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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 July 2014

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Shakkar Ke Paanch Dane
Tue Jul 1, 8:00 PM
Udaan Performing Arts
Shakkar Ke Paanch Dane (Hindi Monologue)
About The Play - Rajkumar has been requested to write a poem for a compilation to be published. If you knew Rajkumar you’d realize the absurdity of the request. In an hour long monologue, Rajkumar tells us ab ... Read More »
Shakkar Ke Paanch Dane
Wed Jul 2, 8:00 PM
Udaan Performing Arts
Shakkar Ke Paanch Dane (Hindi Monologue)

About The Play - Rajkumar has been requested to write a poem for a compilation to be published. If you knew Rajkumar you’d realize the absurdity of the request.
In an hour long monologue, Rajkumar tells ... Read More »
Samahaara Comedy Night
Thu Jul 3, 8:00 PM
Samahaara
Samahaara Comedy Night

Stand-up Comedy
&
Short Plays by Team Samahaara

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy


It's baaaaaaaack, with a new set of short plays and stand-up comedy. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's going to be Double ... Read More »
Samahaara Comedy Night
Fri Jul 4, 8:00 PM
Samahaara
Samahaara Comedy Night

Stand-up Comedy
&
Short Plays by Team Samahaara

Directed by Rathna Shekar Reddy


It's baaaaaaaack, with a new set of short plays and stand-up comedy. Remember how much fun we had last time? It's going to be Double ... Read More »
Flea Af'FAIR'-Flea market by THC
Sat Jul 5, 10:30 AM
Supri Amancherla
Exhibiting various creative entrepreneurs of Hyderabad.
A unique approach to showcase talents and products.

Stalls of small sustainable business owners with sales - display stalls of arts & crafts - stalls of NGOs & health/environmental initiati ... Read More »
Beating Procrastination
Sat Jul 5, 3:00 PM
Kamal Pabba
You are designed mentally and emotionally in such a way that task completion gives you a positive feeling.
It makes you happy. It makes you feel like a winner. - Brian Tracy (Eat That Frog)

What is Procrastination:
It is the practice of carrying ... Read More »
Musical Night -Sp.Children fund
Sat Jul 5, 7:00 PM
livenergi
Through this show, we aim is to provide a classy, yet entertaining musical evening to the audience with the ultimate goal being raising funds for the organization mentioned below.

This musical event features multiple artists performing a variety o ... Read More »
Theatre in Social Development
Sun Jul 6, 10:30 AM
CAMS (Center for Arts Media and Social Welfare)
CAMS (Center for Arts Media and Social Welfare) in association with Theatre Resource, Pune is presenting a lecture by Rtd. Prof. Bhaskar Shewalkar on 'Theatre in Social Development'.

About Prof. Bhaskar Shewalkar: A former HOD, Theatre Arts, Unive ... Read More »
Wilson ki Kahani
Sun Jul 6, 11:00 AM
Dr. Altaf Hasan
Wilson, the simpleton. A regular guy with regular needs is devastated by some unforeseen turn of events in his life. One night, while thinking about his future his thoughts has drawn him close to his surroundings and the environment.

Thus begins t ... Read More »
ANDHALYA KHIDKYA - Marathi Play
Sun Jul 6, 8:00 PM
RANGADHARA THEATRE STREAM

Rangadhara winds up at Lamakaan its month-long theatre fest with a Marathi Play "Andhalay Khidikya".
It is a tete-a-tete of two senior citizens / pensioners about life and its happiness. Among them one adopt boy and another a girl through their mi ... Read More »
Train to Pakistan (CH#1-Dacoity)
Tue Jul 8, 8:00 PM
AAMI Art in me
Train to Pakistan, chapter#1 - Dacoity (a play) An adaption of Khuswant singh's first novel 'Train to Pakistan.' a powerful and moving account of India's partition, where Hindus and Muslims have lived together in peace for more than a 100 years, are ... Read More »
Train to Pakistan (CH#1-Dacoity)
Wed Jul 9, 8:00 PM
AAMI Art in me
Train to Pakistan, chapter#1 - Dacoity (a play)
An adaption of Khuswant singh's first novel 'Train to Pakistan.'
a powerful and moving account of India's partition, where Hindus and Muslims have lived together in peace for more than a 100 years, a ... Read More »
A Meet with Social Entreprenuers
Sat Jul 12, 1:00 PM
Naresh Bogavaram
Rang De is registered as a non-profit organisation. Not wanting to concentrate on the argument about profit or non-profit, our single-minded focus is to ensure that our borrowers pay interest rates that are fair and our social investors get the oppor ... Read More »
When a Lawyer walks down aisle
Sat Jul 12, 6:30 PM
Amrita Suresh
Welcoming all for a book launch of 'When a Lawyer walks down the aisle...'.
It tells the story of a bunch of lawyers as they navigate through life, love and relationships. Written by Amrita Suresh, a National best selling author of her first book "' ... Read More »
Handloom Bazaar - Freedom Fabric
Sun Jul 13, 10:30 AM
Saraswati kavula
Lamakaan hosts a Handloom Bazaar for Sale and exhibit the Fabric of Freedom. Woven in to the wonderful tapestry that is India, handloom weaving is a 4000 year old tradition. Handloom weaving is one of India’s predominant rural economic activities.Thi ... Read More »
‘Breeding Invasions’
Sun Jul 13, 6:30 PM
Food Sovereignty Alliance
The Food Sovereignty Alliance invites you for the screening of the documentary “Breeding Invasions”. The screening will be followed by a discussion with members and leaders of the alliance.

About Breeding Invasions:

‘Breeding Invasions.... Li ... Read More »
Mint Tea - Children's Wkshp Prod
Fri Jul 18, 8:00 PM
Suzanne Patel
Mint Tea Productions' Children's Performance. A production at the end of a workshop.
3 Short Plays, One Great Evening.

1. The Dictionary Salesgirl
2. Chile Pepper Chicks Short
3. Do You Work Here?

For Entry passes - 9885450022
Read More »
Edu. system Killing Creativity?
Sat Jul 19, 3:00 PM
Kamal Pabba
Does Our Education System Kills Creativity?
"People and organizations everywhere can see that current systems of education are failing to meet the challenges we now all face and they're working furiously to create alternatives" - Sir Ken Robinson
... Read More »
The Last Wave - An Island Novel
Sat Jul 19, 5:30 PM
Black Swan Journeys Pvt Ltd
Black Swan Journeys presents a unique book reading session while you get to time-travel around the Andaman islands with Pankaj Sekhsaria, the author of the novel "The Last Wave".
"Ever the aimless drifter, Harish finds the anchor his life needs in a ... Read More »
YOCS - Young Orators Club of Sec
Sun Jul 20, 5:00 PM
YOCS
The present sessions at YOCS include a book/art review, a minor and a major.

One of the firmest pillars that YOCS stands on is its evaluation session. Judgments are made and accepted all the time. Group discussions, prose-reading sessions, poe ... Read More »
To be or not to be
Tue Jul 22, 8:00 PM
Udaan
A protagonist, who is very much confused as how to end his life either by consuming poison or hanging himself because nothing falls for him in a right place. He is unemployed and has break-up with his girlfriend.
While the protagonist is in the proc ... Read More »
Char & Symphony of Life -2 Films
Wed Jul 23, 7:00 PM
FD Zone
Sourav Sarangi's award winning documentary CHAR
and
Symphony of Life from FD archives

on WEDNESDAY 23 July 2014, 7.00 pm
at Lamakaan
(inside lane adjacent To C-Bay, opposite GVK One, Road No.1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad)

FD ZONE - DocuCir ... Read More »
My experiences with reporting
Fri Jul 25, 7:00 PM
Aishwarya Mishra
An informal evening of interaction with Vivek Nemana, a freelance journalist who was born in Hyderabad and brought up in the US. Vivek will speak on his experiences during this journalistic career - which includes reporting on the Phailin, his work w ... Read More »
Photo Composition workshop-2Days
Sat Jul 26, 10:30 AM
Neelu Singh
Spend a weekend sharpening your photography skills and learn to take exceptional pictures from one of the acclaimed photographers - Neelu Singh.
The key to taking better pictures is an ability to recognise the elements of a good photograph. Heading ... Read More »
KAHANI SANDHYA
Sat Jul 26, 7:30 PM
RANGAKALPA
RANGAKALPA Presents

KAHANI SANDHYA
(Presentation of Two Hindi Short Stories)
1. Yatramukt
2. Brahmarakshas ka Shishya

1. Yatramukt: (Duration: 30 mnts.)
Yatamukt is a famous story of renowned Hindi writer Raji Seth. This is the stor ... Read More »
KAHANI SANDHYA - 2 Stories
Sun Jul 27, 7:30 PM
RANGAKALPA
RANGAKALPA Presents
KAHANI SANDHYA (Presentation of Two Hindi Short Stories) 1. Yatramukt 2. Brahmarakshas ka Shishya
Yatramukt: (Duration: 30 mnts.) Yatamukt is a famous story of renowned Hindi writer Raji Seth. This is the story of an old man who ... Read More »
Love, sex and section 377
Tue Jul 29, 7:30 PM
Underdog Entertainment
Love, sex and section 377 is a satire based on the recent supreme court judgement that criminalized sexual intercourse of same sex couples. It tells us how the world would be adversely affected by this decision. The play is a hilarious look at how im ... Read More »
"Miya-Biwi" - A comedy play
Wed Jul 30, 8:00 PM
Udaan Performing Arts
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 »
A Season of Love - Film on Birds
Thu Jul 31, 7:30 PM
Kiranmayi
A Season of Love is a Film on birds by Kiranmayi.
Migratory birds from Central Asia and other places, visiting south Indian coastal villages, build a unique relationship with the local community. While migration in birds is motivated by needs of su ... Read More »