Lamakaan

IT IS A PLAY BASED ON HINDU MUSLIM HARMONY.

The story is about a happily married hindu family having a son Ram, who is dumb. Though it is revealed in between that he was found by them crying near the dead-bodies of a muslim family which was told to be descriptions family. Even after many years of marriage, they were not having any son so they bought the boy home and adopted him. He was the apple of their eye. They were happy and contempted.Raheem

Being a family which can be considered ideal in India, media takes their interview and publishes it. As it comes to the notice of various troups, World Muslim Community people call the head of the family Ramakrishna, and ask him to return their child to them or else convert their religion to muslim. Ramakrishna finding no other way to be with his son agrees to be converted to muslim. When it comes to the notice of hindu community, a hindu leader comes to their home and tries to convince Ramakrishna to give the child back to the muslims, but he refuses to do it in any circumstances. Some fight occurs which cost the family with the loss of their only child.
There is a message at the end which asks people to think about they are actually doing at the name of castes, religion, etc.

Staged by Koshish, a theatre group of Confederation of Voluntary Organizations (COVA) Hyderabad, this play bagged four awards at the All India Classical Music, Dance, Folk Dance and Drama Festival.

Studio e1e, a Hyderabad based music production and live music/jamming platform presents 'Songs of the Balladeer', an evening of storytelling through music. The artiste, Sanjo, takes the audience on a journey through songs that have a story to tell. At times the story isn't just in the song. It's also about the song, the singer or the songwriter. This Valentine's Day special edition focuses on the various shades of love. The entire set has a distinctly retro flavor with a focus on evocative lyrics, stirring melodies and emotions that underline the human condition. This performance is brought to you by Blue Butterfly Entertainment.

2 Day Digital Filmmaking Workshop

Dates: 16th & 17th of February
Time: 11am-6pm
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

It's a 2 Day basic filmmaking workshop which covers the fundamentals of Screenwriting, Cinematography, Direction and Editing.
Student will have a practical exercise of making a short film at the end of the workshop.

Course Content
Day 1:

Screenwriting

1. Screenplay
2. Format and screenwriting softwares
3. How to approach a screenplay
4. Basic elements of screenwriting
5. Structure & Plot

Cinematography

1. Fundamentals of Cinematography
2. Formats.
3. Lighting Scheme
4. Camera aesthetics and operation.

Day 2: Sunday:

Direction:

a) Frame Balance & Composition
b) Camera Angles
c) Blocking and staging
d) Cinematic techniques

Editing Techniques
Editing Software

Practical Exercise of shooting and editing.

The workshop will be facilitated by Rabi Kisku.
Fee : Rs 2500/-

RabiKisku Entertainment has been conducting Filmmaking Workshops in Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Chennai for the last five years and have two feature films to their credit.

To register contact , 09886539405, 8686560271 suresh@rabikiskuentertainment.com
(Limited Seats: Registration on First Come First Serve Basis)

Jan Samwaad(Dialoguing with the people) is a musical movement which tries to engage its audience into social and political issues plaguing our society and our times. These renditions, simple in form yet profound in essence, are a melange of personal and social issues encouraging the audience to ponder over some fundamental, stereotypical and preconceived societal concerns. During these conversations with the masses Jan Samwaad questions whether it is worth spending the entire life trying to find God or the so called Eternal or Divine without lending attention to the issues that we face in our daily life. Jan Samwaad is a mixed bag of songs that touch upon a variety of social predicaments be it the very relevant issue of illegal and unjust land acquisition from a farmer whose life is but synonymous to drudgery to the quest of a newly married innocent young girl to find a sojourn for herself as she embarks upon an endless journey of responsibilities and expectations. The hopelessness and despair that is so marked of today’s common man and his experiences owing to a variety of issues is something that genuinely concerns Jan Samwaad. It is in this wake of despondency that the listeners are egged to rethink if the efforts to find an “external” source of peace or power are worthwhile at all. Recognizing the need to restore communal harmony in a society with disintegrating values, Jan Samwaad seeks to challenge the motives of the perpetrators of communal hatred who still exist amongst us, even though they are not positioned in the power centre. Along this journey Jan Samwaad uses the “traditional”, but yes, only to question the “traditional” and employ the “typical” to disengage from it and look at the “atypical”.

Admission is Free

Hyderabad based Studio E1E, a talent management, music production and live music/jamming platform presents "Jamathon", an afternoon of live music with experimental musical collaborations featuring artistes and bands belonging to various genres.

A Listening session for all Classical Music lovers in Hindustani Classical Music. For all the Music students and casual listeners as well.
In this edition we will listen to Raag Bhoopali as sung by various masters and discuss them.
Conducted by Aradhana Karhade

For all those Rhythm & blues and softrock fans, here we are "SundayHeads" to make you move and groove to our beat.

SundayHeads is a Hyderabad based six piece music band playing rhythm & blues and soft rock numbers. The band was founded by Niel and Vishal in early 2012. SundayHeads is presently composed of Debby (vocal), Neil (guitar & supporting vocal), Vishal (guitar), Arun (bass), Ashish (Key Board & Supporting Vocal) and Sunny (Drums). All the members of the band have prior experience of playing in different platforms such as Cuba Libre, West-In, Cinnamon Fusion and others.

So, mark this date on to your calendar and be prepared for the GIG.

See you there!!

"A fascinating journey with two men who are the Indiana Jones of Language hunters" - LA Times

“A breathtaking thrill ride through the landscape of language.” -Noam Chomsky

"Funny, enlightening and ultimately uplifting" - The Hoot

There are 7,000 languages in the world, half which will be gone by the end of this century. On average, one language disappears every two weeks.

On the eve of International 'Mother Language Day', Please join us for a humorous and riveting journey followed by interaction with the linguist experts from Telugu & Urdu.

The Linguists is a hilarious and poignant chronicle of two scientists—David Harrison and Gregory Anderson—racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. In Siberia, India, and Bolivia, the linguists confront head-on the very forces silencing languages: racism, humiliation, and violent economic unrest. David and Greg's journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and communities at risk when a language dies.

Urdu Literary Culture (Part 1)
The Genesis and The Journey

The talk traces the origin of Urdu and explores the realm of ,what was,or is early Urdu. It also brings forth the myth and realities around
the terms Urdu and Hindi, and, that the historical spaces occupied by Urdu and Hindi or Hindavi were not mutually exclusive but rather both are claimants to a single Linguistic and Literary tradition.

While going through the long and interesting journey of Urdu, what finally emerges is the role of literature in defining culture and
change.

Western Classical Music:

"Journey to the North - Nordic vistas through music from the national romantic era"

-Introduction to the Nordic countries and the national romantic era

-Sibelius & Grieg composer profile in the national romantic context

-Influences on Sibelius & Grieg and their societal significance

-Major works and style

-Excerpts from Sibelius's & Grieg’s music

-Slides will be shown along with the music as nature was such an important source of inspiration for many of the compositions

Presented by: Raita Mocherla (from Finland, based in Hyderabad; studied the piano, flute and church organ at Sibelius High School and Vantaa Music Institute)

Listening Post/Music Appreciation: Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings with visual aids, notes, Q/A-session, discussion. Open to all. Entrance free.

Come enjoy a evening of music and fun and help support a good cause.

If Rockin' Blues with a funky flavour sounds like your thing, be sure not to miss the Stray Train Trio's charity concert at Lamakaan.

All money raised from the Rs. 100 entrance fee will go to support Subhiksha Voluntary Organization, an NGO providing education and health care to street children in the Hyderabad area.

Visit Subhiksha's facebook page at www.facebook.com/subhikshaNGO.

Thanks for your support, we look forward to seeing you.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day gender centric events "focus FEMME" a showcase of programs that question gender, sex and stereotypes.

They Said, and Woman River, a performance in voice, movement that passionately decries violence against women.
Woman River is actually a passionate composition, based on the poetic links that bind a larger dramatic work written by Ujwala Samarth, also an old friend of the ensemble. The ensemble captures the trauma of communal violence through the voices of three women, each of whom delivers a monologue. Also questioning the trauma and rape of mother earth.

They Said was written by Uma Narayan, a friend of the ensemble who teaches philosophy at Vassar College, and captures the anger of girls chided because they read too much. When they took workshops with students of the Nirmala Institute of Education and the Goa College of Architecture, Panjim, the ensemble encouraged this poem being used in the students’ performances that ensued.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day film festival "focus FEMME" a showcase of films that question
gender, sex and stereotypes.

‘Unlimited Girls’ is an exploration of engagements with feminism in contemporary urban India. A narrator called Fearless who starts accidentally in a chat room and embarks on a journey where she encounters diverse characters – feminists who remember the songs and actions of the Indian women’s movement, yuppies who discuss their modern marriage, a policeman writing films for “women’s upliftment”, women shopping at a bra sale, college kids practicing a dance, teachers who feel girls must not take injustice – or break a home;a woman cab driver, a priest, academics, activists, and unseen but much-heard women like Atilla_the_Nun, Chamki Girl and Devi_is_a_Diva, in a feminist chat room – all talking of their engagements with feminism and its place in their lives today.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day film festival "focus FEMME" a showcase of films that question
gender, sex and stereotypes.

This film explores the symbolic relationship of Sita, a goddess from the epic Ramayana with the image of women in India.

An independent filmmaker since 1995; Film maker Madhureeta Anand shifted her field of work from mainstream television production to documentary filmmaking to directing feature films. Extremely prolific, she has directed many documentary films and series, spanning an array of genres.

Most of her work has explored the areas of culture, religion and anthropology. Some of her other films have looked at issues of education and child abuse in India. Many of her films have been telecast on international channels such as BBC, Channel 4, Discovery and National Geographic.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day film festival "focus FEMME" a showcase of films that question
gender, sex and stereotypes.

We talked about violence. We talked about abuse. We talked about discrimination.
It’s time to talk about ‘the WHY’.
Through the lens of personal experience, history and popular conceptions of masculinity and femininity, let us begin a dialogue about social attitudes and the gender bias we carry within us. Lamakaan invites you to three evenings of film screenings to pave the way for introspection on gender, sexuality & stereotypes.
The screenings will be followed by discussions with the film makers and experts.

The film explores stereotypical images of women portrayed onIndian television by juxtaposing them against lived realities.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day film festival "focus FEMME" a showcase of films that question
gender, sex and stereotypes.

Sita Sings the Blues is an animated film written, directed, produced and animated entirely by American artist Nina Paley primarily using 2D computer graphics and Flash Animation.
It intersperses events from the Ramayana, light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets, musical interludes voiced with tracks by Annette Hanshaw and scenes from the artist's own life. The ancient mythological and modern biographical plot are parallel tales, sharing numerous themes

In an episode taken from the director's own life, animator Nina Paley starts the film living happily in a San Francisco apartment with her husband and cat. Her husband then accepts the offer of a six-month contract working in Trivandrum, India, and moves there alone to take up the position. After several months of very little contact, he calls to inform his wife that the contract has been extended.
Bewildered by his callous indifference to their separation, Nina sublets their apartment, leaves their beloved cat behind and joins her husband in India. Upon her arrival he appears deeply unenthusiastic to be reunited and demonstrates neither affection nor sexual interest. A while later, Nina flies to a meeting in New York, where she receives a brief e-mail from her husband telling her that their relationship is over. Sad and alone, she stays in New York, finding comfort in a new cat and her study of the Ramayana.

This is a talk on "The Political Ecology of Democracy and Governance as Defined By Adivasi Struggles" - Presented by C.R.Bijoy

C R Bijoy walks us through the age-old history of tribal land struggles. He is a researcher and social activist in India who works with the Campaign for Survival and Dignity, an organisation which acts as a platform for all tribal organisations across India. Listen to the audio for his take on Tribal land struggles.
The 67.7 million people belonging to "Scheduled Tribes" in India are generally considered to be 'Adivasis', literally meaning 'indigenous people' or 'original inhabitants', though the term 'Scheduled Tribes' (STs) is not coterminous with the term 'Adivasis'. Scheduled Tribes is an administrative term used for purposes of 'administering' certain specific constitutional privileges, protection and benefits for specific sections of peoples considered historically disadvantaged and 'backward'.
The Constitution of India, which came into existence on 26 January 1950, prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth and it provides the right to equality, to freedom of religion and to culture and education.
STs are supposedly addressed by as many as 209 Articles and 2 special schedules of the Constitution - Articles and special schedules which are protective and paternalistic.

The Adivasis of India have raised the issue of forest rights to the forefront of the nation's politics. As the state dithers, a process of legislative enactment to address the “historic injustice” has emerged. This article is a narrative that examines the context that precipitated this crisis, the issues, the ground reality, the emergent proposal, and the historic background of the continuing struggles of Adivasis against colonization and internal colonization.

It is a talk and presentaion by Shri Ravindra Sharma [Guruji] is the founder of Kala Ashram in Adilabad. Kala Ashram works as a 'Living Museum' providing resource services to local folk arts & crafts. He was a scholarship student at the Baroda School of Fine Art.

He is a fount of wisdom on local folk culture, and fascinates us with his stories of the past & present, and his ideas for the future. Shri Ravindra Sharma from an early age was a maverick from his conventional family, spending his time with the 'jeengars' [leather craftsmen & wood carvers], learning their techniques & recipes for mineral paints. He learnt brass wax-wire casting from the Ojhas and metal casting from the Ohtaris, and many other craft techniques. Besides learning craft techniques, Guruji roamed the local forests with parrot catchers, attended the 10 day wedding ceremonies of the Mathurias and has documented local traditions such as the Moharram of the local Muslims.

Guruji taught art at a local tribal school for 10 years, teaching the local Kolam boys to express their inner world through art forms of paint and sculpture

Guruji is an artist, a sculptor trained at the Baroda School of Art. His Brahmin family came from the Punjab a generation before him and settled in Adilabad with a small railway catering business. He was a maverick from his childhood, visiting the low caste Nakashi artisan households to watch wooden figures being carved and painted, after which his grandmother would not allow him into the house until he was purified by having a bucket of water poured over him.

As a part of "Women's March", Lamakaan is hosting an array of Gender based films and Film Makers.

This day we are privileged to host filmmaker Paromita Vohra the maker of the films like "Unlimited Girls", "PARTNERS IN CRIME" and "MORALITY TV AND THE LOVING JEHAD".

Today we will be showcasing "PARTNERS IN CRIME" and "MORALITY TV AND THE LOVING JEHAD".

MORALITY TV AND THE LOVING JEHAD looks outside the frames that weave the frenetic tapestry of Breaking News on India’s news channels, to uncover a town’s complex dynamics – the fear of love, the constant scrutiny and control of women’s mobility and sexuality, a history of communal violence, caste brutalisation and feudal mindsets.
Best Short Documentary, 1st International Video Festival of Kerala, 2007/ Official Selection, Mumbai International Film Festival, 2008/ Official Hot Shots, Berlin / International Film Festival, 2008 / Official Selection, Competition Section, John Abraham National Awards, Signs, 2009 / Official Selection, Film South Asia, Kathmandu, 2009 / You Don’t Belong: Pasts and Futures of Indian Cinema, China, 2011
GENDER – VIOLENCE - MEDIA

Q2P is a film about toilets and the city. It peers through the dream of Mumabi as a future Shanghai and searches for public toilets in Bombay with a small detour in Delhi, watching who has to queue to pee. As the film observes who has access to toilets and who doesn’t, we begin to also see the imagination of gender that underlies the city’s shape, the constantly shifting boundaries between public and private space; we learn of small acts of survival that people in the city’s bottom half cobble together and quixotic ideas of social change that thrive with mixed results; we hear the silence that surrounds toilets and sense how similar it is to the silence that surrounds inequality. The toilet becomes a riddle with many answers and some of those answers are questions – about gender, about class, about caste and most of all about space, urban development and the twisted myth of the global metropolis.

Vaishali Bisht’s Theatre Workshop brings to you the culmination of a 2 weekend workshop with Adults exploring the dichotomous nature of Relationships. Explored through the 5 short performances are the ties between individuals like husband & wife / siblings, as well as the relationships between the individual & society and human beings & their dreams and fantasies.
YES PRIME MINISTERSSSS: An improvised text based sketch about the end of the world as we know it! Featuring: Dr. Karthik, Dhirendra, Samhita, Ravi & Esha
THE RAZOR’S EDGE: An excerpt from Somerset Maugham’s pivotal novel played by Jumana & Shilpa
THE WIFE written by Narla Venkateswara Rao: An abridged enactment of this feminist play featuring Hari & Aakanksha
A LIE OF THE MIND written by Sam Shepard: An excerpt of this gripping play that explores a twisted mind enacted by Noor & Obed
THE STRANGER IN THE MIRROR: An experimental movement-oriented improvisation rooted in a poem by Richa featuring Vibha, Preeti & Richa

Jaago Stree!!! Be a Nirbhaya Nari
A solo art show by Sravanthi Juluri.
This is the second part of Sravanthi Juluri's critically acclaimed art exhibition entitled "Jaago Stree!!!" which was held to create awareness on Violence & Atrocticites faced by Women & young girls.
In this show the Artist plays a tritute not only to the Braveheart of India, but also to many other women who stood up for their rights.

As a part of "Women's March", Lamakaan is hosting an array of films based on Gender issues and today's film is MERA APNA SHEHER (My Own City)by Sameera Jain.

This film is an experience of a gendered urban landscape - where the gaze, the voice and the body are at all times under surveillance. What if the multiple surveillances were to be turned upon themselves to observe what is contained in the everyday. The film explores whether there is a sense of ownership, of belonging to the city. Can a woman in the city, - as she continuously negotiates the polarities of anxiety and comfort - be free? Somewhere just under the surface of the `normal’ and in the lives of women cab drivers lie signs of reclamation of space and the gaze.
Gender – Urban Landscape – Gaze – Identity – Imagery

As a part of "Women's March", Lamakaan is hosting an array of films based on Gender issues and today's film is "To think Like a Woman".

This film made by ARPITA SINHA reflects on the numerous silences that shroud the lives of young, educated, 'independent', 'modern', single women in urban India . Conversations with four such women reveal the inner conflicts, dissonances and a crisis of identity.

On the International Women's Day, Manch Theatre presents Nadira Zahir Babbar's acclaimed play - Ji, Jaisi Aapki Marzi : Tales of Womenhood at Lamakaan on 8th March, 8 PM.

From the earliest of times, women have been trampled, their conduct questioned, judged and reprimanded. Ji, Jaisi Aapki Marzi is about giving women the space to speak so that they can erase the silence that they have been condemned to bear. If you "identify" with the characters after watching the play, the effect is purely intended and not accidental.

Language : Hindi
Writer : Nadira Zahir Babbar
Length : 1 hr
Cast : Sneha Dua, Antara Sarkar, Snehal Hattikudur, Neha Natu
Music : Alok Kesarwani
Production Design: Nimisha Gupta
Director : Riyaz Usman

Entry by Donor Pass @ Rs. 100 available at http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Ji-Jaisi-Aapki-Marzi-/ET00013510 or call +91-9866147705.

MOnthly mneetup of early stage startups. in a workshop mode.

ప్రతినెల రెండవ శనివారం 'లామకాన్' వేదికగా - ఒక సీనియర్ కవయిత్రి + ఇదివరకే కవిగా గుర్తింపు పొంది,'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్నకవి + 'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్న ముగ్గురు ప్రామిసింగ్ వర్ధమాన కవులు పాల్గొని కవిత్వం చదువుతారు. విమల, బివివి ప్రసాద్, యగ్నపాల్ రాజు, శాంతి శ్రీ, చాంద్ ఉస్మాన్.

ఈ నెల విశేషం మహిళా దినోత్సవ సందర్భంగా, స్త్రీ అనే అంశంపై ఒక కవితా కోణం.

This Bazaar is to promote the work of the handloom weavers and help them to have direct interaction with consumers and sale. An effort to help and bring back Handloom into mainstream and popular culture, that would help the handloom weavers to survive and continue with their ancient heritage and skills. Also to encourage people to take up weaving also as an activity of livelihood.

Not only to showcase the work of the artisans but also have talks regarding the imporatance of handloom for ecological conservation, sale of fabrics and also demonstration of weaving skills. Invite children to participate and learn skills like "Charkha" etc.

Artisans & weavers will put up their handlooms for sale including Pochampally, Ikat, Dastkaar, Bandini & also jute craft by Aasha Crafts, supported by Bhumi,

This is a project which aims at Women Empowerment.

Woven in to the wonderful tapestry that is India, handloom weaving is a 4000 year old tradition. Handloom weaving is one of India’s predominant rural economic activities.This unique tradition has surpassed ages solely because of the magnificence of its craft, the mastery of its makers and patronizing consumers. Handlooms had a glorious past and o a penurious present. The handloom weavers used to live in a life of comfort and complacence in the past. They were respected for their invaluable craft that symbolized the essence of our rich culture and tradition. However, as time wheeled by machines began to exude dominance over human labour. In the state of Andhra Pradesh alone, there are about 320,000 handlooms on which about 500,000 families directly and 20,00,000 families indirectly depend for livelihoods. The recent years have witnessed migrations to cities in large numbers by handloom cotton weavers, taking up of alternative employment in rural industrial units and in extreme cases even starvation deaths or suicide deaths. The monthly handloom bazaar is one of the initiatives we are undertaking to bring back the wonder of handloom into mainstream popular culture, thus increasing the market for these products. In addition the exhibition cum sale hopes to educate the people at large on the issues of handloom weavers, and also on how to recognize the "real handloom" from fakes and "powerloom products". The bazaar will also include talks from time to time, display of weaving skills, and also will encourage children to learn these skills in an interactive way - like learning to use the "charkha" etc.

“Women in Jazz”
This Listening Post looks at women in Jazz. It has always been a battle for women to enter into or excel in fields that were dominated by men. Music was no exception. Although women were being accepted in other artistic fields, they faced a male chauvinism in the field of music, in the early years of Jazz. Here we look at some of the women who made a foray into, and then stormed the bastion of the jazz world. Women who were as brilliant in their singing as they were in their song writing or even as instrumentalists in the field of Jazz.
Presented by Shakila Kundu, Jazz-Lover, Singer, HWMF-Executive-Committee-Member
Listening Post : Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings with visual aids, notes, Q/A-session, discussion.
Open to all. Entrance free.

As women's march, Lamakaan hosts an array of films to address films based on gender issues.

It's a Boy (It's going to be a boy) is a film made by Vani Subramanian. It deals with the public debate around sex-determination in India is decades old, and yet, it is only in the last few years that everyone seems to be talking about the ‘girl-child’ - doctors, religious leaders, the government, the public. Yet, male-female sex ratios are more alarming now than ever before. Why are we unable to reverse the trend? Why does the ‘son’ keep rising in India?
To address some of these questions, IT’S A BOY! (IT’S GOING TO BE A BOY) travels to Bombay, Delhi, Benares and Shillong. Going back in time to reveal how the current crisis of sex ratios had been foretold by those on the forefront of the campaigns against sex determination and pre-selection. Assessing government initiatives, looking beyond the rhetoric, and using the lens of culture to explore common beliefs about daughters and sons within the family, men and women in society.

Secodn film "Blood on my Hands" looks at how a woman's menstrual cycle is altered from being a marker of her fertility to something that renders her untouchable and hence subject to multiple taboos and regulations. As an individual, a woman or young girl is isolated in her struggle to come to terms with the
transformations in her body.

As a part of women's march, Lamakaan is showcasing films on Gender activism or films made by female film makers.

In this film "A body that will speak", a filmmaker, a university student, an entrepreneur and a radio jockey. Women, who feel hungry, eat, grow fat and feel anxious about it. A film about not being perfect. A film about the never ending attempts to make the body "speak for the self in a meaningful and powerful way." A journey to move beyond disorders and discover the real women battling the fantasies around and within them.

This film is made by Sukanya Sen and Pawas Bisht.

Lamakaan is Celebrating its 3rd anniversary in a week long celebration of events kick started by this Hyderabad Preview of Inshallah, Football, the latest film by Oscar nominated film maker Ashvin Kumar's.

In Iraq, there is 1 soldier for every 166 civilians. In Kashmir, there is 1 for every 20. A Hizbul Mujaheddin ex-militant, his son- a footballer, an Argentinean football coach and his sparkling Brazilian wife grapple with life on the streets of Kashmir. A Kashmiri kid dreams to play football in Brazil, but life in a silent war gets in the way.

Inshallah, Football is about 18-year-old Basharat Baba, known as "Basha". His father, Bashir, was a much-wanted leader of the armed group Hizbul Mujahideen. When he left his home in Kashmir to join the training camps in Pakistan in the early 1990s, his son Basharat was barely two months old.
Basharat belongs to a new generation of Kashmiris, having grown up under the shadow of a protracted conflict. His passion is football, and he has been coached by Juan Marcos Troia, an Argentinean national and FIFA accredited football coach by profession. Marcos aspires to breed world class players from Kashmir; he and his wife, being attached to both Basha and Kashmir, migrate to Srinagar with their three daughters to take up Basha's cause.

Ismat - Ek Aurat is a narration cum enactment of short stories written by Ismat Chughtai. These will be a selection of her well-known stories such as: 'Chui-Mui'(Touch-Me-Not),'Gharwaali'(Home-Maker),'Ghoonghat'(The Veil) and 'Saas'(Mother-in-Law).
'Ismat Ke Afsaanay' is a glimpse into the daily life of households and especially their women as seen by Ismat Chughtai. The stories are characterised by their ability to go deep into the very skins of their characters and bring out all their weaknesses, strengths, their ordinariness and their uniqueness. Where most people would look onto the street and see a multitude of passing by, Ismat Chughtai had the ability to see people and appreciate the beauty of each individual as a whole - freckles, frailties and all: whether it be the fascination of a young girl with the process of childbirth as seen in 'Chui-Mui' ('Touch-Me-Not'), or the haplessness of a virtuous, God-fearing man when faced by his devil-may-care house-keeper in 'Gharwaali' (Home Maker), or the veiled tug-of-war between a fair bride and her dark groom in 'Ghoonghat' (The Veil), or for that matter the 'tu-tu,main-main' (war of words) between a mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law in 'Saas' (Mother-In-Law). Each one of these characters belong to us. They are recognizable as uncle, aunt, father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, neighbor and perhaps that is what makes them so endearing and their reality so real to us.
The stories or Afsaanay, do not judge. They just hold a mirror to society; to the people around us and allow us the ability to experience the truth of each one.

As part of its third anniversary celebrations, Lamakaan invites you to a thrilling evening of folk theatre, with Kadem Sammayya, the outstanding Mandechchula Katha artiste, and his troupe from the hinterlands of Warangal district.

Mandechchula or Manda-hechchula Katha is a little-known but tremendously thrilling and energetic narrative performance set to infectious rhythmic beats, soaring choral accompaniment and trance-inducing emotional outpourings.

The traditional herdsmen of the Deccan, who rear mainly sheep and goats, have their own great folklore and mythology. These vivid epic-narratives of the Gollas, Kurumas and similar caste denominations are sung and performed by professional artiste-troupes belonging to a set of sub-castes who depend on the Gollas etc. for their livelihoods.

The Mandechchulollu (or the performers who help the herds multiply) are one such community. Found in Warangal, Karimnagar and Khammam, the Mandechchus have given a distinct performative spin and infectious energy to the tales of the great Golla-Yadava kings of yore and the stories associated with the great folk-hero and god of the rural Deccan, Mallanna (called Khandoba in Maharashtra and Mailara Deva in Karnataka).

This is a specially brought in show (by Sumanaspati Reddy and Dr. Raj Mohammad) to introduce the urban audience of Hyderabad to the vivacity of one of our truly vibrant and still-surviving folk performative traditions. And also to give a peep into how intimately it is connected with the life- pattern of a great and proud community.
Admission-Free

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

IT IS A PLAY BASED ON HINDU MUSLIM HARMONY.

The story is about a happily married hindu family having a son Ram, who is dumb. Though it is revealed in between that he was found by them crying near the dead-bodies of a muslim family which was told to be descriptions family. Even after many years of marriage, they were not having any son so they bought the boy home and adopted him. He was the apple of their eye. They were happy and contempted.Raheem

Being a family which can be considered ideal in India, media takes their interview and publishes it. As it comes to the notice of various troups, World Muslim Community people call the head of the family Ramakrishna, and ask him to return their child to them or else convert their religion to muslim. Ramakrishna finding no other way to be with his son agrees to be converted to muslim. When it comes to the notice of hindu community, a hindu leader comes to their home and tries to convince Ramakrishna to give the child back to the muslims, but he refuses to do it in any circumstances. Some fight occurs which cost the family with the loss of their only child.
There is a message at the end which asks people to think about they are actually doing at the name of castes, religion, etc.

Staged by Koshish, a theatre group of Confederation of Voluntary Organizations (COVA) Hyderabad, this play bagged four awards at the All India Classical Music, Dance, Folk Dance and Drama Festival.

Studio e1e, a Hyderabad based music production and live music/jamming platform presents 'Songs of the Balladeer', an evening of storytelling through music. The artiste, Sanjo, takes the audience on a journey through songs that have a story to tell. At times the story isn't just in the song. It's also about the song, the singer or the songwriter. This Valentine's Day special edition focuses on the various shades of love. The entire set has a distinctly retro flavor with a focus on evocative lyrics, stirring melodies and emotions that underline the human condition. This performance is brought to you by Blue Butterfly Entertainment.

2 Day Digital Filmmaking Workshop

Dates: 16th & 17th of February
Time: 11am-6pm
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

It's a 2 Day basic filmmaking workshop which covers the fundamentals of Screenwriting, Cinematography, Direction and Editing.
Student will have a practical exercise of making a short film at the end of the workshop.

Course Content
Day 1:

Screenwriting

1. Screenplay
2. Format and screenwriting softwares
3. How to approach a screenplay
4. Basic elements of screenwriting
5. Structure & Plot

Cinematography

1. Fundamentals of Cinematography
2. Formats.
3. Lighting Scheme
4. Camera aesthetics and operation.

Day 2: Sunday:

Direction:

a) Frame Balance & Composition
b) Camera Angles
c) Blocking and staging
d) Cinematic techniques

Editing Techniques
Editing Software

Practical Exercise of shooting and editing.

The workshop will be facilitated by Rabi Kisku.
Fee : Rs 2500/-

RabiKisku Entertainment has been conducting Filmmaking Workshops in Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Chennai for the last five years and have two feature films to their credit.

To register contact , 09886539405, 8686560271 suresh@rabikiskuentertainment.com
(Limited Seats: Registration on First Come First Serve Basis)

Jan Samwaad(Dialoguing with the people) is a musical movement which tries to engage its audience into social and political issues plaguing our society and our times. These renditions, simple in form yet profound in essence, are a melange of personal and social issues encouraging the audience to ponder over some fundamental, stereotypical and preconceived societal concerns. During these conversations with the masses Jan Samwaad questions whether it is worth spending the entire life trying to find God or the so called Eternal or Divine without lending attention to the issues that we face in our daily life. Jan Samwaad is a mixed bag of songs that touch upon a variety of social predicaments be it the very relevant issue of illegal and unjust land acquisition from a farmer whose life is but synonymous to drudgery to the quest of a newly married innocent young girl to find a sojourn for herself as she embarks upon an endless journey of responsibilities and expectations. The hopelessness and despair that is so marked of today’s common man and his experiences owing to a variety of issues is something that genuinely concerns Jan Samwaad. It is in this wake of despondency that the listeners are egged to rethink if the efforts to find an “external” source of peace or power are worthwhile at all. Recognizing the need to restore communal harmony in a society with disintegrating values, Jan Samwaad seeks to challenge the motives of the perpetrators of communal hatred who still exist amongst us, even though they are not positioned in the power centre. Along this journey Jan Samwaad uses the “traditional”, but yes, only to question the “traditional” and employ the “typical” to disengage from it and look at the “atypical”.

Admission is Free

Hyderabad based Studio E1E, a talent management, music production and live music/jamming platform presents "Jamathon", an afternoon of live music with experimental musical collaborations featuring artistes and bands belonging to various genres.

A Listening session for all Classical Music lovers in Hindustani Classical Music. For all the Music students and casual listeners as well.
In this edition we will listen to Raag Bhoopali as sung by various masters and discuss them.
Conducted by Aradhana Karhade

For all those Rhythm & blues and softrock fans, here we are "SundayHeads" to make you move and groove to our beat.

SundayHeads is a Hyderabad based six piece music band playing rhythm & blues and soft rock numbers. The band was founded by Niel and Vishal in early 2012. SundayHeads is presently composed of Debby (vocal), Neil (guitar & supporting vocal), Vishal (guitar), Arun (bass), Ashish (Key Board & Supporting Vocal) and Sunny (Drums). All the members of the band have prior experience of playing in different platforms such as Cuba Libre, West-In, Cinnamon Fusion and others.

So, mark this date on to your calendar and be prepared for the GIG.

See you there!!

"A fascinating journey with two men who are the Indiana Jones of Language hunters" - LA Times

“A breathtaking thrill ride through the landscape of language.” -Noam Chomsky

"Funny, enlightening and ultimately uplifting" - The Hoot

There are 7,000 languages in the world, half which will be gone by the end of this century. On average, one language disappears every two weeks.

On the eve of International 'Mother Language Day', Please join us for a humorous and riveting journey followed by interaction with the linguist experts from Telugu & Urdu.

The Linguists is a hilarious and poignant chronicle of two scientists—David Harrison and Gregory Anderson—racing to document languages on the verge of extinction. In Siberia, India, and Bolivia, the linguists confront head-on the very forces silencing languages: racism, humiliation, and violent economic unrest. David and Greg's journey takes them deep into the heart of the cultures, knowledge, and communities at risk when a language dies.

Urdu Literary Culture (Part 1)
The Genesis and The Journey

The talk traces the origin of Urdu and explores the realm of ,what was,or is early Urdu. It also brings forth the myth and realities around
the terms Urdu and Hindi, and, that the historical spaces occupied by Urdu and Hindi or Hindavi were not mutually exclusive but rather both are claimants to a single Linguistic and Literary tradition.

While going through the long and interesting journey of Urdu, what finally emerges is the role of literature in defining culture and
change.

Western Classical Music:

"Journey to the North - Nordic vistas through music from the national romantic era"

-Introduction to the Nordic countries and the national romantic era

-Sibelius & Grieg composer profile in the national romantic context

-Influences on Sibelius & Grieg and their societal significance

-Major works and style

-Excerpts from Sibelius's & Grieg’s music

-Slides will be shown along with the music as nature was such an important source of inspiration for many of the compositions

Presented by: Raita Mocherla (from Finland, based in Hyderabad; studied the piano, flute and church organ at Sibelius High School and Vantaa Music Institute)

Listening Post/Music Appreciation: Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings with visual aids, notes, Q/A-session, discussion. Open to all. Entrance free.

Come enjoy a evening of music and fun and help support a good cause.

If Rockin' Blues with a funky flavour sounds like your thing, be sure not to miss the Stray Train Trio's charity concert at Lamakaan.

All money raised from the Rs. 100 entrance fee will go to support Subhiksha Voluntary Organization, an NGO providing education and health care to street children in the Hyderabad area.

Visit Subhiksha's facebook page at www.facebook.com/subhikshaNGO.

Thanks for your support, we look forward to seeing you.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day gender centric events "focus FEMME" a showcase of programs that question gender, sex and stereotypes.

They Said, and Woman River, a performance in voice, movement that passionately decries violence against women.
Woman River is actually a passionate composition, based on the poetic links that bind a larger dramatic work written by Ujwala Samarth, also an old friend of the ensemble. The ensemble captures the trauma of communal violence through the voices of three women, each of whom delivers a monologue. Also questioning the trauma and rape of mother earth.

They Said was written by Uma Narayan, a friend of the ensemble who teaches philosophy at Vassar College, and captures the anger of girls chided because they read too much. When they took workshops with students of the Nirmala Institute of Education and the Goa College of Architecture, Panjim, the ensemble encouraged this poem being used in the students’ performances that ensued.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day film festival "focus FEMME" a showcase of films that question
gender, sex and stereotypes.

‘Unlimited Girls’ is an exploration of engagements with feminism in contemporary urban India. A narrator called Fearless who starts accidentally in a chat room and embarks on a journey where she encounters diverse characters – feminists who remember the songs and actions of the Indian women’s movement, yuppies who discuss their modern marriage, a policeman writing films for “women’s upliftment”, women shopping at a bra sale, college kids practicing a dance, teachers who feel girls must not take injustice – or break a home;a woman cab driver, a priest, academics, activists, and unseen but much-heard women like Atilla_the_Nun, Chamki Girl and Devi_is_a_Diva, in a feminist chat room – all talking of their engagements with feminism and its place in their lives today.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day film festival "focus FEMME" a showcase of films that question
gender, sex and stereotypes.

This film explores the symbolic relationship of Sita, a goddess from the epic Ramayana with the image of women in India.

An independent filmmaker since 1995; Film maker Madhureeta Anand shifted her field of work from mainstream television production to documentary filmmaking to directing feature films. Extremely prolific, she has directed many documentary films and series, spanning an array of genres.

Most of her work has explored the areas of culture, religion and anthropology. Some of her other films have looked at issues of education and child abuse in India. Many of her films have been telecast on international channels such as BBC, Channel 4, Discovery and National Geographic.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day film festival "focus FEMME" a showcase of films that question
gender, sex and stereotypes.

We talked about violence. We talked about abuse. We talked about discrimination.
It’s time to talk about ‘the WHY’.
Through the lens of personal experience, history and popular conceptions of masculinity and femininity, let us begin a dialogue about social attitudes and the gender bias we carry within us. Lamakaan invites you to three evenings of film screenings to pave the way for introspection on gender, sexuality & stereotypes.
The screenings will be followed by discussions with the film makers and experts.

The film explores stereotypical images of women portrayed onIndian television by juxtaposing them against lived realities.

Lamakaan hosts a 3 day film festival "focus FEMME" a showcase of films that question
gender, sex and stereotypes.

Sita Sings the Blues is an animated film written, directed, produced and animated entirely by American artist Nina Paley primarily using 2D computer graphics and Flash Animation.
It intersperses events from the Ramayana, light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets, musical interludes voiced with tracks by Annette Hanshaw and scenes from the artist's own life. The ancient mythological and modern biographical plot are parallel tales, sharing numerous themes

In an episode taken from the director's own life, animator Nina Paley starts the film living happily in a San Francisco apartment with her husband and cat. Her husband then accepts the offer of a six-month contract working in Trivandrum, India, and moves there alone to take up the position. After several months of very little contact, he calls to inform his wife that the contract has been extended.
Bewildered by his callous indifference to their separation, Nina sublets their apartment, leaves their beloved cat behind and joins her husband in India. Upon her arrival he appears deeply unenthusiastic to be reunited and demonstrates neither affection nor sexual interest. A while later, Nina flies to a meeting in New York, where she receives a brief e-mail from her husband telling her that their relationship is over. Sad and alone, she stays in New York, finding comfort in a new cat and her study of the Ramayana.

This is a talk on "The Political Ecology of Democracy and Governance as Defined By Adivasi Struggles" - Presented by C.R.Bijoy

C R Bijoy walks us through the age-old history of tribal land struggles. He is a researcher and social activist in India who works with the Campaign for Survival and Dignity, an organisation which acts as a platform for all tribal organisations across India. Listen to the audio for his take on Tribal land struggles.
The 67.7 million people belonging to "Scheduled Tribes" in India are generally considered to be 'Adivasis', literally meaning 'indigenous people' or 'original inhabitants', though the term 'Scheduled Tribes' (STs) is not coterminous with the term 'Adivasis'. Scheduled Tribes is an administrative term used for purposes of 'administering' certain specific constitutional privileges, protection and benefits for specific sections of peoples considered historically disadvantaged and 'backward'.
The Constitution of India, which came into existence on 26 January 1950, prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth and it provides the right to equality, to freedom of religion and to culture and education.
STs are supposedly addressed by as many as 209 Articles and 2 special schedules of the Constitution - Articles and special schedules which are protective and paternalistic.

The Adivasis of India have raised the issue of forest rights to the forefront of the nation's politics. As the state dithers, a process of legislative enactment to address the “historic injustice” has emerged. This article is a narrative that examines the context that precipitated this crisis, the issues, the ground reality, the emergent proposal, and the historic background of the continuing struggles of Adivasis against colonization and internal colonization.

It is a talk and presentaion by Shri Ravindra Sharma [Guruji] is the founder of Kala Ashram in Adilabad. Kala Ashram works as a 'Living Museum' providing resource services to local folk arts & crafts. He was a scholarship student at the Baroda School of Fine Art.

He is a fount of wisdom on local folk culture, and fascinates us with his stories of the past & present, and his ideas for the future. Shri Ravindra Sharma from an early age was a maverick from his conventional family, spending his time with the 'jeengars' [leather craftsmen & wood carvers], learning their techniques & recipes for mineral paints. He learnt brass wax-wire casting from the Ojhas and metal casting from the Ohtaris, and many other craft techniques. Besides learning craft techniques, Guruji roamed the local forests with parrot catchers, attended the 10 day wedding ceremonies of the Mathurias and has documented local traditions such as the Moharram of the local Muslims.

Guruji taught art at a local tribal school for 10 years, teaching the local Kolam boys to express their inner world through art forms of paint and sculpture

Guruji is an artist, a sculptor trained at the Baroda School of Art. His Brahmin family came from the Punjab a generation before him and settled in Adilabad with a small railway catering business. He was a maverick from his childhood, visiting the low caste Nakashi artisan households to watch wooden figures being carved and painted, after which his grandmother would not allow him into the house until he was purified by having a bucket of water poured over him.

As a part of "Women's March", Lamakaan is hosting an array of Gender based films and Film Makers.

This day we are privileged to host filmmaker Paromita Vohra the maker of the films like "Unlimited Girls", "PARTNERS IN CRIME" and "MORALITY TV AND THE LOVING JEHAD".

Today we will be showcasing "PARTNERS IN CRIME" and "MORALITY TV AND THE LOVING JEHAD".

MORALITY TV AND THE LOVING JEHAD looks outside the frames that weave the frenetic tapestry of Breaking News on India’s news channels, to uncover a town’s complex dynamics – the fear of love, the constant scrutiny and control of women’s mobility and sexuality, a history of communal violence, caste brutalisation and feudal mindsets.
Best Short Documentary, 1st International Video Festival of Kerala, 2007/ Official Selection, Mumbai International Film Festival, 2008/ Official Hot Shots, Berlin / International Film Festival, 2008 / Official Selection, Competition Section, John Abraham National Awards, Signs, 2009 / Official Selection, Film South Asia, Kathmandu, 2009 / You Don’t Belong: Pasts and Futures of Indian Cinema, China, 2011
GENDER – VIOLENCE - MEDIA

Q2P is a film about toilets and the city. It peers through the dream of Mumabi as a future Shanghai and searches for public toilets in Bombay with a small detour in Delhi, watching who has to queue to pee. As the film observes who has access to toilets and who doesn’t, we begin to also see the imagination of gender that underlies the city’s shape, the constantly shifting boundaries between public and private space; we learn of small acts of survival that people in the city’s bottom half cobble together and quixotic ideas of social change that thrive with mixed results; we hear the silence that surrounds toilets and sense how similar it is to the silence that surrounds inequality. The toilet becomes a riddle with many answers and some of those answers are questions – about gender, about class, about caste and most of all about space, urban development and the twisted myth of the global metropolis.

Vaishali Bisht’s Theatre Workshop brings to you the culmination of a 2 weekend workshop with Adults exploring the dichotomous nature of Relationships. Explored through the 5 short performances are the ties between individuals like husband & wife / siblings, as well as the relationships between the individual & society and human beings & their dreams and fantasies.
YES PRIME MINISTERSSSS: An improvised text based sketch about the end of the world as we know it! Featuring: Dr. Karthik, Dhirendra, Samhita, Ravi & Esha
THE RAZOR’S EDGE: An excerpt from Somerset Maugham’s pivotal novel played by Jumana & Shilpa
THE WIFE written by Narla Venkateswara Rao: An abridged enactment of this feminist play featuring Hari & Aakanksha
A LIE OF THE MIND written by Sam Shepard: An excerpt of this gripping play that explores a twisted mind enacted by Noor & Obed
THE STRANGER IN THE MIRROR: An experimental movement-oriented improvisation rooted in a poem by Richa featuring Vibha, Preeti & Richa

Jaago Stree!!! Be a Nirbhaya Nari
A solo art show by Sravanthi Juluri.
This is the second part of Sravanthi Juluri's critically acclaimed art exhibition entitled "Jaago Stree!!!" which was held to create awareness on Violence & Atrocticites faced by Women & young girls.
In this show the Artist plays a tritute not only to the Braveheart of India, but also to many other women who stood up for their rights.

As a part of "Women's March", Lamakaan is hosting an array of films based on Gender issues and today's film is MERA APNA SHEHER (My Own City)by Sameera Jain.

This film is an experience of a gendered urban landscape - where the gaze, the voice and the body are at all times under surveillance. What if the multiple surveillances were to be turned upon themselves to observe what is contained in the everyday. The film explores whether there is a sense of ownership, of belonging to the city. Can a woman in the city, - as she continuously negotiates the polarities of anxiety and comfort - be free? Somewhere just under the surface of the `normal’ and in the lives of women cab drivers lie signs of reclamation of space and the gaze.
Gender – Urban Landscape – Gaze – Identity – Imagery

As a part of "Women's March", Lamakaan is hosting an array of films based on Gender issues and today's film is "To think Like a Woman".

This film made by ARPITA SINHA reflects on the numerous silences that shroud the lives of young, educated, 'independent', 'modern', single women in urban India . Conversations with four such women reveal the inner conflicts, dissonances and a crisis of identity.

On the International Women's Day, Manch Theatre presents Nadira Zahir Babbar's acclaimed play - Ji, Jaisi Aapki Marzi : Tales of Womenhood at Lamakaan on 8th March, 8 PM.

From the earliest of times, women have been trampled, their conduct questioned, judged and reprimanded. Ji, Jaisi Aapki Marzi is about giving women the space to speak so that they can erase the silence that they have been condemned to bear. If you "identify" with the characters after watching the play, the effect is purely intended and not accidental.

Language : Hindi
Writer : Nadira Zahir Babbar
Length : 1 hr
Cast : Sneha Dua, Antara Sarkar, Snehal Hattikudur, Neha Natu
Music : Alok Kesarwani
Production Design: Nimisha Gupta
Director : Riyaz Usman

Entry by Donor Pass @ Rs. 100 available at http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/Ji-Jaisi-Aapki-Marzi-/ET00013510 or call +91-9866147705.

MOnthly mneetup of early stage startups. in a workshop mode.

ప్రతినెల రెండవ శనివారం 'లామకాన్' వేదికగా - ఒక సీనియర్ కవయిత్రి + ఇదివరకే కవిగా గుర్తింపు పొంది,'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్నకవి + 'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్న ముగ్గురు ప్రామిసింగ్ వర్ధమాన కవులు పాల్గొని కవిత్వం చదువుతారు. విమల, బివివి ప్రసాద్, యగ్నపాల్ రాజు, శాంతి శ్రీ, చాంద్ ఉస్మాన్.

ఈ నెల విశేషం మహిళా దినోత్సవ సందర్భంగా, స్త్రీ అనే అంశంపై ఒక కవితా కోణం.

This Bazaar is to promote the work of the handloom weavers and help them to have direct interaction with consumers and sale. An effort to help and bring back Handloom into mainstream and popular culture, that would help the handloom weavers to survive and continue with their ancient heritage and skills. Also to encourage people to take up weaving also as an activity of livelihood.

Not only to showcase the work of the artisans but also have talks regarding the imporatance of handloom for ecological conservation, sale of fabrics and also demonstration of weaving skills. Invite children to participate and learn skills like "Charkha" etc.

Artisans & weavers will put up their handlooms for sale including Pochampally, Ikat, Dastkaar, Bandini & also jute craft by Aasha Crafts, supported by Bhumi,

This is a project which aims at Women Empowerment.

Woven in to the wonderful tapestry that is India, handloom weaving is a 4000 year old tradition. Handloom weaving is one of India’s predominant rural economic activities.This unique tradition has surpassed ages solely because of the magnificence of its craft, the mastery of its makers and patronizing consumers. Handlooms had a glorious past and o a penurious present. The handloom weavers used to live in a life of comfort and complacence in the past. They were respected for their invaluable craft that symbolized the essence of our rich culture and tradition. However, as time wheeled by machines began to exude dominance over human labour. In the state of Andhra Pradesh alone, there are about 320,000 handlooms on which about 500,000 families directly and 20,00,000 families indirectly depend for livelihoods. The recent years have witnessed migrations to cities in large numbers by handloom cotton weavers, taking up of alternative employment in rural industrial units and in extreme cases even starvation deaths or suicide deaths. The monthly handloom bazaar is one of the initiatives we are undertaking to bring back the wonder of handloom into mainstream popular culture, thus increasing the market for these products. In addition the exhibition cum sale hopes to educate the people at large on the issues of handloom weavers, and also on how to recognize the "real handloom" from fakes and "powerloom products". The bazaar will also include talks from time to time, display of weaving skills, and also will encourage children to learn these skills in an interactive way - like learning to use the "charkha" etc.

“Women in Jazz”
This Listening Post looks at women in Jazz. It has always been a battle for women to enter into or excel in fields that were dominated by men. Music was no exception. Although women were being accepted in other artistic fields, they faced a male chauvinism in the field of music, in the early years of Jazz. Here we look at some of the women who made a foray into, and then stormed the bastion of the jazz world. Women who were as brilliant in their singing as they were in their song writing or even as instrumentalists in the field of Jazz.
Presented by Shakila Kundu, Jazz-Lover, Singer, HWMF-Executive-Committee-Member
Listening Post : Pure listening to Classical and Jazz music recordings with visual aids, notes, Q/A-session, discussion.
Open to all. Entrance free.

As women's march, Lamakaan hosts an array of films to address films based on gender issues.

It's a Boy (It's going to be a boy) is a film made by Vani Subramanian. It deals with the public debate around sex-determination in India is decades old, and yet, it is only in the last few years that everyone seems to be talking about the ‘girl-child’ - doctors, religious leaders, the government, the public. Yet, male-female sex ratios are more alarming now than ever before. Why are we unable to reverse the trend? Why does the ‘son’ keep rising in India?
To address some of these questions, IT’S A BOY! (IT’S GOING TO BE A BOY) travels to Bombay, Delhi, Benares and Shillong. Going back in time to reveal how the current crisis of sex ratios had been foretold by those on the forefront of the campaigns against sex determination and pre-selection. Assessing government initiatives, looking beyond the rhetoric, and using the lens of culture to explore common beliefs about daughters and sons within the family, men and women in society.

Secodn film "Blood on my Hands" looks at how a woman's menstrual cycle is altered from being a marker of her fertility to something that renders her untouchable and hence subject to multiple taboos and regulations. As an individual, a woman or young girl is isolated in her struggle to come to terms with the
transformations in her body.

As a part of women's march, Lamakaan is showcasing films on Gender activism or films made by female film makers.

In this film "A body that will speak", a filmmaker, a university student, an entrepreneur and a radio jockey. Women, who feel hungry, eat, grow fat and feel anxious about it. A film about not being perfect. A film about the never ending attempts to make the body "speak for the self in a meaningful and powerful way." A journey to move beyond disorders and discover the real women battling the fantasies around and within them.

This film is made by Sukanya Sen and Pawas Bisht.

Lamakaan is Celebrating its 3rd anniversary in a week long celebration of events kick started by this Hyderabad Preview of Inshallah, Football, the latest film by Oscar nominated film maker Ashvin Kumar's.

In Iraq, there is 1 soldier for every 166 civilians. In Kashmir, there is 1 for every 20. A Hizbul Mujaheddin ex-militant, his son- a footballer, an Argentinean football coach and his sparkling Brazilian wife grapple with life on the streets of Kashmir. A Kashmiri kid dreams to play football in Brazil, but life in a silent war gets in the way.

Inshallah, Football is about 18-year-old Basharat Baba, known as "Basha". His father, Bashir, was a much-wanted leader of the armed group Hizbul Mujahideen. When he left his home in Kashmir to join the training camps in Pakistan in the early 1990s, his son Basharat was barely two months old.
Basharat belongs to a new generation of Kashmiris, having grown up under the shadow of a protracted conflict. His passion is football, and he has been coached by Juan Marcos Troia, an Argentinean national and FIFA accredited football coach by profession. Marcos aspires to breed world class players from Kashmir; he and his wife, being attached to both Basha and Kashmir, migrate to Srinagar with their three daughters to take up Basha's cause.

Ismat - Ek Aurat is a narration cum enactment of short stories written by Ismat Chughtai. These will be a selection of her well-known stories such as: 'Chui-Mui'(Touch-Me-Not),'Gharwaali'(Home-Maker),'Ghoonghat'(The Veil) and 'Saas'(Mother-in-Law).
'Ismat Ke Afsaanay' is a glimpse into the daily life of households and especially their women as seen by Ismat Chughtai. The stories are characterised by their ability to go deep into the very skins of their characters and bring out all their weaknesses, strengths, their ordinariness and their uniqueness. Where most people would look onto the street and see a multitude of passing by, Ismat Chughtai had the ability to see people and appreciate the beauty of each individual as a whole - freckles, frailties and all: whether it be the fascination of a young girl with the process of childbirth as seen in 'Chui-Mui' ('Touch-Me-Not'), or the haplessness of a virtuous, God-fearing man when faced by his devil-may-care house-keeper in 'Gharwaali' (Home Maker), or the veiled tug-of-war between a fair bride and her dark groom in 'Ghoonghat' (The Veil), or for that matter the 'tu-tu,main-main' (war of words) between a mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law in 'Saas' (Mother-In-Law). Each one of these characters belong to us. They are recognizable as uncle, aunt, father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, neighbor and perhaps that is what makes them so endearing and their reality so real to us.
The stories or Afsaanay, do not judge. They just hold a mirror to society; to the people around us and allow us the ability to experience the truth of each one.

As part of its third anniversary celebrations, Lamakaan invites you to a thrilling evening of folk theatre, with Kadem Sammayya, the outstanding Mandechchula Katha artiste, and his troupe from the hinterlands of Warangal district.

Mandechchula or Manda-hechchula Katha is a little-known but tremendously thrilling and energetic narrative performance set to infectious rhythmic beats, soaring choral accompaniment and trance-inducing emotional outpourings.

The traditional herdsmen of the Deccan, who rear mainly sheep and goats, have their own great folklore and mythology. These vivid epic-narratives of the Gollas, Kurumas and similar caste denominations are sung and performed by professional artiste-troupes belonging to a set of sub-castes who depend on the Gollas etc. for their livelihoods.

The Mandechchulollu (or the performers who help the herds multiply) are one such community. Found in Warangal, Karimnagar and Khammam, the Mandechchus have given a distinct performative spin and infectious energy to the tales of the great Golla-Yadava kings of yore and the stories associated with the great folk-hero and god of the rural Deccan, Mallanna (called Khandoba in Maharashtra and Mailara Deva in Karnataka).

This is a specially brought in show (by Sumanaspati Reddy and Dr. Raj Mohammad) to introduce the urban audience of Hyderabad to the vivacity of one of our truly vibrant and still-surviving folk performative traditions. And also to give a peep into how intimately it is connected with the life- pattern of a great and proud community.
Admission-Free