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iVolunteer is a social enterprise that promotes volunteering. Our mission is to bring volunteers and organisations together to share time, skills and passion to promote India's social development.
Over the last decade, we have expanded to reach out ... Read More »

The Society to Save Rocks is planning a meeting of NGOs on Saturday, 1.March 2014, from 4 – 7 p.m., at Lamakaan to work out ways in which environmental societies and citizens’ groups can work together and support each-other for the benefit of Hydera ... Read More »

Our very first open mic storytelling session is here!
Share a story - any story - with us. It could be about that time, when you bunked a class or that time when you finally turned up; that time when you were swindled in chor bazaar or the time some ... Read More »

'Special Indeed' is a play about an autistic individual and his recollection of the most significant experiences from his childhood/school-life that motivate him to outgrow the problem to a certain extent. Of course, he has obvious traces of autism e ... Read More »

Creative Journaling is the process of using images, colour and words to heal, find answers and live mindfully and purposefully. Process (rather than the end product)is at the heart of creative journaling. Creative Journaling allows you to trust yours ... Read More »

Two 25 year old strangers meet on a hill top. One of them dreams to become a Bollywood star, and all his struggle goes in vain. The other one lost his girl friend in an accident because of his rash riding. Both are depressed and dont feel like living ... Read More »

Grass Roots Action & Information Network - (GRAIN) is a society promoted in 2012 for addressing 2 major development challenges confronting the Muslim Community:

•Inability to access government programmes and schemes meant for the development and ... Read More »

‘Swami’ Lakshmananda Saraswati was killed on 23rd of Aug 2008, by Maoists in Kandhamal, Odisha, India. The Hindu fundamentalists blamed Christians for the killing and instigated violence against Christians. During the violence, more than 75 were kill ... Read More »

Three old school friends who parted ways after high school happened to meet on Facebook. The protagonist invites them over to his house for supper, who are accompanied by friends and family. A jovial conversation slowly unlocks the door to series of ... Read More »

Kanyasulkam (Telugu: కన్యాశుల్కం) is a 1955 film based on Telugu play written by Gurazada Apparao in 1892. It is one of the earliest modern works in an Indian vernacular language, and it is the first Telugu play to deal with social issues. The play p ... Read More »

International Women's Film Festival of Hyderabad is being organized in Hyderabad on 7th, 8th and 9th March with an aim to highlight women related issues through films.

Events at Lamakaan.


7th Friday :
1 pm : Screening of Kanyasulkam – A fi ... Read More »

An exhibition of paintings on Women and Gender issues.

We believe togetherness is a celebration & festival of thoughts, a procession of ideas, a fusion of diverse culture and knowledge where inequality meets equality, Sorrow meets happiness, tear ... Read More »

Four monologues of four women talking about their lives in men dominating society. Entertaining but still brings tears in your eyes when these women will take you through their journey of fun and struggle life. We are calling India is developing. ... Read More »

Anatomy drawing session for students, artists or anyone interested in subject study. Workshop will help artists to improve their technique to observe and understand shapes and forms. Bring your pencil and sketchbooks along. For the convenience we'll ... Read More »

Ankuram (Telugu: అంకురం; translation: The Seeding) is a 1993 Telugu feature film directed by Umamaheswara Rao. C, with Revathi in the lead. The movie is about an inspiring journey of a middle-class woman to return an abandoned child to his father. An ... Read More »

Ideapreneur vision is to help discover the power in YOU and convert it to energy. We assist to identify, develop and promote ideas or talent. Simply, we put your ideas to work as an individual, group or institution.

Moving to an informative age of ... Read More »

Poetry Recitation by Feminist Poets in Telugu, English, Urdu and English.

Followed by interaction and discussion with Poets including:
Vimala Morthala
Jameela Nishat
Aruna Chandra Raju (to recitate Vimalakka's poetry).

All are welcome. ... Read More »

Arunodaya Vimala, popularly known as Vimalakka is a Telugu balladeer and social activist. Her folk trope is known as Arunodaya Samskritika Samakhya.

Vimalakka was greatly influenced by her father's association with Telangana rebellion. She started ... Read More »

1) That day after every day deals with eve teasing , an extremely relevant and sensitive social cause that has been disturbing all of us for quite some time now. The film revolves around three women who overcome their helplessness in a situation wher ... Read More »

1) Invoking Justice
A film by Deepa Dhanraj
India, 2011, 85 minutes, Color, DVD, Tamil, Subtitled
Order No. W121082
In Southern India, family disputes are settled by Jamaats—all male bodies which apply Islamic Sharia law to cases without allowin ... Read More »

HWMF started a Community singing project with bi-monthly sessions.These sessions are all about using music as a tool to connect people together and create the sense of a community. Communities around the world have made used the simple act of singing ... Read More »

The Gulabi Gang is an extraordinary women’s movement formed in 2006 by Sampat Pal Devi in the Banda District of Uttar Pradesh in Northern India. This region is one of the poorest districts in the country and is marked by a deeply patriarchal culture, ... Read More »

Lamakaan celebrates 4th Anniversary with Kathak performance by students of renowned Mangala Bhatt's Akruti School of Kathak.

A Classical Dance by Akruthi Kathak Kendra students. "Aakruti Kathak was founded way back in 1992 by Smt.Mangala Bhatt and ... Read More »

Lamakaan celebrates its 4th Anniversary with this age old rich traditional story telling - Oggu Katha.

This evening's story is SON AGAINST MOTHER : THE TURBULENT TALE OF PARASURAMA and YELLAMMA.

A power-packed Oggu Katha performance of episode ... Read More »

As a part of Lamakaan's 4th Anniversary, Sutradhar is staging their Magnum Opus 'Birjees Qadar ka Kunba'.

See how a woman’s iron conviction and obsession with reputation, money and class destroys her family. Sample this:

“Auraton ke vaaste sui ... Read More »

Celebrate this Holi with your own hand-made natural colours. Learn the art of making them from ArunJyothi Lokhanday.
The colours will be made out of dried Beet Root, Marigold, orange peels, turmeric, colour mitti jaju, Palak, amla, and other dried g ... Read More »

Lamakaan's first mushaira will see recitations by a select few poets from Hyderabad's rich tradition of Urdu literature.

Among the poets are : Rashid Azar, Mohsin Jalgaonvi, Mustar Majaaz, Raoof Khalish, Rauf Khair, Rahamat Yusuf Zai and Mushaf I ... Read More »

World Kidney Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health and to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. Get involved!

A Survivor would like to share his ... Read More »

An evening of Hindustani Music.
Tabla Fusion by Suhas Shastri and Vivek Kayal....
And Presentation of Tarana by students of Smt. Aradhana Karhade Shastri.

This is a part of week-long Lamakaan's 4th Anniversary celebrations.

All are welcome. Read More »

About Miya Biwi - Adapted from the original Marathi Play ``Shri Tashi Sau`` written by Yogesh Soman into Hindustani by Saurabh Gharipurikar. This is a story about a Hyderabadi couple going to court to nullify their nuptials by divorcing each other fo ... Read More »

Hyderabad Western Music Foundation is pleased to invite you to celebrate the 4th anniversary of Lamakaan.

Famous tunes and compositions, from Western Classical to Jazz, Pop and Rap, will be presented by a variety of local and international musicia ... Read More »

The story is about two strangers who meet at a park and revolves around how one of them plays on the mind of the other timid guy and psychologically controls him and finally provokes him to stab him and leave him to die. The way how a person can be a ... Read More »

KUKKA
By Endamuri Veerendranath -

It is a fight between the haves n the have not’s. The Dora or the Zamindar goes to the extent of making the life of the domestic help miserable and worse than that of a dog for his selfish needs and desires. The ... Read More »

The next installment in our conversation sessions between scientists and the general public is titled "After the Higgs" and addresses the science surrounding the Higgs Boson, the subject of the 2013 Nobel prize in Physics. We will have a short 20 min ... Read More »

On the Wings of Song brings you a collaboration of musical talent from the twin cities of Hyd and Sec'bad.

They will cover music over the decades, beginning in the 70s and bringing it up to the present.

Presenting this are:

Abbas Razvi - Is ... Read More »

TWIN CITY THEATER AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL

In Collaboration with: Lamakaan, Mocha Banjara Hills, Rock Castle, Roots, Our Sacred Space.
An event to gather all the painters together to paint their Twin city Theater and Cultural Festival
Bring your To ... Read More »

Worls Puppet day-March 21, 2013

The puppetry story is a story 'Remembering and Forgetting' by Shri T. Rangarajan-Theatre artists from Hubli- Dharwad region, Karnataka.

It is about brain connection: when one wants to remember certain things but ... Read More »

a performance on the underlying theme of memory and madness in Leopoldo Maria Panero's Mondragon poems with additional text from the Language of Flowers and Aphorisms by Cesar Vallejo and a line from Lorca as a part of Twin City Theatre and Cultural ... Read More »

The play is an interaction between a boy and a girl who have met each other for marriage, due to family's insistance. The girl seems introvert and very negative about Arranged marriages, love marriages, and even relationships in general. The boy tri ... Read More »

UIFF-2014, is a traveling film festival, specially screening films on issues of Nuclear technology. The festival is part of Uranium Film Festival, which is conducted in different cities of the world to bring in public awareness against the dangers of ... Read More »

Samahaara Workshop Production
presents

Samahaara Comedy Night:

Stand-up Comedy by Anjali Parvati Koda
&
Short Plays by Team Samahaara

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy


It's baaaaaaaack. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's goin ... Read More »

Samahaara Workshop Production presents
Samahaara Comedy Night:
Stand-up Comedy by Anjali Parvati Koda & Short Plays by Team Samahaara
Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy
It's baaaaaaaack. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's going to be Doubl ... Read More »