Lamakaan

This is a monthly Start-Up meet by entreprenuers, companies, partnership or temporary organisation to share their Ideas, successes and Failure with like-minded people in the industry.

Held at Lamakaan every second Saturday at 10-1pm, it has an agenda set for every meetUp.

Walk in and participate with no entry fee.
Open to All.

The Adobe Photoshop (Beginner-Basics) for Photographers FREE Seminar

No Hidden Charges….Truly Sharing of Knowledge.
Whether you’re a portrait, landscape, wedding, travel, hobby or commercial photographer (or even a serious shooter who just wants to truly unlock the real power of Photoshop), you’re going to learn techniques that will change the way you work forever.

Photoshop is now a household word, and with good reason. It can make washed-out imperfect images into digital masterpieces, or even take decades-old photos and repair damages that have been there for years. Professional technology trainer Ram will show you how to get professional results.

When combined with the Photoshop for Beginners tutorial course, you will have an impressive range of knowledge of the program and a specific expertise when it comes to working with photos after learning these Photoshop Actions for Photographers.

This Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers course goes through techniques that are tried and true, and used by professionals everywhere to touch up and enhance digital and scanned photography. This Session is for the beginner to Photoshop.

Photoshop can be overwhelming. Master the art of Adobe Photoshop by focusing just on the tools photographers need to know.

Location, Date and Time will be announced Shortly.
Hosted by: Ram, Sr. Designer in National Informatics Centre, Hyderabad.

The ultimate guide to getting the most out of your photography

Revolutions over Facebook, Dissent on Twitter, crowd sourcing of knowledge, freedom through software. Is the world changing with the ideas of open sourcing of data, software, media and knowledge? Will the closed cathedrals of the dominant be replaced by open bazaars of a new society through open source movement?

In conversation is Roy Singham, the globally recognized leader in open source and agile methods, founder of ThoughtWorks and a globally recognized speaker.

As founder and chairman of ThoughtWorks Inc., Roy Singham is recognized globally as a software development innovator of change. Throughout his 20-year career, Roy has inspired the industry as an influential supporter of emerging technologies, open source programming languages, and agile methods of software development.

He is regularly featured as a keynote speaker and panel presenter to global conferences and organizations including the prestigious Fortune Brainstorm Technology conferences, the Council on Foreign Relations, Techonomy, India’s The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) as well as for Agile conferences in China, Brasil and Australia.

Roy is a true global citizen traveling internationally over 250 days a year, and spending time in some 60 countries – not only in western nations and Silicon Valley, but also in the newly emerging markets and technology hot spots of Asia and Latin America. He represents ThoughtWorks as one of the Global Growth Companies at the World Economic Forum. Roy is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, DC.

Entry - Free

Disha Centre for Social Justice cordially invites you to M.A.Vanaja 3rd memorial lecture by Dr.Galab, Director, CESS on Child Rights and their implementation to remember one of the torch-bearers for Women and human rights.

Known to her friends as ‘Vanaa’ lived an exemplary life by standing by her convictions and values. It was impossible for her to watch violation of any helpless persons rights as a mere spectator. She always acted to support the week. She was a fine human being and a great human-rights lawyer. She was passionate and committed to her values.

She was born on 13th July in 1971 in Sangareddy and studied there till graduation. She chose law as a career with a clear vision and a specific purpose – to defend the week and helpless i.e. children and women. She became a lawyer in 1994. She worked in Hyderabad City Civil Court. She was always a lawyer and also a strong human rights activist. Fighting to defend the week came to her naturally.

Vanaja was an exceptional human being and all those who came to know her felt proud of knowing her.

All are welcome.

The Saxophone in Jazz Music

The Saxophone from the time of its invention more than just a hundred years ago has played a pivotal role in the development of Jazz music. The saxophone has firmly etched its mark in jazz,classical, pop.and almost all the other.musical genres. We will explore the construction of the instrument and the history behind it, and the players who have made it popular over the decades.

The 20th Listening Post presents the saxophone, one of the most melodious and sought after instrument of this generation.

Presented by George Hull, who is a Doctor by profession and also.plays the Saxophone professionally. He has completed his ABRSM.Jazz Saxophone Grades and is part of the city's Jazz band -"Jazz For Joy"

Entry - Free

GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

On the 95th Birthday of the greatest living freedom fighter, lets remind our selves the need for dissent.

Entry - Free

It's an 'unfair' game of membership that's currently underway at the city's Secunderabad Club. Repeatedly under attack for its women-unfriendly rulebook, the 135-year-old club has now decided to 'award' its lady members permanent membership, a privilege so far enjoyed by gentlemen alone.

But here's the catch: This provision, currently at proposal stage, will be exclusively extended to the children (on turning 25) of male members. The sons/daughters of female members of the club - referred to as Associate Member Lady (AML) - will continue to be blacklisted once they reach that age.

Event: Press Conference on Gender Discrimination in Secunderabad Club
Venue: Lamakaan.
Date and Time: Friday, 19th June, 2013 at 11 am

Contact no.: 9848512997(Anjana)

A B-Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs and Startups.

Discovering the self through Acting and Theatre.
an Introduction to the basics of the craft and techniques of Acting.


The workshop is an introductory session with a discussion of the basic instruments of an actor, a few exercises, and a general appreciation of the art of acting. It is specially suited for beginners and novices, who are interested in exploring theatre and acting, but have not done much acting before. The paucity of time would mean that we only get to scratch the surface, but it would be a worthy initiation into the wonderful art.

previous workshops :

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Social-Canvas-FilmCamp/326201347456233?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.261687180599881.43628.237180769717189&type=3


social canvas on facebook :
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Entry : Free

Samahaara
Presents
A Double bill of Anton Chekhov's short plays "The Bear" & "The Proposal"

The Bear
A young man, Smirnov, comes to Popova to get his debt back that Popova’s late husband had borrowed from him. Will he get his money back?

The Proposal
The play is set in rural countryside of Russia. When Ivan arrives at the home of the Chubukov family, the elderly Stepan assumes that the well-dressed young man has come to borrow money. Instead, Stepan is pleased when Ivan asks for his daughter's hand in marriage. Stepan whole-heartedly bestows his blessing, declaring that he already loves him like a son. The old man then leaves to fetch his daughter, assuring the younger man that Natalya will graciously accept the proposal. Will she?

Simple and Colourful Animal Puppet Making Workshop for Mothers & fathers (whose kids are in the age group of 2 and Half to 5 years) by Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry, Art and Craft (STEPARC).

This art form will help you communicate with your children with Audio-Visual aids and make that art of story telling more interesting.

Contact 9866081172 (Padmini Rangarajan) for registrations. Fee:500 including material to be given to you.
sphoorthitheatre@gmail.com

Puppetry Workshop for Parents, Pre-Primary and Primary School Teachers & Parents to Explore teaching with Puppets by Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry, Art &Craft-STEPARC.
Puppets acts as stimulus for children to engage in conversation, reasoning and scope for productive talk about lessons and helps in learning.
Call Padmini at 9866081172 for registrations.

Charity event for disaster-struck Uttarakhand. The event will start off with a free-for-all Zumba® Fitness Workshop by Internationally Licensed Zumba® Fitness Instructor Anika Sharma and Hyderabad ZINs™ (Zumba Instructor Network), followed by donations for Uttarakhand flood victims. All the donations (through DD/Cheque/Credit Card/Debit Card) will be made to the beneficiary organizations/representatives present at the venue on the day of the event. Participants will get receipt for the donations they make.

ABOUT ZUMBA®

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A discussion on "Telugu Wikipedia" to improve its context and complexion to enhance information required for Telugu Society's overall development.

This will be the workshop production of the mime workshop Natvarya. The participants of the workshop and the trainer/s will put together a mime production and present it.

Natvarya is a workshop conducted by Indian Mime Academy, the Hyderabad based mime institution. The workshop will be conducted by Arusam Madhusudan, a.k.a. Mime Madhu, who is also the founder and director of Indian Mime Academy.

This is a workshop on Social Entrepreneurship focused on how a social entrepreneur brings in change for the society at large and the communities served.

Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship is being organised at Lamakaan on 26th July (between 5 pm to 8 pm), with the purpose of understanding the basic concepts and how a social entrepreneur can engage and partner with communities, to bring in a societal change. The workshop will include presentations, group work and knowledge sharing.The facilitator is Dr Sandeep Kulshrestha, independent trainer and educator, along with few social entrepreneurs.

Entry - by Gift donation.

This is an art show by special kids who showed immense talent in the contest that was help in July. Greens is a charitable school for the Special needs children, where physically and mentally challenged.

Open to All to appreciate and encourage this immensely talented group of kids.

Celebrated documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak's latest film:
‘Let us declare that the state of war does exist and shall exist’, the revolutionary patriot had said almost a hundred years ago, and that forewarning travels into India’s present, as armed insurrection simmers in Bastar, in the troubled heart of central India. But to the east too, beleaguered adivasis from the mineral-rich hills of Odisha come forth bearing their axes, and their songs. And in the north the swelling protests by Punjabi peasants sees hope coagulate– once more–around that iconic figure of Bhagat Singh, revolutionary martyr of the anti-colonial struggle. But are revolutions even possible anymore? Or have those dreams been ground down into our nightmares? This is a chronicle of those who live the revolutionary ideal in India, a rare encounter with the invisible domain of those whose everyday is a fight for another ideal of the world.

‘Maoism teaches us that self-preservation is possible only through war’ the disembodied voice of an ideologue fills the forest, now peopled by armed guerillas. This subterranean war broke out more than half a century ago, and the continuing battle is shaped not just with bullets and explosives, but also ideas. ‘Population is the center of gravity’, says the officer charged with training policemen in jungle warfare in Bastar, with turning them into soldiers who can take-on the Maoist rebellion – ‘whichever side the population tilts, that side wins’. This is the struggle that the Indian Prime Minister has referred to as the ‘single greatest internal security threat to the nation’. As if in answer, the words of the radical Punjabi poet Pash return to haunt us – ‘If the security of the land calls for a life without conscience… then the security of the land is a threat to us’. His words draw us back into a zone of conscience, of those who resolutely resist the inequalities and injustices of the present, in defence of another utopian ideal of the world.
The third in a cycle of films that interrogate the workings of Indian democracy, Red Ant Dream (2013) follows Jashn-e-Azadi (2007) about the idea of freedom for Kashmir, and Words on Water (2002) about the people’s movement against large dams in the Narmada valley.

Photoshop for Photography (Beginner-Basics) Part 2
FREE Seminar
No Hidden Charges….Truly Sharing of Knowledge.
Whether you’re a portrait, landscape, wedding, travel, hobby or commercial photographer (or even a serious shooter who just wants to truly unlock the real power of Photoshop), you’re going to learn techniques that will change the way you work forever.

Photoshop is now a household word, and with good reason. It can make washed-out imperfect images into digital masterpieces, or even take decades-old photos and repair damages that have been there for years. Professional technology trainer Ram will show you how to get professional results.

When combined with the Photoshop for Beginners tutorial course, you will have an impressive range of knowledge of the program and a specific expertise when it comes to working with photos after learning these Photoshop Actions for Photographers.

Hosted by: Ram

Notation Systems of Classical and Jazz Music around the world

What is the relationship of notated music to how music sounds? How does a notation system evolve through the ages to become more adaptive? Come to this listening post to find fascinating ways in which music is written down in different time periods and cultures. Also explore a new way to write down and transfer Indian Classical music.

Let us take a trip through time to diverse forms of notated music and through different countries and musical systems and find out about the representation of music on humble paper sheets. Is notation system getting impacted by other methods of being able to share music?

Presented by Tejaswinee Kelkar, who is at present doing her MS at IIIT in Hyderabad. She has studied Western Classical as well as Hindustani Classical music and is locally part of the choir group the Deccan Voices.

Entry-Free

"Sphoorthi Theatre-Create To Inspire" Team present 2 Puppet Plays.

1.'Balanagamma' puppet play -Traditional wooden String Bommalatta of Ammapuram, Warangal District by Mothe Jaganatham and team.

2. Modern Puppet play on Mobile -E waste and Public Transportation problem of common people - by Sphoorthi Theatre-Create To Inspire team.

Please bring your children along to learn and enjoy the evening and interact with the puppeteers on this art form.

Entry - Free.

71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has coped for years with her husband, who decides they should be an "open couple". A mad-cap masquerade, a roller-coaster circus ring - or rather, just a 'normal day' between a man and a woman. This hilarious comedy is typical of the biting satire for which Dario Fo has become famous.
Book tickets on bookmyshow.com (http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/The-Open-Couple/ET00016112) or sms +919848023379 or +919963447673 to block tickets!

71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has coped for years with her husband, who decides they should be an "open couple". A mad-cap masquerade, a roller-coaster circus ring - or rather, just a 'normal day' between a man and a woman. This hilarious comedy is typical of the biting satire for which Dario Fo has become famous.
Book tickets on bookmyshow.com (http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/The-Open-Couple/ET00016112) or sms +919985873716 or +919963447673 to block tickets!

Lamakaan hosts an evening of live music with a message.

Mohamed Mehdi is a musician, composer, and professor of philosophy (Chicago).His songs are influenced by reggae, folk-rock and Indian styles of music combining themes of political and personal struggle, philosophical questioning and mysticism. The thread that links these songs is the fight for freedom at every level. At Lamakaan, He will be performing original compositions with the support of talented guest artistes from Hyderabad. This interactive performance will make you sing, think and participate.

Entry - Free

"What Hope for Humanity?";

'Shall we forgive and forget?
What kind of compassion makes my enemy
My brother?
What kind of humane-ness
Makes you die
For your 'other'?'

Lamakaan is hosting the release of “Prince of Tears” by Fatima Shahnaz. The book is a collection of English poetry in the elegiac style based on the author’s bereavement at the loss of her maternal uncle, to whom she was close, who died late last year in Hyderabad. Her uncle, related to the family of the Nizam of Hyderabad, was also of the royal Mughal lineage. The poems in this anthology are elegies focusing on feelings of love, grieving and closure. Some are in the unique ‘Marsiya’ style that was developed in Arabic and Farsi in Persia after the martyrdom and murder of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, at Kerbella. Mahatma Gandhi emulated Imam Hussein’s non-violence and protest against tyranny in his own passive non-violent resistance movement, as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did later in the U.S. The poems in this collection, however, are transcendental and inspirational, focusing on Dr. Shahnaz’s uncle’s unique spirituality steeped in the ancient mystical cultures and religions of India and its pluralistic spirituality. In this way these poems are tributes to love in all its diversity and transcendence, and to non-violence. When Dr. Shahnaz first gave a poetry reading at the Hyderabad Poetry Society of this work prior to its publication, some of Hyderabad’s elite academics and authors saluted the poems as “uniquely original, groundbreaking and never done before.”

Fatima Shahnaz, a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne University, Paris, is a published author both in India, the United States and Europe, where she was educated at an English boarding school. She was appointed the first Asian Head Girl there, and was awarded first prizes for Writing and the Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Medal in her childhood and teens. She worked as a Professor of Political Science at the Hyderabad Central University, the Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delh,i and Guest speaker at the Academic Staff College (HCU). Additionally she has been a guest professor at numerous other academic institutions in India and abroad. In New York, where her first novel, GOLCONDA, was published by News India-Times, she was also a featured and awarded poet and writer of the New York literary scene. She also launched an advocacy on international human rights, against racial injustice and for civil liberties in New York, the India Peace Organization. Her speeches and activism on human rights were both in the U.S. and India. As a theatre director and artistic director of her own theatre company in New York, her drama ensemble was listed among the elite rising Off-Broadway companies in the city. She has received a citation from the Government of France as “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,” or “Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters” for her contribution to international culture and civilization. Among her several books of poetry, “In the Arms of Words: Poems for Tsunami Relief” was published by Sherman Asher publishers, New York. Shahnaz’s introduction and a poem were selected for this book, and proceeds from sales were donated to victims of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Entry - Free

Startups exist not to make stuff, make money, or serve customers. They exist to learn how to build a sustainable business.

This learning can be validated scientifically, by running experiments that allow us to test each element of our vision. That's why the fundamental activity of a startup is to turn ideas into products, measure how customers respond, and then learn whether to pivot or persevere.

Lean startup is a methodology built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. It isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. It's ultimately an answer to the question 'How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, leading from the front, think once again.

Alternatively, you could just come and watch ‘Ek Shahi Raat’ – a 70-minute Hindi Play by the Turiya Theater Group.

Come witness the unfurling of an astonishing chronicle of a slipshod king blinded by his repulsive fantasies, an artist obligated to heave out a story buried under the sands of time, and a jester (king’s own fool) asked to do what he does best: act as a joker. When the night dawns on the kingdom and they are all inebriated, they are the best of friends.

If you thought, a king’s friends were a privileged lot as compared to his enemies or other court members, definitely think again.

The play is written by Miro Gavran, Indian adaptation and Direction by Bavani Ganti.

Entry - 9160001692

Kcircle is organizing a potpourri quiz which is open to all. All participants need to get 10 questions or more in the form of a powerpoint presentation. We will form random teams on the spot.
Please register for the event at this link http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1iWkkBkCcwLDJX3YJNmtHSWrcD4OzhF76a5nqnhqFq-4%2Fviewform&h=oAQF1SqSN

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, leading from the front, think once again.

Alternatively, you could just come and watch ‘Ek Shaahi Raat’ – a 70-minute Hindi Play by the Turiya Theatre Group.

Come witness the unfurling of an astonishing chronicle of a slipshod king blinded by his repulsive fantasies, an artist obligated to heave out a story buried under the sands of time, and a jester (king’s own fool) asked to do what he does best: act as a joker. When the night dawns on the kingdom and they are all inebriated, they are the best of friends.

If you thought, a king’s friends were a privileged lot as compared to his enemies or other court members, definitely think again.
written by Miro Gavran, Indian adaptation and Direction by Bavani Ganti.
Entry - 9160001692

aka Babulal Bhuiya Ki Qurbani 1987
A poetic documentary about the tribals around Bihar’s Mailgora collieries who survive by recycling the pits’ coal slurry. In February 1981, Babulal Bhuiya, one of the workers, was shot dead by the Industrial Security Force. The film goes into the circumstances of his death via covering Communist Party rallies in the area. Much of the story is intercut with painterly shots on the body of an anonymous male worker in the quarry.

Entry - Free

How Vibrant is Gujarat?: Development Myths and Reality.

Lamakaan is proud to present three well known grassroots activists from Gujarat to kick off our debates and discussions as India moves into another election season.

Mahesh Pandya is a well known environmental activist and a regular commentator on the environmental crisis in Gujarat. He is part of a grassroots environmental organization Pariyavaran Mitr (Friends of the Environment) and many years of movement experience in the State.


Hemant Shah is a well known journalist/academic who has studied and written on the agrarian economy in Gujarat for over three decades. He most recently taught at H. K. College Ahmedabad and was a Distinguished Speaker at the inauguration of the Centre for Food Security and Agro Economy at the Gujarat National Law University.

Rumal Dhrangi is a adivasi activist and sarpanch from Sabarkantha in Central Gujarat and has been an outspoken critic of the government on adivasi issues.

Much hype has surrounded Narendra Modi's central developmentalist platform - Vibrant Gujarat. As he emerges as the BJPs Prime Ministerial candidate, it is important to examine if Vibrant Gujarat is different from Shining India - the BJPs failed electoral strategy of yester years. There is no better way to begin this process than to listen to voices from the ground in Gujarat.

Entry - Free

Create to Inspire Fellowship is an out-of-the-box challenge for the youth to generate awareness and ownership around effective and judicious consumption and management of water, energy, transport and e-waste through creative mediums. At this event, we aim to exhibit our work through arts and handicrafts, photographs, screening of short films, a theater play and a flash mob to sum it up.

Entry - Free

A screening and Seminar on Independent breakthrough cinema in India. The screening is a documentary called "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls". This Documentary talks about how Hollywood cinema went through a major change during 1970s. And the post one hour discussion is why Indian films do need the same change now and the what should be done to bring that change.

Entry - Free

On the World Indigenous Day, Lamakaan hosts a talk on 'Tribal Land and Forest Rights' by Dr Palla Trinadha Rao, is practicing lawyer, tribal rights activist, involved in tribal rights advocacy since 1986 and writing on tribal issues.

Land is their most important natural, valuable asset and imperishable endowment from which the tribals derive their sustenance, social status, economic and social equality, permanent place of the abode and work and living.

The entire tribal life process was centered and built upon two major means of produc­tion, that is, the forest and the land, which are described as twin pillars of tribal economy. The relationship with these two, espe­cially with the latter, is something like their “philosophy of life”.The non-tribals started penetrating the forest and hill areas to exploit economic resources, thereby undermining the traditional economy and society of the tribals.

Entry - Free

Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, "to save them from themselves." Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are 14, 10, and 8) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, under Molly's lead. For days they walk north, following a fence that keeps rabbits from settlements, eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Their pursuers take orders from the government's "chief protector of Aborigines," A.O. Neville, blinded by Anglo-Christian certainty, evolutionary world view and conventional wisdom. Can the girls survive?

Half-caste is an archaic term for category of people of mixed race or ethnicity.
In Australia, the term half-caste was widely used in the 19th- and early-20th-century British commonwealth laws to refer to the offspring of White colonists and the Aboriginal natives of the continent.

Entry - Free

Now we will have practical session on Photoshop. I know you are practicing and some of you are not.
In this session we will try to spend some time together to clarify our doubts in practice of photoshop.
I request U all to practice well and come. I have already sent you some youtube links for your reference.
Those who are not able to attend the 2nd Meet up can also attend.
And in Add On’s we will try to discuss about the plugging and
additional features like Photoshop Brushes and Actions.
Fee: No Fee as of now
At the same time I need volunteers who are already in to Photoshop to assist others.

Meet Up Requirements :
1. Fully Charged Laptop.
2. USB mouse is a must for your convenience.
3. Those who are running out of battery can bring spike(power extension)
4. Get you own images to edit.
5. Those who practiced…bring those files for feedback.

Entry - Free

Positive psychology is one of the newest branches of psychology to emerge. This particular area of psychology focuses on human prospering. While many other branches of psychology tend to focus on dysfunction and abnormal behavior, positive psychology is centered on helping people become happier.

Positive Psychology as a science of happiness offers great tools to create lasting happiness. This talk will let us brainstorm further on this theme.

Entry - Free

Samahaara presents

"HAMLET" (Play reading)

"Hamlet" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother.

Shakespeare's Hamlet is the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature. The play was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed plays.

Entry - 8341120303

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

22nd Listening Post:
The fascinating music of George Gershwin

George Gershwin composed some of the most wonderful concert works of the 20th century, as well as the most memorable jazz standards. Right from Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy & Bess to An American in Paris, his brilliance comes through the music.

This Listening Post explores the music of Gershwin, rummages around in his life and hopefully, reignites your interest in the magic he wove.

Presented by Shakila Dausi, jazz lover, singer, member of the Deccan Voices and the Hyderabad Western Music Foundation.

Sunday, 11th August, 4 - 5.30 pm

Venue: Lamakaan(Lane next to M-Modal building, opps. GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills) www.lamakaan.com
Open to all. Entrance free.

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

The Final Cry play – Concept by- Amrapalee Dutta and written with support from Suzanne Patel, holds a very strong message, conveyed in a way like never before – Using Physical Theatre as our primary medium, and combining it with Shadow Theatre, our production will be one of the most unique performances ever seen.

“Should we close our eyes to the world crumbling around us, just because of the fear of turning to dust?
See… Think… Act… Now, before it’s too late.” A theatrical portrayal of natural and human-made disasters, which is gradually leading to the End of Planet Earth.

Entry - 9885450022 Suzanne

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

This is a monthly Start-Up meet by entreprenuers, companies, partnership or temporary organisation to share their Ideas, successes and Failure with like-minded people in the industry.

Held at Lamakaan every second Saturday at 10-1pm, it has an agenda set for every meetUp.

Walk in and participate with no entry fee.
Open to All.

The Adobe Photoshop (Beginner-Basics) for Photographers FREE Seminar

No Hidden Charges….Truly Sharing of Knowledge.
Whether you’re a portrait, landscape, wedding, travel, hobby or commercial photographer (or even a serious shooter who just wants to truly unlock the real power of Photoshop), you’re going to learn techniques that will change the way you work forever.

Photoshop is now a household word, and with good reason. It can make washed-out imperfect images into digital masterpieces, or even take decades-old photos and repair damages that have been there for years. Professional technology trainer Ram will show you how to get professional results.

When combined with the Photoshop for Beginners tutorial course, you will have an impressive range of knowledge of the program and a specific expertise when it comes to working with photos after learning these Photoshop Actions for Photographers.

This Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers course goes through techniques that are tried and true, and used by professionals everywhere to touch up and enhance digital and scanned photography. This Session is for the beginner to Photoshop.

Photoshop can be overwhelming. Master the art of Adobe Photoshop by focusing just on the tools photographers need to know.

Location, Date and Time will be announced Shortly.
Hosted by: Ram, Sr. Designer in National Informatics Centre, Hyderabad.

The ultimate guide to getting the most out of your photography

Revolutions over Facebook, Dissent on Twitter, crowd sourcing of knowledge, freedom through software. Is the world changing with the ideas of open sourcing of data, software, media and knowledge? Will the closed cathedrals of the dominant be replaced by open bazaars of a new society through open source movement?

In conversation is Roy Singham, the globally recognized leader in open source and agile methods, founder of ThoughtWorks and a globally recognized speaker.

As founder and chairman of ThoughtWorks Inc., Roy Singham is recognized globally as a software development innovator of change. Throughout his 20-year career, Roy has inspired the industry as an influential supporter of emerging technologies, open source programming languages, and agile methods of software development.

He is regularly featured as a keynote speaker and panel presenter to global conferences and organizations including the prestigious Fortune Brainstorm Technology conferences, the Council on Foreign Relations, Techonomy, India’s The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) as well as for Agile conferences in China, Brasil and Australia.

Roy is a true global citizen traveling internationally over 250 days a year, and spending time in some 60 countries – not only in western nations and Silicon Valley, but also in the newly emerging markets and technology hot spots of Asia and Latin America. He represents ThoughtWorks as one of the Global Growth Companies at the World Economic Forum. Roy is a graduate of Howard University in Washington, DC.

Entry - Free

Disha Centre for Social Justice cordially invites you to M.A.Vanaja 3rd memorial lecture by Dr.Galab, Director, CESS on Child Rights and their implementation to remember one of the torch-bearers for Women and human rights.

Known to her friends as ‘Vanaa’ lived an exemplary life by standing by her convictions and values. It was impossible for her to watch violation of any helpless persons rights as a mere spectator. She always acted to support the week. She was a fine human being and a great human-rights lawyer. She was passionate and committed to her values.

She was born on 13th July in 1971 in Sangareddy and studied there till graduation. She chose law as a career with a clear vision and a specific purpose – to defend the week and helpless i.e. children and women. She became a lawyer in 1994. She worked in Hyderabad City Civil Court. She was always a lawyer and also a strong human rights activist. Fighting to defend the week came to her naturally.

Vanaja was an exceptional human being and all those who came to know her felt proud of knowing her.

All are welcome.

The Saxophone in Jazz Music

The Saxophone from the time of its invention more than just a hundred years ago has played a pivotal role in the development of Jazz music. The saxophone has firmly etched its mark in jazz,classical, pop.and almost all the other.musical genres. We will explore the construction of the instrument and the history behind it, and the players who have made it popular over the decades.

The 20th Listening Post presents the saxophone, one of the most melodious and sought after instrument of this generation.

Presented by George Hull, who is a Doctor by profession and also.plays the Saxophone professionally. He has completed his ABRSM.Jazz Saxophone Grades and is part of the city's Jazz band -"Jazz For Joy"

Entry - Free

GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.

On the 95th Birthday of the greatest living freedom fighter, lets remind our selves the need for dissent.

Entry - Free

It's an 'unfair' game of membership that's currently underway at the city's Secunderabad Club. Repeatedly under attack for its women-unfriendly rulebook, the 135-year-old club has now decided to 'award' its lady members permanent membership, a privilege so far enjoyed by gentlemen alone.

But here's the catch: This provision, currently at proposal stage, will be exclusively extended to the children (on turning 25) of male members. The sons/daughters of female members of the club - referred to as Associate Member Lady (AML) - will continue to be blacklisted once they reach that age.

Event: Press Conference on Gender Discrimination in Secunderabad Club
Venue: Lamakaan.
Date and Time: Friday, 19th June, 2013 at 11 am

Contact no.: 9848512997(Anjana)

A B-Plan Workshop for Entrepreneurs and Startups.

Discovering the self through Acting and Theatre.
an Introduction to the basics of the craft and techniques of Acting.


The workshop is an introductory session with a discussion of the basic instruments of an actor, a few exercises, and a general appreciation of the art of acting. It is specially suited for beginners and novices, who are interested in exploring theatre and acting, but have not done much acting before. The paucity of time would mean that we only get to scratch the surface, but it would be a worthy initiation into the wonderful art.

previous workshops :

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Entry : Free

Samahaara
Presents
A Double bill of Anton Chekhov's short plays "The Bear" & "The Proposal"

The Bear
A young man, Smirnov, comes to Popova to get his debt back that Popova’s late husband had borrowed from him. Will he get his money back?

The Proposal
The play is set in rural countryside of Russia. When Ivan arrives at the home of the Chubukov family, the elderly Stepan assumes that the well-dressed young man has come to borrow money. Instead, Stepan is pleased when Ivan asks for his daughter's hand in marriage. Stepan whole-heartedly bestows his blessing, declaring that he already loves him like a son. The old man then leaves to fetch his daughter, assuring the younger man that Natalya will graciously accept the proposal. Will she?

Simple and Colourful Animal Puppet Making Workshop for Mothers & fathers (whose kids are in the age group of 2 and Half to 5 years) by Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry, Art and Craft (STEPARC).

This art form will help you communicate with your children with Audio-Visual aids and make that art of story telling more interesting.

Contact 9866081172 (Padmini Rangarajan) for registrations. Fee:500 including material to be given to you.
sphoorthitheatre@gmail.com

Puppetry Workshop for Parents, Pre-Primary and Primary School Teachers & Parents to Explore teaching with Puppets by Sphoorthi Theatre for Educational Puppetry, Art &Craft-STEPARC.
Puppets acts as stimulus for children to engage in conversation, reasoning and scope for productive talk about lessons and helps in learning.
Call Padmini at 9866081172 for registrations.

Charity event for disaster-struck Uttarakhand. The event will start off with a free-for-all Zumba® Fitness Workshop by Internationally Licensed Zumba® Fitness Instructor Anika Sharma and Hyderabad ZINs™ (Zumba Instructor Network), followed by donations for Uttarakhand flood victims. All the donations (through DD/Cheque/Credit Card/Debit Card) will be made to the beneficiary organizations/representatives present at the venue on the day of the event. Participants will get receipt for the donations they make.

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A discussion on "Telugu Wikipedia" to improve its context and complexion to enhance information required for Telugu Society's overall development.

This will be the workshop production of the mime workshop Natvarya. The participants of the workshop and the trainer/s will put together a mime production and present it.

Natvarya is a workshop conducted by Indian Mime Academy, the Hyderabad based mime institution. The workshop will be conducted by Arusam Madhusudan, a.k.a. Mime Madhu, who is also the founder and director of Indian Mime Academy.

This is a workshop on Social Entrepreneurship focused on how a social entrepreneur brings in change for the society at large and the communities served.

Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship is being organised at Lamakaan on 26th July (between 5 pm to 8 pm), with the purpose of understanding the basic concepts and how a social entrepreneur can engage and partner with communities, to bring in a societal change. The workshop will include presentations, group work and knowledge sharing.The facilitator is Dr Sandeep Kulshrestha, independent trainer and educator, along with few social entrepreneurs.

Entry - by Gift donation.

This is an art show by special kids who showed immense talent in the contest that was help in July. Greens is a charitable school for the Special needs children, where physically and mentally challenged.

Open to All to appreciate and encourage this immensely talented group of kids.

Celebrated documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak's latest film:
‘Let us declare that the state of war does exist and shall exist’, the revolutionary patriot had said almost a hundred years ago, and that forewarning travels into India’s present, as armed insurrection simmers in Bastar, in the troubled heart of central India. But to the east too, beleaguered adivasis from the mineral-rich hills of Odisha come forth bearing their axes, and their songs. And in the north the swelling protests by Punjabi peasants sees hope coagulate– once more–around that iconic figure of Bhagat Singh, revolutionary martyr of the anti-colonial struggle. But are revolutions even possible anymore? Or have those dreams been ground down into our nightmares? This is a chronicle of those who live the revolutionary ideal in India, a rare encounter with the invisible domain of those whose everyday is a fight for another ideal of the world.

‘Maoism teaches us that self-preservation is possible only through war’ the disembodied voice of an ideologue fills the forest, now peopled by armed guerillas. This subterranean war broke out more than half a century ago, and the continuing battle is shaped not just with bullets and explosives, but also ideas. ‘Population is the center of gravity’, says the officer charged with training policemen in jungle warfare in Bastar, with turning them into soldiers who can take-on the Maoist rebellion – ‘whichever side the population tilts, that side wins’. This is the struggle that the Indian Prime Minister has referred to as the ‘single greatest internal security threat to the nation’. As if in answer, the words of the radical Punjabi poet Pash return to haunt us – ‘If the security of the land calls for a life without conscience… then the security of the land is a threat to us’. His words draw us back into a zone of conscience, of those who resolutely resist the inequalities and injustices of the present, in defence of another utopian ideal of the world.
The third in a cycle of films that interrogate the workings of Indian democracy, Red Ant Dream (2013) follows Jashn-e-Azadi (2007) about the idea of freedom for Kashmir, and Words on Water (2002) about the people’s movement against large dams in the Narmada valley.

Photoshop for Photography (Beginner-Basics) Part 2
FREE Seminar
No Hidden Charges….Truly Sharing of Knowledge.
Whether you’re a portrait, landscape, wedding, travel, hobby or commercial photographer (or even a serious shooter who just wants to truly unlock the real power of Photoshop), you’re going to learn techniques that will change the way you work forever.

Photoshop is now a household word, and with good reason. It can make washed-out imperfect images into digital masterpieces, or even take decades-old photos and repair damages that have been there for years. Professional technology trainer Ram will show you how to get professional results.

When combined with the Photoshop for Beginners tutorial course, you will have an impressive range of knowledge of the program and a specific expertise when it comes to working with photos after learning these Photoshop Actions for Photographers.

Hosted by: Ram

Notation Systems of Classical and Jazz Music around the world

What is the relationship of notated music to how music sounds? How does a notation system evolve through the ages to become more adaptive? Come to this listening post to find fascinating ways in which music is written down in different time periods and cultures. Also explore a new way to write down and transfer Indian Classical music.

Let us take a trip through time to diverse forms of notated music and through different countries and musical systems and find out about the representation of music on humble paper sheets. Is notation system getting impacted by other methods of being able to share music?

Presented by Tejaswinee Kelkar, who is at present doing her MS at IIIT in Hyderabad. She has studied Western Classical as well as Hindustani Classical music and is locally part of the choir group the Deccan Voices.

Entry-Free

"Sphoorthi Theatre-Create To Inspire" Team present 2 Puppet Plays.

1.'Balanagamma' puppet play -Traditional wooden String Bommalatta of Ammapuram, Warangal District by Mothe Jaganatham and team.

2. Modern Puppet play on Mobile -E waste and Public Transportation problem of common people - by Sphoorthi Theatre-Create To Inspire team.

Please bring your children along to learn and enjoy the evening and interact with the puppeteers on this art form.

Entry - Free.

71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has coped for years with her husband, who decides they should be an "open couple". A mad-cap masquerade, a roller-coaster circus ring - or rather, just a 'normal day' between a man and a woman. This hilarious comedy is typical of the biting satire for which Dario Fo has become famous.
Book tickets on bookmyshow.com (http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/The-Open-Couple/ET00016112) or sms +919848023379 or +919963447673 to block tickets!

71mm brings back the hit comedy play - Dario Fo's "The Open Couple". Directed by Faraz Khan and performed by Anuj Gurwara & Vaishali Bisht.
At Lamakaan - An Open Cultural Space
July 30th - 7:30pm
July 31st - 7:30 pm

The Play:
Antonia has coped for years with her husband, who decides they should be an "open couple". A mad-cap masquerade, a roller-coaster circus ring - or rather, just a 'normal day' between a man and a woman. This hilarious comedy is typical of the biting satire for which Dario Fo has become famous.
Book tickets on bookmyshow.com (http://in.bookmyshow.com/plays/The-Open-Couple/ET00016112) or sms +919985873716 or +919963447673 to block tickets!

Lamakaan hosts an evening of live music with a message.

Mohamed Mehdi is a musician, composer, and professor of philosophy (Chicago).His songs are influenced by reggae, folk-rock and Indian styles of music combining themes of political and personal struggle, philosophical questioning and mysticism. The thread that links these songs is the fight for freedom at every level. At Lamakaan, He will be performing original compositions with the support of talented guest artistes from Hyderabad. This interactive performance will make you sing, think and participate.

Entry - Free

"What Hope for Humanity?";

'Shall we forgive and forget?
What kind of compassion makes my enemy
My brother?
What kind of humane-ness
Makes you die
For your 'other'?'

Lamakaan is hosting the release of “Prince of Tears” by Fatima Shahnaz. The book is a collection of English poetry in the elegiac style based on the author’s bereavement at the loss of her maternal uncle, to whom she was close, who died late last year in Hyderabad. Her uncle, related to the family of the Nizam of Hyderabad, was also of the royal Mughal lineage. The poems in this anthology are elegies focusing on feelings of love, grieving and closure. Some are in the unique ‘Marsiya’ style that was developed in Arabic and Farsi in Persia after the martyrdom and murder of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, at Kerbella. Mahatma Gandhi emulated Imam Hussein’s non-violence and protest against tyranny in his own passive non-violent resistance movement, as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did later in the U.S. The poems in this collection, however, are transcendental and inspirational, focusing on Dr. Shahnaz’s uncle’s unique spirituality steeped in the ancient mystical cultures and religions of India and its pluralistic spirituality. In this way these poems are tributes to love in all its diversity and transcendence, and to non-violence. When Dr. Shahnaz first gave a poetry reading at the Hyderabad Poetry Society of this work prior to its publication, some of Hyderabad’s elite academics and authors saluted the poems as “uniquely original, groundbreaking and never done before.”

Fatima Shahnaz, a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne University, Paris, is a published author both in India, the United States and Europe, where she was educated at an English boarding school. She was appointed the first Asian Head Girl there, and was awarded first prizes for Writing and the Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Medal in her childhood and teens. She worked as a Professor of Political Science at the Hyderabad Central University, the Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delh,i and Guest speaker at the Academic Staff College (HCU). Additionally she has been a guest professor at numerous other academic institutions in India and abroad. In New York, where her first novel, GOLCONDA, was published by News India-Times, she was also a featured and awarded poet and writer of the New York literary scene. She also launched an advocacy on international human rights, against racial injustice and for civil liberties in New York, the India Peace Organization. Her speeches and activism on human rights were both in the U.S. and India. As a theatre director and artistic director of her own theatre company in New York, her drama ensemble was listed among the elite rising Off-Broadway companies in the city. She has received a citation from the Government of France as “Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,” or “Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters” for her contribution to international culture and civilization. Among her several books of poetry, “In the Arms of Words: Poems for Tsunami Relief” was published by Sherman Asher publishers, New York. Shahnaz’s introduction and a poem were selected for this book, and proceeds from sales were donated to victims of the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Entry - Free

Startups exist not to make stuff, make money, or serve customers. They exist to learn how to build a sustainable business.

This learning can be validated scientifically, by running experiments that allow us to test each element of our vision. That's why the fundamental activity of a startup is to turn ideas into products, measure how customers respond, and then learn whether to pivot or persevere.

Lean startup is a methodology built around maximizing validated customer learning thought fast Build/Measure/Learn iteration loops. It isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. It's ultimately an answer to the question 'How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, leading from the front, think once again.

Alternatively, you could just come and watch ‘Ek Shahi Raat’ – a 70-minute Hindi Play by the Turiya Theater Group.

Come witness the unfurling of an astonishing chronicle of a slipshod king blinded by his repulsive fantasies, an artist obligated to heave out a story buried under the sands of time, and a jester (king’s own fool) asked to do what he does best: act as a joker. When the night dawns on the kingdom and they are all inebriated, they are the best of friends.

If you thought, a king’s friends were a privileged lot as compared to his enemies or other court members, definitely think again.

The play is written by Miro Gavran, Indian adaptation and Direction by Bavani Ganti.

Entry - 9160001692

Kcircle is organizing a potpourri quiz which is open to all. All participants need to get 10 questions or more in the form of a powerpoint presentation. We will form random teams on the spot.
Please register for the event at this link http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2F1iWkkBkCcwLDJX3YJNmtHSWrcD4OzhF76a5nqnhqFq-4%2Fviewform&h=oAQF1SqSN

If you thought ancient kingdoms were all about inexhaustible treasures, bewildering secret chambers, momentous battles and legendary kings, think again.

If you thought, legendary kings were all about honor, unbendable morals and loyalties, leading from the front, think once again.

Alternatively, you could just come and watch ‘Ek Shaahi Raat’ – a 70-minute Hindi Play by the Turiya Theatre Group.

Come witness the unfurling of an astonishing chronicle of a slipshod king blinded by his repulsive fantasies, an artist obligated to heave out a story buried under the sands of time, and a jester (king’s own fool) asked to do what he does best: act as a joker. When the night dawns on the kingdom and they are all inebriated, they are the best of friends.

If you thought, a king’s friends were a privileged lot as compared to his enemies or other court members, definitely think again.
written by Miro Gavran, Indian adaptation and Direction by Bavani Ganti.
Entry - 9160001692

aka Babulal Bhuiya Ki Qurbani 1987
A poetic documentary about the tribals around Bihar’s Mailgora collieries who survive by recycling the pits’ coal slurry. In February 1981, Babulal Bhuiya, one of the workers, was shot dead by the Industrial Security Force. The film goes into the circumstances of his death via covering Communist Party rallies in the area. Much of the story is intercut with painterly shots on the body of an anonymous male worker in the quarry.

Entry - Free

How Vibrant is Gujarat?: Development Myths and Reality.

Lamakaan is proud to present three well known grassroots activists from Gujarat to kick off our debates and discussions as India moves into another election season.

Mahesh Pandya is a well known environmental activist and a regular commentator on the environmental crisis in Gujarat. He is part of a grassroots environmental organization Pariyavaran Mitr (Friends of the Environment) and many years of movement experience in the State.


Hemant Shah is a well known journalist/academic who has studied and written on the agrarian economy in Gujarat for over three decades. He most recently taught at H. K. College Ahmedabad and was a Distinguished Speaker at the inauguration of the Centre for Food Security and Agro Economy at the Gujarat National Law University.

Rumal Dhrangi is a adivasi activist and sarpanch from Sabarkantha in Central Gujarat and has been an outspoken critic of the government on adivasi issues.

Much hype has surrounded Narendra Modi's central developmentalist platform - Vibrant Gujarat. As he emerges as the BJPs Prime Ministerial candidate, it is important to examine if Vibrant Gujarat is different from Shining India - the BJPs failed electoral strategy of yester years. There is no better way to begin this process than to listen to voices from the ground in Gujarat.

Entry - Free

Create to Inspire Fellowship is an out-of-the-box challenge for the youth to generate awareness and ownership around effective and judicious consumption and management of water, energy, transport and e-waste through creative mediums. At this event, we aim to exhibit our work through arts and handicrafts, photographs, screening of short films, a theater play and a flash mob to sum it up.

Entry - Free

A screening and Seminar on Independent breakthrough cinema in India. The screening is a documentary called "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls". This Documentary talks about how Hollywood cinema went through a major change during 1970s. And the post one hour discussion is why Indian films do need the same change now and the what should be done to bring that change.

Entry - Free

On the World Indigenous Day, Lamakaan hosts a talk on 'Tribal Land and Forest Rights' by Dr Palla Trinadha Rao, is practicing lawyer, tribal rights activist, involved in tribal rights advocacy since 1986 and writing on tribal issues.

Land is their most important natural, valuable asset and imperishable endowment from which the tribals derive their sustenance, social status, economic and social equality, permanent place of the abode and work and living.

The entire tribal life process was centered and built upon two major means of produc­tion, that is, the forest and the land, which are described as twin pillars of tribal economy. The relationship with these two, espe­cially with the latter, is something like their “philosophy of life”.The non-tribals started penetrating the forest and hill areas to exploit economic resources, thereby undermining the traditional economy and society of the tribals.

Entry - Free

Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, "to save them from themselves." Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are 14, 10, and 8) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, under Molly's lead. For days they walk north, following a fence that keeps rabbits from settlements, eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Their pursuers take orders from the government's "chief protector of Aborigines," A.O. Neville, blinded by Anglo-Christian certainty, evolutionary world view and conventional wisdom. Can the girls survive?

Half-caste is an archaic term for category of people of mixed race or ethnicity.
In Australia, the term half-caste was widely used in the 19th- and early-20th-century British commonwealth laws to refer to the offspring of White colonists and the Aboriginal natives of the continent.

Entry - Free

Now we will have practical session on Photoshop. I know you are practicing and some of you are not.
In this session we will try to spend some time together to clarify our doubts in practice of photoshop.
I request U all to practice well and come. I have already sent you some youtube links for your reference.
Those who are not able to attend the 2nd Meet up can also attend.
And in Add On’s we will try to discuss about the plugging and
additional features like Photoshop Brushes and Actions.
Fee: No Fee as of now
At the same time I need volunteers who are already in to Photoshop to assist others.

Meet Up Requirements :
1. Fully Charged Laptop.
2. USB mouse is a must for your convenience.
3. Those who are running out of battery can bring spike(power extension)
4. Get you own images to edit.
5. Those who practiced…bring those files for feedback.

Entry - Free

Positive psychology is one of the newest branches of psychology to emerge. This particular area of psychology focuses on human prospering. While many other branches of psychology tend to focus on dysfunction and abnormal behavior, positive psychology is centered on helping people become happier.

Positive Psychology as a science of happiness offers great tools to create lasting happiness. This talk will let us brainstorm further on this theme.

Entry - Free

Samahaara presents

"HAMLET" (Play reading)

"Hamlet" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother.

Shakespeare's Hamlet is the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature. The play was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime and still ranks among his most-performed plays.

Entry - 8341120303

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation invites you to

22nd Listening Post:
The fascinating music of George Gershwin

George Gershwin composed some of the most wonderful concert works of the 20th century, as well as the most memorable jazz standards. Right from Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy & Bess to An American in Paris, his brilliance comes through the music.

This Listening Post explores the music of Gershwin, rummages around in his life and hopefully, reignites your interest in the magic he wove.

Presented by Shakila Dausi, jazz lover, singer, member of the Deccan Voices and the Hyderabad Western Music Foundation.

Sunday, 11th August, 4 - 5.30 pm

Venue: Lamakaan(Lane next to M-Modal building, opps. GVK One Mall, Road No.1, Banjara Hills) www.lamakaan.com
Open to all. Entrance free.

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

The Final Cry play – Concept by- Amrapalee Dutta and written with support from Suzanne Patel, holds a very strong message, conveyed in a way like never before – Using Physical Theatre as our primary medium, and combining it with Shadow Theatre, our production will be one of the most unique performances ever seen.

“Should we close our eyes to the world crumbling around us, just because of the fear of turning to dust?
See… Think… Act… Now, before it’s too late.” A theatrical portrayal of natural and human-made disasters, which is gradually leading to the End of Planet Earth.

Entry - 9885450022 Suzanne