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Lamakaan has been open since 2010. Here are the events held since then, month by month, and the recordings of talks and performances on our YouTube channel.
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Events in January 2011
From the old Lamakaan blog, as the Internet Archive saved it.
Asrar ul Haq ‘Majaz’ (1911-1955) is often referred to as the Keats of Urdu letters for his lyrical expression, exquisite imagery and the romantic spirit that underlies his work. Majaz hails from a family of poets and litterateurs. Muztar Khairabadi, one of the great masters of Urdu poetry, was among his ancestors. His sister, Safiya was married to Jan Nisar Akhter, Javed Akhter’s father. Majaz did his B.A. at Aligarh Muslim Univ…ersity and became a popular poet at Aligarh–very early in his life. He endeared himself to students, masses and literati alike and became one of the front-ranking poets of the taraqqi pasand tahreek or Progressive Writers’ Movement. He wrote the taraana or anthem of the AMU—yeh mera chaman hai, mera chaman, maiN apne chaman ka bulbul huN. His nazms and Ghazals have enduring appeal and his awaara is ranked among the most popular nazms in Urdu. However, alcoholism took him rapidly down the path of self-destruction and he died a lonely death on the roof of a tavern on December 5, 1955. While Majaz’s talent was never in question, the fact remains that his genius did not quite find full expression, marred as his poetic career was, by alcoholism.
As a tribute to one of the finest poets in the Urdu tradition and as part of its Poetry Appreciation Series Lamakaan kicks off Majaaz’s centenary celebrations through a lecture-presentation by Dr. Fakhre Alam, Assistant Professor, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Lucknow Campus) on Sunday, January 9.
At Lamakaan on 20th January at 7pm we have Open Show
Open Show is a free monthly event that provides photographers, filmmakers and multimedia producers the chance to present their work in high-profile spaces.
OPEN SHOW FORMAT
Up to five curated presenters have 10 minutes each to introduce one project. Both ongoing and completed work is accepted. We welcome diverse topics ranging from documentary to fine art.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
www.openshow.org/submissions/
If you have any questions drop us an email at openshowhyd@gmail.com
“Man, Modernity and Mountains includes the screening of two documentary films: “”Sharnarthi: A Generation in Exile”" (48″”, 2009, Nepal, Bhutan & New Zealand, English and Nepali with English subtitles) and “”Mugu: The Conscience of Karnali”" (18″”, 2010, Nepali, various languages with English subtitles).
Sharnarthi, directed by Rituraj Sapkota, traces the story of a generation on Refugees from Bhutan who lived in refugee camps f…or 18 years and who are now being resettled in countries such as the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Denmark. Most of this generation were either too small to remember when their families were ousted from Bhutan or have never seen Bhutan, having spent their entire lives in refugee camps. Born to ethnically Nepalese parents who were once citizens of Bhutan, over 50,000 children and teenagers today are living a life of mixed identities, none concrete. What nationality and what identity do they ascribe themselves?
Mugu: The conscience of Karnali, directed by Rituraj Sapkota and produced by Tourism Development Endeavours, Nepal, is the tale of unbelievable hardship people in a unbelievably scenic place in the forlorn end of Nepal are forced to endure. It documents the struggle for subsistence, the hardships of practicing agriculture in an arid landscape, the mad race for income-generating hunt for aphrodisiacs and herbs and a community’s scope for cultural survival amidst a wave of intervention and globalization.
The event is a part of our attempt to bring stories little heard of to a larger audience and to sensitize people to issues that happen so close to us and yet are so detached from our lives.”
Fl!pmind was established in 2008 with the objective of using video and audio as media for documenting issues of humane significance and facilitating concrete change. While we frequently use video as a medium to build corporate videos and advocacy films for NGOs, our commitment lies in bringing stories from little known places and of little known communities to a wider, sensitized audience.
for more details contact Rommel 8019422427, Arvind 99665 69240
or mail rituraj.sapkota@gmail.com