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In this busy and fast world, where we tend to forget the dearest relationships with the family, most importantly our grandparents, let us take a break and share a few good memories with the world and people alike. This Exhibition is a collection of Photographs and memories shared with grandchildren and grandparents. Barefoot to Goa is a film that questions life, releasing in theaters on 10th April.
Feel free to share the pictures at kushalraj.patnaik@student.aisfm.edu.in on or before 2nd April, 2015

Inviting all for a Free one day workshop on Ventriloquism with renowned ventriloquist Santosh. Adults and children of above 10 years can avail this opportunity to learn this entertaining art.

Ventriloquy is an act of stagecraft in which a person changes his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy".

Santosh is a trained ventriloquist with diploma from Telugu University Hyderabad. With an experience of more than a decade, Santosh has already done more than 200 workshops on this art. He attended the international ventriloquism convention USA.

for more info website : www.indianventriloquism.com
cell.9849745838
Entry - Free (Limited seats)

Inviting you all for a Telugu film screening of Chandamama Kathalu - a national award winning film for best film in regional language this year - by Praveen Sataru who will deliver a talk on 'People's aspirations in Cinema' followed by the film screening and interaction with the film maker from 6pm onwards on Sat 4th April.

'Poeple's aspirations' have been sparingly addressed in popular media like cinema and TV which have increasingly been catering to more niche, more urbane, more sophisticated life styles - in the process relegating the very masses from the mass media to second tier citizens. There is a clear need to cater to this void and take the cinema in a direction to address various issues concerning the middle and lower middle class and their aspirations.

Praveen Sattaru succeeds in doing that in his national award winnign 'Chandamama Kathalu'.

About the film:
'Chandamama Kathalu Volume 1' is a 2014 Telugu, anthology film directed by Praveen Sattaru and produced by Chanakya Bhooneti. The film has eight sub-stories revolving around love. The lives of the central characters in the sub-plots get intertwined with each other. Lakshmi Manchu, Aamani, Naresh, Krishnudu, Chaitanya Krishna, Abhijeet, Naga Shourya, Vennela Kishore, Amitha Rao and Richa Panai play the lead roles.

About the filmmaker:
This is Praveen's 3rd feature film after Love Before Wedding (LBW), Oka Routine Love story.

Director Praveen Sattaru did Masters in chip designing in USA. Later he worked in USA for around 10 years as a SAP consultant in IBM. His passion towards Telugu culture and movies has made him come back and start penning scripts.


This is a part of Lamakaan Lecture Series discussion various topics like Art, Culture, Politics, Theater, Cinema, Media, Literature every week. Kick starting this series in this season is this year's national award winning filmmaker Praveen Sattaru.
Thamma Reddy Bharadwaj, eminent Telugu Director and Producer will be moderating the event.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

comedy writing Workshop

The workshop shall enable the participants to master the fundamentals of humour writing through a spectrum of techniques, step-by-step writing exercises and a hands-on approach to thinking, writing, rehearsing and performing comedy.

A personal note :

The workshop is an attempt to supplement my own study of the craft by sharing and exploring techniques that I picked up while learning comedy writing. I also hope to learn from interactions and brainstorming sessions with each other as much as the participants.


Duration : A series of sessions spread over four weekends aimed at understanding how humour works, and learning the tools of crafting comedy for stand-up, sketch and sitcoms. The workshop will culminate with a stand-up performance by each of the participants.



Fees :

The workshop free and has no charge. However, the number of participants shall be limited to around eight members, who shall be shortlisted from the applicants. In order to be a part of the workshop, please register by sending us a brief write-up about yourself, why you are interested in the workshop and how you intend to employ what you learn. to stageshaastra@gmail.com

For more information please call 9849687318

What's it like to be a trivia junkie?
'Furiously Curious' - a film by Sarat Talluri Rao takes you on a unique journey of India - one filled with eccentric passionate individuals. Who are however, driven by a very potent human trait of curiosity. There's the tombstone tourist, the boy who builds little airplanes, the old man who got arrested for writing Nostradamus, the woman who's read telephone directories and many more. The film looks at quiz clubs across the country, each with their unique style and idiosyncrasies. It also explores the advent and development of quizzing in India.

About the filmmaker:
Sarat Talluri Rao is a writer and director. A Masters in Quantitative Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta he began his work in films as a research intern on 'Sacred Numbers' a film by Dev Benegal on the life of the Indian mathematician Ramanujan.

He has written the story for the feature film 'Oonga' (2013). The film has gone to several International and National Film Festivals. It looks at the Naxal situation but through the eyes of an innocent 7 yr old boy.

He wrote and directed a short feature- 'The Fever' (2014) about a man whose shadow has fever.

The film screening will be followed by an interaction with the filmmaker.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

This is a free event.

Hyderabad Metro Rail is a major venture of the Government of Telangana. HMR is the world's largest elevated Metro Rail PPP project. We have been able to get in touch with HMR and L& T to explore opportunities for Local Entrepreneurs. Some of the areas entrepreneurs can explore opportunities are:

Civil Construction

- Metal Fabrication, Pre cast elements, etc

Engg / Design

- Installation Designs, Documentation, Publication

Construction / Installation

- Signalling, communications, track, electricals

IT Systems

- Wifi at stations, advt at stations, leasing fibres, etc

Services

- Security, ticket sales, maintenance services, training

Indigenisation of manufacturing

- systems where indigenous technology can be applied

If you have domain expertise in any of the above or related systems or wish to know other opportunities at HMR please attend this meetup event and explore further.

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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

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

Improv theater is another name for improvisational theater. The show is not rehearsed and does not follow a script. Everything in the performance is made up on the spot, depending on audience's suggestions.

Improv night will be a similar interactive night of theater that is improvised on the spot.

For passes: 9966903264/ 9052692392

Dear People of a Higher Expression:

Please join in for a experiential voyage via a interactive meeting with Alok Ulfat for a acting workshop that scales voice, intuitive movement, speech, expression, writing and painting even to a path breaking journey in bringing together the dimensions within ourselves in a two day workshop.

Sessions: April 9th and 10th only from 10am to 1pm.

Fee: 100 per day. walk in registration.
for more details: Seema Azharuddin, Kartaal Productions -- 9949001604.

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

Darpan theatre group presents a comedy play "SamjhdarLog".
Three crazy men were enjoying in mental asylum when a stranger enters and that is when story begins as according to this forth person he is not insane rather very educated. So, why was he there in mental asylum ? As they interact and talk further they discuss every possible topic in very different and insane style that will make you laugh". To watch yourself giggling throughout the evening come and enjoy "Samajhdaar log", a satirical comedy play on 10th and 11th of April at Lamakaan.

For passes: 9703169709

The annual written Norwegian Open quiz. This is by registration only. Join Hyderabad's quiz club K-Circle on https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j0r-JoWCl4WsbYWX9s_-KFWGTttgxDGDpJzvzP41O_g/viewform to stay updated about the registration

Darpan theatre group presents a comedy play "SamjhdarLog". Three crazy men were enjoying in mental asylum when a stranger enters and that is when story begins as according to this forth person he is not insane rather very educated. So, why was he there in mental asylum ? As they interact and talk further they discuss every possible topic in very different and insane style that will make you laugh". To watch yourself giggling throughout the evening come and enjoy "Samajhdaar log", a satirical comedy play on 10th and 11th of April at Lamakaan.
For passes: 9703169709

April is considered the Dalit history month in India. Why April? 11 April is Jotiba Phule’s birth anniversary; 14 April Babasaheb Ambedkar’s; on 7 April 1930, Dalits stormed the Kalaram temple in Nashik, and in April 1972, the Dalit Panther was founded in Bombay.

‘Dalit Movements in India: an overview’ is a aprt of Lamakaan lecture series jointly delivered by Surepally Sujata, Professor of Sociology, Satavahana University and a Dalit Rights Activist &
U Sambasiva Rao aka U.Sa, Chief Editor and founder of Dasi-Disha magazine and Dalit-Bahujan & Leftist Movements Activist.

About the Topic:
Dalit Movements in India; an overview: The Dalit Movements began as a protest movement in India against the barbarism and discrimination of caste. But the ideologies, approaches, and strategies, of Dalit movements varied from leader to leader, place to place and time to time. Some adapted to Brahmin manners, including vegetarianism, putting sandalwood paste on forehead, wearing sacred thread, etc. So what do these movements convey in the present day context? Justice/equalit for social change…

About the speakers:

Surepally Sujata: Works as a Professor of Sociology at Shatavahana University, Karimnagar. She is well-known Dalit and anti-displacement, anti-SEZ activist. She was in the forefront of anti-Polepally SEZ movement happened in Mahabubnagar dist. She is the Editor of Desi Disha, a tri-monthly Telugu magazine. She actively participated in Telangana statehood movement.

U. Sambasiva Rao: With a nom-de-guerre U.Sa, U. Sambasiva Rao is well-known in Dalit-Bahujan and Leftist movements in Telugu states. He is a prolific writer and good orator. He stands in support of all progressive movements ranging from Dalit to anti-displacement movements. He is the Chief Editor and founder of Desi-Disha, a tri-monthly Telugu magazine.

Date: 12 April 2015 (Sunday)
Time: 04.30 p.m.

Lecture followed by Q & A session. All are welcome.

Entry - Free.

RANGADHAARA THE THEATRE STREAMS PRESENTS, a Hindi one Act play "MAA......CHAAI".

The one act play, 'MAA….CHAAI' is a subtle hu­mour and inexplicable emotion which revolves around a freewheeling conversation that a young man has with his pals on the next night after losing his mother to dreadful disease. How he reacts to the circumstances when he confronts his friends around him.

For passes: 7893022911

Lamakaan is holding Carnatic music singing classes for beginner women regularly from 14th April. Young adults, adults, home makers can make use of this opportunity. There will be two classes per week fore-noon from 11am to 12noon on every Tuesday & Friday.

Currently Lamakaan is successfully hosting Hindustani Music classes for four batches. This new initiative is to share the knowledge of Carnatic music at affordable cost.

The teacher for this course, Usha, is a student of Thyagaraya Music college, Hyderabad with vast knowledge and stage performing experience.

So those of you beginners/intermediates who want to try a class to get to know more on this wonderful music from south, please call 9885370607 for more info and registration.

Lamakaan and GHAC hold a memorial meeting for India's famous mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, who laid his life while conquering Andes in March.

Hailing from GandhiJanaSangam, Nellore dist in AP, Mastan Babu Malli had his schooling from Sainik School Korukonda. Mastan was an adventurer and motivational speaker who holds the record of being the fastest "7 summiteer" in the world, i.e. he was the fastest person to climb summits in 7 continents. In 2006, he scaled 7 summits in the world in 172 days.

An IIT, IIMian, Malli worked as software engineer with Satyam Computers from 1998 to 2000. In 2006, he created world record by conquering all the seven highest peaks in seven continents in a span of contiguous seven months. He is called the "fastest Seven Summiteer".

He was reported missing on March 24th 2015 while scaling high mountains between Argentina and Chile.

He was a regular with GHAC and Lamakaan circles in Hyderabad.

Let us gather to reminiscence his inspiring life.

All are welcome.

ఇటీవ‌లే మ‌న‌నుంచి దూర‌మైన‌ టిఎస్ఎన్ రాజు గారు సీనియ‌ర్ జ‌ర్న‌లిస్టు. ప్ర‌జాఉద్య‌మాల్లో చురుకైన పాత్ర‌ను పోషించిన‌వాడు. నిత్యం జ‌నం ప‌క్షాన జీవించిన‌వాడు. నిస్పాక్షికమైన వార్త‌ల్ని ప్ర‌జ‌ల‌కు అందించ‌డంలో రాజీ లేకుండా వ్య‌వ‌హ‌రించిన‌వాడు. అన్నిటినీ మించి గొప్ప స్నేహ‌శీలి. రాజుగారితో త‌మ జ్ఞాప‌కాల్ని, అనుభ‌వాల్ని గుర్తుచేసుకోవ‌డానికి రాజుగారి మిత్రులు ఏప్రిల్ 15, బుధ‌వారం ఉద‌యం 10 గంట‌ల నుంచి 12 గంట‌ల దాకా లామ‌కాన్‌లో స‌మావేశ‌మ‌వుతున్నారు. రాజుగారి మిత్రులంతా ఈ స‌మావేశానికి రావాల‌ని ఆహ్వానిస్తున్నాం.
కంటాక్ట్ః 8125968527. సురేశ్‌

Sampangi - a play in Telugu, based on Brother's Grim tale Rapunzel.

A lonely couple, who want a child, live next to a walled garden belonging to a witch. The wife, experiencing the cravings associated with the arrival of her long-awaited pregnancy, notices a rapunzel plant (or, in most versions[8] of the story, rampion), growing in the garden and longs for it, desperate to the point of death. One night, her husband breaks into the garden to gather some for her; on a second night, as he scales the wall to return home, an evil witch named Dame Gothel catches him and accuses him of theft. He begs for mercy, and she agrees to be lenient, on condition that the baby be given to her at birth. Desperate, he agrees. When the baby is born, Dame Gothel takes her to raise as her own and names her Rapunzel after the plant her mother craved. She grows up to be the most beautiful child in the world with long golden hair. When she reaches her twelfth year, Dame Gothel shuts her away in a tower in the middle of the woods, with neither stairs nor a door, and only one room and one window.

The story is reinterpreted through the eyes of contemporary teenagers. The play is scripted by Udaya Bhanu Garikipati and is directed by Krishna Prasad. It is presented by Bhoomika, Hyderabad. for details bhoomikatheatre@gmail.com ph 8143851715. About the group visit www.bhoomika.in.

Entry - Free.

Funny Side Up presents yet another theme based comedy about Relationships..
Relationships can be tricky, especially if you don't know what to do. The five comics we have are masters at doing nothing in relationships. That nothing led to something which spoiled everything. We are going to talk about how complicated relationships can get. If you are married come together, if you are committed but not married come together, if you are single come and take someone from the audience

Written & Performed by Funny Side Up - FSU is Hyderabad's first & foremost comedy collective feat Rajasekhar Mamidanna, Avinash Agarwal, SaiKiran, Umesh Somani & Rohit Swain.

They have performed over 100 shows all over.

For passes: 9177854713

Photoshop For Photographers ll (Practicals of Photo Editing) Basics of Potrait Editing and Retoching tools in Photoshop.

How to make Dramatic Portaits. Retouch Skin and Other Blemishes. What is Healing Brush Tool, Spot Healing bursh tool, Patch Tool, Clone Stamp tool, Layers and adjustment Layers.

Session is for beginners, children( above 12) and students. Registration Fee Rs 100, and Rs 50 for people who attented the first workshop on 22 march. For registration conatct Jasmeet @ 9032440859. Limited Seats Register Now.

Note:- Carry a Laptop and Potrait Images for Editing.

In all modern democracies, the designated officers of the state are authorised to use force against citizens. The operative word here is designated and authorised. In other words, all use of force by such officers is subject to regulation and open to scrutiny. It is important that transparency and accountability are demonstrated in such regulation and scrutiny.

Against the backdrop of the incidents in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh and Alair, Telangana earlier this month, resulting in the death of 25 persons we invite you to a panel discussion on how the standards of regulation and scrutiny of the actions of the policemen are being adhered to.

The panelists joining us include representatives from Jeevan Kumar, Lateef Mohd Khan, Raghunath and Zaheeruddin Ali Khan (Siasat Editor), Anant Maringanti and Sajaya Kakarla.

All are welcome to this critical learning in an increasingly Kafkaesque state.

Intipanta (Kitchen garden MeetUp)

This time the meetup discusses Seed selection/saving techniques which helps kitchen gardeners to chose right variety of seeds available in market. Followed by another session on Eat to grow, Grow to eat which helps gardeners to plan what to grow to cater to their nutritional needs and to understand to retain maximum nutrition through cooking of home grown

There will be a Book for sale by Seetha Anand on same topic, proceeds of which will be used towards helping children with learning difficulties. Also there will be a Stall by CSA displaying seeds/books helpful for kitchen gardeners.

Entry - Free

Explore opportunities in Hyderabad Metro Rail. We will discuss briefly for 15min and then jump over to Web/App Developers aEntrepreneur Match making event

Entrepreneurs: Are you looking for web / mobile app developers that can take your idea /business to build a website / mobile app? Come join us to find the a web / app developer for your idea. make sure to bring any documentation/ wire frames / flowcharts or businesses processes that you wish to incorporate in your website / app. It will make easy for the developers to churn a quick prototype.

Note : If you as an entrepreneur is interested in initiating your website / app work in this session, you may have to pay Rs.250/hr to the Web / App Developer from whom you are getting the work done. This is a motivation for the developer to work on your website / app idea.

Web / App Developers : Are you looking to help entrepreneurs or looking for some freelance work? Come join us this meeting to connect with some of the businesses/entrepreneurs that are looking for your help. Please bring your laptop to do some real prototyping for potential clients at this event. We may not have enough time but will see if you do a quick website / app to the entrepreneurs. If involved in the development you may be paid for an hours worth of work.

Bring enough pens, papers and pads to sketch up things during the interaction between fellow attendees.

Get as many business cards as possible to exchange with other attendees.

For Details: 7799833229

Ninna Nedu (Telugu films - Then and now). A talk in Telugu by senior theatre and film actor Sri Kakarala as a part of our Cinema Talk @ Lamakaan. He will speak on the links between theater and films, how films were made in those days, what problems the new entrants had to go through, how telugu film industry evolved in 80s, 90s and 2000s, how the film production and film making process is today and what scope the youth have in this scenario.

Kakarala was a Theater actor and was the disciple of D. Raja Rao who was a doyen of theater art in 1950s and 60s. Along with D. Raja Rao, Kakarala entered into the Telugu film industry. He came to prominence with Rangula Ratnam movie (1967) which was directed by the legendary director i.e., B.N.Reddy. Kakarala acted in famous films like Maa Bhoomi (1979), Manushulanta Okkate (1976) and Karthavyam (1991). He acted in over 200 films. In 2007 he moved from Madras to Hyderabad. He spends his time with lots of reading and gives speeches on various progressive platforms. He also gives suggestions and guidance on issues related to theater for those who aspire to make a career out of the it.

The talk is followed by Q&A session where the audience can ask any kind of questions related to the film industry.
Entry - free.

Monthly Quiz by Hyderabad Quiz Club. To know more please visit www.facebook.com/groups/hydquizclub

POPULAR THEMES IN URDU GHAZAL
on Sunday April 19, 2015 at 7.00 pm
by Dr. Fakhre Alam

The Ghazal has remained the most popular genre in Urdu poetry through the ages. It has grown and evolved over time without losing any of its appeal in its long and eventful journey.

Right from the days of Meer, the Urdu Ghazal has revolved around certain popular themes and symbols. In contemporary times, the relevance of these thematic concerns and poetic use of many of the traditional symbols may have changed considerably, an aspect that will be one of the features of discussion.

Dr. Fakhre Alam is an Associate Professor with Department of Urdu at Khaja Moinuddin Chisti University, Lucknow. A renowned scholar, poet and writer Dr. Alam has several books and articles to his credit.

All are welcome to this evening of lecture.

Entry - Free.

Explore and experiment with voice, gestures, movements and creativity in a 6 day workshop for children between 8- 14 years. A three hour session will enhance confidence and make your child lose inhibitions.

For more details: 9966315828

Remembering Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal in 'An evening with Subhashini Ali'.

at 7pm on Tue 21st April
at Lamakaan

Lakshmi Sehgal was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Born as Lakshmi Swaminathan in Madras Presidency on 24 October 1914, she studied medicine from Madras Medical College in 1938.
In 1940, she left for Singapore where she met some members of Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army where she established a clinic for the poor, most of whom were migrant laborers from India. It was at this time that she began to play an active role in the India Independence League.
In 1942, during the surrender of Singapore by the British to the Japanese, Sehgal aided wounded prisoners of war, many of whom who were interested in forming an Indian liberation army or Azad Hind Fauj. She was called the Rani of Jhansi when she joined the regiment. Women responded enthusiastically to join the all-women brigade in this force and Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan became Captain Lakshmi, a name and identity that would stay with her for life.

Presenting an evening with her daughter Subhashini Ali sharing her memoirs about the illustrious freedom fighter mother.

About Subhashini Ali:
Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel Prem Sehgal and Captain Lakshmi who were a part of the Indian National Army. in 1989 she was elected to Lok Sabha from Kanpur. In General elections of 2014, she contested from Barrackpore. She also served as a trade Unionist and leader of the All India Democratic Women's Association. She is currently a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

A film by noted film maker Shaad Ali on Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal's life will be screened followed by an open discussion.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

On this 'Earth Day' celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection, celebrated since 1970, Lamakaan presents a moving documentary 'The Economics of Happiness'

'The Economics of Happiness' features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. The documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance - and, far from the old institutions of power, they're starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm - an economics of localization.

This film is made by 3 film makers: Steven Gorelick, Helena Norberg-Hodge, John Page.

Following the screening is an open discussion with our local environmentalists and activists.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

On the eve of 'Earth Day' presenting a theatre performance 'I o e'-The Inheritors of the Earth.

It is a performance concerned with preserving the ecological balance in a world dominated by human beings. Objects, Puppets, masks, and multimedia technologies are used in the performance. All characters in the play presented via both the human beings, objects and puppets. The vibrant company members got very professional training from Puppetry, music, Multimedia technology, etc. All the materials used in the play are made by the group members themselves in a research work shop. This performance is an exploration of a contemporary village- urban society about their inner and outer nature to the life.

Language: Multilingual Duration:50 min.
‘I o e’. (The Inheritors of the earth) is based on Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer short story 'Bhoomiyude Avakashikal'.

Entry passes: 9676145161

On the eve of 'Earth Day' presenting a theatre performance 'I o e' (The Inheritors of the Earth).
It is a performance concerned with preserving the ecological balance in a world dominated by human beings. Objects, Puppets, masks, and multimedia technologies are used in the performance. All characters in the play presented via both the human beings, objects and puppets. The vibrant company members got very professional training from Puppetry, music, Multimedia technology, etc. All the materials used in the play are made by the group members themselves in a research work shop. This performance is an exploration of a contemporary village- urban society about their inner and outer nature to the life.
Language: Multilingual Duration:50 min. ‘I o e’. (The Inheritors of the earth) is based on Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer short story 'Bhoomiyude Avakashikal'.
Entry passes: 9676145161

Lamakaan invites all for a Talk with renowned Telugu FilmMaker V.N.Aditya.

V.N. Aditya has about 2 decades experience in film films including in Tamil industry having worked with seniors actors like Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan. He worked with Paruchuri brothers, Singitam Srinivas Rao and Jayant Paranjpay.

In 2001 he turned a director and became a very successful one in Telugu industry currently.

His filmography:
2011 Mugguru
2011 Raaj
2008 Rainbow
2007 Aata
2006 Boss
2005 Manasu Mata Vinadu
2004 Nenunnanu
2002 Sreeram
2001 Manasantha Nuvve

V. N. Aditya will deliver a Talk as part of Lamakaan's CinemaTalk series No.2 on 25th April at 4pm.
The talk is followed by Q&A session

Entry- free.

Main Kagaz Hoon is a monologue which emphasizes upon lost humans.
Lost in this vast sea of humanity, either by choice or by accident. We often hear or read about people going missing, but being human we tend to forget daily dose of news the very same day. What happens to people who go missing, who just vanish in thin air? How many of them really come back? Come watch “Main Kagaz Hu“ and find the answers for these and many more questions. It shall make you think. It shall make you wonder.

Entry Passes: 9885333273

Main Kagaz Hoon is a monologue which emphasizes upon lost humans. Lost in this vast sea of humanity, either by choice or by accident. We often hear or read about people going missing, but being human we tend to forget daily dose of news the very same day. What happens to people who go missing, who just vanish in thin air? How many of them really come back? Come watch “Main Kagaz Hu“ and find the answers for these and many more questions. It shall make you think. It shall make you wonder.
Entry Passes: 9885333273

An evening for cinema with the Screening of ‘The catalyst’ written & directed by Vaishnavi Sundar. It’s a story traversing moral dilemmas that create an incongruence between good and bad.

It is inspired by a short story written by Kartar Singh Duggal, which was set in pre independent India. Though cinema has showcased films with the undercurrent of moral dilemma time and again, it is fascinating how the topic is still just as relevant today, as it was in the pre independence era. This film tackles the perennial and perturbing financial inadequacy that blights the people at the bottom of the pyramid. A man’s attempt to find a bit of black or white in this interminably greying society! In short, this is a tale that concerns all of us – it just depends which side we see it from.

All are welcome.

Entry – Free

Note: Screening will be followed by discussion with film maker & her crew

As a part of Lamakaan Lecture series, this week, bringing a closer to home facts on our socio-political evolution in our two Telugu states.

The lecture 'History of Telugu Politics' will be delivered by Prof. K. Srinivasulu, Dean - School of Social Sciences, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

SING YOUR HEART OUT THIS SUMMER with Shakila

All kids love to sing, we all know that, don't we? This summer, bring them along to learn to sing, enunciate, emote and simply, just have fun!

Sessions will begin on the 28th of April till May, at 11 am at Lamakaan.

3 days a week - Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday - 11.00 am to 12.30 pm

Register by email: shakila.kundu@gmail.com, lamakaan@gmail.com
For information contact: Shakila on 9849451794

REGISTER EARLY TO BE ASSURED OF A PLACE IN THE BATCH.

Kathak Kala Kshetra is conducting Kathak classes for children on every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 12 noon at Lamakaan Every Wednesday and Friday during this summer.

Beginning on the auspicious World Dance day on April 29th, these Kathak classes will be taken by renowned Kathak Guru Anju Babu at very affordable fee for all.
Pt. Anju Babu is the pioneer of Deccani style of Kathak dance from Hyderabad. He has been awarded and decorated by the state and various institutes across.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-celebration-of-kathak/article5758009.ece

Contact for details:

Guru Anju Babu : 9849259133
Ashish Meagh : 9494563573

On World Dance Day on April 29th showing a national award winning film on a very vibrant art from Kerala.
A film titled "Kapila" by Sanju Surendran, on the youngest and most significant actress of Kutiyattam [the ancient Sanskrit theatre form of India more than 2000 years old], by same name 'Kapila' - exploring her intimate connection with the art form and retracing the cultural and creative intricacies of Kutiyattam through the eyes of the artist.

The award winning film maker will join us online for interaction.

Entry - Free.

Torn Curtains presents "Tea With Everything", a heartwarming collection of short plays.

An unnamed writer suffers from writer's block and her own artistic temperament as she narrates several of her stories to the audience; bespectacled and nattily attired, she wryly offers the same alternate ending to each tale as it unfolds.

“Tea With Everything” will leave you with a feeling that you will take back with you.....be it a tune that you find yourself humming, a dialogue, an emotion, or an expression.....!

For passes: 9866851111

“Stay Active’ Bicycle Diaries” is an Interactive Session by Dhiraj Kaveri chronicling his journey on two wheels pedaling in the city.
“Bicycle Diaries” are personal memoirs of Dhiraj Kaveri as a cyclist since 2012. It has real life stories, anecdotes and research which the speaker has documented all these years. The idea behind “Bicycle Diaries” is part of the larger work of Health Promotion by the speaker under the Stay Active Health Promotion Program since 2011.
As a Health Promoter and avid cyclists the speaker’s interest lies in promoting Active Transport like Walking and Cycling in urban settings. Cycling as a means of mobility can help in addressing various lifestyles diseases affecting urban dwellers due to sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity. Cycling as a means of transport can also help mitigate some of the pressing urban issues like pollution, traffic congestion, road traffic accidents and global warming.
Through “Bicycle Diaries” the speaker wants to share his experiences of being a cyclist in Hyderabad. The session also intends to interact with other cyclist, health conscious citizens and like minded people. It’s an attempt to network and strengthen the cycling community in Hyderabad. It aims to build up a tempo towards acknowledging cycling as a preferred means of staying healthy and a preferred means of mobility too. It hopes to make cycling as an attractive vehicle of choice for the masses in the future.

Entry-free.

film
Shramjeevi Express
Directed by Tarun Bhartiya A Hindi documentary on the flip side of “Make In India”. A stark revelation of the tenuous, embattled life of “cheap labour” in village Kapashera on Delhi border.

Tarun Bhartiya is a filmmaker, a poet in the Hindi language and a political activist based in Shillong.
His films include The Last Train in Nepal (2015, BBC4), When the Hens Crow (2013), Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (Royal Television Society Award, Best documentary series 2010), Tourist Information for Shillong (2007) as well as music videos for several Shillong bands.
As an editor he has worked on notable films with film-makers like Vasudha Joshi (Girl Song, 2003; Songlines, 2010, and Cancer Katha, Special Jury Award, National Awards 2012), Red Ant Dream (Editor & Co-Writer, Sanjay Kak, 2014), Jashn-e-Azadi (Sanjay Kak 2007) and In Camera (Ranjan Palit 2010, National Award for Best Editing). For his work on Indian Hill Railways, he was also nominated for The Guild of Television Camerapersons of UK award for best camera work,
His poems and their translations have appeared in various anthologies including Dancing Earth: Contemporary poetry from North East India(Penguin), Das Baras – Hindi Kavita Ayodhya ke Baad(SAHMAT).
He was a founder member of alt-space, an independent cultural and political space in Shillong, and is a member of Thma U Rangli Juki (TUR), a progressive people’s group in Meghalaya.
He is a member and commssioning editor of Three Essays Collective, a small independent publisher.

The screening will be followed by an interactive online discussion with the filmmaker.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Rangrez presents a satirical play on the eve of this May day "Karl Marx Bambai mein" on Sat 2nd, and Sun 3rd May at 7:30pm.

The strongest point of the narrative directly connects throughout the play with variable issues which relate through the issues our country is facing in contemporary times, though the play was written a century earlier, through western / American situations and problems.

The frustration of the people, economic crisis of our country, economical gap between rich and struggling classes, the monarchy of the system - All situations dealt through this play are mirror images of our country and many developing and third world countries.

One most curious point which excites Rangrez to perform this play is
- That Karl Marx represented the play in a satirical, yet comical & funny narrative…!!!
- Yes the play is talking about Marx theory, history of that time and seems a bit overloading but it unfolds in a mesmerizing and entertaining way, indeed.
If a person need to know about historical characters or events he can anytime surf internet in this digital age or can visit a library and can have access to many dimensions added to the specific event or character he is looking for. But the narrative and core issue of this play is so quirky that hatches true magic and aesthetic orgasm to the viewer’s eyes. People watch theatre for entertainment and social responsibilities. This play is perfect from every aspect of theatre. That’s makes me excited towards the performance of this play.

Writer Howard Zinn Note About the play "Marx in Soho"

"I first read “The communist manifesto given to me, I am sure, by young communist who lived in my working class neighborhood when I was about seventeen. It had a profound effect on me, because everything I saw in my own life, the life of my own parents and the conditions in the united states in 1939 seemed to be explained, put into a historical context and placed under a powerful analytical light.

I wrote the play at a time when the collapse of the Soviet Union brought an almost universal exultation in the mainstream press and among political leaders not only was “The enemy gone” but the idea of Marxism was discredited. Capitalism and the :Free market” had triumphed. Marxism had failed. Marx was truly dead. I thought it important, therefore to make it clear that neither the Soviet Union nor other countries that called themselves “Marxist” but had set up police states represented marx’s notion of socialism. I want to show marx as angry that his theories had been so distorted as to stand for Stalinist cruelties through this play.
Those who read “Marx in Soho” may wonder how much is historically accurate. The major events in Marx’s life and in the history of the era fundamentally true: His marriage to Jenny, his exile to London the death of his three children, and the political conflict of that time. The Irish struggle against England. The main characters he talks about are real the members of his family his friend Engels his rival Bakunin. The dialogue is invented but I have tried to be true to the personalities and the thinking of the characters, though I may be taking liberties in imagining his ideological with Jenny and Eleanor. On a few occasions, as in his description of Napoleon lll , I use Marx’s own word.

My hope is that “Marx in Soho” illuminates not just that time and Marx’s place in it, but our time and our place in it".

For passes: bookmyshow.com or 08080266939

Lamakaan and Indian Music society present "An evening of Hindustani Singing with Smt.Saniya Patankar" at 5pm on Sunday 3rd May.

Saniya Patankar is an outstanding vocalist in the field of Hindustani Classical Music. Her music is a beautiful blend of intelligence and emotions. She performed in Prestigeous Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahostsav and Tansen Mahotsav in over 50 concert all over the world. Various prestigious awards have been conferred upon her.

The concert is accompanied by Sri Suhas Shastri ji on Tabla and Sri Rahul Deshpande on Harmonium.
All are welcome to this concert.

Entry - Free

Rangrez presents a satirical play on the eve of this May day "Karl Marx Bambai mein" on Sat 2nd, and Sun 3rd May at 7:30pm.
The strongest point of the narrative directly connects throughout the play with variable issues which relate through the issues our country is facing in contemporary times, though the play was written a century earlier, through western / American situations and problems.
The frustration of the people, economic crisis of our country, economical gap between rich and struggling classes, the monarchy of the system - All situations dealt through this play are mirror images of our country and many developing and third world countries.
One most curious point which excites Rangrez to perform this play is - That Karl Marx represented the play in a satirical, yet comical & funny narrative…!!! - Yes the play is talking about Marx theory, history of that time and seems a bit overloading but it unfolds in a mesmerizing and entertaining way, indeed. If a person need to know about historical characters or events he can anytime surf internet in this digital age or can visit a library and can have access to many dimensions added to the specific event or character he is looking for. But the narrative and core issue of this play is so quirky that hatches true magic and aesthetic orgasm to the viewer’s eyes. People watch theatre for entertainment and social responsibilities. This play is perfect from every aspect of theatre. That’s makes me excited towards the performance of this play.
Writer Howard Zinn Note About the play "Marx in Soho"
"I first read “The communist manifesto given to me, I am sure, by young communist who lived in my working class neighborhood when I was about seventeen. It had a profound effect on me, because everything I saw in my own life, the life of my own parents and the conditions in the united states in 1939 seemed to be explained, put into a historical context and placed under a powerful analytical light.
I wrote the play at a time when the collapse of the Soviet Union brought an almost universal exultation in the mainstream press and among political leaders not only was “The enemy gone” but the idea of Marxism was discredited. Capitalism and the :Free market” had triumphed. Marxism had failed. Marx was truly dead. I thought it important, therefore to make it clear that neither the Soviet Union nor other countries that called themselves “Marxist” but had set up police states represented marx’s notion of socialism. I want to show marx as angry that his theories had been so distorted as to stand for Stalinist cruelties through this play.
Those who read “Marx in Soho” may wonder how much is historically accurate. The major events in Marx’s life and in the history of the era fundamentally true: His marriage to Jenny, his exile to London the death of his three children, and the political conflict of that time. The Irish struggle against England. The main characters he talks about are real the members of his family his friend Engels his rival Bakunin. The dialogue is invented but I have tried to be true to the personalities and the thinking of the characters, though I may be taking liberties in imagining his ideological with Jenny and Eleanor. On a few occasions, as in his description of Napoleon lll , I use Marx’s own word.
My hope is that “Marx in Soho” illuminates not just that time and Marx’s place in it, but our time and our place in it".
For passes: bookmyshow.com or 08080266939

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

In this busy and fast world, where we tend to forget the dearest relationships with the family, most importantly our grandparents, let us take a break and share a few good memories with the world and people alike. This Exhibition is a collection of Photographs and memories shared with grandchildren and grandparents. Barefoot to Goa is a film that questions life, releasing in theaters on 10th April.
Feel free to share the pictures at kushalraj.patnaik@student.aisfm.edu.in on or before 2nd April, 2015

Inviting all for a Free one day workshop on Ventriloquism with renowned ventriloquist Santosh. Adults and children of above 10 years can avail this opportunity to learn this entertaining art.

Ventriloquy is an act of stagecraft in which a person changes his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy".

Santosh is a trained ventriloquist with diploma from Telugu University Hyderabad. With an experience of more than a decade, Santosh has already done more than 200 workshops on this art. He attended the international ventriloquism convention USA.

for more info website : www.indianventriloquism.com
cell.9849745838
Entry - Free (Limited seats)

Inviting you all for a Telugu film screening of Chandamama Kathalu - a national award winning film for best film in regional language this year - by Praveen Sataru who will deliver a talk on 'People's aspirations in Cinema' followed by the film screening and interaction with the film maker from 6pm onwards on Sat 4th April.

'Poeple's aspirations' have been sparingly addressed in popular media like cinema and TV which have increasingly been catering to more niche, more urbane, more sophisticated life styles - in the process relegating the very masses from the mass media to second tier citizens. There is a clear need to cater to this void and take the cinema in a direction to address various issues concerning the middle and lower middle class and their aspirations.

Praveen Sattaru succeeds in doing that in his national award winnign 'Chandamama Kathalu'.

About the film:
'Chandamama Kathalu Volume 1' is a 2014 Telugu, anthology film directed by Praveen Sattaru and produced by Chanakya Bhooneti. The film has eight sub-stories revolving around love. The lives of the central characters in the sub-plots get intertwined with each other. Lakshmi Manchu, Aamani, Naresh, Krishnudu, Chaitanya Krishna, Abhijeet, Naga Shourya, Vennela Kishore, Amitha Rao and Richa Panai play the lead roles.

About the filmmaker:
This is Praveen's 3rd feature film after Love Before Wedding (LBW), Oka Routine Love story.

Director Praveen Sattaru did Masters in chip designing in USA. Later he worked in USA for around 10 years as a SAP consultant in IBM. His passion towards Telugu culture and movies has made him come back and start penning scripts.


This is a part of Lamakaan Lecture Series discussion various topics like Art, Culture, Politics, Theater, Cinema, Media, Literature every week. Kick starting this series in this season is this year's national award winning filmmaker Praveen Sattaru.
Thamma Reddy Bharadwaj, eminent Telugu Director and Producer will be moderating the event.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

comedy writing Workshop

The workshop shall enable the participants to master the fundamentals of humour writing through a spectrum of techniques, step-by-step writing exercises and a hands-on approach to thinking, writing, rehearsing and performing comedy.

A personal note :

The workshop is an attempt to supplement my own study of the craft by sharing and exploring techniques that I picked up while learning comedy writing. I also hope to learn from interactions and brainstorming sessions with each other as much as the participants.


Duration : A series of sessions spread over four weekends aimed at understanding how humour works, and learning the tools of crafting comedy for stand-up, sketch and sitcoms. The workshop will culminate with a stand-up performance by each of the participants.



Fees :

The workshop free and has no charge. However, the number of participants shall be limited to around eight members, who shall be shortlisted from the applicants. In order to be a part of the workshop, please register by sending us a brief write-up about yourself, why you are interested in the workshop and how you intend to employ what you learn. to stageshaastra@gmail.com

For more information please call 9849687318

What's it like to be a trivia junkie?
'Furiously Curious' - a film by Sarat Talluri Rao takes you on a unique journey of India - one filled with eccentric passionate individuals. Who are however, driven by a very potent human trait of curiosity. There's the tombstone tourist, the boy who builds little airplanes, the old man who got arrested for writing Nostradamus, the woman who's read telephone directories and many more. The film looks at quiz clubs across the country, each with their unique style and idiosyncrasies. It also explores the advent and development of quizzing in India.

About the filmmaker:
Sarat Talluri Rao is a writer and director. A Masters in Quantitative Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta he began his work in films as a research intern on 'Sacred Numbers' a film by Dev Benegal on the life of the Indian mathematician Ramanujan.

He has written the story for the feature film 'Oonga' (2013). The film has gone to several International and National Film Festivals. It looks at the Naxal situation but through the eyes of an innocent 7 yr old boy.

He wrote and directed a short feature- 'The Fever' (2014) about a man whose shadow has fever.

The film screening will be followed by an interaction with the filmmaker.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

This is a free event.

Hyderabad Metro Rail is a major venture of the Government of Telangana. HMR is the world's largest elevated Metro Rail PPP project. We have been able to get in touch with HMR and L& T to explore opportunities for Local Entrepreneurs. Some of the areas entrepreneurs can explore opportunities are:

Civil Construction

- Metal Fabrication, Pre cast elements, etc

Engg / Design

- Installation Designs, Documentation, Publication

Construction / Installation

- Signalling, communications, track, electricals

IT Systems

- Wifi at stations, advt at stations, leasing fibres, etc

Services

- Security, ticket sales, maintenance services, training

Indigenisation of manufacturing

- systems where indigenous technology can be applied

If you have domain expertise in any of the above or related systems or wish to know other opportunities at HMR please attend this meetup event and explore further.

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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

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

Improv theater is another name for improvisational theater. The show is not rehearsed and does not follow a script. Everything in the performance is made up on the spot, depending on audience's suggestions.

Improv night will be a similar interactive night of theater that is improvised on the spot.

For passes: 9966903264/ 9052692392

Dear People of a Higher Expression:

Please join in for a experiential voyage via a interactive meeting with Alok Ulfat for a acting workshop that scales voice, intuitive movement, speech, expression, writing and painting even to a path breaking journey in bringing together the dimensions within ourselves in a two day workshop.

Sessions: April 9th and 10th only from 10am to 1pm.

Fee: 100 per day. walk in registration.
for more details: Seema Azharuddin, Kartaal Productions -- 9949001604.

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

Darpan theatre group presents a comedy play "SamjhdarLog".
Three crazy men were enjoying in mental asylum when a stranger enters and that is when story begins as according to this forth person he is not insane rather very educated. So, why was he there in mental asylum ? As they interact and talk further they discuss every possible topic in very different and insane style that will make you laugh". To watch yourself giggling throughout the evening come and enjoy "Samajhdaar log", a satirical comedy play on 10th and 11th of April at Lamakaan.

For passes: 9703169709

The annual written Norwegian Open quiz. This is by registration only. Join Hyderabad's quiz club K-Circle on https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j0r-JoWCl4WsbYWX9s_-KFWGTttgxDGDpJzvzP41O_g/viewform to stay updated about the registration

Darpan theatre group presents a comedy play "SamjhdarLog". Three crazy men were enjoying in mental asylum when a stranger enters and that is when story begins as according to this forth person he is not insane rather very educated. So, why was he there in mental asylum ? As they interact and talk further they discuss every possible topic in very different and insane style that will make you laugh". To watch yourself giggling throughout the evening come and enjoy "Samajhdaar log", a satirical comedy play on 10th and 11th of April at Lamakaan.
For passes: 9703169709

April is considered the Dalit history month in India. Why April? 11 April is Jotiba Phule’s birth anniversary; 14 April Babasaheb Ambedkar’s; on 7 April 1930, Dalits stormed the Kalaram temple in Nashik, and in April 1972, the Dalit Panther was founded in Bombay.

‘Dalit Movements in India: an overview’ is a aprt of Lamakaan lecture series jointly delivered by Surepally Sujata, Professor of Sociology, Satavahana University and a Dalit Rights Activist &
U Sambasiva Rao aka U.Sa, Chief Editor and founder of Dasi-Disha magazine and Dalit-Bahujan & Leftist Movements Activist.

About the Topic:
Dalit Movements in India; an overview: The Dalit Movements began as a protest movement in India against the barbarism and discrimination of caste. But the ideologies, approaches, and strategies, of Dalit movements varied from leader to leader, place to place and time to time. Some adapted to Brahmin manners, including vegetarianism, putting sandalwood paste on forehead, wearing sacred thread, etc. So what do these movements convey in the present day context? Justice/equalit for social change…

About the speakers:

Surepally Sujata: Works as a Professor of Sociology at Shatavahana University, Karimnagar. She is well-known Dalit and anti-displacement, anti-SEZ activist. She was in the forefront of anti-Polepally SEZ movement happened in Mahabubnagar dist. She is the Editor of Desi Disha, a tri-monthly Telugu magazine. She actively participated in Telangana statehood movement.

U. Sambasiva Rao: With a nom-de-guerre U.Sa, U. Sambasiva Rao is well-known in Dalit-Bahujan and Leftist movements in Telugu states. He is a prolific writer and good orator. He stands in support of all progressive movements ranging from Dalit to anti-displacement movements. He is the Chief Editor and founder of Desi-Disha, a tri-monthly Telugu magazine.

Date: 12 April 2015 (Sunday)
Time: 04.30 p.m.

Lecture followed by Q & A session. All are welcome.

Entry - Free.

RANGADHAARA THE THEATRE STREAMS PRESENTS, a Hindi one Act play "MAA......CHAAI".

The one act play, 'MAA….CHAAI' is a subtle hu­mour and inexplicable emotion which revolves around a freewheeling conversation that a young man has with his pals on the next night after losing his mother to dreadful disease. How he reacts to the circumstances when he confronts his friends around him.

For passes: 7893022911

Lamakaan is holding Carnatic music singing classes for beginner women regularly from 14th April. Young adults, adults, home makers can make use of this opportunity. There will be two classes per week fore-noon from 11am to 12noon on every Tuesday & Friday.

Currently Lamakaan is successfully hosting Hindustani Music classes for four batches. This new initiative is to share the knowledge of Carnatic music at affordable cost.

The teacher for this course, Usha, is a student of Thyagaraya Music college, Hyderabad with vast knowledge and stage performing experience.

So those of you beginners/intermediates who want to try a class to get to know more on this wonderful music from south, please call 9885370607 for more info and registration.

Lamakaan and GHAC hold a memorial meeting for India's famous mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu, who laid his life while conquering Andes in March.

Hailing from GandhiJanaSangam, Nellore dist in AP, Mastan Babu Malli had his schooling from Sainik School Korukonda. Mastan was an adventurer and motivational speaker who holds the record of being the fastest "7 summiteer" in the world, i.e. he was the fastest person to climb summits in 7 continents. In 2006, he scaled 7 summits in the world in 172 days.

An IIT, IIMian, Malli worked as software engineer with Satyam Computers from 1998 to 2000. In 2006, he created world record by conquering all the seven highest peaks in seven continents in a span of contiguous seven months. He is called the "fastest Seven Summiteer".

He was reported missing on March 24th 2015 while scaling high mountains between Argentina and Chile.

He was a regular with GHAC and Lamakaan circles in Hyderabad.

Let us gather to reminiscence his inspiring life.

All are welcome.

ఇటీవ‌లే మ‌న‌నుంచి దూర‌మైన‌ టిఎస్ఎన్ రాజు గారు సీనియ‌ర్ జ‌ర్న‌లిస్టు. ప్ర‌జాఉద్య‌మాల్లో చురుకైన పాత్ర‌ను పోషించిన‌వాడు. నిత్యం జ‌నం ప‌క్షాన జీవించిన‌వాడు. నిస్పాక్షికమైన వార్త‌ల్ని ప్ర‌జ‌ల‌కు అందించ‌డంలో రాజీ లేకుండా వ్య‌వ‌హ‌రించిన‌వాడు. అన్నిటినీ మించి గొప్ప స్నేహ‌శీలి. రాజుగారితో త‌మ జ్ఞాప‌కాల్ని, అనుభ‌వాల్ని గుర్తుచేసుకోవ‌డానికి రాజుగారి మిత్రులు ఏప్రిల్ 15, బుధ‌వారం ఉద‌యం 10 గంట‌ల నుంచి 12 గంట‌ల దాకా లామ‌కాన్‌లో స‌మావేశ‌మ‌వుతున్నారు. రాజుగారి మిత్రులంతా ఈ స‌మావేశానికి రావాల‌ని ఆహ్వానిస్తున్నాం.
కంటాక్ట్ః 8125968527. సురేశ్‌

Sampangi - a play in Telugu, based on Brother's Grim tale Rapunzel.

A lonely couple, who want a child, live next to a walled garden belonging to a witch. The wife, experiencing the cravings associated with the arrival of her long-awaited pregnancy, notices a rapunzel plant (or, in most versions[8] of the story, rampion), growing in the garden and longs for it, desperate to the point of death. One night, her husband breaks into the garden to gather some for her; on a second night, as he scales the wall to return home, an evil witch named Dame Gothel catches him and accuses him of theft. He begs for mercy, and she agrees to be lenient, on condition that the baby be given to her at birth. Desperate, he agrees. When the baby is born, Dame Gothel takes her to raise as her own and names her Rapunzel after the plant her mother craved. She grows up to be the most beautiful child in the world with long golden hair. When she reaches her twelfth year, Dame Gothel shuts her away in a tower in the middle of the woods, with neither stairs nor a door, and only one room and one window.

The story is reinterpreted through the eyes of contemporary teenagers. The play is scripted by Udaya Bhanu Garikipati and is directed by Krishna Prasad. It is presented by Bhoomika, Hyderabad. for details bhoomikatheatre@gmail.com ph 8143851715. About the group visit www.bhoomika.in.

Entry - Free.

Funny Side Up presents yet another theme based comedy about Relationships..
Relationships can be tricky, especially if you don't know what to do. The five comics we have are masters at doing nothing in relationships. That nothing led to something which spoiled everything. We are going to talk about how complicated relationships can get. If you are married come together, if you are committed but not married come together, if you are single come and take someone from the audience

Written & Performed by Funny Side Up - FSU is Hyderabad's first & foremost comedy collective feat Rajasekhar Mamidanna, Avinash Agarwal, SaiKiran, Umesh Somani & Rohit Swain.

They have performed over 100 shows all over.

For passes: 9177854713

Photoshop For Photographers ll (Practicals of Photo Editing) Basics of Potrait Editing and Retoching tools in Photoshop.

How to make Dramatic Portaits. Retouch Skin and Other Blemishes. What is Healing Brush Tool, Spot Healing bursh tool, Patch Tool, Clone Stamp tool, Layers and adjustment Layers.

Session is for beginners, children( above 12) and students. Registration Fee Rs 100, and Rs 50 for people who attented the first workshop on 22 march. For registration conatct Jasmeet @ 9032440859. Limited Seats Register Now.

Note:- Carry a Laptop and Potrait Images for Editing.

In all modern democracies, the designated officers of the state are authorised to use force against citizens. The operative word here is designated and authorised. In other words, all use of force by such officers is subject to regulation and open to scrutiny. It is important that transparency and accountability are demonstrated in such regulation and scrutiny.

Against the backdrop of the incidents in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh and Alair, Telangana earlier this month, resulting in the death of 25 persons we invite you to a panel discussion on how the standards of regulation and scrutiny of the actions of the policemen are being adhered to.

The panelists joining us include representatives from Jeevan Kumar, Lateef Mohd Khan, Raghunath and Zaheeruddin Ali Khan (Siasat Editor), Anant Maringanti and Sajaya Kakarla.

All are welcome to this critical learning in an increasingly Kafkaesque state.

Intipanta (Kitchen garden MeetUp)

This time the meetup discusses Seed selection/saving techniques which helps kitchen gardeners to chose right variety of seeds available in market. Followed by another session on Eat to grow, Grow to eat which helps gardeners to plan what to grow to cater to their nutritional needs and to understand to retain maximum nutrition through cooking of home grown

There will be a Book for sale by Seetha Anand on same topic, proceeds of which will be used towards helping children with learning difficulties. Also there will be a Stall by CSA displaying seeds/books helpful for kitchen gardeners.

Entry - Free

Explore opportunities in Hyderabad Metro Rail. We will discuss briefly for 15min and then jump over to Web/App Developers aEntrepreneur Match making event

Entrepreneurs: Are you looking for web / mobile app developers that can take your idea /business to build a website / mobile app? Come join us to find the a web / app developer for your idea. make sure to bring any documentation/ wire frames / flowcharts or businesses processes that you wish to incorporate in your website / app. It will make easy for the developers to churn a quick prototype.

Note : If you as an entrepreneur is interested in initiating your website / app work in this session, you may have to pay Rs.250/hr to the Web / App Developer from whom you are getting the work done. This is a motivation for the developer to work on your website / app idea.

Web / App Developers : Are you looking to help entrepreneurs or looking for some freelance work? Come join us this meeting to connect with some of the businesses/entrepreneurs that are looking for your help. Please bring your laptop to do some real prototyping for potential clients at this event. We may not have enough time but will see if you do a quick website / app to the entrepreneurs. If involved in the development you may be paid for an hours worth of work.

Bring enough pens, papers and pads to sketch up things during the interaction between fellow attendees.

Get as many business cards as possible to exchange with other attendees.

For Details: 7799833229

Ninna Nedu (Telugu films - Then and now). A talk in Telugu by senior theatre and film actor Sri Kakarala as a part of our Cinema Talk @ Lamakaan. He will speak on the links between theater and films, how films were made in those days, what problems the new entrants had to go through, how telugu film industry evolved in 80s, 90s and 2000s, how the film production and film making process is today and what scope the youth have in this scenario.

Kakarala was a Theater actor and was the disciple of D. Raja Rao who was a doyen of theater art in 1950s and 60s. Along with D. Raja Rao, Kakarala entered into the Telugu film industry. He came to prominence with Rangula Ratnam movie (1967) which was directed by the legendary director i.e., B.N.Reddy. Kakarala acted in famous films like Maa Bhoomi (1979), Manushulanta Okkate (1976) and Karthavyam (1991). He acted in over 200 films. In 2007 he moved from Madras to Hyderabad. He spends his time with lots of reading and gives speeches on various progressive platforms. He also gives suggestions and guidance on issues related to theater for those who aspire to make a career out of the it.

The talk is followed by Q&A session where the audience can ask any kind of questions related to the film industry.
Entry - free.

Monthly Quiz by Hyderabad Quiz Club. To know more please visit www.facebook.com/groups/hydquizclub

POPULAR THEMES IN URDU GHAZAL
on Sunday April 19, 2015 at 7.00 pm
by Dr. Fakhre Alam

The Ghazal has remained the most popular genre in Urdu poetry through the ages. It has grown and evolved over time without losing any of its appeal in its long and eventful journey.

Right from the days of Meer, the Urdu Ghazal has revolved around certain popular themes and symbols. In contemporary times, the relevance of these thematic concerns and poetic use of many of the traditional symbols may have changed considerably, an aspect that will be one of the features of discussion.

Dr. Fakhre Alam is an Associate Professor with Department of Urdu at Khaja Moinuddin Chisti University, Lucknow. A renowned scholar, poet and writer Dr. Alam has several books and articles to his credit.

All are welcome to this evening of lecture.

Entry - Free.

Explore and experiment with voice, gestures, movements and creativity in a 6 day workshop for children between 8- 14 years. A three hour session will enhance confidence and make your child lose inhibitions.

For more details: 9966315828

Remembering Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal in 'An evening with Subhashini Ali'.

at 7pm on Tue 21st April
at Lamakaan

Lakshmi Sehgal was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Born as Lakshmi Swaminathan in Madras Presidency on 24 October 1914, she studied medicine from Madras Medical College in 1938.
In 1940, she left for Singapore where she met some members of Subhash Chandra Bose's Indian National Army where she established a clinic for the poor, most of whom were migrant laborers from India. It was at this time that she began to play an active role in the India Independence League.
In 1942, during the surrender of Singapore by the British to the Japanese, Sehgal aided wounded prisoners of war, many of whom who were interested in forming an Indian liberation army or Azad Hind Fauj. She was called the Rani of Jhansi when she joined the regiment. Women responded enthusiastically to join the all-women brigade in this force and Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan became Captain Lakshmi, a name and identity that would stay with her for life.

Presenting an evening with her daughter Subhashini Ali sharing her memoirs about the illustrious freedom fighter mother.

About Subhashini Ali:
Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel Prem Sehgal and Captain Lakshmi who were a part of the Indian National Army. in 1989 she was elected to Lok Sabha from Kanpur. In General elections of 2014, she contested from Barrackpore. She also served as a trade Unionist and leader of the All India Democratic Women's Association. She is currently a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

A film by noted film maker Shaad Ali on Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal's life will be screened followed by an open discussion.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

On this 'Earth Day' celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection, celebrated since 1970, Lamakaan presents a moving documentary 'The Economics of Happiness'

'The Economics of Happiness' features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. The documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance - and, far from the old institutions of power, they're starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm - an economics of localization.

This film is made by 3 film makers: Steven Gorelick, Helena Norberg-Hodge, John Page.

Following the screening is an open discussion with our local environmentalists and activists.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

On the eve of 'Earth Day' presenting a theatre performance 'I o e'-The Inheritors of the Earth.

It is a performance concerned with preserving the ecological balance in a world dominated by human beings. Objects, Puppets, masks, and multimedia technologies are used in the performance. All characters in the play presented via both the human beings, objects and puppets. The vibrant company members got very professional training from Puppetry, music, Multimedia technology, etc. All the materials used in the play are made by the group members themselves in a research work shop. This performance is an exploration of a contemporary village- urban society about their inner and outer nature to the life.

Language: Multilingual Duration:50 min.
‘I o e’. (The Inheritors of the earth) is based on Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer short story 'Bhoomiyude Avakashikal'.

Entry passes: 9676145161

On the eve of 'Earth Day' presenting a theatre performance 'I o e' (The Inheritors of the Earth).
It is a performance concerned with preserving the ecological balance in a world dominated by human beings. Objects, Puppets, masks, and multimedia technologies are used in the performance. All characters in the play presented via both the human beings, objects and puppets. The vibrant company members got very professional training from Puppetry, music, Multimedia technology, etc. All the materials used in the play are made by the group members themselves in a research work shop. This performance is an exploration of a contemporary village- urban society about their inner and outer nature to the life.
Language: Multilingual Duration:50 min. ‘I o e’. (The Inheritors of the earth) is based on Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammad Basheer short story 'Bhoomiyude Avakashikal'.
Entry passes: 9676145161

Lamakaan invites all for a Talk with renowned Telugu FilmMaker V.N.Aditya.

V.N. Aditya has about 2 decades experience in film films including in Tamil industry having worked with seniors actors like Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan. He worked with Paruchuri brothers, Singitam Srinivas Rao and Jayant Paranjpay.

In 2001 he turned a director and became a very successful one in Telugu industry currently.

His filmography:
2011 Mugguru
2011 Raaj
2008 Rainbow
2007 Aata
2006 Boss
2005 Manasu Mata Vinadu
2004 Nenunnanu
2002 Sreeram
2001 Manasantha Nuvve

V. N. Aditya will deliver a Talk as part of Lamakaan's CinemaTalk series No.2 on 25th April at 4pm.
The talk is followed by Q&A session

Entry- free.

Main Kagaz Hoon is a monologue which emphasizes upon lost humans.
Lost in this vast sea of humanity, either by choice or by accident. We often hear or read about people going missing, but being human we tend to forget daily dose of news the very same day. What happens to people who go missing, who just vanish in thin air? How many of them really come back? Come watch “Main Kagaz Hu“ and find the answers for these and many more questions. It shall make you think. It shall make you wonder.

Entry Passes: 9885333273

Main Kagaz Hoon is a monologue which emphasizes upon lost humans. Lost in this vast sea of humanity, either by choice or by accident. We often hear or read about people going missing, but being human we tend to forget daily dose of news the very same day. What happens to people who go missing, who just vanish in thin air? How many of them really come back? Come watch “Main Kagaz Hu“ and find the answers for these and many more questions. It shall make you think. It shall make you wonder.
Entry Passes: 9885333273

An evening for cinema with the Screening of ‘The catalyst’ written & directed by Vaishnavi Sundar. It’s a story traversing moral dilemmas that create an incongruence between good and bad.

It is inspired by a short story written by Kartar Singh Duggal, which was set in pre independent India. Though cinema has showcased films with the undercurrent of moral dilemma time and again, it is fascinating how the topic is still just as relevant today, as it was in the pre independence era. This film tackles the perennial and perturbing financial inadequacy that blights the people at the bottom of the pyramid. A man’s attempt to find a bit of black or white in this interminably greying society! In short, this is a tale that concerns all of us – it just depends which side we see it from.

All are welcome.

Entry – Free

Note: Screening will be followed by discussion with film maker & her crew

As a part of Lamakaan Lecture series, this week, bringing a closer to home facts on our socio-political evolution in our two Telugu states.

The lecture 'History of Telugu Politics' will be delivered by Prof. K. Srinivasulu, Dean - School of Social Sciences, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

SING YOUR HEART OUT THIS SUMMER with Shakila

All kids love to sing, we all know that, don't we? This summer, bring them along to learn to sing, enunciate, emote and simply, just have fun!

Sessions will begin on the 28th of April till May, at 11 am at Lamakaan.

3 days a week - Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday - 11.00 am to 12.30 pm

Register by email: shakila.kundu@gmail.com, lamakaan@gmail.com
For information contact: Shakila on 9849451794

REGISTER EARLY TO BE ASSURED OF A PLACE IN THE BATCH.

Kathak Kala Kshetra is conducting Kathak classes for children on every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 12 noon at Lamakaan Every Wednesday and Friday during this summer.

Beginning on the auspicious World Dance day on April 29th, these Kathak classes will be taken by renowned Kathak Guru Anju Babu at very affordable fee for all.
Pt. Anju Babu is the pioneer of Deccani style of Kathak dance from Hyderabad. He has been awarded and decorated by the state and various institutes across.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-celebration-of-kathak/article5758009.ece

Contact for details:

Guru Anju Babu : 9849259133
Ashish Meagh : 9494563573

On World Dance Day on April 29th showing a national award winning film on a very vibrant art from Kerala.
A film titled "Kapila" by Sanju Surendran, on the youngest and most significant actress of Kutiyattam [the ancient Sanskrit theatre form of India more than 2000 years old], by same name 'Kapila' - exploring her intimate connection with the art form and retracing the cultural and creative intricacies of Kutiyattam through the eyes of the artist.

The award winning film maker will join us online for interaction.

Entry - Free.

Torn Curtains presents "Tea With Everything", a heartwarming collection of short plays.

An unnamed writer suffers from writer's block and her own artistic temperament as she narrates several of her stories to the audience; bespectacled and nattily attired, she wryly offers the same alternate ending to each tale as it unfolds.

“Tea With Everything” will leave you with a feeling that you will take back with you.....be it a tune that you find yourself humming, a dialogue, an emotion, or an expression.....!

For passes: 9866851111

“Stay Active’ Bicycle Diaries” is an Interactive Session by Dhiraj Kaveri chronicling his journey on two wheels pedaling in the city.
“Bicycle Diaries” are personal memoirs of Dhiraj Kaveri as a cyclist since 2012. It has real life stories, anecdotes and research which the speaker has documented all these years. The idea behind “Bicycle Diaries” is part of the larger work of Health Promotion by the speaker under the Stay Active Health Promotion Program since 2011.
As a Health Promoter and avid cyclists the speaker’s interest lies in promoting Active Transport like Walking and Cycling in urban settings. Cycling as a means of mobility can help in addressing various lifestyles diseases affecting urban dwellers due to sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity. Cycling as a means of transport can also help mitigate some of the pressing urban issues like pollution, traffic congestion, road traffic accidents and global warming.
Through “Bicycle Diaries” the speaker wants to share his experiences of being a cyclist in Hyderabad. The session also intends to interact with other cyclist, health conscious citizens and like minded people. It’s an attempt to network and strengthen the cycling community in Hyderabad. It aims to build up a tempo towards acknowledging cycling as a preferred means of staying healthy and a preferred means of mobility too. It hopes to make cycling as an attractive vehicle of choice for the masses in the future.

Entry-free.

film
Shramjeevi Express
Directed by Tarun Bhartiya A Hindi documentary on the flip side of “Make In India”. A stark revelation of the tenuous, embattled life of “cheap labour” in village Kapashera on Delhi border.

Tarun Bhartiya is a filmmaker, a poet in the Hindi language and a political activist based in Shillong.
His films include The Last Train in Nepal (2015, BBC4), When the Hens Crow (2013), Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (Royal Television Society Award, Best documentary series 2010), Tourist Information for Shillong (2007) as well as music videos for several Shillong bands.
As an editor he has worked on notable films with film-makers like Vasudha Joshi (Girl Song, 2003; Songlines, 2010, and Cancer Katha, Special Jury Award, National Awards 2012), Red Ant Dream (Editor & Co-Writer, Sanjay Kak, 2014), Jashn-e-Azadi (Sanjay Kak 2007) and In Camera (Ranjan Palit 2010, National Award for Best Editing). For his work on Indian Hill Railways, he was also nominated for The Guild of Television Camerapersons of UK award for best camera work,
His poems and their translations have appeared in various anthologies including Dancing Earth: Contemporary poetry from North East India(Penguin), Das Baras – Hindi Kavita Ayodhya ke Baad(SAHMAT).
He was a founder member of alt-space, an independent cultural and political space in Shillong, and is a member of Thma U Rangli Juki (TUR), a progressive people’s group in Meghalaya.
He is a member and commssioning editor of Three Essays Collective, a small independent publisher.

The screening will be followed by an interactive online discussion with the filmmaker.

All are welcome. Entry - Free.

Rangrez presents a satirical play on the eve of this May day "Karl Marx Bambai mein" on Sat 2nd, and Sun 3rd May at 7:30pm.

The strongest point of the narrative directly connects throughout the play with variable issues which relate through the issues our country is facing in contemporary times, though the play was written a century earlier, through western / American situations and problems.

The frustration of the people, economic crisis of our country, economical gap between rich and struggling classes, the monarchy of the system - All situations dealt through this play are mirror images of our country and many developing and third world countries.

One most curious point which excites Rangrez to perform this play is
- That Karl Marx represented the play in a satirical, yet comical & funny narrative…!!!
- Yes the play is talking about Marx theory, history of that time and seems a bit overloading but it unfolds in a mesmerizing and entertaining way, indeed.
If a person need to know about historical characters or events he can anytime surf internet in this digital age or can visit a library and can have access to many dimensions added to the specific event or character he is looking for. But the narrative and core issue of this play is so quirky that hatches true magic and aesthetic orgasm to the viewer’s eyes. People watch theatre for entertainment and social responsibilities. This play is perfect from every aspect of theatre. That’s makes me excited towards the performance of this play.

Writer Howard Zinn Note About the play "Marx in Soho"

"I first read “The communist manifesto given to me, I am sure, by young communist who lived in my working class neighborhood when I was about seventeen. It had a profound effect on me, because everything I saw in my own life, the life of my own parents and the conditions in the united states in 1939 seemed to be explained, put into a historical context and placed under a powerful analytical light.

I wrote the play at a time when the collapse of the Soviet Union brought an almost universal exultation in the mainstream press and among political leaders not only was “The enemy gone” but the idea of Marxism was discredited. Capitalism and the :Free market” had triumphed. Marxism had failed. Marx was truly dead. I thought it important, therefore to make it clear that neither the Soviet Union nor other countries that called themselves “Marxist” but had set up police states represented marx’s notion of socialism. I want to show marx as angry that his theories had been so distorted as to stand for Stalinist cruelties through this play.
Those who read “Marx in Soho” may wonder how much is historically accurate. The major events in Marx’s life and in the history of the era fundamentally true: His marriage to Jenny, his exile to London the death of his three children, and the political conflict of that time. The Irish struggle against England. The main characters he talks about are real the members of his family his friend Engels his rival Bakunin. The dialogue is invented but I have tried to be true to the personalities and the thinking of the characters, though I may be taking liberties in imagining his ideological with Jenny and Eleanor. On a few occasions, as in his description of Napoleon lll , I use Marx’s own word.

My hope is that “Marx in Soho” illuminates not just that time and Marx’s place in it, but our time and our place in it".

For passes: bookmyshow.com or 08080266939

Lamakaan and Indian Music society present "An evening of Hindustani Singing with Smt.Saniya Patankar" at 5pm on Sunday 3rd May.

Saniya Patankar is an outstanding vocalist in the field of Hindustani Classical Music. Her music is a beautiful blend of intelligence and emotions. She performed in Prestigeous Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahostsav and Tansen Mahotsav in over 50 concert all over the world. Various prestigious awards have been conferred upon her.

The concert is accompanied by Sri Suhas Shastri ji on Tabla and Sri Rahul Deshpande on Harmonium.
All are welcome to this concert.

Entry - Free

Rangrez presents a satirical play on the eve of this May day "Karl Marx Bambai mein" on Sat 2nd, and Sun 3rd May at 7:30pm.
The strongest point of the narrative directly connects throughout the play with variable issues which relate through the issues our country is facing in contemporary times, though the play was written a century earlier, through western / American situations and problems.
The frustration of the people, economic crisis of our country, economical gap between rich and struggling classes, the monarchy of the system - All situations dealt through this play are mirror images of our country and many developing and third world countries.
One most curious point which excites Rangrez to perform this play is - That Karl Marx represented the play in a satirical, yet comical & funny narrative…!!! - Yes the play is talking about Marx theory, history of that time and seems a bit overloading but it unfolds in a mesmerizing and entertaining way, indeed. If a person need to know about historical characters or events he can anytime surf internet in this digital age or can visit a library and can have access to many dimensions added to the specific event or character he is looking for. But the narrative and core issue of this play is so quirky that hatches true magic and aesthetic orgasm to the viewer’s eyes. People watch theatre for entertainment and social responsibilities. This play is perfect from every aspect of theatre. That’s makes me excited towards the performance of this play.
Writer Howard Zinn Note About the play "Marx in Soho"
"I first read “The communist manifesto given to me, I am sure, by young communist who lived in my working class neighborhood when I was about seventeen. It had a profound effect on me, because everything I saw in my own life, the life of my own parents and the conditions in the united states in 1939 seemed to be explained, put into a historical context and placed under a powerful analytical light.
I wrote the play at a time when the collapse of the Soviet Union brought an almost universal exultation in the mainstream press and among political leaders not only was “The enemy gone” but the idea of Marxism was discredited. Capitalism and the :Free market” had triumphed. Marxism had failed. Marx was truly dead. I thought it important, therefore to make it clear that neither the Soviet Union nor other countries that called themselves “Marxist” but had set up police states represented marx’s notion of socialism. I want to show marx as angry that his theories had been so distorted as to stand for Stalinist cruelties through this play.
Those who read “Marx in Soho” may wonder how much is historically accurate. The major events in Marx’s life and in the history of the era fundamentally true: His marriage to Jenny, his exile to London the death of his three children, and the political conflict of that time. The Irish struggle against England. The main characters he talks about are real the members of his family his friend Engels his rival Bakunin. The dialogue is invented but I have tried to be true to the personalities and the thinking of the characters, though I may be taking liberties in imagining his ideological with Jenny and Eleanor. On a few occasions, as in his description of Napoleon lll , I use Marx’s own word.
My hope is that “Marx in Soho” illuminates not just that time and Marx’s place in it, but our time and our place in it".
For passes: bookmyshow.com or 08080266939