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Tiger Conservation in AP/Telangana is challenging. Both the states have great potential but needs political will to make conservation work.

A Talk and presentation by the Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society.

Entry - Free

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UDAAN Performing Arts, presents its workshop devised production "KATHA COLLAGE" self stories written by workshop students.

About The Play - The performance is based on real experiences of an artists written and performed by themselves which is called devised production.

Devised performance is a form of theatre where the script originates not from a writer or writers, but from collaborative improvisational work by a group of people.

There is one more seat left for filled in the college. So dean ask the two interviewers to fill the vacant list. From a super hero to an amateur bodybuilder, this play is a comedic ride through the college application process as two recruiters sort through the craziest in hope of finding one sane candidate.

Navrang theatre of IMT-Hyderabad a comedy play "9 ways to screw college interview".

Entry - Free

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation is pleased to announce a

"Music Composition Course"

Have you ever tried your hand in composing music? Do you want to understand the concepts behind the music you like? Do you want to attempt music composition seriously? If Yes, this is a course you must attend! This course will present to you the history, theory and concepts involved in music composition. There will be practical and interactive composition sessions working with music software. This is a logical sequel to the workshop on music production techniques conducted by Nalinikanth in Dec‘2014. The main objective from this course would be to create awareness and interest in western classical music & composition.

Date: 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th February (4 sessions/8 hours)

Time: 2 to 4pm


Requirements: Intermediate level of Western music theory. Knowledge of playing an instrument would be an advantage. Please bring your laptop loaded with music notation software (or empty manuscript papers) with you.

Faculty: Nalinikanth Josyabhatla
Nalinikanth is an IT professional by occupation, and a musician by passion. He studied Indian classical music and Indian film music before developing a deep interest in western classical music since 2007. He was awarded an Associate Diploma in composition from London College of Music in 2014. He is an autodidact.

Fee: Rs. 2000 (HWMF members Rs. 1800)
See the attached program outline for complete details.
For more info and registration: 9912201659 or info@hydmusic.com

Our Science Conversation this month features Prof. Sanjay P. Sane of the National Centre of Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, speaking on the engineering marvels of insect flight.

The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is three actors effort to stage the entire works of William Shakespeare on Stage. Their effort include an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Titus Adronicus as a cookery show, Othello as a rap song, rest of the comedies in one convoluted reading, all the histories through a football game, reduced versions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and to end Hamlet multiple times, speeding it up every time and backwards.

For passes: 9989997763

The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is three actors effort to stage the entire works of William Shakespeare on Stage. Their effort include an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Titus Adronicus as a cookery show, Othello as a rap song, rest of the comedies in one convoluted reading, all the histories through a football game, reduced versions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and to end Hamlet multiple times, speeding it up every time and backwards.

For passes: 9989997763

Painting exhibition by up and coming artists of Hyderabad.

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents an English play 'Five Grains Of Sugar' About the play - Rajkumar has been requested to write a poem for a compilation to be published.
If you knew Rajkumar you’d realize the absurdity of the request. In an hour long monologue, Rajkumar tells us about his unremarkable life in his nondescript village and the five grains of sugar – the five people – who have stood out in this drab life for reasons stranger than fiction. The filmy mother; her poet brother Pundaleek; Raghu, the school hero; old man Radhey; and the anonymous ‘Truckwala dost’. As Rajkumar talks, the five grains become a single life-game that he has been unknowingly playing for years…and Rajkumar realizes that everyone has a story inside them.
Donor Pass - Rs 100/- 9290013166
Duration - 80 minutes. Written by - Manav Kaul English Translation by - Arshia Sattar Music / Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar Lights by – Krishna Shukl Performance by - Ashish Aradala.

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents an English play 'Five Grains Of Sugar' About the play - Rajkumar has been requested to write a poem for a compilation to be published.

If you knew Rajkumar you’d realize the absurdity of the request. In an hour long monologue, Rajkumar tells us about his unremarkable life in his nondescript village and the five grains of sugar – the five people – who have stood out in this drab life for reasons stranger than fiction. The filmy mother; her poet brother Pundaleek; Raghu, the school hero; old man Radhey; and the anonymous ‘Truckwala dost’.
As Rajkumar talks, the five grains become a single life-game that he has been unknowingly playing for years…and Rajkumar realizes that everyone has a story inside them.

Donor Pass - Rs 100/- 9290013166

Duration - 80 minutes. Written by - Manav Kaul English Translation by - Arshia Sattar Music / Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar Lights by – Krishna Shukl Performance by - Ashish Aradala.

Two valuable commodities in human life? With these everything works without it everything seems joyless, meaningless and helpless?

Are we good in predicting people’s age or their bank balance?

Have you ever come across events when you have money in your pocket but you just lost something because you had no control over time?

You want to spend more time with your family and friends but why earning money is an obstacle to do so?

Why growing adults pay more attention to money than time and senior citizens pay more attention to time than money?

Do you think all people in the world will be happy and joyful if they have equal money?

Is it possible to eliminate time factor from life, if yes what replacement do you suggest?

Do we all have equal time? If not then why?

What is not possible for money to buy?

Time is money? Do we really understand that? If we understand do we really care of it?

Rich people want more time, poor people want more money!

What are occasions where you would like to negotiate on price and what occasions you like to negotiate with time?

Three stages of time: 1) Past, 2) Present, 3) Future

Two stages of richness: 1) Being Poor, 2) Being Rich

So are we looking for more time or more money? And what is that one thing which aligns these two commodities at one stage. To know the insight of that stage join in our PAL meetup and you will be amazed to know that how only few people pay attention to it and majority never thinks of it.

3 stages of wealth?

- Time is there but money is needed.

- Money is there but time is needed.

- Neither money nor time both needed

Have enough money, have enough time, so what?

With time you became wise, with money you became wiser!

Oowomaniya invites you to an evening of talk on Women's health and hygiene with a special emphasis on Menstration management.
The discussion will be lead by Anju Arora and Mahalakshmi.

All are welcome.
Entry - Free

SIYAAH HAASHIYE:
Black borders. What is the written word but an attempt to capture feelings and emotions on paper? More often than not, it is a futile attempt. The deeper recesses of the human mind and heart can seldom be explored or expressed with words. Language has its own limitations and yet it can serve as a tool to liberate oneself of feelings like hopelessness or helplessness.

First published in 1947 (the year that India was divided), Siyaah Haashiye is a collection of 32 cameos written by Sa’adat Hasan Manto, often referred to as ‘the original enfant terrible of Urdu literature’. A man who had little regard for the societal or literary norms of any time, Manto tried to capture the truth of humanity and its downfall as he saw it.

Siyaah Haashiye are vignettes of the partition of India; written with the same dark blood that oozed from both sides on a land that was ripped to pieces and has never quite managed to pull itself together yet. More than 67 years have passed; 60 since Manto himself was laid to rest but the bloodstains of that massacre still haunt the generations on both sides of the divide: dates have changed; places have changed and so have names but the nature of man remains the same; the struggle against our own self continues.

written by Sa'adat Hasan Manto and directed by Deepti Girotra and Vinay Varma, which we are staging on 14th and 15th of feb 7:30 pm.

For passes: 9848052541

SIYAAH HAASHIYE: Black borders. What is the written word but an attempt to capture feelings and emotions on paper? More often than not, it is a futile attempt. The deeper recesses of the human mind and heart can seldom be explored or expressed with words. Language has its own limitations and yet it can serve as a tool to liberate oneself of feelings like hopelessness or helplessness.
First published in 1947 (the year that India was divided), Siyaah Haashiye is a collection of 32 cameos written by Sa’adat Hasan Manto, often referred to as ‘the original enfant terrible of Urdu literature’. A man who had little regard for the societal or literary norms of any time, Manto tried to capture the truth of humanity and its downfall as he saw it.
Siyaah Haashiye are vignettes of the partition of India; written with the same dark blood that oozed from both sides on a land that was ripped to pieces and has never quite managed to pull itself together yet. More than 67 years have passed; 60 since Manto himself was laid to rest but the bloodstains of that massacre still haunt the generations on both sides of the divide: dates have changed; places have changed and so have names but the nature of man remains the same; the struggle against our own self continues.
written by Sa'adat Hasan Manto and directed by Deepti Girotra and Vinay Varma, which we are staging on 14th and 15th of feb 7:30 pm.
For passes: 9848052541

As the digital marketing landscape continues to grow at a rapid pace, marketers are faced with new challenges and opportunities within this digital age.This Digital Marketing talk is an initiative designed to educate students in the area of Digital Marketing.Importance of digital presence.

Apna Watan, well-known NGO of Hyderabad is organisng a meeting in joint action with other Civil Society organisations of the city to protest against the news of the imminent arrest of Teesta Setalvad and Javeed Anand.

The meeting is scheduled for the 17th Feb. (Tuesday) and will be presided over by Mr Kinshuk Nag. Around 08 NGOs are expected to join. The meeting will of two and a half hours' duration. We will begin at 4.00 PM.

All are welcome.

c r e a t i v e e d g e

Doc.Splash

organised by Documentary Circle of Hyderabad
in association with
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING TRUST (Delhi)
and FILMS DIVISION (Mumbai) present a 3 day film fest from Tue-Thu 17,18,19 Feb.

Day I : Tuesday, 17.02.2015, 6.30 pm

AMIR KHAN . Director : S.N.S. SASTRY .
19 min . 1970 . Hindi and Urdu with sub-titles -- Classical Hindustani vocalist

BANDISH . Director : KAMAL SWAROOP .
30 min . 2007 . English and Hindi with sub-titles --Determinism and freedom in the Khayal tradition of Hindustani music

BANDISH

Director : KAMAL SWAROOP
30 min . 2007 . English and Hindi with sub-titles

The film explores the idea of determinism and freedom in the Khayal tradition of Hindustani music.

Kamal Swaroop is a dual National Award and Filmfare Award winning film, television and radio director and screenwriter. In 1974 he graduated from the Film and Television Institute and even his student works met with unusual international acclaim. He continued with postgraduate studies at the Institute. He assisted the director Richard Attenborough in the filming of Gandhi (1982). He made documentary as well as feature. Famously banned, a formal experimenter, Om Dar-B-Dar (1988) is his master work.
A PSBT production.


BAMBOO FLUTE . Director : KUMAR SHAHANI .
60 min . 2000 . English with sub-titles


Director : KUMAR SHAHANI
60 min . 2000 . English with sub-titles

'Bamboo Flute' is a musical journey into the history, myth and evocations of the melodic rhythms of the flute, an ancient musical instrument, having a history of more than 4000 years. It works through the creative mode of musical as well cinematographic elaboration suggested by the actual playing of the flute. Through parallel and other configurations, different melodic lines may position themselves in time and space to suggest that the creative act is also the comparison generated by the metaphysics of the flute. The form of the film evolves from the musicality and the specifics of its visual correspondence in architecture, dance, poetry and intersecting axes of color and narrative. A deeply meditative film, and one that challenged the established norm of documentaries, by developing a form where the visual follows and is shaped by audio/music, the film is a celebrated and acknowledged step in the search for new aesthetics of cinema.

Kumar Shahani is one of the most significant filmmakers working in India today. He has developed an epic idiom that engages with contemporary issues. Shahani’s films explore cultural memories embedded in classical Indian art forms, texts and objects. His visual explorations of Indian music and dance, the classical Indian epic and contemporary literature mark his practice as unique in the history of Indian cinema. Shahani also engages with European cinematic traditions. His first feature, Mirror of Illusion (Maya Darpan) 1972, is regarded as India’s first formalist film. His oeuvre is considered alongside renowned directors — Pier Paolo Pasolini, Andrei Tarkovsky, Stanley Kubrick, Jacques Rivette and others — whose work is similarly entwined with the visual arts.

Producer: Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs


Entry - Free.

c r e a t i v e e d g e

Doc.Splash

organised by Documentary Circle of Hyderabad
in association with
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING TRUST (Delhi)
and FILMS DIVISION (Mumbai)
present a 3 day film fest from Tue-Fri 17,18,19 Feb.


Day III : Thursday, 19.02.2015, 6.30 pm


CHITRAKATHI

Director : MANI KAUL

19min .1978 . Konkan, English & Marathi with sub-titles.

Pinguli is an old village on the Konkan coast, about 32 km north of Goa. Here, a unique Thakur community of sixty families haspreserved or hundreds o years three dierent folk forms: Chitrakathi, marionettes and leather puppets. Chitrakathi arose in temples, from the Paithan paintings of mythological iguresand the desankritised epics in vibrant Marathi, following SantDyaneshwar and the non-Brahmin saints of the Bhakti movement. Thisilm traces the evolution of Chitrakathi, a folk form available in the Konkan area of Maharashtra, while revealing the transormation being brought about by modern life.

Arguably the most avant-garde of Indian filmmakers, Mani Kaul has done, perhaps more than anyone else, to open up the cinematic form and to explore the deep ties that cinema has with other classical arts. His cinema is wholly different from the social filmmaking of Parallel cinema, which sometimes sacrifices cinematic examination for partisan politics. Kaul is also one of the few filmmakers from the country who has backed his filmography with a published theoretical framework.


A GROUP PORTRAIT

Director : REENA MOHAN
30 min . 2001 . Hindi with sub-titles

The film traces the efforts of rural women in North Bihar for reviving the Sujni Kantha tradition of embroidered quilts aided by the Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti (MVSS).

SO HEDDAN SO HODDAN . Director : ANJALI MONTEIRO & K. P. JAYASANKAR .
52 min . 2011 English, Kutchchi, Hindustani with sub-titles -- Folk narrative art of Rann of Kutch

Entry - Free.

c r e a t i v e e d g e

Doc.Splash

organised by Documentary Circle of Hyderabad
in association with
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING TRUST (Delhi)
and FILMS DIVISION (Mumbai)
present a 3 day film fest from Tue-Thu 17,18,19 Feb.


Day II : Wednesday, 18.02.2015, 6.30 pm

YAADEIN - KAIFI AZMI . Director : AMITA TALWAR .
57 min . 1999 . Urdu/English with sub-titles -- Urdu poet


YAADEIN - KAIFI AZMI

Director : AMIA TALWAR
57 min . 1999 . Urdu/English with sub-titles

"Yaadein-Kaifi Azmi" is a feature documentary of 58 minutes durationcommissioned and telecast by Doordarshan in 1999. It traces the earlier struggle of this Leftist activist who was an active member of the Progressive Writer's Movement. Fired with idealism, Kaifi Azmi moved to Mumbai from a tiny nondescript village Mijhwan in Azamgarh District in U.P. and eked out an existence doing odd jobs. This is a simple portrayal of an earthy man documenting his initial struggle in the film industry, his ideologies, the highs and lows of his life and career, his contribution to his village and the legacy of work left behind.

Amita Talwar is a postgraduate in English Literature. She was the founder Editor/Publisher of the popular city magazine Channel 6 brought out from Hyderabad since 1990. She has been trained in Filmmaking from the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, New York University. She is a leading art-photgrapher from Hyderabad.

MY DEAR GAY TEACHER . Director : SARASWATI KAVULA .
46 min . 2011 . English with sub-titles -- On well-known poet Hoshang Merchant

MY DEAR GAY TEACHER

Director : SARASWATI KAVULA
46 min . 2011 . English with sub-titles

My Dear Gay Teacher is my attempt to explore the personality behind the Persona called Hoshang Merchant. What lies beneath the exterior and what has been the influences that make Hoshang. A person who is loved, hated, loathed or cared, he brings out different reactions from different People. More well known as the First Declared Gay of Hyderabad, is his continuance in Public Life as a poet and a professor in one of the country's best universities, HCU, a reflection on acceptability of homosexuality in this hitherto conservative society? More than that, to me, Hoshang's life is worth a multitude of films, and I have only managed to make just one, and perhaps, just managed to capture a few aspects of his life. Does this write up, say that my film was partial towards my subject and not rested objective? May be so, but I do hope with this film, I manage to say, "that all is not what it seems to be, and that each of us is a result of our life's experiences".

Saraswati Kavula, a hotel management professional turned filmmaker, she has studied documentary filmmaking from Universtiy of Salford, Manchester, UK. As an independent filmmaker she has made several investigative films about the interconnection of social and environmental and human rights issues.

Some of her films are : Behind the Glitter (45min), Between the Devil and the Deep Sea(73min), The Green Trap (35min), Paradox City (39min), Cutting off a Lifeline (63min), Vision 2020 (6min), Playtime (9min), Coast Under Attack (85min), Seeds of Sovereignty (35min), GLIS(28min)


Entry - Free.

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents its 25th theatre production 'Miya - Biwi Ke Mantakaan" originally Marathi script "Gappa" written by Yogesh Soman, translated & directed by Saurabh Gharipurikar

Miya - Rahul Reddy
Biwi - Varsha Kucchimanchi

About The Play - The story is a hilarious take on the 'mantaka' between a typical Hyderabadi couple - The wife, an ever worrying mother of two daughters and her husband, who'd rather take life as it comes.

One day, the wife decides that starting a business on their own is the only way to ensure enough money to pay for her daughter's wedding. Her husband prepares her by presenting her with hypothetical, borderline silly, scenarios, she is likely to come across during the course of running the business.
What are her business plans? Is she dissuaded from her grand scheme of things by her husband?
Watch Miya Biwi ke Mantakaan.

For passes: 9290013166

TEMPO is a non profit organisation working for entrepreneurship development in rural area..

The founders being S. Srinivas Rao rtd. MD AP Industrial& technical Consultancy with track record of preparing more than 30,000 entrepreneurs. 2)Ch.Ramchnder Rtd.DCP having passion to promote entrepreneurship and also facilitator of Empretec,UNCTAD 3) Srinivas Koneti Industrialist and 4) Vasu Deva Reddy, Entrepreneur both energetic persons committed for success and causse of development of entrepreneurship..

Now they want to identify like minded people willing to associate for this noble cause... These can be budding entrepreneurs willing to learn,those who are already into Entrepreneurship and want to scale up, those who are established and want to be associated, those who want to extend back-end support..all these are invited...

Lamakaan is hosting A Free Snakes Demonstration and Awareness program where the common snakes are displayed & relevant facts are shared. A light is thrown on the common myths, surrounding these misunderstood creatures. By the end of the programme there is a subconscious transformation amongst the viewers and the perception about snakes are changed, with which we achieve our mission of conservation of snakes through knowledge.

We are sure, one would agree that snakes have been a source of fascination and mystery for all of mankind, across various cultures and religions. They are the only creatures which are revered and feared, at the same time. They have their place in ancient scriptures and literature. Few say that they are evil and only mean harm, while others picturize them as god; few facts and a whole lot of fiction. For most of us, just a sight of a snake, slithering past us might send a chill wave down our spine. So, do we fear them because they are secretive and elusive? Is it that they could kill us with a venomous bite? Or is it just that we lack enough knowledge about them? No matter what the answer is, the fact is that we know very less about these misunderstood slitherers. Rightly said by Chief Dan George, "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." The Friends of Snakes Society aims to remove the fear by spreading awareness amongst the common man with the help of this powerful tool, FOS Awareness Programme.

Agenda of the Awareness Programme

--> Detailed description of different varieties of common species of snakes.
--> How to differentiate between venomous and non-venomous species?
--> Importance of snakes and wildlife conservation.
--> Throwing light on myths and misbeliefs.
--> First AID for snake bites.
--> Q&A
--> Information about python before concluding the programme.

Open to all and Entry is Free.

This quiz will be a general quiz with questions on Current Affairs, Companies, Products, marketing & people. Maximum teams is 6 with a maximum of 4 members in each team. Visit our FB page to know more: www.facebook.com/groups/hydquizclub

Harper Collins welcomes you to an evening of a book launch - of "Anchor" by Avik Chanda - in conversation with a discussion with noted journalist Kingshuk Nag.

Avik Chanda’s debut novel 'Anchor' presents a picture of Bengal in the late 1990s, a vast metropolis bustling with life and, serving as its foil, a tiny fictional village more than seventy kilometres away, where villagers risk losing their homes, farm land and finally even their lives.

About the book:
"Anchor" is a fictional account of a firebrand ex-Naxal who seems to have gone missing at a critical juncture. A veteran journalist accompanied by a young and naive sub-editor determined to find the truth. A suave but ruthless politician with a hidden agenda, equally determined to stop the truth from getting out.A gang of hardened criminals ready to do his bidding in cohorts with the police.Helpless villagers who are mere pawns in a bigger game.And a group of anxious editors waiting in the claustrophobic newsroom of The Sentinel for the night to pass and the next day's 'anchor' to unfold in the killing fields of a village on the outskirts of Kolkata.Over the course of an unforgettable, stifling, rain-soaked night, the lives of these characters intertwine, clash and are changed inexorably. In Anchor, Avik Chanda presents a picture of Kolkata in the late 1990s, and serving as its foil, a tiny fictional village, where people risk losing their homes, land - and finally, even their lives.

About the author:

Born in Calcutta, Avik Chanda graduated from Presidency College, followed by a master's at the Delhi School of Economics. He pursues a career in consulting but has also moonlighted in the past as a freelance journalist, painter and poet, with two published collections to his name. Presently, Avik resides in Hyderabad with his wife, Shikha.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Rangadhara- The Theatre Stream in association with SUTRADHAR Presents MAIN RAHI MASOOM A 70-minute monologue in Hindustani on the life and times of a Hindi and Urdu writerLate Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza.

This is a part of Month-long theatre festival by Rangdhara, Sutradhar at Lamakaan over Sat & Sun weekends at 7:30pm in January. Enacted by Vinay Varma and Directed by Prof. Bhaskar Shewalkar This performance is first of its kind on Rahi. This poignant monologue shows how Rahi detested communal and vote-bank politics, and how he fought against the divisive forces in the country through his writings. He was a strong nationalist and a Muslim next who staunchly opposed pseudo-secularism. He was upfront against the fundamentalists on both sides of the divide. He was brutally honest regarding politics of hatred, and felt that the interest of communal elements among both Hindus and Muslims lies in keeping the two communities aloof from each other and to create distrust among them.

For day passes or seasonal passes - call 9849052541

How to Make Your Photography Hobby a Small Business

Many successful small businesses start out as hobbies that eventually become profitable endeavors. If you've got a knack for photography, you might opt to work as a part-time freelancer or special events photographer, or you might open your own full-scale photo business. Consider what you need to get started. An investment in good quality equipment and key marketing products is vital to getting yourself established as a professional.

Taher Ali Baig Presents "Tale of Dharmabudhi and Papabudhi - The Separation of Friends'.

An adaptation of one of the many fabulous tales from the Panchatantra. Panchatanra tales were written many years ago, and have become a part of many cultures. There are different versions of Panchatantras from china all the way to Arabia and they all have a moral at the end of every story. The word Panchatantra means five strategies or principles. The Separation of Friends, The Gaining of Friends, War and Peace, Loss Of Gains, Considered Action / Rash deeds. Our performance is based on the first principle of panchatantra, The Separation of Friends “The story of Dharmabudhi and Papabudhi”.

This is a workshop production by Gymboree school theatre group with Taher Ali.

Entry - 9848066664

Rangadhara- The Theatre Stream in association with SUTRADHAR Presents MAIN RAHI MASOOM A 70-minute monologue in Hindustani on the life and times of a Hindi and Urdu writerLate Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza.
This is a part of Month-long theatre festival by Rangdhara, Sutradhar at Lamakaan over Sat & Sun weekends at 7:30pm in January. Enacted by Vinay Varma and Directed by Prof. Bhaskar Shewalkar This performance is first of its kind on Rahi. This poignant monologue shows how Rahi detested communal and vote-bank politics, and how he fought against the divisive forces in the country through his writings. He was a strong nationalist and a Muslim next who staunchly opposed pseudo-secularism. He was upfront against the fundamentalists on both sides of the divide. He was brutally honest regarding politics of hatred, and felt that the interest of communal elements among both Hindus and Muslims lies in keeping the two communities aloof from each other and to create distrust among them.
For day passes or seasonal passes - call 9849052541

Lamakaan invites you to a cross-cultural book "Sweat, Blood and Tears" launch and in conversation with the writer Arya Rajam over a cup of tea and Samosa.

Blurb for book – Blood, Sweat and Tears:

Blood Sweat and Tears is a novel guaranteed to appeal to the romantic reader, irrespective to their age or the generation or era they belong to. It is the story of Zaria, a child born an Indian father and a Russian mother. After enjoying a pampered childhood in Madras, she, along with her mother, is tragically tossed by the vagaries of fate to a faraway Russia .In Moscow survival is a struggle amidst poverty and heartache. Her ballet classes are the only light in this dark tunnel for young Zaria and as she grows older, ballet becomes her prime passion and the intense ambition of being a successful ballerina her prime focus in life.

But amidst the brutally competitive dance world, will she make it? And if she does, will she survive the complex challenges? And find the love she yearns to along the way?

Bio sketch of author ARYA RAJAM:

A. Rajam has loved reading books since a child. Born in New York City, she grew up in a multi-generational home in Chennai where her grandfather and great grandmother were the primary storytellers. After studying English Literature in college, she went on to take many creative writing classes in India and the USA. Arya’s mind-screen is populated with her eclectic interests in music, theatre, sports, mythology and fashion. She lives in Chennai, a city she adores. This is her debut novel.

Entry -Free.

A one hour recital of Kuchipudi dance performed by Pranati Goturi, a national level dancer. The evening will be a presentation of Krishna Leela and will present the audiences with the raw, enthralling beauty of Kuchipudi dance it's true form.

Entry passes: 8374856565

Lamakaan invites you for a presentation and discussion with India's conservation man K K Muhammad of ASI.

Caught between Chambal Dacoits and Mining Mafia
The thrilling story of Challenging Temple conservation in Chambal valley
Bateshwar group of temples located fifty kilometres from Gwalior is deep in the Chambal Valley. The surrounding area is infested with the dreaded dacoits where nothing can be done without their express permission. Here more than two hundred temples of 8th-11th century were lying in a highly ruinous condition, as if a massive earth quake had reduced them to fragments and stones. The presence of the dacoits was a blessing in disguise as no smuggler had the courage to smuggle out sculptures from the complex.
After protracted negotiations by Mr K.K Muhammed,then the Chief of Archaeological Survey of India in MP, with the dacoits, out of two hundred temples, eighty temples have been pieced together with meticulous care and precision. Here like the proverbial phynix,a temple town came in to life from its own ashes and debris. There still remains buried, the remains of hundred and twenty temples waiting to be excavated and restored.
In the meanwhile the combined action of MP and UP Police shot down and killed the dacoits one by one. Once free from dacoits, the area was taken over by the powerful group of mining mafia. Their rampant mining and its vibrations brought down the conserved temples. As the letters to various departments and Ministers failed to stop mining, Mr Muhammed was forced to take up the issue with the then Sarsang Chalak of RSS,Late KS Sudarshan.As a result of his intervention mining was stopped but not before violent show of strength between the armed mining mafia and the police. In the end the police was able to crush the mafia. Thus calm prevailed in the area.
But it was a lull before the storm. Once Mr Muhammed was transferred to Delhi mining restarted at Bateshwar with renewed Vigour. A young IPS officer Mr Nagendra Kumar who mustered courage to stop mining was crushed to death by a truck loaded with illegally quarried stones. Many officials like Mr Narendra kumar paid with their life for protecting the environment.
Happily Mr. Muhammed who spearheaded the project is there with you to share the anguish and agony of fighting with the powerful group of Mining mafia and joy and pleasures of reconstructing eighty temples from bits and pieces.

Come and listen from horse’s mouth at Lamakan on27.2.15 at 6.30pm

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Film Screenings on Communal Harmony:

Marking the 13th anniversary of Godhra and Gujarat Communal riots, film screenings and followed by discussion is been organized at Lamakaan on Sat, 28th Feb and Sun, 1st March 10am-4pm. The morning of 27th February 2002, in Godhra triggered a series of acts of violence with 2000 killed. With Justice continues to delay the activists are being witch hunted to add to the misery.

With the new government coming with a few 'agendas' is only adding to the anxiety among many.

There is a sense of necessity and urgency to protect the Secular fabric of India. The screenings are basically aimed to conscientize and sensitize the people on the issue of ‘communal agenda’ and to set in the discourse on Secularism. The films scheduled, would be on Godhra incident, Gujarat violence and other issues of communalism.

The films are: Godhra Tak, Final Solution, Father, Son, Holy War, Ram ka Naam!, Encountered on Saffron Agenda, En Dino Muzaffar Nagar.

The screenings are conducted by ‘we’mochana in collaboration with Lamakaan.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will be the world’s most advanced and capable ground-based optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared observatory. It will integrate the latest innovations in precisions control, segmented mirror design, and adaptive optics. At the heart of the telescope is the segmented mirror, made up of 492 individual segments. Precisely aligned, these segments will work as a single reflective surface of 30m diameter.

The TMT project is an international partnership between CalTech, Universities of California, Canada, Japan, China and India.

On Science Day, let us discuss India's bright future in Astronomy with a Giant Telescope

SAMAHAARA COMEDY NIGHT : 6th EDITION (Two shows Back to back in one night),

Stand-up Comedy & Short Plays
by Team Samahaara,

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy,

A Samahaara Workshop Production,

Date: 28th Feb, 2015,
Time: 7pm (1st show) and 8:30pm (2nd show).
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara hills, Hyderabad.

Entry for ages 16 years and above only.

It's baaaaaaaack, with a new set of short plays and stand-up comedy. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's going to be Double the Fun as always with Comedy Plays and Stand-up. Get that funny bone tickled with mad, funny, impish, satirical and hilarious characters and situations.

Entry by Donation - 9885288982, 8341120303

SAMAHAARA COMEDY NIGHT : 6th EDITION (Two shows Back to back in one night),

Stand-up Comedy & Short Plays
by Team Samahaara,

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy,

A Samahaara Workshop Production,

Date: 28th Feb, 2015,
Time: 7pm (1st show) and 8:30pm (2nd show).
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara hills, Hyderabad.

Entry for ages 16 years and above only.

It's baaaaaaaack, with a new set of short plays and stand-up comedy. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's going to be Double the Fun as always with Comedy Plays and Stand-up. Get that funny bone tickled with mad, funny, impish, satirical and hilarious characters and situations.

Entry by Donation - 9885288982, 8341120303

Film Screenings on Communal Harmony:

Marking the 13th anniversary of Godhra and Gujarat Communal riots, film screenings and followed by discussion is been organized at Lamakaan on Sat, 28th Feb and Sun, 1st March 10am-4pm. The morning of 27th February 2002, in Godhra triggered a series of acts of violence with 2000 killed. With Justice continues to delay the activists are being witch hunted to add to the misery.

With the new government coming with a few 'agendas' is only adding to the anxiety among many.

There is a sense of necessity and urgency to protect the Secular fabric of India. The screenings are basically aimed to conscientize and sensitize the people on the issue of ‘communal agenda’ and to set in the discourse on Secularism. The films scheduled, would be on Godhra incident, Gujarat violence and other issues of communalism.

The films are: Godhra Tak, Final Solution, Father, Son, Holy War, Ram ka Naam!, Encountered on Saffron Agenda, En Dino Muzaffar Nagar.

The screenings are conducted by ‘we’mochana in collaboration with Lamakaan.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

As ecommerce industry getting lot buzz, would like to invite all ecommerce starups to introduce our business and have discussion to make this activities well structured.
Entry:- Free

'Kafkaland' -
Prejudice, Law and Counterterrorism in India By Manisha Sethi.

Kafkaland explores the grisly underbelly of counterterrorism, where prejudice and lawlessness are the standard operating codes. From Mumbai to Bangalore, to Delhi to Madhya Pradesh, it examines some of the most prominent terror cases to show that the hallmark of terror investigations is not simply a casual subversion of norms but cynical prejudice and brutal violence inflicted in the knowledge of absolute impunity. It also examines the disquieting trend of judicial abdication, wherein the courts indulgently ignore signs of torture, lack of evidence and absence of procedural norms, while trying terror cases.

Kafkaland challenges the dominant narratives of counterterrorism and the emerging security-industrial complex. Kafkaland is where impunity, bias, suspicion are sustained by laws, where erosion of constitutional guarantees is advertised as internal security, where corporate greed masquerades as national interest.

After the book introductions, we will have various eminent panelists Kingshuk Nag, Vasudha Nagaraj, L Ravichandar, Anant maringanti and author Manisha Sethi discussing the broader themes the book deals.

Manisha Sethi is currently Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. She teaches at the Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She is also Associate Editor at Biblio: A Review of Books. Her book Escaping the World: Women Renouncers among Jains was published in 2012. Sethi is an activist with Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (www.teacherssolidarity.org).

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Dimensions of Tiger Conservation - a one hour presentation and talk followed by questions and discussion.

Come meet Julie West, a visiting Fulbright-Nehru Scholar from America who is examining tiger conservation in India through the study of wildlife science as well as cultural traditions, including tiger-centered worship, songs, folklore and Vedic perspectives on conservation. Julie's appointment as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar studying is affiliated with the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun through May 2015.

Julie West is a writer, documentarian and musician in North Texas. Nature and mythology are central areas of interest that she explores in her work. She also volunteers for the Mountain Lion Foundation interviewing wildcat biologists and other conservation experts who speak to the challenges that face North America's big cat.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Lamakaan invites all for a free Hindustani vocal concert - HoRi on Holi.
Hori is the most popular type of Dhrupad sung on the festival of Holi. The compositions here describe the spring season. These compositions are mainly based on the love pranks of Krishna and Radha.

Horis sung as a concluding portion of a Dhrupad recital are classical in nature as well as treatment. Those Horis, which are sung in semi-classical form, are in ragas like Khamaj, Kafi etc.

Aradhana ji, an acclaimed singer, will be performing on the eve of Holi; songs that celebrate the vibrancy of Holi festival and Spring season.

A Khayal singer and music teacher based in Hyderabad Aradhana ji is a student of Vasantrao Rajurkar. She studied under from mother the Late Smt. Usha Karhade then from from her father the Late Dr. N. K. Karhade. She has given many memorable performances in Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Delhi, Belgaum and Mumbai. A student of Akhil Bharatiya Gandharava Maha Vidhyalaya, she stood 1st in the All India Sangeet Alankar Exam. She's a B-High Grade Artists of All India Radio.

Holi is one of India’s most vibrant and fun-filled festivals and it has a unique style and form in each part of the country that is reflected in the music that is associated with the festival. The musical forms associated with Holi vary from region to region as one travels from the north-west to extreme east of the country, down to the southern region. Primarily though, the compositions are based on the mythological references and tales from folklore.

Entry - Free

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Tiger Conservation in AP/Telangana is challenging. Both the states have great potential but needs political will to make conservation work.

A Talk and presentation by the Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society.

Entry - Free

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UDAAN Performing Arts, presents its workshop devised production "KATHA COLLAGE" self stories written by workshop students.

About The Play - The performance is based on real experiences of an artists written and performed by themselves which is called devised production.

Devised performance is a form of theatre where the script originates not from a writer or writers, but from collaborative improvisational work by a group of people.

There is one more seat left for filled in the college. So dean ask the two interviewers to fill the vacant list. From a super hero to an amateur bodybuilder, this play is a comedic ride through the college application process as two recruiters sort through the craziest in hope of finding one sane candidate.

Navrang theatre of IMT-Hyderabad a comedy play "9 ways to screw college interview".

Entry - Free

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation is pleased to announce a

"Music Composition Course"

Have you ever tried your hand in composing music? Do you want to understand the concepts behind the music you like? Do you want to attempt music composition seriously? If Yes, this is a course you must attend! This course will present to you the history, theory and concepts involved in music composition. There will be practical and interactive composition sessions working with music software. This is a logical sequel to the workshop on music production techniques conducted by Nalinikanth in Dec‘2014. The main objective from this course would be to create awareness and interest in western classical music & composition.

Date: 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th February (4 sessions/8 hours)

Time: 2 to 4pm


Requirements: Intermediate level of Western music theory. Knowledge of playing an instrument would be an advantage. Please bring your laptop loaded with music notation software (or empty manuscript papers) with you.

Faculty: Nalinikanth Josyabhatla
Nalinikanth is an IT professional by occupation, and a musician by passion. He studied Indian classical music and Indian film music before developing a deep interest in western classical music since 2007. He was awarded an Associate Diploma in composition from London College of Music in 2014. He is an autodidact.

Fee: Rs. 2000 (HWMF members Rs. 1800)
See the attached program outline for complete details.
For more info and registration: 9912201659 or info@hydmusic.com

Our Science Conversation this month features Prof. Sanjay P. Sane of the National Centre of Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, speaking on the engineering marvels of insect flight.

The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is three actors effort to stage the entire works of William Shakespeare on Stage. Their effort include an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Titus Adronicus as a cookery show, Othello as a rap song, rest of the comedies in one convoluted reading, all the histories through a football game, reduced versions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and to end Hamlet multiple times, speeding it up every time and backwards.

For passes: 9989997763

The Cmplt Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) is three actors effort to stage the entire works of William Shakespeare on Stage. Their effort include an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Titus Adronicus as a cookery show, Othello as a rap song, rest of the comedies in one convoluted reading, all the histories through a football game, reduced versions of Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Macbeth, and to end Hamlet multiple times, speeding it up every time and backwards.

For passes: 9989997763

Painting exhibition by up and coming artists of Hyderabad.

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents an English play 'Five Grains Of Sugar' About the play - Rajkumar has been requested to write a poem for a compilation to be published.
If you knew Rajkumar you’d realize the absurdity of the request. In an hour long monologue, Rajkumar tells us about his unremarkable life in his nondescript village and the five grains of sugar – the five people – who have stood out in this drab life for reasons stranger than fiction. The filmy mother; her poet brother Pundaleek; Raghu, the school hero; old man Radhey; and the anonymous ‘Truckwala dost’. As Rajkumar talks, the five grains become a single life-game that he has been unknowingly playing for years…and Rajkumar realizes that everyone has a story inside them.
Donor Pass - Rs 100/- 9290013166
Duration - 80 minutes. Written by - Manav Kaul English Translation by - Arshia Sattar Music / Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar Lights by – Krishna Shukl Performance by - Ashish Aradala.

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents an English play 'Five Grains Of Sugar' About the play - Rajkumar has been requested to write a poem for a compilation to be published.

If you knew Rajkumar you’d realize the absurdity of the request. In an hour long monologue, Rajkumar tells us about his unremarkable life in his nondescript village and the five grains of sugar – the five people – who have stood out in this drab life for reasons stranger than fiction. The filmy mother; her poet brother Pundaleek; Raghu, the school hero; old man Radhey; and the anonymous ‘Truckwala dost’.
As Rajkumar talks, the five grains become a single life-game that he has been unknowingly playing for years…and Rajkumar realizes that everyone has a story inside them.

Donor Pass - Rs 100/- 9290013166

Duration - 80 minutes. Written by - Manav Kaul English Translation by - Arshia Sattar Music / Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar Lights by – Krishna Shukl Performance by - Ashish Aradala.

Two valuable commodities in human life? With these everything works without it everything seems joyless, meaningless and helpless?

Are we good in predicting people’s age or their bank balance?

Have you ever come across events when you have money in your pocket but you just lost something because you had no control over time?

You want to spend more time with your family and friends but why earning money is an obstacle to do so?

Why growing adults pay more attention to money than time and senior citizens pay more attention to time than money?

Do you think all people in the world will be happy and joyful if they have equal money?

Is it possible to eliminate time factor from life, if yes what replacement do you suggest?

Do we all have equal time? If not then why?

What is not possible for money to buy?

Time is money? Do we really understand that? If we understand do we really care of it?

Rich people want more time, poor people want more money!

What are occasions where you would like to negotiate on price and what occasions you like to negotiate with time?

Three stages of time: 1) Past, 2) Present, 3) Future

Two stages of richness: 1) Being Poor, 2) Being Rich

So are we looking for more time or more money? And what is that one thing which aligns these two commodities at one stage. To know the insight of that stage join in our PAL meetup and you will be amazed to know that how only few people pay attention to it and majority never thinks of it.

3 stages of wealth?

- Time is there but money is needed.

- Money is there but time is needed.

- Neither money nor time both needed

Have enough money, have enough time, so what?

With time you became wise, with money you became wiser!

Oowomaniya invites you to an evening of talk on Women's health and hygiene with a special emphasis on Menstration management.
The discussion will be lead by Anju Arora and Mahalakshmi.

All are welcome.
Entry - Free

SIYAAH HAASHIYE:
Black borders. What is the written word but an attempt to capture feelings and emotions on paper? More often than not, it is a futile attempt. The deeper recesses of the human mind and heart can seldom be explored or expressed with words. Language has its own limitations and yet it can serve as a tool to liberate oneself of feelings like hopelessness or helplessness.

First published in 1947 (the year that India was divided), Siyaah Haashiye is a collection of 32 cameos written by Sa’adat Hasan Manto, often referred to as ‘the original enfant terrible of Urdu literature’. A man who had little regard for the societal or literary norms of any time, Manto tried to capture the truth of humanity and its downfall as he saw it.

Siyaah Haashiye are vignettes of the partition of India; written with the same dark blood that oozed from both sides on a land that was ripped to pieces and has never quite managed to pull itself together yet. More than 67 years have passed; 60 since Manto himself was laid to rest but the bloodstains of that massacre still haunt the generations on both sides of the divide: dates have changed; places have changed and so have names but the nature of man remains the same; the struggle against our own self continues.

written by Sa'adat Hasan Manto and directed by Deepti Girotra and Vinay Varma, which we are staging on 14th and 15th of feb 7:30 pm.

For passes: 9848052541

SIYAAH HAASHIYE: Black borders. What is the written word but an attempt to capture feelings and emotions on paper? More often than not, it is a futile attempt. The deeper recesses of the human mind and heart can seldom be explored or expressed with words. Language has its own limitations and yet it can serve as a tool to liberate oneself of feelings like hopelessness or helplessness.
First published in 1947 (the year that India was divided), Siyaah Haashiye is a collection of 32 cameos written by Sa’adat Hasan Manto, often referred to as ‘the original enfant terrible of Urdu literature’. A man who had little regard for the societal or literary norms of any time, Manto tried to capture the truth of humanity and its downfall as he saw it.
Siyaah Haashiye are vignettes of the partition of India; written with the same dark blood that oozed from both sides on a land that was ripped to pieces and has never quite managed to pull itself together yet. More than 67 years have passed; 60 since Manto himself was laid to rest but the bloodstains of that massacre still haunt the generations on both sides of the divide: dates have changed; places have changed and so have names but the nature of man remains the same; the struggle against our own self continues.
written by Sa'adat Hasan Manto and directed by Deepti Girotra and Vinay Varma, which we are staging on 14th and 15th of feb 7:30 pm.
For passes: 9848052541

As the digital marketing landscape continues to grow at a rapid pace, marketers are faced with new challenges and opportunities within this digital age.This Digital Marketing talk is an initiative designed to educate students in the area of Digital Marketing.Importance of digital presence.

Apna Watan, well-known NGO of Hyderabad is organisng a meeting in joint action with other Civil Society organisations of the city to protest against the news of the imminent arrest of Teesta Setalvad and Javeed Anand.

The meeting is scheduled for the 17th Feb. (Tuesday) and will be presided over by Mr Kinshuk Nag. Around 08 NGOs are expected to join. The meeting will of two and a half hours' duration. We will begin at 4.00 PM.

All are welcome.

c r e a t i v e e d g e

Doc.Splash

organised by Documentary Circle of Hyderabad
in association with
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING TRUST (Delhi)
and FILMS DIVISION (Mumbai) present a 3 day film fest from Tue-Thu 17,18,19 Feb.

Day I : Tuesday, 17.02.2015, 6.30 pm

AMIR KHAN . Director : S.N.S. SASTRY .
19 min . 1970 . Hindi and Urdu with sub-titles -- Classical Hindustani vocalist

BANDISH . Director : KAMAL SWAROOP .
30 min . 2007 . English and Hindi with sub-titles --Determinism and freedom in the Khayal tradition of Hindustani music

BANDISH

Director : KAMAL SWAROOP
30 min . 2007 . English and Hindi with sub-titles

The film explores the idea of determinism and freedom in the Khayal tradition of Hindustani music.

Kamal Swaroop is a dual National Award and Filmfare Award winning film, television and radio director and screenwriter. In 1974 he graduated from the Film and Television Institute and even his student works met with unusual international acclaim. He continued with postgraduate studies at the Institute. He assisted the director Richard Attenborough in the filming of Gandhi (1982). He made documentary as well as feature. Famously banned, a formal experimenter, Om Dar-B-Dar (1988) is his master work.
A PSBT production.


BAMBOO FLUTE . Director : KUMAR SHAHANI .
60 min . 2000 . English with sub-titles


Director : KUMAR SHAHANI
60 min . 2000 . English with sub-titles

'Bamboo Flute' is a musical journey into the history, myth and evocations of the melodic rhythms of the flute, an ancient musical instrument, having a history of more than 4000 years. It works through the creative mode of musical as well cinematographic elaboration suggested by the actual playing of the flute. Through parallel and other configurations, different melodic lines may position themselves in time and space to suggest that the creative act is also the comparison generated by the metaphysics of the flute. The form of the film evolves from the musicality and the specifics of its visual correspondence in architecture, dance, poetry and intersecting axes of color and narrative. A deeply meditative film, and one that challenged the established norm of documentaries, by developing a form where the visual follows and is shaped by audio/music, the film is a celebrated and acknowledged step in the search for new aesthetics of cinema.

Kumar Shahani is one of the most significant filmmakers working in India today. He has developed an epic idiom that engages with contemporary issues. Shahani’s films explore cultural memories embedded in classical Indian art forms, texts and objects. His visual explorations of Indian music and dance, the classical Indian epic and contemporary literature mark his practice as unique in the history of Indian cinema. Shahani also engages with European cinematic traditions. His first feature, Mirror of Illusion (Maya Darpan) 1972, is regarded as India’s first formalist film. His oeuvre is considered alongside renowned directors — Pier Paolo Pasolini, Andrei Tarkovsky, Stanley Kubrick, Jacques Rivette and others — whose work is similarly entwined with the visual arts.

Producer: Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs


Entry - Free.

c r e a t i v e e d g e

Doc.Splash

organised by Documentary Circle of Hyderabad
in association with
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING TRUST (Delhi)
and FILMS DIVISION (Mumbai)
present a 3 day film fest from Tue-Fri 17,18,19 Feb.


Day III : Thursday, 19.02.2015, 6.30 pm


CHITRAKATHI

Director : MANI KAUL

19min .1978 . Konkan, English & Marathi with sub-titles.

Pinguli is an old village on the Konkan coast, about 32 km north of Goa. Here, a unique Thakur community of sixty families haspreserved or hundreds o years three dierent folk forms: Chitrakathi, marionettes and leather puppets. Chitrakathi arose in temples, from the Paithan paintings of mythological iguresand the desankritised epics in vibrant Marathi, following SantDyaneshwar and the non-Brahmin saints of the Bhakti movement. Thisilm traces the evolution of Chitrakathi, a folk form available in the Konkan area of Maharashtra, while revealing the transormation being brought about by modern life.

Arguably the most avant-garde of Indian filmmakers, Mani Kaul has done, perhaps more than anyone else, to open up the cinematic form and to explore the deep ties that cinema has with other classical arts. His cinema is wholly different from the social filmmaking of Parallel cinema, which sometimes sacrifices cinematic examination for partisan politics. Kaul is also one of the few filmmakers from the country who has backed his filmography with a published theoretical framework.


A GROUP PORTRAIT

Director : REENA MOHAN
30 min . 2001 . Hindi with sub-titles

The film traces the efforts of rural women in North Bihar for reviving the Sujni Kantha tradition of embroidered quilts aided by the Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti (MVSS).

SO HEDDAN SO HODDAN . Director : ANJALI MONTEIRO & K. P. JAYASANKAR .
52 min . 2011 English, Kutchchi, Hindustani with sub-titles -- Folk narrative art of Rann of Kutch

Entry - Free.

c r e a t i v e e d g e

Doc.Splash

organised by Documentary Circle of Hyderabad
in association with
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING TRUST (Delhi)
and FILMS DIVISION (Mumbai)
present a 3 day film fest from Tue-Thu 17,18,19 Feb.


Day II : Wednesday, 18.02.2015, 6.30 pm

YAADEIN - KAIFI AZMI . Director : AMITA TALWAR .
57 min . 1999 . Urdu/English with sub-titles -- Urdu poet


YAADEIN - KAIFI AZMI

Director : AMIA TALWAR
57 min . 1999 . Urdu/English with sub-titles

"Yaadein-Kaifi Azmi" is a feature documentary of 58 minutes durationcommissioned and telecast by Doordarshan in 1999. It traces the earlier struggle of this Leftist activist who was an active member of the Progressive Writer's Movement. Fired with idealism, Kaifi Azmi moved to Mumbai from a tiny nondescript village Mijhwan in Azamgarh District in U.P. and eked out an existence doing odd jobs. This is a simple portrayal of an earthy man documenting his initial struggle in the film industry, his ideologies, the highs and lows of his life and career, his contribution to his village and the legacy of work left behind.

Amita Talwar is a postgraduate in English Literature. She was the founder Editor/Publisher of the popular city magazine Channel 6 brought out from Hyderabad since 1990. She has been trained in Filmmaking from the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, New York University. She is a leading art-photgrapher from Hyderabad.

MY DEAR GAY TEACHER . Director : SARASWATI KAVULA .
46 min . 2011 . English with sub-titles -- On well-known poet Hoshang Merchant

MY DEAR GAY TEACHER

Director : SARASWATI KAVULA
46 min . 2011 . English with sub-titles

My Dear Gay Teacher is my attempt to explore the personality behind the Persona called Hoshang Merchant. What lies beneath the exterior and what has been the influences that make Hoshang. A person who is loved, hated, loathed or cared, he brings out different reactions from different People. More well known as the First Declared Gay of Hyderabad, is his continuance in Public Life as a poet and a professor in one of the country's best universities, HCU, a reflection on acceptability of homosexuality in this hitherto conservative society? More than that, to me, Hoshang's life is worth a multitude of films, and I have only managed to make just one, and perhaps, just managed to capture a few aspects of his life. Does this write up, say that my film was partial towards my subject and not rested objective? May be so, but I do hope with this film, I manage to say, "that all is not what it seems to be, and that each of us is a result of our life's experiences".

Saraswati Kavula, a hotel management professional turned filmmaker, she has studied documentary filmmaking from Universtiy of Salford, Manchester, UK. As an independent filmmaker she has made several investigative films about the interconnection of social and environmental and human rights issues.

Some of her films are : Behind the Glitter (45min), Between the Devil and the Deep Sea(73min), The Green Trap (35min), Paradox City (39min), Cutting off a Lifeline (63min), Vision 2020 (6min), Playtime (9min), Coast Under Attack (85min), Seeds of Sovereignty (35min), GLIS(28min)


Entry - Free.

UDAAN Performing Arts, presents its 25th theatre production 'Miya - Biwi Ke Mantakaan" originally Marathi script "Gappa" written by Yogesh Soman, translated & directed by Saurabh Gharipurikar

Miya - Rahul Reddy
Biwi - Varsha Kucchimanchi

About The Play - The story is a hilarious take on the 'mantaka' between a typical Hyderabadi couple - The wife, an ever worrying mother of two daughters and her husband, who'd rather take life as it comes.

One day, the wife decides that starting a business on their own is the only way to ensure enough money to pay for her daughter's wedding. Her husband prepares her by presenting her with hypothetical, borderline silly, scenarios, she is likely to come across during the course of running the business.
What are her business plans? Is she dissuaded from her grand scheme of things by her husband?
Watch Miya Biwi ke Mantakaan.

For passes: 9290013166

TEMPO is a non profit organisation working for entrepreneurship development in rural area..

The founders being S. Srinivas Rao rtd. MD AP Industrial& technical Consultancy with track record of preparing more than 30,000 entrepreneurs. 2)Ch.Ramchnder Rtd.DCP having passion to promote entrepreneurship and also facilitator of Empretec,UNCTAD 3) Srinivas Koneti Industrialist and 4) Vasu Deva Reddy, Entrepreneur both energetic persons committed for success and causse of development of entrepreneurship..

Now they want to identify like minded people willing to associate for this noble cause... These can be budding entrepreneurs willing to learn,those who are already into Entrepreneurship and want to scale up, those who are established and want to be associated, those who want to extend back-end support..all these are invited...

Lamakaan is hosting A Free Snakes Demonstration and Awareness program where the common snakes are displayed & relevant facts are shared. A light is thrown on the common myths, surrounding these misunderstood creatures. By the end of the programme there is a subconscious transformation amongst the viewers and the perception about snakes are changed, with which we achieve our mission of conservation of snakes through knowledge.

We are sure, one would agree that snakes have been a source of fascination and mystery for all of mankind, across various cultures and religions. They are the only creatures which are revered and feared, at the same time. They have their place in ancient scriptures and literature. Few say that they are evil and only mean harm, while others picturize them as god; few facts and a whole lot of fiction. For most of us, just a sight of a snake, slithering past us might send a chill wave down our spine. So, do we fear them because they are secretive and elusive? Is it that they could kill us with a venomous bite? Or is it just that we lack enough knowledge about them? No matter what the answer is, the fact is that we know very less about these misunderstood slitherers. Rightly said by Chief Dan George, "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." The Friends of Snakes Society aims to remove the fear by spreading awareness amongst the common man with the help of this powerful tool, FOS Awareness Programme.

Agenda of the Awareness Programme

--> Detailed description of different varieties of common species of snakes.
--> How to differentiate between venomous and non-venomous species?
--> Importance of snakes and wildlife conservation.
--> Throwing light on myths and misbeliefs.
--> First AID for snake bites.
--> Q&A
--> Information about python before concluding the programme.

Open to all and Entry is Free.

This quiz will be a general quiz with questions on Current Affairs, Companies, Products, marketing & people. Maximum teams is 6 with a maximum of 4 members in each team. Visit our FB page to know more: www.facebook.com/groups/hydquizclub

Harper Collins welcomes you to an evening of a book launch - of "Anchor" by Avik Chanda - in conversation with a discussion with noted journalist Kingshuk Nag.

Avik Chanda’s debut novel 'Anchor' presents a picture of Bengal in the late 1990s, a vast metropolis bustling with life and, serving as its foil, a tiny fictional village more than seventy kilometres away, where villagers risk losing their homes, farm land and finally even their lives.

About the book:
"Anchor" is a fictional account of a firebrand ex-Naxal who seems to have gone missing at a critical juncture. A veteran journalist accompanied by a young and naive sub-editor determined to find the truth. A suave but ruthless politician with a hidden agenda, equally determined to stop the truth from getting out.A gang of hardened criminals ready to do his bidding in cohorts with the police.Helpless villagers who are mere pawns in a bigger game.And a group of anxious editors waiting in the claustrophobic newsroom of The Sentinel for the night to pass and the next day's 'anchor' to unfold in the killing fields of a village on the outskirts of Kolkata.Over the course of an unforgettable, stifling, rain-soaked night, the lives of these characters intertwine, clash and are changed inexorably. In Anchor, Avik Chanda presents a picture of Kolkata in the late 1990s, and serving as its foil, a tiny fictional village, where people risk losing their homes, land - and finally, even their lives.

About the author:

Born in Calcutta, Avik Chanda graduated from Presidency College, followed by a master's at the Delhi School of Economics. He pursues a career in consulting but has also moonlighted in the past as a freelance journalist, painter and poet, with two published collections to his name. Presently, Avik resides in Hyderabad with his wife, Shikha.

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Rangadhara- The Theatre Stream in association with SUTRADHAR Presents MAIN RAHI MASOOM A 70-minute monologue in Hindustani on the life and times of a Hindi and Urdu writerLate Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza.

This is a part of Month-long theatre festival by Rangdhara, Sutradhar at Lamakaan over Sat & Sun weekends at 7:30pm in January. Enacted by Vinay Varma and Directed by Prof. Bhaskar Shewalkar This performance is first of its kind on Rahi. This poignant monologue shows how Rahi detested communal and vote-bank politics, and how he fought against the divisive forces in the country through his writings. He was a strong nationalist and a Muslim next who staunchly opposed pseudo-secularism. He was upfront against the fundamentalists on both sides of the divide. He was brutally honest regarding politics of hatred, and felt that the interest of communal elements among both Hindus and Muslims lies in keeping the two communities aloof from each other and to create distrust among them.

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Taher Ali Baig Presents "Tale of Dharmabudhi and Papabudhi - The Separation of Friends'.

An adaptation of one of the many fabulous tales from the Panchatantra. Panchatanra tales were written many years ago, and have become a part of many cultures. There are different versions of Panchatantras from china all the way to Arabia and they all have a moral at the end of every story. The word Panchatantra means five strategies or principles. The Separation of Friends, The Gaining of Friends, War and Peace, Loss Of Gains, Considered Action / Rash deeds. Our performance is based on the first principle of panchatantra, The Separation of Friends “The story of Dharmabudhi and Papabudhi”.

This is a workshop production by Gymboree school theatre group with Taher Ali.

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Rangadhara- The Theatre Stream in association with SUTRADHAR Presents MAIN RAHI MASOOM A 70-minute monologue in Hindustani on the life and times of a Hindi and Urdu writerLate Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza.
This is a part of Month-long theatre festival by Rangdhara, Sutradhar at Lamakaan over Sat & Sun weekends at 7:30pm in January. Enacted by Vinay Varma and Directed by Prof. Bhaskar Shewalkar This performance is first of its kind on Rahi. This poignant monologue shows how Rahi detested communal and vote-bank politics, and how he fought against the divisive forces in the country through his writings. He was a strong nationalist and a Muslim next who staunchly opposed pseudo-secularism. He was upfront against the fundamentalists on both sides of the divide. He was brutally honest regarding politics of hatred, and felt that the interest of communal elements among both Hindus and Muslims lies in keeping the two communities aloof from each other and to create distrust among them.
For day passes or seasonal passes - call 9849052541

Lamakaan invites you to a cross-cultural book "Sweat, Blood and Tears" launch and in conversation with the writer Arya Rajam over a cup of tea and Samosa.

Blurb for book – Blood, Sweat and Tears:

Blood Sweat and Tears is a novel guaranteed to appeal to the romantic reader, irrespective to their age or the generation or era they belong to. It is the story of Zaria, a child born an Indian father and a Russian mother. After enjoying a pampered childhood in Madras, she, along with her mother, is tragically tossed by the vagaries of fate to a faraway Russia .In Moscow survival is a struggle amidst poverty and heartache. Her ballet classes are the only light in this dark tunnel for young Zaria and as she grows older, ballet becomes her prime passion and the intense ambition of being a successful ballerina her prime focus in life.

But amidst the brutally competitive dance world, will she make it? And if she does, will she survive the complex challenges? And find the love she yearns to along the way?

Bio sketch of author ARYA RAJAM:

A. Rajam has loved reading books since a child. Born in New York City, she grew up in a multi-generational home in Chennai where her grandfather and great grandmother were the primary storytellers. After studying English Literature in college, she went on to take many creative writing classes in India and the USA. Arya’s mind-screen is populated with her eclectic interests in music, theatre, sports, mythology and fashion. She lives in Chennai, a city she adores. This is her debut novel.

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A one hour recital of Kuchipudi dance performed by Pranati Goturi, a national level dancer. The evening will be a presentation of Krishna Leela and will present the audiences with the raw, enthralling beauty of Kuchipudi dance it's true form.

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Lamakaan invites you for a presentation and discussion with India's conservation man K K Muhammad of ASI.

Caught between Chambal Dacoits and Mining Mafia
The thrilling story of Challenging Temple conservation in Chambal valley
Bateshwar group of temples located fifty kilometres from Gwalior is deep in the Chambal Valley. The surrounding area is infested with the dreaded dacoits where nothing can be done without their express permission. Here more than two hundred temples of 8th-11th century were lying in a highly ruinous condition, as if a massive earth quake had reduced them to fragments and stones. The presence of the dacoits was a blessing in disguise as no smuggler had the courage to smuggle out sculptures from the complex.
After protracted negotiations by Mr K.K Muhammed,then the Chief of Archaeological Survey of India in MP, with the dacoits, out of two hundred temples, eighty temples have been pieced together with meticulous care and precision. Here like the proverbial phynix,a temple town came in to life from its own ashes and debris. There still remains buried, the remains of hundred and twenty temples waiting to be excavated and restored.
In the meanwhile the combined action of MP and UP Police shot down and killed the dacoits one by one. Once free from dacoits, the area was taken over by the powerful group of mining mafia. Their rampant mining and its vibrations brought down the conserved temples. As the letters to various departments and Ministers failed to stop mining, Mr Muhammed was forced to take up the issue with the then Sarsang Chalak of RSS,Late KS Sudarshan.As a result of his intervention mining was stopped but not before violent show of strength between the armed mining mafia and the police. In the end the police was able to crush the mafia. Thus calm prevailed in the area.
But it was a lull before the storm. Once Mr Muhammed was transferred to Delhi mining restarted at Bateshwar with renewed Vigour. A young IPS officer Mr Nagendra Kumar who mustered courage to stop mining was crushed to death by a truck loaded with illegally quarried stones. Many officials like Mr Narendra kumar paid with their life for protecting the environment.
Happily Mr. Muhammed who spearheaded the project is there with you to share the anguish and agony of fighting with the powerful group of Mining mafia and joy and pleasures of reconstructing eighty temples from bits and pieces.

Come and listen from horse’s mouth at Lamakan on27.2.15 at 6.30pm

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Film Screenings on Communal Harmony:

Marking the 13th anniversary of Godhra and Gujarat Communal riots, film screenings and followed by discussion is been organized at Lamakaan on Sat, 28th Feb and Sun, 1st March 10am-4pm. The morning of 27th February 2002, in Godhra triggered a series of acts of violence with 2000 killed. With Justice continues to delay the activists are being witch hunted to add to the misery.

With the new government coming with a few 'agendas' is only adding to the anxiety among many.

There is a sense of necessity and urgency to protect the Secular fabric of India. The screenings are basically aimed to conscientize and sensitize the people on the issue of ‘communal agenda’ and to set in the discourse on Secularism. The films scheduled, would be on Godhra incident, Gujarat violence and other issues of communalism.

The films are: Godhra Tak, Final Solution, Father, Son, Holy War, Ram ka Naam!, Encountered on Saffron Agenda, En Dino Muzaffar Nagar.

The screenings are conducted by ‘we’mochana in collaboration with Lamakaan.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will be the world’s most advanced and capable ground-based optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared observatory. It will integrate the latest innovations in precisions control, segmented mirror design, and adaptive optics. At the heart of the telescope is the segmented mirror, made up of 492 individual segments. Precisely aligned, these segments will work as a single reflective surface of 30m diameter.

The TMT project is an international partnership between CalTech, Universities of California, Canada, Japan, China and India.

On Science Day, let us discuss India's bright future in Astronomy with a Giant Telescope

SAMAHAARA COMEDY NIGHT : 6th EDITION (Two shows Back to back in one night),

Stand-up Comedy & Short Plays
by Team Samahaara,

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy,

A Samahaara Workshop Production,

Date: 28th Feb, 2015,
Time: 7pm (1st show) and 8:30pm (2nd show).
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara hills, Hyderabad.

Entry for ages 16 years and above only.

It's baaaaaaaack, with a new set of short plays and stand-up comedy. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's going to be Double the Fun as always with Comedy Plays and Stand-up. Get that funny bone tickled with mad, funny, impish, satirical and hilarious characters and situations.

Entry by Donation - 9885288982, 8341120303

SAMAHAARA COMEDY NIGHT : 6th EDITION (Two shows Back to back in one night),

Stand-up Comedy & Short Plays
by Team Samahaara,

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy,

A Samahaara Workshop Production,

Date: 28th Feb, 2015,
Time: 7pm (1st show) and 8:30pm (2nd show).
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara hills, Hyderabad.

Entry for ages 16 years and above only.

It's baaaaaaaack, with a new set of short plays and stand-up comedy. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's going to be Double the Fun as always with Comedy Plays and Stand-up. Get that funny bone tickled with mad, funny, impish, satirical and hilarious characters and situations.

Entry by Donation - 9885288982, 8341120303

Film Screenings on Communal Harmony:

Marking the 13th anniversary of Godhra and Gujarat Communal riots, film screenings and followed by discussion is been organized at Lamakaan on Sat, 28th Feb and Sun, 1st March 10am-4pm. The morning of 27th February 2002, in Godhra triggered a series of acts of violence with 2000 killed. With Justice continues to delay the activists are being witch hunted to add to the misery.

With the new government coming with a few 'agendas' is only adding to the anxiety among many.

There is a sense of necessity and urgency to protect the Secular fabric of India. The screenings are basically aimed to conscientize and sensitize the people on the issue of ‘communal agenda’ and to set in the discourse on Secularism. The films scheduled, would be on Godhra incident, Gujarat violence and other issues of communalism.

The films are: Godhra Tak, Final Solution, Father, Son, Holy War, Ram ka Naam!, Encountered on Saffron Agenda, En Dino Muzaffar Nagar.

The screenings are conducted by ‘we’mochana in collaboration with Lamakaan.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

As ecommerce industry getting lot buzz, would like to invite all ecommerce starups to introduce our business and have discussion to make this activities well structured.
Entry:- Free

'Kafkaland' -
Prejudice, Law and Counterterrorism in India By Manisha Sethi.

Kafkaland explores the grisly underbelly of counterterrorism, where prejudice and lawlessness are the standard operating codes. From Mumbai to Bangalore, to Delhi to Madhya Pradesh, it examines some of the most prominent terror cases to show that the hallmark of terror investigations is not simply a casual subversion of norms but cynical prejudice and brutal violence inflicted in the knowledge of absolute impunity. It also examines the disquieting trend of judicial abdication, wherein the courts indulgently ignore signs of torture, lack of evidence and absence of procedural norms, while trying terror cases.

Kafkaland challenges the dominant narratives of counterterrorism and the emerging security-industrial complex. Kafkaland is where impunity, bias, suspicion are sustained by laws, where erosion of constitutional guarantees is advertised as internal security, where corporate greed masquerades as national interest.

After the book introductions, we will have various eminent panelists Kingshuk Nag, Vasudha Nagaraj, L Ravichandar, Anant maringanti and author Manisha Sethi discussing the broader themes the book deals.

Manisha Sethi is currently Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. She teaches at the Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She is also Associate Editor at Biblio: A Review of Books. Her book Escaping the World: Women Renouncers among Jains was published in 2012. Sethi is an activist with Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (www.teacherssolidarity.org).

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Dimensions of Tiger Conservation - a one hour presentation and talk followed by questions and discussion.

Come meet Julie West, a visiting Fulbright-Nehru Scholar from America who is examining tiger conservation in India through the study of wildlife science as well as cultural traditions, including tiger-centered worship, songs, folklore and Vedic perspectives on conservation. Julie's appointment as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar studying is affiliated with the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun through May 2015.

Julie West is a writer, documentarian and musician in North Texas. Nature and mythology are central areas of interest that she explores in her work. She also volunteers for the Mountain Lion Foundation interviewing wildcat biologists and other conservation experts who speak to the challenges that face North America's big cat.

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Lamakaan invites all for a free Hindustani vocal concert - HoRi on Holi.
Hori is the most popular type of Dhrupad sung on the festival of Holi. The compositions here describe the spring season. These compositions are mainly based on the love pranks of Krishna and Radha.

Horis sung as a concluding portion of a Dhrupad recital are classical in nature as well as treatment. Those Horis, which are sung in semi-classical form, are in ragas like Khamaj, Kafi etc.

Aradhana ji, an acclaimed singer, will be performing on the eve of Holi; songs that celebrate the vibrancy of Holi festival and Spring season.

A Khayal singer and music teacher based in Hyderabad Aradhana ji is a student of Vasantrao Rajurkar. She studied under from mother the Late Smt. Usha Karhade then from from her father the Late Dr. N. K. Karhade. She has given many memorable performances in Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Delhi, Belgaum and Mumbai. A student of Akhil Bharatiya Gandharava Maha Vidhyalaya, she stood 1st in the All India Sangeet Alankar Exam. She's a B-High Grade Artists of All India Radio.

Holi is one of India’s most vibrant and fun-filled festivals and it has a unique style and form in each part of the country that is reflected in the music that is associated with the festival. The musical forms associated with Holi vary from region to region as one travels from the north-west to extreme east of the country, down to the southern region. Primarily though, the compositions are based on the mythological references and tales from folklore.

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