 2012.

The play will be in English .

Two NGOs's are coming together. we are going to discuss on our upcoming events.

Thaali: A Plateful of Plays is the latest offering by Manch Theatre. A collection of humorous short plays. It promises to fill your appetite for theatre and tickle your funny bone. With different shades of humour in each play, Thaali offers you 120 minutes of pure fun.

A short course on the fundamentals of Physics and Astronomy coupled with hands on sessions
in planned on September 2012, which will be preceeded by a trip to the Observatory at Japal-Rangapur.

It is about the botanical drawings made by Indian artists to help Western botanists in their work documenting the Indian flora in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Dr Noltie is a taxonomist, historian & botanist, a Research Associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh & a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for World Environmental History. Dr Noltie has curated exhibitions, lectured and written books on his specific interest, the botanical drawings made by Indian artists for the East India Company during the 19th century.

A documentary on the life of the Hindu refugees from Pakistan. A group of 151
Pakistani Hindus entered India on September, 2011 with a one month tourist
visa. They came to take refuge from the various religious persecutions they had
to face in Pakistan. The group which has a majority of children and women are
now sheltered in a camp on the outskirts of New Delhi. But now their visa has
expired and is facing deportation. Various organizations are fighting for the basic
human rights of these people at the political and judicial level. Their story is a
grim reminder of all those lives caught up in no man’s land. As more boundaries
are drawn across the human conscience, we fail to realize that humanity has
always suffered because of those human boundaries. This documentary traces
the difficulties they had to face in Pakistan, their life inside the camp and their
hopes for tomorrow.

Rahul Riji Nair graduated from Amrita School of Engineering, with a
bachelor’s degree in Information Technology. He is currently employed
in NeST Technologies Ltd as a Business Analyst. His passion for film
making inspired him to do his first ever documentary called "The Human
Boundaries", based on the life of Hindu refugees from Pakistan. He was
one among India’s representatives at the South Asian Youth Conference
and was the cointernational mobilization. He is a regular columnist for
many publications and writes on social issues and international affairs.

screening of

THE HUMAN BOUNDARIES - on the plight of Hindu refugees from Pakistan

NANOOK OF THE NORTH - Robert J Flaherty's classic. On the struggles of the Inuk Nanook and his family in the Canadian Arctic. The first ever feature documentary.

-------------------------------------------------
THE HUMAN BOUNDARIES

directed by RAHUL RIJI NAIR 35 min, 2011


A group of 151 Pakistani Hindus entered India on September, 2011 with a one month tourist visa. They came to take refuge from the various religious persecutions they had to face in Pakistan. The group which has a majority of children and women are now sheltered in a camp on the outskirts of New Delhi. But now their visa has expired and is facing deportation. Various organizations are fighting for the basic human rights of these people at the political and judicial level. Their story is a grim reminder of all those lives caught up in no man’s land. As more boundaries are drawn across the human conscience, we fail to realize that humanity has always suffered because of those human boundaries. This documentary traces the difficulties they had to face in Pakistan, their life inside the camp and their hopes for tomorrow.


Rahul Riji Nair is a Business Analyst. His passion for film making inspired him to do this, his first documentary. He is a regular columnist for many publications and writes on social issues and international affairs.

Festivals etc :
* Won the first runner-up for “Best Documentary” in Cinematheque 2012, a film festival conducted by the prestigious St. Xavier's College in Kolkata.
* Screened at the International Human Rights Conference in New Delhi.




NANOOK OF THE NORTH
directed by Robert J. Flaherty 79 min, 1922

The classic documentary follows the lives of an Inuit, Nanook, and his family as they travel, search for food, and trade in northern Quebec, Canada. Nanook, his wife, Nyla, and their baby, Cunayou, are introduced as fearless heroes who endure rigors "no other race" could survive.


Nanook is a 1922 silent documentary film by Robert Flaherty, in the tradition of what would later be called salvage ethnography. As the first nonfiction work of its scale, Nanook of the North was ground-breaking cinema. It captured an exotic culture (that is, indigenous and considered exotic to non-Inuit peoples) in a remote location. Hailed almost unanimously by critics, the film was a box office success in the United States and abroad.

Partho Sarothi Ray is an activist and academic based in West Bengal. He is an assistant professor, at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, specializing in the molecular biology of cancer. He has been closely involved in a number of people's movements, such as in Lalgarh and the anti-POSCO movement in Odisha, and more recently in Nonadanga. He is a founder member of the Sanhati collective and the website www.Sanhati.com.

This event is curtain raiser for the upcoming people's bio diversity festival to be held at Nampally exhibition grounds from October 13th to 16th 2012.

On the occasion of the 7th Anniversary of the implementation of the landmark Right to Information Act (RTI),two documentaries that showcase the history of this movement and the essence of the act will be screened. The screening will be followed by a panel of discussion of RTI, how it is changing the governance,problems in implementation etc.

Open Show is a free monthly event that provides photographers, filmmakers and multimedia producers the chance to present their work in an interactive space.

Format: Four curated presenters have 15 minutes each to introduce one project. Both ongoing and completed work is accepted. We welcome diverse topics ranging from documentary to fine art.

We went for a trek on last weekend and we would like to gather at LAMAKAAN on 13 Oct 2012 (Sat) at around 7.00 P.M for about 1-1.5 to share the pics of the trek. Team size is of 15 max. Pleaase let us know if we are allowed to use LAMAKAAN to have this meeting.

Regards,
Peddi Reddy

One Crazy Ride, shot in the eastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh is about a motorcycle expedition to find a new route across the state which people though does not exist. The film has also won several awards and was judged best film at International Motorcycle Film Festival.

SmartAsses is a comical play about three flatmates who flunk Uni and live on beer and Pizza and are out of work. When the girl, Chantelle, leaves with her boyfriend, George and Jane cross all lines to woo her back including sabotaging her relationship.