Lamakaan

Join us to listen to Urdu short stories written by Jeelani Bano as read by Aslam Farshori the well known broadcaster, actor and writer. These are stories of Hyderabad, Telangana, of women, children, workers and ordinary people and their struggles.
Jeelani Bano is India's leading Urdu fiction writer who has received the Soviet Land Nehru Award, a Padma Shri, and many other national and international literary awards. "Bano", as she is known to her friends, has written on women, Telangana's Feudalism and it's collapse, rural distress, and a large variety of contemporary issues in a simple language and powerful language. Her work spans over 22 books, hundreds of stories, novels, radio plays, childrens books.
Aslam Farshori, is a one of most recognized Urdu broadcaster of All India Radio, founder head of ETV Urdu, a well known film and TV actor, a writer and compere.
Entry Free. All are Welcome!

This is a part of continual effort to make our LGBTQ community be aware and be prepared to age will and simultaneously actively learning not to be age discriminatory as a community. Would like to screen the following two movies interspersed with discussions.

Continuing our exploration with the movies and movie makers, Lamakaan brings to you this finest Finnish Film The Man Without A Past directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Drifting Clouds (1996) and Lights in the Dusk (2006). The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002 and won the Grand Prix at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

On this Sunday morning through afternoon come and explore wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Breads and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts and Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces. Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm For details: 9642731329.

Entry Free. All are Welcome.

Come on this Sunday morning to listen some of the gems of Hindustani Classical compositions.


Vocal by Mrs. Aradhana Karhade Shastri

Tabla solo by Mr.Vivek Kayal
Accompanying artists,
Tabla-------Mr.Suhas Shastri
Harmonium-------Mr.Rahul Deshpande

Entry Free. All are Welcome!

Ganesha Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated on the birthday (rebirth) of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. Chaturthi was being celebrated as a public event in Pune since the times of Shivaji (1630-1680). In 1893, Lokmanya Tilak transformed the annual domestic festival into a large, well-organized public event in order to exercise control over the population, asthe British discouraged social and political gatherings (wikipedia). Their aim is good but today political and environmental issues are changed now a days making ganesh idols with plaster of paris The most serious impact of the festival on the environment is due to the immersion of idols made of Plaster of Paris into lakes, rivers and the sea.plaster of paris is non-biodegradable, and insoluble in water. Moreover, the chemical paints used to adorn these plaster idols themselves contain heavy metals like mercury and cadmium, causing water pollution and also soil pollution. Actually the ganesh idol should be made with clay because we must protect our environment that is the reason we have to bring clay from river bank or lake after festival we shoul return to it by immertion. we are praying ganesh with near about 22 leaves that specific plants protect our soil fertility and also children know about plants so that we can protect our soil fertility and productivity indirectly. Apart fron traditional stories lot of science is there in ganesh festival. It is easy to making of ganesh with clay and eco-friendly Ganesh. It is our resposibility to save our environment

we will demonstrate the making of clay ganesh

Nuvvu Chaavali is a MANCH Original play, a Suspense Drama Written by Srikanth Banala.
This play is a story of three criminals, who killed humans for their own good reasons, only the number of victims changes, the amount of impact changes, the method of killing changes.
Manavathvanni kapadadaniki, manaloni manishini kasepu champadamlo thappu ledhu..
So its all about how and who makes the humanity live ahead.

Genre: Suspense Drama
Language: Telugu
Cast: Neelesh Ahankari, Suleman Shaik, Suman Singasani, Harsha Chakillam.
Music: Snehasis Rath
Written And Directed By Srikanth Banala

Goonj, an original Manch Production is an inspirational Drama written by Ashish Srivastava and Shashank Srivastava. It is a musical drama which revolves around a girl with dreams and aspirations like every other young girl, but she is not exactly like one of them. She is special in her own way. Will she be able to fulfill her dreams or will they be shattered? Will she be able to change the perspective of people towards her? To know more tune in on the 28th of August.

Genre: Drama

Language: Hindi

Cast: Srishti Mathur, Smitali Das, Devender Bharadwaj, Aayushi Agarwal, Amit Kumar, Chetan Gupta, Yamini Pandey, Shashank Srivastava.

Directed By Shashank Srivastava

The classic black and white paintings which include landscape, still life and animals.

[Date Blocked] In the belly of the beast is a freewheeling conversation anchored by Anant Maringanti on what it means to be Urban in the 21st century. It will draw on examples from the experience of researching, writing, teaching and community engagement at Hyderabad Urban Lab. Thematically, much of this work centres around waste, infrastructure and informal work, water and transportation, ageing, women's work. But the goal of the conversation is to raise one central question and find plausible answers: how should we be speaking to each other in the 21st century Hyderabad. This implies of course that the conversation would be around the conceptual tools, technologies and organizational practices.It would be around identity, difference, deprivation, injury and exploitation. The goal is to even tentatively forge new ideas to shape our shared lives.

Celebrating Amrita Pritam and screening of the movie based on the adaptation of her novel 'PINJAR'

Come join us to celebrate one of the gifted authors of India, Amrita Pritam (31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian writer and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindustani. She is considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist, and the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, who is equally loved on both sides of the India-Pakistan border. With a career spanning over six decades, she produced over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were translated into several Indian and foreign languages.

Amrita is the first recipient of Punjab Rattan Award. She is first woman recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for Sunehadey (poetic diminutive of the word sunehe i,e.Messages), Amrita Pritam received the Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, in 1982 for Kagaz te Canvas (Paper and Canvas).[26] She received the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, India's highest literary award, also in 2004. She received D.Litt. honorary degrees, from many universities including, Delhi University (1973), Jabalpur University (1973) and Vishwa Bharati (1987).

Entry Free and Open to All!

"The prestige- India's first ever teleportation magic show". Be part of witnessing live magic of teleportation in Hyderabad at lamakaan. Show is filled with amazing magic and laughter with a line up of amazing stand up comedians from our city, Alick Bailey, Vivek Muralidharan and Shyam Tenali.

Illusionist - Mahesh
Stand up comedians -
Alick Bailey
Vivek Muralidharan
Shyam Tenali

Its a promenade theater production, which deals with the issue of violence and the journey of human soul. It also deals the issue of gender in a different form, where we take human body as body not as gender, as we feel it as social construction.
Carnival "the fest of Bodies".It's a promenade performance, it will be experiential journey for the audience. The performance is not going to be at one single place so audience should to be ready to move around in the campus to watch the performance. The purpose of this type of performance is to bridge the gap between the spectator and the performer.. For more detail of the play, please be there. For any details,you can contact-Pankaj Tiwari, pankajyavanika@gmail.com,9015180775

There will be two shows of the same play. Only 35 members are allowed in each show.
1st Show: 6.30pm to 7.15pm
2nd Show: 7.30pm to 8.15pm

Entry Rs.100/-

I Dream Before I Take the Stand, by
Arlene Hutton, is a short one-act (roughly 20 minutes) that is at once
an absurdist drama and dream play of sorts. A woman dreams about the
upcoming trial of the man who sexually assaulted (and possibly raped)
her in the park one not-so-typical morning on her way to work. The
piece focuses on the woman's subconscious and begs the question "Is
the woman responsible for the attack against her?" and throws a
critical eye onto court practices that allow such personal questions
as what clothing the woman was wearing to be asked within the
courtroom.

A musical act on the various aspects of life when a girl/women has to
face the society and its dark face. The musical depicts the
significance of inner faith which is extremely important to fight the
evils of the society.
Writers, Directors and Cast (if possible) - Writer Arelne
Hutton. Cast - Shailja Chaturvedi & Ankur Verma. Musical - Pallavi,
Rupa PRabhakar, Sumam Phillip, Yamini, Sana Benazir, Mubeen Ahmed
Khan, Khaja, Sravan, Sanjay & Akshay.

Contact person and mobile number and email ID (for
communications to the audience).Ankur Verma(8179894428)
- , Mubeen Ahmed Khan(9849272325)
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K-Circle's monthly Non-Competitive Quiz held at Lamakaan. Everybody is welcome.

It's a socio-political satire which involves a conversation between three crazy men who are talking about different social aspects directly/indirectly and suddenly a stranger enters and that is when story begins, according to this forth person he is not an insane rather very educated even then also he is in mental asylum. As they interact and talk further, they discuss every possible topic in very different and insane style to watch yourself giggling throughout the evening come and enjoy the play. Entry through Donor Pass at the gate: Rs100/-

An inter-school competition for school teachers, to explore pedagogical techniques/strategies to teach high school curicullum.

Teachers would be provided a situation - a topic, audience, cultural context, classroom location would be defined and the teachers will have to present their strategy to teach the topic. They shall then take questions from other teams, audience and judges.

Teams get points for both questions and answers. This is inspired by Socratic Dialogue and hopes to evolve a better understanding of high school teaching. Topics would be interdisciplinary and schools would be encouraged to send a team with diverse academic backgrounds.

On this Sunday morning through afternoon come and explore wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Breads and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts and Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces. Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm For details: 9642731329.
Entry Free. All are Welcome.

Samahaara
in association with
Inspire Enrichment Centre
presents

Oscar Wilde's "THE HAPPY PRINCE"
(A Children's play in English )

Directed by Nasreen Ishaque

Date: 04th September 2016
Time: 6.00pm
Duration: 30 minutes
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

Ticket Rs 100/-


The Happy Prince

“The Happy Prince” is a short fairy tale written by the great Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A Prince lived within the four walls of his palace, unaware of sorrows and miseries of the world. His loving parents made sure that he never comes across any hardships. However, when he was no more, a golden statue with sapphires and rubies was built in his memory and was placed on a high pedestal. Standing high above, for the first time ever, the happy Prince saw the pain and sufferings of the poor people. He was full of regret and his soul was crying to help them. Fortunately a little swallow bird that was travelling to Egypt to escape the approaching winter heard his request and agreed to help.

Starting with sapphires and rubies, the little bird got busy with removing the golden leaves gilded on the body and distributed them among the poor as requested by the happy Prince. With all the gems and gold gone, the black metal statue was quiet an unpleasant sight. But the soul of happy Prince was rejoicing as he had tasted true happiness. Meanwhile winter had arrived. The little swallow bird was not able to resume his flight to Egypt as it was too late. The severe winter claimed his life. That very moment the heart of the happy Prince cracked in pain. An angel on an errand to find the two most precious things in the world brought back to heaven the broken heart and the swallow bird. God acknowledged most benevolently, the preciousness of both. The happy Prince and swallow bird lived happily forever, in his golden abode and garden of paradise.

Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem is an adaptation into Deccani of Hugh Chesterman's 'The Pie & The Tart'. The play has been directed by Mohit & Deepti.
The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food. That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before. The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends. The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s. What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani? Find out in Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem.

For passes - bookmyshow.com or 9848052541

The upsurge in atrocities against Dalits in recent years has punctured the claims of all round development by Indian rulers as they celebrate the 70th year of independence. The institutional murder of Rohith Vemula and the heinous atrocity against the Dalit youths in Gujarat by Hindutva cow vigilantes and many other oppressive incidents against Dalits across the country makes it clear that the Dalits belonging to poor and working class are the main targets of the Brahmanical fascist onslaught. It is against this backdrop that we are organizing a discussion on the annihilation of caste which any justice-loving person must aspire for.

Though attempts toward annihilation of caste have been made since the colonial era, with significant contributions from social reformers like Phule, Periyar and Ambedkar and the working class and communist movements too gave prominent place to annihilation of caste on their agenda, the sad truth is that such attempts have so far not been proven to be effective in so far as the annihilation of caste is concerned. It is high time we made a critical appraisal of the past attempts and came up with a comprehensive plan of action which should not only have a long term vision but also some immediate action points.

As part of a radical solution to the caste question we need to go to the roots and find out the scientific explanation of the origin of caste, how it evolved in different phases in Indian society and why does it continue to prevail in the Indian society which has undergone a transformation from a semi-feudal to a capitalist social formation in recent decades. We need to ask: which are the forces benefitting from the continued existence of caste and whose interest is it serving? Only then we can find out a comprehensive project of caste annihilation.

We will try to find answers to these questions in our discussion on the topic ‘Is Annihilation of Caste Possible?’ on Sep 6, 2016 in Lamakaan, Hyderabad. You are all welcome to join the discussion!

Masala Chai - Three Monologues by Divya Prakash Dubey

1. Jeevanshadi.com
2. Hum Do Hamara Ek
3. Time
Cast:
Abdul Razzak
Sanjit Rao
Surender Sahil Verma
Directed by Krishna Shukla

Masala Chai - Three Monologues by Divya Prakash Dubey

1. Jeevanshadi.com
2. Hum Do Hamara Ek
3. Time
Cast:
Abdul Razzak
Sanjit Rao
Surender Sahil Verma
Directed by Krishna Shukla

A UN mandated DAY(10 Sept) which is celebrated world wide, We (ROSHNI) plan to stage a play on creating awareness to prevent SUICIDES and about our services.

GM Food in your daily tadka or avakaya - Are you Worried

Talk and Discussion on Genetically Modified Mustard

Led by Dr.Ramanjaneyulu from Centre for Sustainable Agriculture.

September 10th(Saturday), 5-7 pm

Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Globally people have serious concerns about effects on health and environment over Genetically Modified Food crops and not many have been approved so far. In India, an attempt to commercialise Bt Brinjal faced with a moratorium in 2009 after public consultation. But now, GM Mustard is coming up for approval in September/October! It is shrouded in secrecy, with the government keeping data away from public domain. Mustard is a very important food crop consumed in many forms - oil, seed, mustard paste, pickles like avakaya, and as a leafy vegetable.

Will you be worried and act on it now? Or will you wait until it is too late? Should we not question the faulty and flawed process of the regulators ? These and many more, are the questions being asked by many people across India right now. Dr. G.V Ramanjaneyulu will make a presentation on GM crops, particularly mustard, and speak about the concerns. This will be followed by an interactive discussion.

All are Welcome!

Come and listen to some of finest poems of Laltu and analysis by Dr Ashutosh this weekend at Lamakaan.

Entry Free and Open to All.

Laltu is a Hindi poet and writer. He has published five poetry collections and a short story collection, and a few works for children and translations. He also writes commentaries on contemporary affairs and is associated with grassroots movements. He is a scientist and he teaches at IIIT-H.

शीर्षक - लाल्टू का काव्यपाठ और उनकी कविता पर चर्चा सानिध्य आशुतोष कुमार/के साथ ,

आयोजक- प्रतिरोध का सिनेमा और लामाकान

आशुतोष कुमार का परिचय -
आशुतोष कुमार की आलोचना -पुस्तक 'समकालीन हिन्दी कविता और मार्क्सवाद ' समकालीन हिंदी कविता के बहाने मार्क्सवादी आलोचना की दश और दिशा की जांच पड़ताल करती है .यह मार्क्सवादी आलोचना को समकालीन विमर्शों से मिलने वाली चुनौतियों की सन्दर्भ में पुनरीक्षित करने का आलोचनात्मक उद्यम है .
पत्र -पत्रिकाओं और ई-पत्रिकाओं में यशपाल , भगवती चरण वर्मा , भीष्म साहनी , हजारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी ,वीरेन डंगवाल ,गोरख पाण्डेय , अदम गोंडवी , मुक्तिबोध और युवा -कविता आदि पर आलोचनात्मक लेख और सामाजिक -राजनीतिक मुद्दों पर टिप्पणियाँ प्रकाशित हैं .
पत्रिका ' आशय ' के विशेषांक ' प्रेम का स्त्री -अर्थ ' और अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय की शोध पत्रिका 'अभिनव भारती' विशेषांक ' उपन्यास और प्रतिरोध ' का अतिथि -सम्पादन किया . पुनर्विचार नाम के ब्लॉग पर कुछ चीजें मौजूद हैं .
दो दशकों से हिंदी का अध्यापक . राजस्थान , अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय और दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय में .
जन संस्कृति मंच के साथ सक्रिय जुड़ाव . इंडिया हैबिटेट सेंटर के ' कवि के साथ ' कार्यक्रम श्रृंखला के साथ.
शिक्षादीक्षा नेतरहाट , पटना , इलाहाबाद और दिल्ली (जे एन यू) में हुई.
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लाल्टू का परिचय :
कविता, कहानी, पत्रकारिता, अनुवाद, नाटक, बाल साहित्य, नवसाक्षर साहित्य आदि विधाओं में सक्रिय।

कविता संग्रह: एक झील थी बर्फ की (आधार:1990); डायरी में तेईस अक्तूबर (रामकृष्ण:2004); लोग ही चुनेंगे रंग (शिल्पायन: 2010); सुंदर लोग और अन्य कविताएँ (वाणी: 2012); नहा कर नहीं लौटा है बुद्ध (वाग्देवी: 2013); कोई लकीर सच नहीं होती (वाग्देवी: 2016)

कहानी संग्रह: घुघनी (1996)
कई समकालीन संग्रहों में रचनाएँ शामिल।
अनुवादः हावर्ड ज़िन की पुस्तक 'A People's History of the United States' के बारह अध्यायों
का अनुवाद प्रतिष्ठित पत्रिकाओं में प्रकाशित; जोसेफ कोनरॉड के उपन्यास 'Heart of Darkness' का अनुवाद (वाग्देवी: 2015)
बाल साहित्यः भैया ज़िंदाबाद (बाल कविताएँ 1992);
बांग्ला से अनूदितः अगड़म बगड़म (आबोल ताबोल);
ह य व र ल; गोपी गवैया बाघा बजैया;
अंग्रेज़ी से अनूदितः लोग उड़ेंगे; नकलू नडलू बुरे फँसे
नवसाक्षरों के लिएः कविता संग्रह: देश बड़ा कब होता है;
नाटकः भाप ताप और आप

बांग्ला, पंजाबी, अंग्रेज़ी से कहानियाँ कविताएँ अनूदित - प्रतिष्ठित पत्रिकाओं में प्रकाशित
पत्रकारिताः हिंदी, पंजाबी और अंग्रेज़ी में कई अखबारों और पत्रिकाओं में समसामयिक विषयों और विज्ञान पर सौ से अधिक आलेख और पुस्तक समीक्षाएँ प्रकाशित; शिक्षा आदि विषयों पर कई शोध-आलेख पुस्तकों में शामिल।

विज्ञान : सैद्धांतिक रसायन (आणविक भौतिकी) में 60 से अधिक शोधपत्र अंतर्राष्ट्रीय पत्रिकाओं में प्रकाशित;
शिक्षाः पी एच डी (केमिस्ट्री) - प्रिंस्टन विश्वविद्यालय, यू एस ए
एम एस सी (केमिस्ट्री)- आई आई टी - कानपुब्लागः आइए हाथ उठाएँ हम भी - laltu.blogspot.com
Entry Free. Open to All.

Collection of 3 Monologues:
About the plays :
1. Borys The Rottweiler
A dog is forced to save face in the most dramatic way when a new neighbour threatens his status. Drama, by Christopher Johnson.

2. A Psychopath
Heard the one about a good guy with a dark past? This monologue is about a bad man with a bright past. Theo Carter tried his best to do the right thing by his fellow man, but he suffers from an acute lack of human empathy and a few years back he just stopped trying.

3. Lucifer
Lucifer, The Satan woos the humans to embrace hell post their death. He makes fun of god and his powers,convincing humans to believe that Heaven isn't as good as it sounds.

Venue: LamaKaan
Time : 7:30 PM
Date : 10th Sep
Contact : 9700074079

On this Sunday morning through afternoon come and explore wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Breads and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts and Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces. Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm For details: 9642731329. Entry Free. All are Welcome.

On the anniversary of 9/11 Lamakaan invites to the screening of this revealing documentary on the whole issue of

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Big cities in India have big dreams. The dream to be called a global city. The images about India's economic growth and development invariably are the images of big cities. Big Indian cities are complex. What you see is not usually what you get.

The 'booming' big cities like Hyderabad are filled with paradoxes and contradictions. There is so much incomprehensible about big Indian cities. They have to be understood to understand cities and the people.

The talk covers the not-so-easily comprehensible and visible developments and systems that are involved behind a big city. It covers the contradictions and paradoxes by taking the case of a 'global city' called Hyderabad.

Interested in telling stories or listening to others stories? Want to perfect the art of telling a story?
Then look no further. This is the event you have been looking for 🙂
Free to join, free to participate.

Aapki kahani. Aaphiki zubaani!

For queries whatsapp 7680993179 (Santosh Mohan Veeranki)

Hyderabad quiz club's monthly quiz.

A full fledged Bharatanatyam Dance recital by Samasutra team and students of Saine Nrityalaya

TASTE OF CHERRY
TA'M E GUILASS
TRAILER
Directed by ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
Iran, 1997
Drama
95 mins

Palme d’Or-winning account of an Iranian man who drives around in his truck in search of anyone who bury him beneath a cherry tree after he commits suicide beneath it.

Samahaara
presents

"ACHARYA TARTUFFE"(A play in Hindi)
an adaptation of Moliere's TARTUFFE

Produced by Rathna Shekar Reddy

Directed by Nasreen Ishaque


Acharya Tartuffe
“Acharya Tartuffe” is a Hindi adaptation of Moliere’s controversial play ‘Le Tartuffe’, meaning the impostor, or the hypocrite. Written in 1664 the play sheds light on hypocrisy prevailing in the society, especially on the matters of religion and morality.

Omkaar, a wealthy businessman, gets influenced by a mysterious godman named Tartuffe and brings him home. Reeling under the spell of Tartuffe, he grows eccentric to an alarming level. His hapless victims are his own son and daughter. The son gets disowned and the daughter is to be married to the godman. The whole household gets caught in this whirlwind generated by the shrewd maneuvering of the holy man. Any reasoning on part of his family members proves futile. The loud mouth servants are the only ones who could voice their opinions on the fanatical events taking place in the house. Emboldened, Tartuffe slyly creeps closer to Kaamini, Omkaar’s wife, to quench his lustful cravings. Gripped with religious fervor, Omkaar has become too ridiculous to sense the impending threats. Eventually his incessant farcical antics lead him to lose his property to Tartuffe. However a timely tell a tale by Tartuffe’s disciple Chunni Lal brings to light the dark and evil past of the godman.

CITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).

Poitras had already been working on a film about surveillance for two years when Snowden contacted her, using the name “CITIZENFOUR,” in January 2013. He reached out to her because he knew she had long been a target of government surveillance, stopped at airports numerous times, and had refused to be intimidated. When Snowden revealed he was a high-level analyst driven to expose the massive surveillance of Americans by the NSA, Poitras persuaded him to let her film.

CITIZENFOUR places you in the room with Poitras, Greenwald, and Snowden as they attempt to manage the media storm raging outside, forced to make quick decisions that will impact their lives and all of those around them.

CITIZENFOUR not only shows you the dangers of governmental surveillance—it makes you feel them. After seeing the film, you will never think the same way about your phone, email, credit card, web browser, or profile, ever again.

Write Club, Hyderabad is a platform for all the writers of Hyderabad (aspiring or published) to gather at one place and write. The whole idea of write club is for the writers to come out of the closet and cut down the tag.

What we do, basically:
One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring with them a theme, a writing plan and exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. We read out our write-ups, based on the writer’s discretion and obtain feedback and critique on them.

Any pre-requisites:
Entry is free, open and welcomed. We advise writers to bring in their writing devices and we’re all set.

When do we have Write Club:
Every Saturday afternoon – 4PM to 7PM

Hii Guys..! The Most Requested & Most Awaited Get together's are here from HDPC.
How to Make Your Photography Hobby a Small Business...Lets Start earning. Yes...! Soon we will form as Team-HDPC to offer commercial services, as we have lot of enquirers. Before that we need to have series of Photography Get Together's to Know each other about the Capabilities. Also we will have support sessions by commercial photographers to over come difficulties.
Not only this...Lot more...Coming your way.
What type of Photography you do? Why ?
What kind of commercial photography inspires you?
What are your Client requirements ?
Is your equipment good enough to Compete ?
How to you get networked or referrals
How can you build up your portfolio before you have clients?
What has been the greatest lesson you have learned since
shooting ?
How did you find the time to work on this career reboot?
What promotional tools do you use to reach out to clients you’d like to work for?
Hmmmm..Many Questions to be discussed soon... 🙂
Many successful small businesses start out as hobbies that eventually become profitable endeavors. If you've got a knack for photography, you might opt to work as a part-time freelancer or special events photographer, or you might open your own full-scale photo business. Consider what you need to get started. We will try to discuss everything related towards the First Step in to Commercial Photography.
Urs... Ram... 🙂

Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008 |documentary| 89 mins)

Directed by :Sam Bozzo

Blue Gold: World Water Wars examines environmental and political implications of the planet's dwindling water supply, and posits that wars in the future will be fought over water.[4] The film also highlights some success stories of water activists around the world.

On this Sunday morning through afternoon come and explore wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Breads and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts and Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces. Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm For details: 9642731329. Entry Free. All are Welcome.

City based youth formed Amma eye, organ and body donation promotion organization (AEOBDPO) to bring awareness among the public about the importance of donation of eye, organ and body.
“There are 500 deaths approximately everyday in the Hyderabad city alone. Hardly anyone donates eye, organ or body to the eye banks, Jeevandaan, medical colleges due to various superstitious reasons. With a sole purpose to eliminate superstitious beliefs, AEOBDPO is formed on 12th June 2016 (Sunday).

Once in every three months the members meet to discuss about the course of action.

Entry only to the members!

A full fledged Kuchipudi dance recital by Smt. Rajinimai Chakilam and students of Nrityanjali dance academy - Ameerpet.

Nabarun is the exclamation mark in Bengali literature. He is the emphatic interjector. His characters shamelessly hustle, behave atrociously, and try to exist in a violently hostile world. The film tries to get into the noisy, grimy, scratchy insides of his mind. Bouncing between pure documentary and fiction, just like Nabarun.

Credits

Director: Q
Producer: Q, Celine Loop
Screenwriter: Q
Cinematographer: Q
Editor: Q, Supratim
Music: Ankit Gandhi Lall
Production Company: Overdose Joint
Cast: Rii, Joyraj, Tanaji, Nitai, Satrajit

Miss Lovely (Hindi |2012| 113mins)
A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia

Lajwanti (2014| Rajasthan |103 mins)

“Lajwanti / The Honour Keeper” is a love story set in a village in the Thar desert in Rajasthan, India. A group of women in their daily long walk to collect water recite songs and exchange words that reveal their hidden desires. But one day when a crazy dreamer whose only passion is collecting doves crosses their path, one of them, Lajwanti, starts a journey that will take her out of this closed world. She, who initially seems to be the most radical in her beliefs and for whom the sanctity of marriage is supreme cannot accept the group’s behavior towards her and abandons it. A new journey begins for her when she starts walking the long distance alone.

Cast And Crew:
Cast: Sanghmitra Hitaishi, Pushpendra Singh,Gaurav Lavaniya, Sugna Devi, Nirmal Sapera
Directed & Produced by Pushpendra Singh
Cinematography: Ravi Kiran Ayyagari
Editing: Shweta Rai
Sound: Amala Popuri
Story: Late Vijaydan Detha
Art, Costumes, Screenplay: Pushpendra Singh

An exhibition cum sale of art work - water color and sketches and digital abstract art and photography.
This is aimed mainly for exhibition and the sale will ideally be voluntary contribution for charity in return for any art work a patron/viewer likes.

ABHAAS YA BHAAS is a play that depicts the problems and wishes of street boys who are deprived of daily life minimum needs. The play tells us the story of two boys who are spared and given a chance by Yamdoot by granting them bonus of additional life for six hours and six wishes where each wish will last for just an hour. Things to look out here is, what do the baffled boys wish for and what happens at the end of the sixth hour. The play is a satirical take on the destitute, politicians and the mango people.

An exhibition cum sale of art work - water color and sketches and digital abstract art and photography.
This is aimed mainly for exhibition and the sale will ideally be voluntary contribution for charity in return for any art work a patron/viewer likes

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Join us to listen to Urdu short stories written by Jeelani Bano as read by Aslam Farshori the well known broadcaster, actor and writer. These are stories of Hyderabad, Telangana, of women, children, workers and ordinary people and their struggles.
Jeelani Bano is India's leading Urdu fiction writer who has received the Soviet Land Nehru Award, a Padma Shri, and many other national and international literary awards. "Bano", as she is known to her friends, has written on women, Telangana's Feudalism and it's collapse, rural distress, and a large variety of contemporary issues in a simple language and powerful language. Her work spans over 22 books, hundreds of stories, novels, radio plays, childrens books.
Aslam Farshori, is a one of most recognized Urdu broadcaster of All India Radio, founder head of ETV Urdu, a well known film and TV actor, a writer and compere.
Entry Free. All are Welcome!

This is a part of continual effort to make our LGBTQ community be aware and be prepared to age will and simultaneously actively learning not to be age discriminatory as a community. Would like to screen the following two movies interspersed with discussions.

Continuing our exploration with the movies and movie makers, Lamakaan brings to you this finest Finnish Film The Man Without A Past directed by Aki Kaurismäki. It is the second installment in Kaurismäki's Finland trilogy, the other two films being Drifting Clouds (1996) and Lights in the Dusk (2006). The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2002 and won the Grand Prix at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

On this Sunday morning through afternoon come and explore wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Breads and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts and Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces. Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm For details: 9642731329.

Entry Free. All are Welcome.

Come on this Sunday morning to listen some of the gems of Hindustani Classical compositions.


Vocal by Mrs. Aradhana Karhade Shastri

Tabla solo by Mr.Vivek Kayal
Accompanying artists,
Tabla-------Mr.Suhas Shastri
Harmonium-------Mr.Rahul Deshpande

Entry Free. All are Welcome!

Ganesha Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated on the birthday (rebirth) of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. Chaturthi was being celebrated as a public event in Pune since the times of Shivaji (1630-1680). In 1893, Lokmanya Tilak transformed the annual domestic festival into a large, well-organized public event in order to exercise control over the population, asthe British discouraged social and political gatherings (wikipedia). Their aim is good but today political and environmental issues are changed now a days making ganesh idols with plaster of paris The most serious impact of the festival on the environment is due to the immersion of idols made of Plaster of Paris into lakes, rivers and the sea.plaster of paris is non-biodegradable, and insoluble in water. Moreover, the chemical paints used to adorn these plaster idols themselves contain heavy metals like mercury and cadmium, causing water pollution and also soil pollution. Actually the ganesh idol should be made with clay because we must protect our environment that is the reason we have to bring clay from river bank or lake after festival we shoul return to it by immertion. we are praying ganesh with near about 22 leaves that specific plants protect our soil fertility and also children know about plants so that we can protect our soil fertility and productivity indirectly. Apart fron traditional stories lot of science is there in ganesh festival. It is easy to making of ganesh with clay and eco-friendly Ganesh. It is our resposibility to save our environment

we will demonstrate the making of clay ganesh

Nuvvu Chaavali is a MANCH Original play, a Suspense Drama Written by Srikanth Banala.
This play is a story of three criminals, who killed humans for their own good reasons, only the number of victims changes, the amount of impact changes, the method of killing changes.
Manavathvanni kapadadaniki, manaloni manishini kasepu champadamlo thappu ledhu..
So its all about how and who makes the humanity live ahead.

Genre: Suspense Drama
Language: Telugu
Cast: Neelesh Ahankari, Suleman Shaik, Suman Singasani, Harsha Chakillam.
Music: Snehasis Rath
Written And Directed By Srikanth Banala

Goonj, an original Manch Production is an inspirational Drama written by Ashish Srivastava and Shashank Srivastava. It is a musical drama which revolves around a girl with dreams and aspirations like every other young girl, but she is not exactly like one of them. She is special in her own way. Will she be able to fulfill her dreams or will they be shattered? Will she be able to change the perspective of people towards her? To know more tune in on the 28th of August.

Genre: Drama

Language: Hindi

Cast: Srishti Mathur, Smitali Das, Devender Bharadwaj, Aayushi Agarwal, Amit Kumar, Chetan Gupta, Yamini Pandey, Shashank Srivastava.

Directed By Shashank Srivastava

The classic black and white paintings which include landscape, still life and animals.

[Date Blocked] In the belly of the beast is a freewheeling conversation anchored by Anant Maringanti on what it means to be Urban in the 21st century. It will draw on examples from the experience of researching, writing, teaching and community engagement at Hyderabad Urban Lab. Thematically, much of this work centres around waste, infrastructure and informal work, water and transportation, ageing, women's work. But the goal of the conversation is to raise one central question and find plausible answers: how should we be speaking to each other in the 21st century Hyderabad. This implies of course that the conversation would be around the conceptual tools, technologies and organizational practices.It would be around identity, difference, deprivation, injury and exploitation. The goal is to even tentatively forge new ideas to shape our shared lives.

Celebrating Amrita Pritam and screening of the movie based on the adaptation of her novel 'PINJAR'

Come join us to celebrate one of the gifted authors of India, Amrita Pritam (31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian writer and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindustani. She is considered the first prominent woman Punjabi poet, novelist, and essayist, and the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, who is equally loved on both sides of the India-Pakistan border. With a career spanning over six decades, she produced over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were translated into several Indian and foreign languages.

Amrita is the first recipient of Punjab Rattan Award. She is first woman recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1956 for Sunehadey (poetic diminutive of the word sunehe i,e.Messages), Amrita Pritam received the Bhartiya Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary award, in 1982 for Kagaz te Canvas (Paper and Canvas).[26] She received the Padma Shri (1969) and Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, India's highest literary award, also in 2004. She received D.Litt. honorary degrees, from many universities including, Delhi University (1973), Jabalpur University (1973) and Vishwa Bharati (1987).

Entry Free and Open to All!

"The prestige- India's first ever teleportation magic show". Be part of witnessing live magic of teleportation in Hyderabad at lamakaan. Show is filled with amazing magic and laughter with a line up of amazing stand up comedians from our city, Alick Bailey, Vivek Muralidharan and Shyam Tenali.

Illusionist - Mahesh
Stand up comedians -
Alick Bailey
Vivek Muralidharan
Shyam Tenali

Its a promenade theater production, which deals with the issue of violence and the journey of human soul. It also deals the issue of gender in a different form, where we take human body as body not as gender, as we feel it as social construction.
Carnival "the fest of Bodies".It's a promenade performance, it will be experiential journey for the audience. The performance is not going to be at one single place so audience should to be ready to move around in the campus to watch the performance. The purpose of this type of performance is to bridge the gap between the spectator and the performer.. For more detail of the play, please be there. For any details,you can contact-Pankaj Tiwari, pankajyavanika@gmail.com,9015180775

There will be two shows of the same play. Only 35 members are allowed in each show.
1st Show: 6.30pm to 7.15pm
2nd Show: 7.30pm to 8.15pm

Entry Rs.100/-

I Dream Before I Take the Stand, by
Arlene Hutton, is a short one-act (roughly 20 minutes) that is at once
an absurdist drama and dream play of sorts. A woman dreams about the
upcoming trial of the man who sexually assaulted (and possibly raped)
her in the park one not-so-typical morning on her way to work. The
piece focuses on the woman's subconscious and begs the question "Is
the woman responsible for the attack against her?" and throws a
critical eye onto court practices that allow such personal questions
as what clothing the woman was wearing to be asked within the
courtroom.

A musical act on the various aspects of life when a girl/women has to
face the society and its dark face. The musical depicts the
significance of inner faith which is extremely important to fight the
evils of the society.
Writers, Directors and Cast (if possible) - Writer Arelne
Hutton. Cast - Shailja Chaturvedi & Ankur Verma. Musical - Pallavi,
Rupa PRabhakar, Sumam Phillip, Yamini, Sana Benazir, Mubeen Ahmed
Khan, Khaja, Sravan, Sanjay & Akshay.

Contact person and mobile number and email ID (for
communications to the audience).Ankur Verma(8179894428)
- , Mubeen Ahmed Khan(9849272325)
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K-Circle's monthly Non-Competitive Quiz held at Lamakaan. Everybody is welcome.

It's a socio-political satire which involves a conversation between three crazy men who are talking about different social aspects directly/indirectly and suddenly a stranger enters and that is when story begins, according to this forth person he is not an insane rather very educated even then also he is in mental asylum. As they interact and talk further, they discuss every possible topic in very different and insane style to watch yourself giggling throughout the evening come and enjoy the play. Entry through Donor Pass at the gate: Rs100/-

An inter-school competition for school teachers, to explore pedagogical techniques/strategies to teach high school curicullum.

Teachers would be provided a situation - a topic, audience, cultural context, classroom location would be defined and the teachers will have to present their strategy to teach the topic. They shall then take questions from other teams, audience and judges.

Teams get points for both questions and answers. This is inspired by Socratic Dialogue and hopes to evolve a better understanding of high school teaching. Topics would be interdisciplinary and schools would be encouraged to send a team with diverse academic backgrounds.

On this Sunday morning through afternoon come and explore wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Breads and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts and Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces. Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm For details: 9642731329.
Entry Free. All are Welcome.

Samahaara
in association with
Inspire Enrichment Centre
presents

Oscar Wilde's "THE HAPPY PRINCE"
(A Children's play in English )

Directed by Nasreen Ishaque

Date: 04th September 2016
Time: 6.00pm
Duration: 30 minutes
Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

Ticket Rs 100/-


The Happy Prince

“The Happy Prince” is a short fairy tale written by the great Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A Prince lived within the four walls of his palace, unaware of sorrows and miseries of the world. His loving parents made sure that he never comes across any hardships. However, when he was no more, a golden statue with sapphires and rubies was built in his memory and was placed on a high pedestal. Standing high above, for the first time ever, the happy Prince saw the pain and sufferings of the poor people. He was full of regret and his soul was crying to help them. Fortunately a little swallow bird that was travelling to Egypt to escape the approaching winter heard his request and agreed to help.

Starting with sapphires and rubies, the little bird got busy with removing the golden leaves gilded on the body and distributed them among the poor as requested by the happy Prince. With all the gems and gold gone, the black metal statue was quiet an unpleasant sight. But the soul of happy Prince was rejoicing as he had tasted true happiness. Meanwhile winter had arrived. The little swallow bird was not able to resume his flight to Egypt as it was too late. The severe winter claimed his life. That very moment the heart of the happy Prince cracked in pain. An angel on an errand to find the two most precious things in the world brought back to heaven the broken heart and the swallow bird. God acknowledged most benevolently, the preciousness of both. The happy Prince and swallow bird lived happily forever, in his golden abode and garden of paradise.

Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem is an adaptation into Deccani of Hugh Chesterman's 'The Pie & The Tart'. The play has been directed by Mohit & Deepti.
The world we live in is a very strange place. Some eat to live and some live to eat. In one way or another our lives revolve around food: some cook; some eat; some store it ; some hoard it; some starve for it; some steal it..Our very survival depends on food. That is what the two main characters of this play are trying to do; survive another day in their lives. Salim & Javed are two beggars; like any other; they meet on a street like any other; on a day like any other. But what results is hilarity like never before. The two share their stories; their ‘areas’; and their modus operandi. As they go from street to street and house to house pleading to people’s sense of charity, they chance upon the home of Ismail Bhai & his wife Pasha Bi. Ismail Bhai is a well known cook who has been invited by a Nawaab to display his culinary skills. Eager to impress the nawaab, he prepares a special Biryani and instructs his wife to hand it over to the delivery boy he sends. The plan is overheard by the two hungry friends, who decide to change the route of the Biryani to their hungry stomachs instead of the Nawaab’s. What becomes of Salim, Javed & the Biryani? Find out in Sutradhar's Biryani aur Haleem.

For passes - bookmyshow.com or 9848052541

The upsurge in atrocities against Dalits in recent years has punctured the claims of all round development by Indian rulers as they celebrate the 70th year of independence. The institutional murder of Rohith Vemula and the heinous atrocity against the Dalit youths in Gujarat by Hindutva cow vigilantes and many other oppressive incidents against Dalits across the country makes it clear that the Dalits belonging to poor and working class are the main targets of the Brahmanical fascist onslaught. It is against this backdrop that we are organizing a discussion on the annihilation of caste which any justice-loving person must aspire for.

Though attempts toward annihilation of caste have been made since the colonial era, with significant contributions from social reformers like Phule, Periyar and Ambedkar and the working class and communist movements too gave prominent place to annihilation of caste on their agenda, the sad truth is that such attempts have so far not been proven to be effective in so far as the annihilation of caste is concerned. It is high time we made a critical appraisal of the past attempts and came up with a comprehensive plan of action which should not only have a long term vision but also some immediate action points.

As part of a radical solution to the caste question we need to go to the roots and find out the scientific explanation of the origin of caste, how it evolved in different phases in Indian society and why does it continue to prevail in the Indian society which has undergone a transformation from a semi-feudal to a capitalist social formation in recent decades. We need to ask: which are the forces benefitting from the continued existence of caste and whose interest is it serving? Only then we can find out a comprehensive project of caste annihilation.

We will try to find answers to these questions in our discussion on the topic ‘Is Annihilation of Caste Possible?’ on Sep 6, 2016 in Lamakaan, Hyderabad. You are all welcome to join the discussion!

Masala Chai - Three Monologues by Divya Prakash Dubey

1. Jeevanshadi.com
2. Hum Do Hamara Ek
3. Time
Cast:
Abdul Razzak
Sanjit Rao
Surender Sahil Verma
Directed by Krishna Shukla

Masala Chai - Three Monologues by Divya Prakash Dubey

1. Jeevanshadi.com
2. Hum Do Hamara Ek
3. Time
Cast:
Abdul Razzak
Sanjit Rao
Surender Sahil Verma
Directed by Krishna Shukla

A UN mandated DAY(10 Sept) which is celebrated world wide, We (ROSHNI) plan to stage a play on creating awareness to prevent SUICIDES and about our services.

GM Food in your daily tadka or avakaya - Are you Worried

Talk and Discussion on Genetically Modified Mustard

Led by Dr.Ramanjaneyulu from Centre for Sustainable Agriculture.

September 10th(Saturday), 5-7 pm

Venue: Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Globally people have serious concerns about effects on health and environment over Genetically Modified Food crops and not many have been approved so far. In India, an attempt to commercialise Bt Brinjal faced with a moratorium in 2009 after public consultation. But now, GM Mustard is coming up for approval in September/October! It is shrouded in secrecy, with the government keeping data away from public domain. Mustard is a very important food crop consumed in many forms - oil, seed, mustard paste, pickles like avakaya, and as a leafy vegetable.

Will you be worried and act on it now? Or will you wait until it is too late? Should we not question the faulty and flawed process of the regulators ? These and many more, are the questions being asked by many people across India right now. Dr. G.V Ramanjaneyulu will make a presentation on GM crops, particularly mustard, and speak about the concerns. This will be followed by an interactive discussion.

All are Welcome!

Come and listen to some of finest poems of Laltu and analysis by Dr Ashutosh this weekend at Lamakaan.

Entry Free and Open to All.

Laltu is a Hindi poet and writer. He has published five poetry collections and a short story collection, and a few works for children and translations. He also writes commentaries on contemporary affairs and is associated with grassroots movements. He is a scientist and he teaches at IIIT-H.

शीर्षक - लाल्टू का काव्यपाठ और उनकी कविता पर चर्चा सानिध्य आशुतोष कुमार/के साथ ,

आयोजक- प्रतिरोध का सिनेमा और लामाकान

आशुतोष कुमार का परिचय -
आशुतोष कुमार की आलोचना -पुस्तक 'समकालीन हिन्दी कविता और मार्क्सवाद ' समकालीन हिंदी कविता के बहाने मार्क्सवादी आलोचना की दश और दिशा की जांच पड़ताल करती है .यह मार्क्सवादी आलोचना को समकालीन विमर्शों से मिलने वाली चुनौतियों की सन्दर्भ में पुनरीक्षित करने का आलोचनात्मक उद्यम है .
पत्र -पत्रिकाओं और ई-पत्रिकाओं में यशपाल , भगवती चरण वर्मा , भीष्म साहनी , हजारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी ,वीरेन डंगवाल ,गोरख पाण्डेय , अदम गोंडवी , मुक्तिबोध और युवा -कविता आदि पर आलोचनात्मक लेख और सामाजिक -राजनीतिक मुद्दों पर टिप्पणियाँ प्रकाशित हैं .
पत्रिका ' आशय ' के विशेषांक ' प्रेम का स्त्री -अर्थ ' और अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय की शोध पत्रिका 'अभिनव भारती' विशेषांक ' उपन्यास और प्रतिरोध ' का अतिथि -सम्पादन किया . पुनर्विचार नाम के ब्लॉग पर कुछ चीजें मौजूद हैं .
दो दशकों से हिंदी का अध्यापक . राजस्थान , अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय और दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय में .
जन संस्कृति मंच के साथ सक्रिय जुड़ाव . इंडिया हैबिटेट सेंटर के ' कवि के साथ ' कार्यक्रम श्रृंखला के साथ.
शिक्षादीक्षा नेतरहाट , पटना , इलाहाबाद और दिल्ली (जे एन यू) में हुई.
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लाल्टू का परिचय :
कविता, कहानी, पत्रकारिता, अनुवाद, नाटक, बाल साहित्य, नवसाक्षर साहित्य आदि विधाओं में सक्रिय।

कविता संग्रह: एक झील थी बर्फ की (आधार:1990); डायरी में तेईस अक्तूबर (रामकृष्ण:2004); लोग ही चुनेंगे रंग (शिल्पायन: 2010); सुंदर लोग और अन्य कविताएँ (वाणी: 2012); नहा कर नहीं लौटा है बुद्ध (वाग्देवी: 2013); कोई लकीर सच नहीं होती (वाग्देवी: 2016)

कहानी संग्रह: घुघनी (1996)
कई समकालीन संग्रहों में रचनाएँ शामिल।
अनुवादः हावर्ड ज़िन की पुस्तक 'A People's History of the United States' के बारह अध्यायों
का अनुवाद प्रतिष्ठित पत्रिकाओं में प्रकाशित; जोसेफ कोनरॉड के उपन्यास 'Heart of Darkness' का अनुवाद (वाग्देवी: 2015)
बाल साहित्यः भैया ज़िंदाबाद (बाल कविताएँ 1992);
बांग्ला से अनूदितः अगड़म बगड़म (आबोल ताबोल);
ह य व र ल; गोपी गवैया बाघा बजैया;
अंग्रेज़ी से अनूदितः लोग उड़ेंगे; नकलू नडलू बुरे फँसे
नवसाक्षरों के लिएः कविता संग्रह: देश बड़ा कब होता है;
नाटकः भाप ताप और आप

बांग्ला, पंजाबी, अंग्रेज़ी से कहानियाँ कविताएँ अनूदित - प्रतिष्ठित पत्रिकाओं में प्रकाशित
पत्रकारिताः हिंदी, पंजाबी और अंग्रेज़ी में कई अखबारों और पत्रिकाओं में समसामयिक विषयों और विज्ञान पर सौ से अधिक आलेख और पुस्तक समीक्षाएँ प्रकाशित; शिक्षा आदि विषयों पर कई शोध-आलेख पुस्तकों में शामिल।

विज्ञान : सैद्धांतिक रसायन (आणविक भौतिकी) में 60 से अधिक शोधपत्र अंतर्राष्ट्रीय पत्रिकाओं में प्रकाशित;
शिक्षाः पी एच डी (केमिस्ट्री) - प्रिंस्टन विश्वविद्यालय, यू एस ए
एम एस सी (केमिस्ट्री)- आई आई टी - कानपुब्लागः आइए हाथ उठाएँ हम भी - laltu.blogspot.com
Entry Free. Open to All.

Collection of 3 Monologues:
About the plays :
1. Borys The Rottweiler
A dog is forced to save face in the most dramatic way when a new neighbour threatens his status. Drama, by Christopher Johnson.

2. A Psychopath
Heard the one about a good guy with a dark past? This monologue is about a bad man with a bright past. Theo Carter tried his best to do the right thing by his fellow man, but he suffers from an acute lack of human empathy and a few years back he just stopped trying.

3. Lucifer
Lucifer, The Satan woos the humans to embrace hell post their death. He makes fun of god and his powers,convincing humans to believe that Heaven isn't as good as it sounds.

Venue: LamaKaan
Time : 7:30 PM
Date : 10th Sep
Contact : 9700074079

On this Sunday morning through afternoon come and explore wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Breads and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts and Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces. Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm For details: 9642731329. Entry Free. All are Welcome.

On the anniversary of 9/11 Lamakaan invites to the screening of this revealing documentary on the whole issue of

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Big cities in India have big dreams. The dream to be called a global city. The images about India's economic growth and development invariably are the images of big cities. Big Indian cities are complex. What you see is not usually what you get.

The 'booming' big cities like Hyderabad are filled with paradoxes and contradictions. There is so much incomprehensible about big Indian cities. They have to be understood to understand cities and the people.

The talk covers the not-so-easily comprehensible and visible developments and systems that are involved behind a big city. It covers the contradictions and paradoxes by taking the case of a 'global city' called Hyderabad.

Interested in telling stories or listening to others stories? Want to perfect the art of telling a story?
Then look no further. This is the event you have been looking for 🙂
Free to join, free to participate.

Aapki kahani. Aaphiki zubaani!

For queries whatsapp 7680993179 (Santosh Mohan Veeranki)

Hyderabad quiz club's monthly quiz.

A full fledged Bharatanatyam Dance recital by Samasutra team and students of Saine Nrityalaya

TASTE OF CHERRY
TA'M E GUILASS
TRAILER
Directed by ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
Iran, 1997
Drama
95 mins

Palme d’Or-winning account of an Iranian man who drives around in his truck in search of anyone who bury him beneath a cherry tree after he commits suicide beneath it.

Samahaara
presents

"ACHARYA TARTUFFE"(A play in Hindi)
an adaptation of Moliere's TARTUFFE

Produced by Rathna Shekar Reddy

Directed by Nasreen Ishaque


Acharya Tartuffe
“Acharya Tartuffe” is a Hindi adaptation of Moliere’s controversial play ‘Le Tartuffe’, meaning the impostor, or the hypocrite. Written in 1664 the play sheds light on hypocrisy prevailing in the society, especially on the matters of religion and morality.

Omkaar, a wealthy businessman, gets influenced by a mysterious godman named Tartuffe and brings him home. Reeling under the spell of Tartuffe, he grows eccentric to an alarming level. His hapless victims are his own son and daughter. The son gets disowned and the daughter is to be married to the godman. The whole household gets caught in this whirlwind generated by the shrewd maneuvering of the holy man. Any reasoning on part of his family members proves futile. The loud mouth servants are the only ones who could voice their opinions on the fanatical events taking place in the house. Emboldened, Tartuffe slyly creeps closer to Kaamini, Omkaar’s wife, to quench his lustful cravings. Gripped with religious fervor, Omkaar has become too ridiculous to sense the impending threats. Eventually his incessant farcical antics lead him to lose his property to Tartuffe. However a timely tell a tale by Tartuffe’s disciple Chunni Lal brings to light the dark and evil past of the godman.

CITIZENFOUR is a real life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).

Poitras had already been working on a film about surveillance for two years when Snowden contacted her, using the name “CITIZENFOUR,” in January 2013. He reached out to her because he knew she had long been a target of government surveillance, stopped at airports numerous times, and had refused to be intimidated. When Snowden revealed he was a high-level analyst driven to expose the massive surveillance of Americans by the NSA, Poitras persuaded him to let her film.

CITIZENFOUR places you in the room with Poitras, Greenwald, and Snowden as they attempt to manage the media storm raging outside, forced to make quick decisions that will impact their lives and all of those around them.

CITIZENFOUR not only shows you the dangers of governmental surveillance—it makes you feel them. After seeing the film, you will never think the same way about your phone, email, credit card, web browser, or profile, ever again.

Write Club, Hyderabad is a platform for all the writers of Hyderabad (aspiring or published) to gather at one place and write. The whole idea of write club is for the writers to come out of the closet and cut down the tag.

What we do, basically:
One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring with them a theme, a writing plan and exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. We read out our write-ups, based on the writer’s discretion and obtain feedback and critique on them.

Any pre-requisites:
Entry is free, open and welcomed. We advise writers to bring in their writing devices and we’re all set.

When do we have Write Club:
Every Saturday afternoon – 4PM to 7PM

Hii Guys..! The Most Requested & Most Awaited Get together's are here from HDPC.
How to Make Your Photography Hobby a Small Business...Lets Start earning. Yes...! Soon we will form as Team-HDPC to offer commercial services, as we have lot of enquirers. Before that we need to have series of Photography Get Together's to Know each other about the Capabilities. Also we will have support sessions by commercial photographers to over come difficulties.
Not only this...Lot more...Coming your way.
What type of Photography you do? Why ?
What kind of commercial photography inspires you?
What are your Client requirements ?
Is your equipment good enough to Compete ?
How to you get networked or referrals
How can you build up your portfolio before you have clients?
What has been the greatest lesson you have learned since
shooting ?
How did you find the time to work on this career reboot?
What promotional tools do you use to reach out to clients you’d like to work for?
Hmmmm..Many Questions to be discussed soon... 🙂
Many successful small businesses start out as hobbies that eventually become profitable endeavors. If you've got a knack for photography, you might opt to work as a part-time freelancer or special events photographer, or you might open your own full-scale photo business. Consider what you need to get started. We will try to discuss everything related towards the First Step in to Commercial Photography.
Urs... Ram... 🙂

Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008 |documentary| 89 mins)

Directed by :Sam Bozzo

Blue Gold: World Water Wars examines environmental and political implications of the planet's dwindling water supply, and posits that wars in the future will be fought over water.[4] The film also highlights some success stories of water activists around the world.

On this Sunday morning through afternoon come and explore wide range of Organic Fruits, veggies & groceries Homemade Breads and other baked goods; Organic Lunch, Handicrafts and Handlooms, Handmade Jewelry, Terrace Gardening Corner, Creative Design Spaces. Every Sunday 10:30am - 1.30pm For details: 9642731329. Entry Free. All are Welcome.

City based youth formed Amma eye, organ and body donation promotion organization (AEOBDPO) to bring awareness among the public about the importance of donation of eye, organ and body.
“There are 500 deaths approximately everyday in the Hyderabad city alone. Hardly anyone donates eye, organ or body to the eye banks, Jeevandaan, medical colleges due to various superstitious reasons. With a sole purpose to eliminate superstitious beliefs, AEOBDPO is formed on 12th June 2016 (Sunday).

Once in every three months the members meet to discuss about the course of action.

Entry only to the members!

A full fledged Kuchipudi dance recital by Smt. Rajinimai Chakilam and students of Nrityanjali dance academy - Ameerpet.

Nabarun is the exclamation mark in Bengali literature. He is the emphatic interjector. His characters shamelessly hustle, behave atrociously, and try to exist in a violently hostile world. The film tries to get into the noisy, grimy, scratchy insides of his mind. Bouncing between pure documentary and fiction, just like Nabarun.

Credits

Director: Q
Producer: Q, Celine Loop
Screenwriter: Q
Cinematographer: Q
Editor: Q, Supratim
Music: Ankit Gandhi Lall
Production Company: Overdose Joint
Cast: Rii, Joyraj, Tanaji, Nitai, Satrajit

Miss Lovely (Hindi |2012| 113mins)
A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia

Lajwanti (2014| Rajasthan |103 mins)

“Lajwanti / The Honour Keeper” is a love story set in a village in the Thar desert in Rajasthan, India. A group of women in their daily long walk to collect water recite songs and exchange words that reveal their hidden desires. But one day when a crazy dreamer whose only passion is collecting doves crosses their path, one of them, Lajwanti, starts a journey that will take her out of this closed world. She, who initially seems to be the most radical in her beliefs and for whom the sanctity of marriage is supreme cannot accept the group’s behavior towards her and abandons it. A new journey begins for her when she starts walking the long distance alone.

Cast And Crew:
Cast: Sanghmitra Hitaishi, Pushpendra Singh,Gaurav Lavaniya, Sugna Devi, Nirmal Sapera
Directed & Produced by Pushpendra Singh
Cinematography: Ravi Kiran Ayyagari
Editing: Shweta Rai
Sound: Amala Popuri
Story: Late Vijaydan Detha
Art, Costumes, Screenplay: Pushpendra Singh

An exhibition cum sale of art work - water color and sketches and digital abstract art and photography.
This is aimed mainly for exhibition and the sale will ideally be voluntary contribution for charity in return for any art work a patron/viewer likes.

ABHAAS YA BHAAS is a play that depicts the problems and wishes of street boys who are deprived of daily life minimum needs. The play tells us the story of two boys who are spared and given a chance by Yamdoot by granting them bonus of additional life for six hours and six wishes where each wish will last for just an hour. Things to look out here is, what do the baffled boys wish for and what happens at the end of the sixth hour. The play is a satirical take on the destitute, politicians and the mango people.

An exhibition cum sale of art work - water color and sketches and digital abstract art and photography.
This is aimed mainly for exhibition and the sale will ideally be voluntary contribution for charity in return for any art work a patron/viewer likes