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Please do drop in your used ,silk ,cotton sarees , dupattas and jeans at collection points in the city . Somajiguda ,Jubilee Hills and Secunderabad .The material collected will be used by women in the slums to create beautiful upcycled products for h ... Read More »

As a part of 3 day Farmer's film unfestival, today we screen 'Unnatural selection'.

This explosive exposé reveals what the biotech industry doesn't want you to know - how industry manipulation and political collusion, not sound science, allow dan ... Read More »

As a part of 3 day Farmer's film unfestival, today we screen BT cotton – a 3 year fraud.
Bt cotton is the first genetically modified organism (GMO) to have entered India. It was introduced in 2002 in Warangal District, in the South Indian state of A ... Read More »

Lecture on "Innovations in Higher Education" by Prof. Ramakrishna at the launch of the part-time course in Liberal Arts.
The 20 Weeks of Liberal Arts is visualized as an experiment in collaborative learning using advanced technology for a mix of i ... Read More »

On the world Environment Day, we sho 'The Man who Planted Trees', an Oscar winner for Best Animation film. It tells the story of one shepherd's long and successful single-handed effort to re-forest a desolate valley in the foothills of the Alps throu ... Read More »

To promote Young poets every month Kavisangamam is organising a Poetry Reading session. ప్రతినెల రెండవ శనివారం ' లామకాన్ ' వేదికగా - ఒక సీనియర్ కవి + ఇదివరకే కవిగా గుర్తింపు పొంది,'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్నకవి + 'కవిసంగమం'లో రాస్తున్న ముగ్గురు ప్రామిసింగ ... Read More »

Around the World in 80 minutes

Jazz is the voice of a people trying to find their place in a constantly changing environment. Though the voices and the techniques may be contemporary, the issues are universal, stitching cultures and milieus toget ... Read More »

Sex, likes and Pokes is the comical stripping of facebook and the whole online dating phenomenon. In today's online driven world three friends make a wager whether it is still possible to find the ideal women through old school way of wooing a women. ... Read More »

This is a Play on the issue of Farmer suicides in AP by the volunteers of Caring Citizen’s Collective Medak district. Followed by a Discussion and an Appeal for Supporting Children’s Education from these families.
As you are aware, due to severe a ... Read More »

TLabs Startup Accelerator in Delhi has just launched its next batch applications. For this purpose, TLabs is hosting mixer events in many cities of the country including Hyderabad. This is going to be an evening event with networking and discussion ... Read More »

An evening of Baul & Sufi Music celebration. Each community has its own music. There is one unifying thread between Kabir and Sri Chaitnya; Lalon and bulleh shah; Meera and Khusru - The Mysticism.

Bhaki Varsham or Bhakti Movement is an effort to s ... Read More »

In this farce about politics in marriage, a man persuades his suicidal wife that an open marriage is politically correct and embarks on dalliances with younger women, to her dismay and fury. After deciding to be on her own, the tables are turned when ... Read More »

In this farce about politics in marriage, a man persuades his suicidal wife that an open marriage is politically correct and embarks on dalliances with younger women, to her dismay and fury. After deciding to be on her own, the tables are turned when ... Read More »

An evening of ghazals - some own and some known ghazals to make a summer evening pleasant.

Swar Ninad is presenting a talented artist in Hindustani Classical, Ghazal, Geet and Bhajan, Sanjeev Bhatnagar. A disciple of Pt D V Jadhav, an exponent of ... Read More »

Karnad’s Nagamandala has perhaps always been a play ahead of its time, dealing with the complex theme of female sexuality in the language of modern theatre characteristic of the 80s decade. Today, in the wake of raging debates on rape, desire, sexual ... Read More »

Karnad’s Nagamandala has perhaps always been a play ahead of its time, dealing with the complex theme of female sexuality in the language of modern theatre characteristic of the 80s decade. Today, in the wake of raging debates on rape, desire, sexual ... Read More »

Open Show is back to our spiritual home of Lamakaan for Volume 10.


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 ... Read More »

Hyderabad Institute of Liberal Arts is organizing a public debate on the state of school education in the Old City region of Hyderabad.
HILA is launching a 20-week long part time liberal arts education programme from this July 1st where students wil ... Read More »

Fancy getting round a table with like minded photo-book lovers to leaf through a bunch of great books? Want to start on your stories, have started but need some help?

We are organizing an informal gathering of friends and fellow photographers, sha ... Read More »

19th Listening Post:
The Voice in Western and Indian Classical Music

Vocal traditions and stylistic use of the voice differs from region to region. Here we will explore the use of the voice as an instrument in Hindustani as well as Western class ... Read More »

Bible preaches us: world was created in just 6 days.

Hindu texts: The creator god Brahma emerged from the egg and created the world, while in yet another tradition the Brahma himself is the Hiranyagarbha. Then there is the Vishwakarma story. All ... Read More »

Fouzia Amjad a retired professor of Sociology has self published and written a book on Sociology title "Principals of Sociology and Social problems"
This is written in Urdu and is aimed at students studying in Urdu medium.
This book is wri ... Read More »

The writing was on the wall - or shall we say - on the Dams.

Lamakaan and NAPM host a panel discusson on what happened in Uttarakhand.

When CAG rang a bell an year ago, who did not hear it? When Governor of the state tried to alert the laxity ... Read More »

An Tribute to Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, the writer part of Bapu-Ramana duo. An audio visual presentation together with an open discussion will be done. Participated by his friends Mr. Sri Ramana, popular author, Mr. BNIM, artist, and Sri Ramulu, Vara ... Read More »

HWMF invites to "Theory Workshop for everyone"
come, learn, compose and enjoy! Music is not just an art but a language. Through this workshop you’ll be able to develop the skills to be able to read this universal language. Not only will you be able ... Read More »

From the Arabian Nights' tale,This play is a hilarious take on Aladdin.The play has a very high contect of comedy,slapstick and music.The story is about Aladdin,an impoverished lad who meets an evil sorcerer,Jaafar,disguised as Aladdin's uncle.
The ... Read More »

Any park.

In...just about anywhere.

With three regular benches. And three men...just any men...squabble about the choicest of seats.

Because each one's claim is the greatest, and the most fundamental.
And in.....just about anywhere, there ... Read More »

Join "Love Stories #1 to 14" author Annie Zaidi in conversation with Dr Fatima Shahnaz at Lamakaan.

Annie Zaidi is the author of ‘Love Stories # 1 to 14’, and the co-author of ‘The Bad Boy’s Guide to the Good Indian Girl’.

Her first collection ... Read More »