Lamakaan

I am an environmental educator, surfer, parkour practitioner, and hip hop artist. My father is from Hyderabad and I was born and raised in the U.S. I will be sharing some of my hip hop music and videos, which celebrate the power of women and girls in surfing and the outdoors. I will be inviting the audience to join in, via a participatory beginners workshop in "freestyling" the art of creating rhymes on the spot, usually to a beat. This workshop is meant for total beginners who find the idea of freestyling to be terrifying, and is ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. We will do exercises to loosen ourselves up, release ourselves from judgment, and HAVE FUN!!!

The global image of U.S. hip hop tends to be of commercial gangster rap, however this is not the full picture. In the big cities in the U.S. local hip hop scenes thrive and musicians and artists (many of them women!) create work relevant to local issues and their community. I would like to share my own work as a San Francisco Bay Area hip hop artist as well as invite the audience to join in the participatory community based spontaneous aspect of hip hop through a freestyle workshop

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we are planing to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the first one of all, expected to be screened on first wednesday of this august.

movie title : rosetta
country : French-Belgian
synopsis:
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.

Genre: Drama

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 93 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Mitti- Back to the roots is a crowd funded documentary fictional film based on agrarian crisis in India.
Vision of the film is to save farmers from committing suicide.

In this talk hosted by Hyderabad Urban Lab, Dr. Amir Ullah Khan, will trace the history of GST and the road ahead. With the rollout of the GST, it is hoped that taxes would be simplified and harmonised. Tax terrorism would get extinguished. It may come at the cost of making India less of a federal state, but the tradeoff could be well worth it. However the beginnings have been rough. Not only is the industry unprepared, it is obvious that the government also is way behind on its preparations. The Telangana CM was the first to have realized that GST will cause distress. He has argued that that several thousands of workers sustain on the beedi industry and as such, imposing excess taxes on the industry will adversely impact the beedi workers. With more than 1,400 commodities that will have to be fitted into the five slabs – zero, 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent, the tax department has its hands full. It has still not decided what to do with sin products where we need to fix special cesses on demerit goods that are now capped at 15 per cent for aerated drinks and luxury cars, and at 135 per cent for pan masala, and 290 per cent or Rs 4,170 per 1,000 sticks for cigarettes. Most items therefore will be fit into the existing VAT scheme. However at the moment, each state differs so much that actual fitments will involve intense lobbying by states. Businesses will start their own lobbying. We may well return to the age old system of business lobbyists using all means possible to get their produce into the lower slabs. The government is staring into a possible embarrassment. Dr. Amir Ulla Khan, the speaker is a development economist who is currently a professor at the Maulana Azad Urdu Unviersity and is no stranger to Hyderabad. He was member of the Telangana commission of inquiry into the socio economic conditions of Minorities. He is on the board of several key institutions of policy research, policymaking and development interventions.

Kamla by Vijay Tendulkar is a naturalistic play. It focuses on the changed role of women in society. It was inspired by a real-life incident - the Indian Express exposure by Ashwin Sarin, who actually bought a girl from a rural flesh market and presented her at a press conference. But using this incident as a launching pad, Tendulkar raises certain cardinal questions regarding the value system of a modern success-oriented generation who are ready to sacrifice human value in the name of humanity itself. The playwright exposes the innate self-deception of this standpoint. It is the story of an unfortunate woman sold away in the flesh market and a so-called happy housewife married to a daring journalist, both having a revelation of finding themselves on the common platform of sexual slavery in this male-dominated world. Directed by - Subhash Gupta Cast - Kajol Dubey | Shailja Chaturvedi | Sumam Philip | Subhash Gupta | Sanjeev Acharya | Jay Jha Contact# 970007479 || Passes - 200/-

In memory of Prof. Yash Pal (26 November 1926 – 24 July 2017). He was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he has become one of the leading science communicators of the country.

Starting his career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), he later remained chairman of the University Grants Commission from 1986 to 1991. In 2013, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.


A documentary film about India's scientist, Prof.Yashpal (1926-2017), produced at AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia, New Delhi. Directed by Yousuf Saeed, 2004. Interaction with the filmmaker via skype.

Please schedule this for Saturday, 5th August 3-6PM Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. 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 forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

The K-Circle Monthly Quiz is a non-competitive quiz session conducted on the first Saturday of every month. The quiz is a great start for beginners to get involved in quizzing and a great session for veterans and trivia lovers.

Samahaara
presents

PANCHLIGHT - A Romantic Comedy in Hindi

Written by Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'
Designed and Directed by - Sandeep Sahu


Date - 05th August 2017
Time - 7.30pm
Venue - Lamakaan

This fictional story, dating 50 years back, talks about a small village situated in the state of Bihar. The story describes the situation of that period when many small villages in India were still in darkness and had no access to electricity.

The play highlights the effect of modern technology on people who are still reeling under the traditional practices observed in a village. Highlighting this issue, the play exposes a romantic tale of the central characters in the story.

Although a romantic comedy, this play reflects on the conditions of our villages in India, 50 years ago. Despite numerous hurdles and challenges, people never lost faith in their fellow people and supported each other to fight those obstacles.

Entry by Donation Rs 100/-

Artpagoda is conducting a fireless cooking workshop for kids. Encourage your little one to participate and learn some culinary techniques and develop love for cooking.
Come,let us indulge in cooking some yummy and lip smacking food.
Child gets to take home what he makes and a printed recipe.

Registration Mandatory

"Mass Culture and Its Emergence into Contemporary India" is a Talk followed by a very interactive Discussion with the attendees. The objective of organizing this Event is to spread awareness about Mass Culture and how it is affecting contemporary India, particularly the children and the youngsters. One may please note that there are some differences between Popular Culture and Mass Culture and the Talk shall address those differences also. People of all age groups are welcome to be a part of the Event. THERE IS NO ENTRY FEES.

Beat Stage Fear. Create your own story and tell it like a boss!

TALE TELLERS TROUPE INDIA'S storytelling workshop provides students with an encouraging, constructive environment in which to practice storytelling techniques. Exercises in class focus on classic story structuring, building suspense, eliciting emotion, recreating drama, digging deeper into a story’s meaning, and using your voice and body to add levels to your listeners’ experience, so that your story stays with them.

The class size will be limited to allow maximum individual attention and storytelling practice time for each student in each class session

WHAT WILL BE COVERED IN THIS WORKSHOP:
1. How to create stories on the fly (make it up while you are narrating it)
2. How to deal with Stage Fear
3. Techniques to narrate the story you created effectively and in an engaging manner

Expect to challenge yourself, participate actively and have a lot of fun and laughs along the way.

This is the first step towards being a POWERFUL ORATOR and a LEADER in life!

Entry: Rs 500

PS: Participants are requested to please fill in details in the attached short form. Open to all age groups.
https://goo.gl/forms/AqxMA88CrS7AtaVn2

The Quora Hyderabad Meetups invites not only all Quora Enthusiasts in the city but also people who would love to gain some knowledge and make valuable new connections over group discussion and open networking.

Sararattir, a play written by Badal Sircar, is a story of a night and three characters - a husband,a wife and an old man. This one is a psychological drama that revolves around the woman and her fantasy world and focuses on the inner conflicts that she faces when she is 28 as the writer very aptly suggests it as the age when a woman wonders about her own life and being. As the play opens up, we see her as a happy wife leading a healthy relationship with a perfect husband.

All is going well till she meets a mysterious old stranger during the couple's vacation in a lonely house on a rainy night, who has his own weird theory about 7. A chance encounter with this man leads them to crossroads of introspection and self realization. One night. One long, sleepless, rainy night. Was it a dream?

PLAY : BADAL SIRCAR; LANGUAGE : BENGALI;
DIRECTOR : SWAPAN MONDAL; PRODUCTION: SHUDRKA HYDERABAD

Death Cafe is a movement started dot promote Death Positivism.Its a space to talk freely about Death and related issues in a cafe atmosphere, We encourage the recently bereave dot take help elsewhere are this is not meant to be therapy even if the participants are qualified to assist.This is just an open space for people to bring Death and dying on the table ,literally!

http://deathcafe.com/what/

A 1981 adaptation of the play and television movie of the same name, the movie asks difficult questions.What does living mean? Who are the stakeholders of our life and what are the choices available in the first place.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8mZsDewSAk

When India is dealing with ambiguity regarding the issue of advance directives, it becomes an important conversation to have.Please join us for the post screening discussion.

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the second one of all, expected to be screened on second wednesday of this august.

movie title : L’Enfant
country : Belgian
synopsis:
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.

Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 93 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

In this daring and eloquent feature debut, we are introduced to Hari Aziz – possibly the coolest 11-year-old on the planet. He lives in Mumbai and is a member of the internet generation whose outlook is global, curious and sensitive to the nuances of cultural difference. Hari’s father Imran Aziz is Muslim by birth, but untethered by religion, as is his Hindu mother Parvati. They’re inspirational parents who are struggling to make their first feature film. Imran is deeply wedded to his the belief in India as an incredible, all-embracing country that above its differences, but as they run into financial problems with their film, the family has to downsize to rented apartments and soon come face-to-face with an onslaught of religious prejudices and corruption.
As his disillusioned parents discuss whether to stay in the country they love or leave, Hari hatches his own secret plan to save the day.
Directed by- N. PadmaKumar

"Udhaar ka pati" is a comedy play set in the 70s written by Dr. Vanmaala Bhawaalkar.

Gajashastra an ancient book on elephant lore(6 & 5th century B C) mentions that elephants once roamed over india today there's a large scale of reduction of the elephants range and population due to deforestation and capture of elephant for domesticating.

A One Day Workshop on Human Imaginations and its wonders!For Kids & Parents ! Workshop Fees ₹ 500 for parents & Kids ! By, POORVA DHANASHREE ,A Reowned Bharatnayam and vilasini Natyam Dancer .(www.purvadhanashree.com) The content of the workshop is as following , In today’s world where most of the conversations are done through gadgets, one hardly gets any space and time to express oneself in one’s own language and expressions… Creativity… Imagination…. Spontaneity… Empathy… Expressions … these are slowly losing their valuable space in both in adults and children.. Fear of future … status… … A strong sense of pride and image .. and chains of comparisons are stifling most of the children who hardly get a space where they can be themselves without the compulsions of judgments and they are growing up to be kiddults and then reaching adulthood quite fast before their age. And somewhere in the race of becoming an adult they are losing touch with the child within them This workshop on creative writing will give many opportunities to you and your child to go deep within the levels of your imagination and discover the unique person that you are Who can do this workshop ? 7-15 years of age… How many session ? 1* 2 hours every month And why ? - If you feel the strong need to dialogue with your creative self - If you want to explore the magic of writing/ drawing/movement/music - If you want to go on an adventure trip to find the hidden world of ideas, thoughts, feelings within you Then please join us… The journey of self-discovery does not stop with being a child. In fact, adults need it more as they consciously, unconsciously or sub-consciously internalize many external patterns/ ideas /images and somewhere forget connecting to one’s own self… How will we do it ? Through dialogues, discussions, writing, drawing, meditation, movements, music … You need to bring few pages perhaps a notebook will be better… colour pencils , pencil and a pen…. So come and be a part of this adventure trip into your own world of ideas.. thoughts and images.

Please schedule this for Saturday, 12th August 3-6PM Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. 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 forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

A talk on Crisis of Capitalism: It has been around a decade since the global economy plunged into crisis. The intensity of this crisis has deepened and its spread has expanded in this duration. It has impacted the lives and livelihood of billions of people around the world in an unprecedented manner. The job losses, growing social insecurity, widening income disparity in different parts of the world are direct outcome of this crisis. All the claims of an early recovery have got punctured. Make no mistake, this crisis is not just the usual dip in the business cycle, rather it’s systemic in nature. This crisis has yet again proved Karl Marx’s prognosis that capitalism is inherently crisis ridden system. In order to properly understand the nature of this crisis from Marxist perspective, the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a talk series.     We invite one and all to this important discussion as part of the Marxist Study Circle.      

Speaker: Anand Singh (political activist who writes in workers' newspaper 'Mazdoor Bigul' and Marxist theoretical journal "The Anvil")

"Udhaar ka pati" is a comedy play set in the 80s written by Dr. Vanmaala Bhawaalkar.

On the occasion of Indian Independence Day, Aarohi Music Academy invites kids to join them in a fun workshop where they get to learn songs on Freedom and Peace and Unity.

It has been around a decade since the global economy plunged into crisis. The intensity of this crisis has deepened and its spread has expanded in this duration. It has impacted the lives and livelihood of billions of people around the world in an unprecedented manner. The job losses, growing social insecurity, widening income disparity in different parts of the world are direct outcome of this crisis. All the claims of an early recovery have got punctured. Make no mistake, this crisis is not just the usual dip in the business cycle, rather it’s systemic in nature. This crisis has yet again proved Karl Marx’s prognosis that capitalism is inherently crisis ridden system. In order to properly understand the nature of this crisis from Marxist perspective, the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a talk series.     We invite one and all to this important discussion as part of the Marxist Study Circle.      

Speaker: Anand Singh (political activist who writes in workers' newspaper 'Mazdoor Bigul' and Marxist theoretical journal "The Anvil")

Smt Saladi Mrunalini, a Kuchipudi exponent, known for her strong urge of experimentation in dance will present Kuchipudi dance in collabration with her son Saladi Eshan and few students from Noopura Natyalaya.

Mrunalini has presented solo performance in almost all parts of India starting from Leh-Ladhak to Kanyakumari. She has performed in most of the Armed Forces (Army/Air Force/Navy) units at the border areas and across to boost the morale of our soldiers. Mrunalini has been featured and mesmerized audiences with her performance in a number of dance festivals in the country and abroad including Brahmotsava festival-Tirupati, Kanchenjunga festival-Sikkim, South Zone Cultural Centre- Thanjavur, Shindhudarshan, FETE Day-Pondicherry, Cape festival-Kanyakumari, Telugu Festival-New Delhi, All India Telugu Conference-Mumbai, Sharad Utsav, Nainital, Telugu Cultural Associations at Sharjah, Dubai and Singapore.

The story of a warrior who lost even after winning all the battles. The saprtan who fought all his wars with great valour, invariably defeated the enemy. Came alive and victorius from all the battles, ironically never bestowed a medal.


Now he is fighting the toughest battle of his life, finding ashes of his loved ones who were brutally burnt in riots.


Design and Directed: M Suraj Meshram


Venue: Lamakaan
Time: 15th and 16th July' 2017 08:00 PM
Duration: 50 Minutes

Amidst the euphoria of 70 years of independence, one must not forget to ask some pertinent questions: who is free today? Are we free from poverty, hunger and malnutrition? Are we free from caste-based atrocities and communal violence? Do we have freedom to choose our life partner? Do we have freedom to choose what we wish to eat? There could not have been a better day to discuss such issues than the Independence Day. Hence the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a discussion on these issues on the coming Independence Day. All those who believe that these issues are important, are cordially invited to be part of this discussion.

A book launch, signing and reading event of a much-awaited release by Aditi Mukherjee. Her previous two books- a historical fiction 'The last Mughal warrior in love' and a travel humor 'Europe for a bargain'have received significant media attention and garnered several good reviews online.

YOUNG INDIA!!

DO WE NEED THE RADICAL YOUTH MOVEMENT FOR THESE NEW TIMES?

On Independence Day 2017, Lamakaan is proud to host a panel discussion with 3 emergent youth leaders for the 4th edition of The Hasan Memorial lecture.

The median age of the Indian population now stands at 27. Between 2004 and 2014, 150 million new voters were added to the Indian electorate. By 2019, it is projected that over 300 million voters below the age of 35 will be eligible to vote. Some commentators have suggested that the remarkable resurgence of fascism in 2014 was at least in some part produced by the consolidation of this new youth. As this trajectory gains even greater momentum what are the new questions that frame youth aspirations....


What are the ways in which the youth in India are expressing their concerns and frustrations?

How do we evaluate the state of the consolidation, post 2014-is it holding or is it falling apart?

What is a new language that a left youth movement can use to galvanize this young electorate?

What would produce a new organizing moment among this demographic?

How can the demographic dividend be encashed?


This year's Hasan Memorial Lecture, therefore brings together 3 emergent youth leaders, to articulate not just their vision but to engage each other's imaginary.

Our panellists for Hasan Memorial Lecture, will respond to these and other questions, on August 15.

“Lamakaan has always strived to ask questions and foster debate and dialogues on key issues in our society and there is no one better than our 3 young guests to engage with these questions”, says, Ashhar Farhan, one of the founders of Lamakaan.

The Panellists are:

Shehla Rashid Shora: Shehla, a former Vice-President of the JNU students' union (JNUSU) from 2015-16, was instrumental in leading the student agitation calling for the release of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others.

She is also vocal about the human rights situation in Kashmir, particularly for ensuring justice to minor undertrials & was a key figure in the Occupy UGC mobilization.

Jignesh Mevani: Jignesh, is a young lawyer and firebrand organizer who was at the helm of remarkable mobilization in response to a brutal attack on Dalit youth in una, Gujarat.

In a fierce four-month mobilization the Una Attached Land Samiti and Jignesh opened up a vision for a renewed and militant Dalit movement in India, which was the catalyst for the formation of all India Dalit Adhikar Manch.

Pratik Sinha: Pratik and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda".

He is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.

About The Hasan Memorial Lecture:

The Hasan Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2014 and is held each year at Lamakaan on August 15 with an eye to emergent political and economic crisis in India/South Asia or the world. It is our single most important programming effort each year and draws a very significant audience. The previous editions of the lectures were delivered by Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Prof.Gail Omvedt, Bharat Patankar and Prof.Kodandaram.

Mr. Moyed Hasan in whose memory the annual lecture is named, was a scientist, a photographer, an environmentalist and a person with deep concern for the lives of ordinary people. His house, that he named Lamakaan (as in the Sufi literary tradition to mean 'an abode for those who travel without any worldly possessions') has now become an important part of Hyderabad’s cultural and political life. Mr. Hasan left behind an imaginary of what an engaged life is. From science to art, and environment to international affairs he encompassed a vision of how we must live our lives meaningfully.


The discussion would be for a duration of 2.5 hours and is slated to begin at 7pm.

Lamakaan is thrilled to host Pratik Sinha on the day after the Independence Day (August 16th).
At a time when it is a given that our inboxes are flooded each day with multiple forwards spreading fake news, from the seemingly benign UNESCO awards and World Bank rankings to completely doctored videos aimed at inciting communal violence, Pratik Sinha and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda". Pratik, a former techie was compelled to start this venture since he believes, "It is extremely dangerous and no political party is working to stop it”.
AltNews describes itself as a website for the “post-truth world”; one that aims to “act as an antidote to the right-wing propagandists that have established themselves in the mainstream media”. In the five months since its launch Alt News has amassed over 43,000 followers on Facebook and 21,000 on Twitter. This, without either advertisements or external funding.
Sinha is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.
Tracing the origins of a widely circulated hoax can often be complicated. An image or video may not have been manipulated: rather, an entirely authentic piece of footage may be circulated under false contexts. The techniques involved in deconstructing them involve, slowing it down, scraping the internet to find where it has previously been posted, analysing visible signage in the background, looking at streetscapes and trying to catch the language being spoken.
Lamakaan is proud to host Pratik for the following two workshops:
• Exposing fake news: Aimed at journalists to help separate the wheat from the chaff (2pm to 4pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/gze6MRgQihGrmj233
• Breaking down fake news: Workshop on the techniques to breakdown fake-news for techies and the socially concerned (7:30pm to 9:30pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/cbCgqChB04PaXWal2

Prior Registration required.

Lamakaan is thrilled to host Pratik Sinha on the day after the Independence Day (August 16th).
At a time when it is a given that our inboxes are flooded each day with multiple forwards spreading fake news, from the seemingly benign UNESCO awards and World Bank rankings to completely doctored videos aimed at inciting communal violence, Pratik Sinha and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda". Pratik, a former techie was compelled to start this venture since he believes, "It is extremely dangerous and no political party is working to stop it”.
AltNews describes itself as a website for the “post-truth world”; one that aims to “act as an antidote to the right-wing propagandists that have established themselves in the mainstream media”. In the five months since its launch Alt News has amassed over 43,000 followers on Facebook and 21,000 on Twitter. This, without either advertisements or external funding.
Sinha is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.
Tracing the origins of a widely circulated hoax can often be complicated. An image or video may not have been manipulated: rather, an entirely authentic piece of footage may be circulated under false contexts. The techniques involved in deconstructing them involve, slowing it down, scraping the internet to find where it has previously been posted, analysing visible signage in the background, looking at streetscapes and trying to catch the language being spoken.
Lamakaan is proud to host Pratik for the following two workshops:
• Exposing fake news: Aimed at journalists to help separate the wheat from the chaff (2pm to 4pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/gze6MRgQihGrmj233
• Breaking down fake news: Workshop on the techniques to breakdown fake-news for techies and the socially concerned (7:30pm to 9:30pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/cbCgqChB04PaXWal2

Prior Registration required.

Theerpu is Manch theatre's one of its kind Telugu play which deals with completely a new concept which most of the audience get relate to.

It is a court hall drama in which court encounters a different case. How was the case solved remains the main crux of the play.

It is well executed by all the actors and received well accolades for its previous stagings.

We, Hyderabad Birding Pals would like to showcase some of the Indian birds on the occasion of World Photography day on August 19th 20017. Hyderabad Birding Pals is a group of birding enthusiasts having many birders and photographers. It organizes free bird walks around the city which are open to participation. An informal group with love for birds driving the members to give their best.

'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, Hyderabad Birding Pals would like to showcase some of the Indian birds on the occasion of World Photography day on August 19th 20017. Hyderabad Birding Pals is a group of birding enthusiasts having many birders and photographers. It organizes free bird walks around the city which are open to participation. An informal group with love for birds driving the members to give their best.

Lamakaan invites children to learn free workshop on how to make clay Ganeshas from Arunjyothi Lokhanday.
Arunjyothi S Lokhanday is a traditional crafts person from Nalgonda with a multi-talented artistry to her name. She makes all of them in zero-budget. For Diwali, she enthralled us by making diyas with vegetables and house hold objects.
Limited seats. For early registrations: Call ArunJyoti ji at 9704621500
Entry - Free

Velvet Revolution
Produced by IAWRT (International Association of Women in Radio and Television)
Country: Cameroon, India, Philippines, UK, Bangladesh/USA
Year: 2017
Duration: 57 minutes
English subtitles, English commentary
Shot on HD.


Executive Producer and Director: Nupur Basu
Country Directors:
Illang Illang Quijano – Philippines
Deepika Sharma - India
Pochi Tamba Nsoh and Sidonie Pongmoni - Cameroon
Eva Brownstein - USA/ Bangladesh

Synopsis: In this exciting collaborative film – Velvet Revolution - six women directors take their lens up-close to Women Making News. In a world riven with conflict and dictatorial regimes where journalists are constantly under threat of both, state and non - state actors, what drives these women journalists to do their jobs?

“I did not want to be a war correspondent... but the war came to my door-step” says award winning Syrian journalist, Zaina Erhaim, now living in exile in southern Turkey.

“The President is wrong when he says that journalists are being killed because they are corrupt- who corrupts whom… who holds the power to corrupt?” asks Kimberlie Ngabit Quitasol, a young woman journalist from Philippines.

“I could not leave my co-warriors in the middle of the battlefield” says Bonya Ahmed, the wife of slain Bangladesh blogger, Avijit Roy and the Editor of Muktomona, in her first ever documentary interview.

The documentary profiles women journalists who have paid a high price for speaking truth.

Get your Photography Portfolio reviewed by Photojournalist Krishnendu Halder

Here 9 Blocks Photography is once again back with a new concept of workshop where you will get a platform to get instant review of your images by expert Mr. Krishnendu Halder and an opportunity to do live shoot . So join us on 19th August 2017 at Lamakaan Hyderabad. Timing: 3 PM to 6PM. On spot registration at 2:30 pm.

The mentor of the workshop Mr Krishnendu Halder is a Photojournalist of INDIA TODAY group. He will also share his 16 years of his field experience while reviewing the images.

Know more about the mentor http://9blocks.in/…/professional-photographer-hyderabad.html
https://www.9blocks.in/about.php

The things you will learn in this workshop is:
1. Instant review of your portfolio
2. Live shoot with different situation
3. Get the best tips about your image enhancement and balanced photography through out the workshop.
4. Overcome challenges in different circumstances during photography.

For registration please follow the below link:
https://www.9blocks.in/eshopcheckout.php?id=60
New user please sing-up to registration:
https://www.9blocks.in/register.php

Please schedule this for Saturday, 19th August 3-6PM Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. 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 forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Movie Screening-The Bicycle Thief , Duration-95 min
It is an Italian movie released in Nov 1948. Directed by Vittorio De Sica, it is reverred as one of the foundation stones of neo realism.
In post world war Italy, a working class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it. Director Vittorio De Sica has crafted it much deeper than it appears on the surface. It examines the human condition and questions society, family, law enforcement and alliances. It allows viewers to think about many subjects that go beyond ordinary cinematic depths. It is a film of real life, real emotions and real people. The ending of the film only makes the film more real. Its an all time masterpiece.

Bhagwan is the epitome of the mundane — a middle-aged banker, married, with two grown up college-going children. However, one day, while sitting on a decrepit park bench he stumbles upon ‘enlightenment’. Therein begins the battle between the world outside and his world inside. Design & Directed By : Subhash Gupta Cast - Jay Ilhaam | Vivek Pandey | Shailja Chaturvedi | Adnan Hararwala | Gunjan Bhattacharya | Anusha Chowdhary Donor Passes availaible - 150/- Contact - 9700074079

We, Hyderabad Birding Pals would like to showcase some of the Indian birds on the occasion of World Photography day on August 19th 20017. Hyderabad Birding Pals is a group of birding enthusiasts having many birders and photographers. It organizes free bird walks around the city which are open to participation. An informal group with love for birds driving the members to give their best.

The Color of Paradise
Written and Directed by: Majid Majidi
Language: Persian (subtitled in English)
Run Time: 1 hr 30 min

The Color of Paradise is about a blind boy. Quick and gentle, in love with knowledge, acutely attuned to the world around him, Mohammad loves his lessons at a school for the blind. He is loved at home by his grandmother and his two sisters. But his father, Hashem, does not love him. Hashem is a widower, ambitious to marry into a prosperous family, and he fears the possession of a blind son will devalue him in the marriage market.

Rotaract Club of Hyderabad East is a NGO. And this icebreaker event is to fimiliarize the new recruits to each other and previous member and the board.

A Tale of Two Veils is a short Documentary Written and Produced by Hyderabadi filmmaker, Vivek Nipani. This film was recently selected for the Student Oscars in 2016 and has premiered in several film festivals including Best Documentary Award and Promotion of Social Justice Award at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles.

This film explores a unique story of courage and empowerment in a rural village of Rajasthan.

A bharathanatyam recital by Meera Seshadrinathan an alumna of kalakshetra Chennai, She will be performing a proper traditional Margam of bharathanatyam.

Below given are the items she will perform:
1. Nandi chollu
2. Shankara. Shri Giri
3. Padam
4. Thillana
5. Mangalam

Performance by students of Aradhana Karhade Shastry & Suhas Shastry.

Hindustani Vocals by:
Anahita Mira Aman
Sanjana Vadrevou
Ashwini

Table performances by:
Group1:
1. V. Akshay
2. Sukrut Gada
3. Arin Das
4. P. Nischay
5. Y. Venkateshwar
6. Varun Jaju
7. Venkatesh Srihari

Group2:
1.Ishaan Sanga
2. Mayank Mansabdar
3. S.Rishabh

Group 3:
1.Santam Roy
2. Aneesh Bharathi

Bengali (with eng subtitles)| 1h 46min | Drama | 2015
Director:Pavel

Baabar Naam Gandhiji' film stars a boy from a real life slum. An orphan, who lives by his wits, thrives by stealing, telling lies and creating havoc with impunity. Parambrata of Kahani fame is the teacher who tries to get his young protege to a big expensive school. "My name is Kencho Das Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi," shouts the urchin in glee. Abandoned at birth, Kencho is stumped when asked for his father's name. He is then shown a 500 rupee note with Mahatma Gandhi's portrait on it and told, that's your father, something he comes to believe.
From an 11 year old schoolboy who loved the movie : "The movie was well-paced and the characters were so well coloured but kept realistic, you would think this happens everyday(which, it doesn't, but the movie makes it feel like that). The fact that Kencho teaches other children to beg and how he disapproves of school at first but by the end he is eager to learn and study is also very nice. .So many heartbreaking moments in the movie and it all mounts up along with many happy moments into an absolute masterpiece of a movie!"

A FILM BASED ON ACCIDENTS AND ALSO A SOCIAL MESSAGE,ACCIDENT AWARENESS AND IN ASSOCIATION WITH NGO YOUTH AGAINST SPEED..!!

Apna Watan in association with Lamakaan, SOUL & Manthan is organizing a condolence meeting for Dr P M Bhargava, renowned scientist. Dr Varaprasad Reddy, Ms Chandana Chakrabarti, Ajay Gandhi and others to speak on the occasion. Time: 4.30-6.30 pm - Wednesday 23rd August 2017.

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the fourth movie from the list, expected to be screened on fourth wednesday of this august.

movie title : Bullhead
country : Belgium
synopsis:
Jacky, a young cattle farmer who is constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.
genre : crime drama

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 128 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Dr. Stephen Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) life changes after a car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he looks for healing, and hope, in a mysterious enclave. He quickly learns that the enclave is at the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying reality. Before long, Strange is forced to choose between his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.

A musical programme which would remember the greats of Indian cinema industry who were born and who died during the month of August.

Who is the primary decision maker for your life and body when you are not? How would you like to be cared for? By whom? What happens to your body after your death? How do you ensure your pledge for organ donation is carried out?How much does the state have a say?

In the light of all these questions, this talk will highlight the present status of Advance directive bill in India.

On January 17th 2016, Rohith Vemula committed suicide. He had been facing opposition and even harassment at the hands of his university administration because he belonged to a particular caste and his active role in Dalit politics on campus.

With his demise, a wave of protests swept across the country. The state tried to and succeeded in suppressing many of them. Amongst these was a candle light vigil organised at India gate in Rohith’s memory led by his mother, Radhika Vemula and attended by students from all over the country, and his contingent university, University of Hyderabad. Surprisingly, the state didn’t allow this peaceful vigil either.

All the attendees including Radhika Vemula were detained by the police and taken by to a nearby police station in DTC buses, normally the public transport vehicle of the city, which were marked ‘00 Special Service’.

This is a film by ujjwal utkarsh, it is a reflection on the series of events that took place during the peaceful candlelight vigil meant for Rohith Vemula's suicide, symbolically trying to light the candle that wasn’t lit on that day.

Details about the film maker:

ujjwal utkarsh's films have been showcased in various national and international festivals. He has been experimenting with his own practice and loves to dabble in other forms like photography, sound installations and theater/performing arts. 
Over the years, ujjwal has been involved in several projects and fellowships. He has been trying to develop his own form out of the observational cinema tradition. One of the themes that constantly pulls him is to look at labour at work, in an observational mode and especially looking at peculiar farming techniques.

Lately he has been interested in the idea of protest and the performity of various protests and the idea of dissent in the present condition/situation of things.

I want to conduct free Math workshops to CBSE Xth students every sunday from 10:30 to 12noon.
This involves Video projection requirements along with a white board. I shall restrict the participation to 15 per session

“No Women, No Peace!” Why are women-peace and security linked?
What do Women do in Conflict? How do they make Openings for Peace? What difference do they make to Peace building? Beyond Victimhood to Agency: Gender Narratives of Militarisation, Power and Justice.

About the speaker (in first person):

RITA MANCHANDA
I am a scholar-author and human rights activist specialising on conflicts and peace building in South Asia with particular attention to vulnerable and marginalised groups, that is, women, minorities, indigenous peoples and forcibly displaced persons. My particular expertise is the intersection of gender studies with peace and security issues within the context of South Asia. My contribution to shaping the regional Women Peace and Security scholarly and policy discourse is well established. I bring to my research and policy work the rigour of my academic training in International Relations and my varied professional experiences, including my involvement in pedagogic experiments and developing innovative curriculums. In addition there is the vivacity and empiricism of my years as a professional journalist and communication skills honed during my years as a media practitioner in print and television. It has enriched my capacity to design and implement programmes in conflict torn situations and ‘post conflict’ transitions.
Till recently, I was Director, Research at the ‘South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR), a regional network focusing on rights based approaches to conflicts, peace processes and peace building. Over the last 15 years I have directed and coordinated a diverse portfolio of programmes including ‘Human Rights Audits of Peace Processes,’ Women in Conflict and Peace’, ‘Media in Conflict’, Minority Rights in South Asia, ‘A Rights based Approaches to Poverty Reduction’. During this period I have undertaken short lien jobs and consultancies. I have been Gender Advisor, Commonwealth Technical Fund (2004-5), consultant with UN Women (2010-11,2012-13, 2014), UNDP (2014-15), Centre for Humanitarian Dialogues (2011, 2012), and SAFERWORLD (2015, 2016). I am an experienced guest lecturer on peace, conflict and gender studies including at Ambedkar University (2017), Ramanujan College (2016), Indian Council for Social Development (2016), Rotary Centre ISPCS, Chulalongkorn University (2014), Welthungerhilfe (WHH) (2014), Lady Shri Ram College and was permanent faculty at SAFHR’s ‘Human Rights & Peace Orientation Course’ (2000-2008).
Among my many publications is the multi-country five Volume “SAGE Series in Human Rights Audits of Peace Processes”(Sage:2015) which I edited, as well as co-authored two of the volumes. The latest is the edited volume ‘Women and the Politics of Peace: Narratives of Militarisation , Power and Justice” (Sage:2017) which is a follow up to my benchmark publication “Women War and Peace in South Asia: Beyond Victimhood to Agency “(2001) ” In addition, I have authored the “No Nonsense Guide to Minority Rights in South Asia” (Sage:2009) and the edited volume “States in Conflict with their Minorities” (Sage:2010). These were outputs of the SAFHR-EURAC Minority Rights programme of lectures and training workshops. Of note is the monograph on “ US Non Proliferation policy in South Asia” under the aegis of a Ford Foundation Fellowship at the University of Maryland 1989.
From English Literature to conventional security studies and international relations I have moved to critical security studies, feminising security and bringing a human rights approach to my work on inter-state and internal conflicts and peacebuilding as well as democratic rights in a militarized hyper masculine environment. My research and advocacy focus is oriented towards South Asia.

The Play showcases love story of yet another lower middle class couple struggling make their ends meet and get married to each other. The play is an attempt to reiterate the presence of love and a tribute to all those people in love out there, who, in-spite all ups and downs of life, make an attempt to stay together. Moments of laughter, smile, and being emotional all seem to be a part of the game.

AUTISM Biomedical Intervention
This talk emphasizes on the relationship of children's autism symptoms with their toxic metal body burden and red blood cell (RBC) glutathione levels. In children ages 3–8 years, the severity of autism was assessed using questionnaire filled by parents . Toxic metal body burden was assessed by measuring urinary excretion of toxic metals, both before and after hbot pemf & detoxification Multiple positive correlations were found between the severity of autism and the urinary excretion of toxic metals. Variations in the severity of autism measurements could be explained, in part, by regression analyses of urinary excretion of toxic metals before and after detox . This study demonstrates a significant positive association between the severity of autism and the relative body burden of toxic metals.

The ventriloquism workshop by Mr.M.Santhoshkumar, who is the only Indian ventriloquism artiste to perform at international ventriloquism convention USA. 12.00 to 1.00 afternoon. This workshop has voice modulation techniques, ventriloquism tips.

Attacities on Sc, St, Bc's in telangana

Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the bad man of all? Death? No. fear of death? May be! Fear of getting old? Well!
To over come the fears humans hide behind development, technology and what not, thus not noticing the smile on the face of nature!
Technologies come and go. Innovations happen and vary, Developments happen and vary, but the thing which remains constant is the rule of nature. No matter how much ever human tend to change the world, when it comes to challenging the rules of nature, humans stand no where.
The play is one such attempt to remind all the humans that fighting with nature does’nt change the facts and happenings. What has to happen will happen!

UDAAN Performing Arts Hyderabad presents, a Hindi play "Evam Indrajeet"
Written by - Badal Sirkar
Hindi Translation - Pratibha Agarwaal
Duration - 85 minutes
Donor Pass - Rs 200/-

Cast
Lekhak - Saurabh Gharipurikar
Mansi & Mausi - Shubhangi Pandey
Amal - Justin Jeorge
Vimal - Madhur Rawat
Kamal - Pranav Hharipurikar
Indrajeet - Tejas Mahajan

Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar
Lights - Krishna Shukl
Music - Khushbo Baid

Kitne b'ache' din?

On the one hand we have beti bachao, beti padhao on the other we have elected representatives and their family members abusing power and molesting women.
There is growing sectarian & communal strife in every state that is ruled by the BJP. When they are not in power, they try to foment trouble by spreading fake news.

It doesn't augur well when the PM of this country, chooses to take pot shots at the VP on his last day in office.

Where are we headed? Are the days of Indian democracy numbered? How do we instead ensure that the days of Mr.Modi and his ilk are numbered. We would like to ask you mitron, kitne bache din?

About the speaker:
Subhasini Ali is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She is the President of the All India Democratic Women's Association.

She was elected to the Loksabha from the Kanpur constituency in 1989.

She is currently a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She was inducted to the polit bureau (PB) of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 2015.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

I am an environmental educator, surfer, parkour practitioner, and hip hop artist. My father is from Hyderabad and I was born and raised in the U.S. I will be sharing some of my hip hop music and videos, which celebrate the power of women and girls in surfing and the outdoors. I will be inviting the audience to join in, via a participatory beginners workshop in "freestyling" the art of creating rhymes on the spot, usually to a beat. This workshop is meant for total beginners who find the idea of freestyling to be terrifying, and is ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS. We will do exercises to loosen ourselves up, release ourselves from judgment, and HAVE FUN!!!

The global image of U.S. hip hop tends to be of commercial gangster rap, however this is not the full picture. In the big cities in the U.S. local hip hop scenes thrive and musicians and artists (many of them women!) create work relevant to local issues and their community. I would like to share my own work as a San Francisco Bay Area hip hop artist as well as invite the audience to join in the participatory community based spontaneous aspect of hip hop through a freestyle workshop

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we are planing to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the first one of all, expected to be screened on first wednesday of this august.

movie title : rosetta
country : French-Belgian
synopsis:
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.

Genre: Drama

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 93 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Mitti- Back to the roots is a crowd funded documentary fictional film based on agrarian crisis in India.
Vision of the film is to save farmers from committing suicide.

In this talk hosted by Hyderabad Urban Lab, Dr. Amir Ullah Khan, will trace the history of GST and the road ahead. With the rollout of the GST, it is hoped that taxes would be simplified and harmonised. Tax terrorism would get extinguished. It may come at the cost of making India less of a federal state, but the tradeoff could be well worth it. However the beginnings have been rough. Not only is the industry unprepared, it is obvious that the government also is way behind on its preparations. The Telangana CM was the first to have realized that GST will cause distress. He has argued that that several thousands of workers sustain on the beedi industry and as such, imposing excess taxes on the industry will adversely impact the beedi workers. With more than 1,400 commodities that will have to be fitted into the five slabs – zero, 5 per cent, 12 per cent, 18 per cent and 28 per cent, the tax department has its hands full. It has still not decided what to do with sin products where we need to fix special cesses on demerit goods that are now capped at 15 per cent for aerated drinks and luxury cars, and at 135 per cent for pan masala, and 290 per cent or Rs 4,170 per 1,000 sticks for cigarettes. Most items therefore will be fit into the existing VAT scheme. However at the moment, each state differs so much that actual fitments will involve intense lobbying by states. Businesses will start their own lobbying. We may well return to the age old system of business lobbyists using all means possible to get their produce into the lower slabs. The government is staring into a possible embarrassment. Dr. Amir Ulla Khan, the speaker is a development economist who is currently a professor at the Maulana Azad Urdu Unviersity and is no stranger to Hyderabad. He was member of the Telangana commission of inquiry into the socio economic conditions of Minorities. He is on the board of several key institutions of policy research, policymaking and development interventions.

Kamla by Vijay Tendulkar is a naturalistic play. It focuses on the changed role of women in society. It was inspired by a real-life incident - the Indian Express exposure by Ashwin Sarin, who actually bought a girl from a rural flesh market and presented her at a press conference. But using this incident as a launching pad, Tendulkar raises certain cardinal questions regarding the value system of a modern success-oriented generation who are ready to sacrifice human value in the name of humanity itself. The playwright exposes the innate self-deception of this standpoint. It is the story of an unfortunate woman sold away in the flesh market and a so-called happy housewife married to a daring journalist, both having a revelation of finding themselves on the common platform of sexual slavery in this male-dominated world. Directed by - Subhash Gupta Cast - Kajol Dubey | Shailja Chaturvedi | Sumam Philip | Subhash Gupta | Sanjeev Acharya | Jay Jha Contact# 970007479 || Passes - 200/-

In memory of Prof. Yash Pal (26 November 1926 – 24 July 2017). He was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he has become one of the leading science communicators of the country.

Starting his career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), he later remained chairman of the University Grants Commission from 1986 to 1991. In 2013, he was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan.


A documentary film about India's scientist, Prof.Yashpal (1926-2017), produced at AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia, New Delhi. Directed by Yousuf Saeed, 2004. Interaction with the filmmaker via skype.

Please schedule this for Saturday, 5th August 3-6PM Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. 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 forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

The K-Circle Monthly Quiz is a non-competitive quiz session conducted on the first Saturday of every month. The quiz is a great start for beginners to get involved in quizzing and a great session for veterans and trivia lovers.

Samahaara
presents

PANCHLIGHT - A Romantic Comedy in Hindi

Written by Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'
Designed and Directed by - Sandeep Sahu


Date - 05th August 2017
Time - 7.30pm
Venue - Lamakaan

This fictional story, dating 50 years back, talks about a small village situated in the state of Bihar. The story describes the situation of that period when many small villages in India were still in darkness and had no access to electricity.

The play highlights the effect of modern technology on people who are still reeling under the traditional practices observed in a village. Highlighting this issue, the play exposes a romantic tale of the central characters in the story.

Although a romantic comedy, this play reflects on the conditions of our villages in India, 50 years ago. Despite numerous hurdles and challenges, people never lost faith in their fellow people and supported each other to fight those obstacles.

Entry by Donation Rs 100/-

Artpagoda is conducting a fireless cooking workshop for kids. Encourage your little one to participate and learn some culinary techniques and develop love for cooking.
Come,let us indulge in cooking some yummy and lip smacking food.
Child gets to take home what he makes and a printed recipe.

Registration Mandatory

"Mass Culture and Its Emergence into Contemporary India" is a Talk followed by a very interactive Discussion with the attendees. The objective of organizing this Event is to spread awareness about Mass Culture and how it is affecting contemporary India, particularly the children and the youngsters. One may please note that there are some differences between Popular Culture and Mass Culture and the Talk shall address those differences also. People of all age groups are welcome to be a part of the Event. THERE IS NO ENTRY FEES.

Beat Stage Fear. Create your own story and tell it like a boss!

TALE TELLERS TROUPE INDIA'S storytelling workshop provides students with an encouraging, constructive environment in which to practice storytelling techniques. Exercises in class focus on classic story structuring, building suspense, eliciting emotion, recreating drama, digging deeper into a story’s meaning, and using your voice and body to add levels to your listeners’ experience, so that your story stays with them.

The class size will be limited to allow maximum individual attention and storytelling practice time for each student in each class session

WHAT WILL BE COVERED IN THIS WORKSHOP:
1. How to create stories on the fly (make it up while you are narrating it)
2. How to deal with Stage Fear
3. Techniques to narrate the story you created effectively and in an engaging manner

Expect to challenge yourself, participate actively and have a lot of fun and laughs along the way.

This is the first step towards being a POWERFUL ORATOR and a LEADER in life!

Entry: Rs 500

PS: Participants are requested to please fill in details in the attached short form. Open to all age groups.
https://goo.gl/forms/AqxMA88CrS7AtaVn2

The Quora Hyderabad Meetups invites not only all Quora Enthusiasts in the city but also people who would love to gain some knowledge and make valuable new connections over group discussion and open networking.

Sararattir, a play written by Badal Sircar, is a story of a night and three characters - a husband,a wife and an old man. This one is a psychological drama that revolves around the woman and her fantasy world and focuses on the inner conflicts that she faces when she is 28 as the writer very aptly suggests it as the age when a woman wonders about her own life and being. As the play opens up, we see her as a happy wife leading a healthy relationship with a perfect husband.

All is going well till she meets a mysterious old stranger during the couple's vacation in a lonely house on a rainy night, who has his own weird theory about 7. A chance encounter with this man leads them to crossroads of introspection and self realization. One night. One long, sleepless, rainy night. Was it a dream?

PLAY : BADAL SIRCAR; LANGUAGE : BENGALI;
DIRECTOR : SWAPAN MONDAL; PRODUCTION: SHUDRKA HYDERABAD

Death Cafe is a movement started dot promote Death Positivism.Its a space to talk freely about Death and related issues in a cafe atmosphere, We encourage the recently bereave dot take help elsewhere are this is not meant to be therapy even if the participants are qualified to assist.This is just an open space for people to bring Death and dying on the table ,literally!

http://deathcafe.com/what/

A 1981 adaptation of the play and television movie of the same name, the movie asks difficult questions.What does living mean? Who are the stakeholders of our life and what are the choices available in the first place.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8mZsDewSAk

When India is dealing with ambiguity regarding the issue of advance directives, it becomes an important conversation to have.Please join us for the post screening discussion.

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the second one of all, expected to be screened on second wednesday of this august.

movie title : L’Enfant
country : Belgian
synopsis:
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.

Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 93 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

In this daring and eloquent feature debut, we are introduced to Hari Aziz – possibly the coolest 11-year-old on the planet. He lives in Mumbai and is a member of the internet generation whose outlook is global, curious and sensitive to the nuances of cultural difference. Hari’s father Imran Aziz is Muslim by birth, but untethered by religion, as is his Hindu mother Parvati. They’re inspirational parents who are struggling to make their first feature film. Imran is deeply wedded to his the belief in India as an incredible, all-embracing country that above its differences, but as they run into financial problems with their film, the family has to downsize to rented apartments and soon come face-to-face with an onslaught of religious prejudices and corruption.
As his disillusioned parents discuss whether to stay in the country they love or leave, Hari hatches his own secret plan to save the day.
Directed by- N. PadmaKumar

"Udhaar ka pati" is a comedy play set in the 70s written by Dr. Vanmaala Bhawaalkar.

Gajashastra an ancient book on elephant lore(6 & 5th century B C) mentions that elephants once roamed over india today there's a large scale of reduction of the elephants range and population due to deforestation and capture of elephant for domesticating.

A One Day Workshop on Human Imaginations and its wonders!For Kids & Parents ! Workshop Fees ₹ 500 for parents & Kids ! By, POORVA DHANASHREE ,A Reowned Bharatnayam and vilasini Natyam Dancer .(www.purvadhanashree.com) The content of the workshop is as following , In today’s world where most of the conversations are done through gadgets, one hardly gets any space and time to express oneself in one’s own language and expressions… Creativity… Imagination…. Spontaneity… Empathy… Expressions … these are slowly losing their valuable space in both in adults and children.. Fear of future … status… … A strong sense of pride and image .. and chains of comparisons are stifling most of the children who hardly get a space where they can be themselves without the compulsions of judgments and they are growing up to be kiddults and then reaching adulthood quite fast before their age. And somewhere in the race of becoming an adult they are losing touch with the child within them This workshop on creative writing will give many opportunities to you and your child to go deep within the levels of your imagination and discover the unique person that you are Who can do this workshop ? 7-15 years of age… How many session ? 1* 2 hours every month And why ? - If you feel the strong need to dialogue with your creative self - If you want to explore the magic of writing/ drawing/movement/music - If you want to go on an adventure trip to find the hidden world of ideas, thoughts, feelings within you Then please join us… The journey of self-discovery does not stop with being a child. In fact, adults need it more as they consciously, unconsciously or sub-consciously internalize many external patterns/ ideas /images and somewhere forget connecting to one’s own self… How will we do it ? Through dialogues, discussions, writing, drawing, meditation, movements, music … You need to bring few pages perhaps a notebook will be better… colour pencils , pencil and a pen…. So come and be a part of this adventure trip into your own world of ideas.. thoughts and images.

Please schedule this for Saturday, 12th August 3-6PM Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. 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 forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

A talk on Crisis of Capitalism: It has been around a decade since the global economy plunged into crisis. The intensity of this crisis has deepened and its spread has expanded in this duration. It has impacted the lives and livelihood of billions of people around the world in an unprecedented manner. The job losses, growing social insecurity, widening income disparity in different parts of the world are direct outcome of this crisis. All the claims of an early recovery have got punctured. Make no mistake, this crisis is not just the usual dip in the business cycle, rather it’s systemic in nature. This crisis has yet again proved Karl Marx’s prognosis that capitalism is inherently crisis ridden system. In order to properly understand the nature of this crisis from Marxist perspective, the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a talk series.     We invite one and all to this important discussion as part of the Marxist Study Circle.      

Speaker: Anand Singh (political activist who writes in workers' newspaper 'Mazdoor Bigul' and Marxist theoretical journal "The Anvil")

"Udhaar ka pati" is a comedy play set in the 80s written by Dr. Vanmaala Bhawaalkar.

On the occasion of Indian Independence Day, Aarohi Music Academy invites kids to join them in a fun workshop where they get to learn songs on Freedom and Peace and Unity.

It has been around a decade since the global economy plunged into crisis. The intensity of this crisis has deepened and its spread has expanded in this duration. It has impacted the lives and livelihood of billions of people around the world in an unprecedented manner. The job losses, growing social insecurity, widening income disparity in different parts of the world are direct outcome of this crisis. All the claims of an early recovery have got punctured. Make no mistake, this crisis is not just the usual dip in the business cycle, rather it’s systemic in nature. This crisis has yet again proved Karl Marx’s prognosis that capitalism is inherently crisis ridden system. In order to properly understand the nature of this crisis from Marxist perspective, the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a talk series.     We invite one and all to this important discussion as part of the Marxist Study Circle.      

Speaker: Anand Singh (political activist who writes in workers' newspaper 'Mazdoor Bigul' and Marxist theoretical journal "The Anvil")

Smt Saladi Mrunalini, a Kuchipudi exponent, known for her strong urge of experimentation in dance will present Kuchipudi dance in collabration with her son Saladi Eshan and few students from Noopura Natyalaya.

Mrunalini has presented solo performance in almost all parts of India starting from Leh-Ladhak to Kanyakumari. She has performed in most of the Armed Forces (Army/Air Force/Navy) units at the border areas and across to boost the morale of our soldiers. Mrunalini has been featured and mesmerized audiences with her performance in a number of dance festivals in the country and abroad including Brahmotsava festival-Tirupati, Kanchenjunga festival-Sikkim, South Zone Cultural Centre- Thanjavur, Shindhudarshan, FETE Day-Pondicherry, Cape festival-Kanyakumari, Telugu Festival-New Delhi, All India Telugu Conference-Mumbai, Sharad Utsav, Nainital, Telugu Cultural Associations at Sharjah, Dubai and Singapore.

The story of a warrior who lost even after winning all the battles. The saprtan who fought all his wars with great valour, invariably defeated the enemy. Came alive and victorius from all the battles, ironically never bestowed a medal.


Now he is fighting the toughest battle of his life, finding ashes of his loved ones who were brutally burnt in riots.


Design and Directed: M Suraj Meshram


Venue: Lamakaan
Time: 15th and 16th July' 2017 08:00 PM
Duration: 50 Minutes

Amidst the euphoria of 70 years of independence, one must not forget to ask some pertinent questions: who is free today? Are we free from poverty, hunger and malnutrition? Are we free from caste-based atrocities and communal violence? Do we have freedom to choose our life partner? Do we have freedom to choose what we wish to eat? There could not have been a better day to discuss such issues than the Independence Day. Hence the discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ is organizing a discussion on these issues on the coming Independence Day. All those who believe that these issues are important, are cordially invited to be part of this discussion.

A book launch, signing and reading event of a much-awaited release by Aditi Mukherjee. Her previous two books- a historical fiction 'The last Mughal warrior in love' and a travel humor 'Europe for a bargain'have received significant media attention and garnered several good reviews online.

YOUNG INDIA!!

DO WE NEED THE RADICAL YOUTH MOVEMENT FOR THESE NEW TIMES?

On Independence Day 2017, Lamakaan is proud to host a panel discussion with 3 emergent youth leaders for the 4th edition of The Hasan Memorial lecture.

The median age of the Indian population now stands at 27. Between 2004 and 2014, 150 million new voters were added to the Indian electorate. By 2019, it is projected that over 300 million voters below the age of 35 will be eligible to vote. Some commentators have suggested that the remarkable resurgence of fascism in 2014 was at least in some part produced by the consolidation of this new youth. As this trajectory gains even greater momentum what are the new questions that frame youth aspirations....


What are the ways in which the youth in India are expressing their concerns and frustrations?

How do we evaluate the state of the consolidation, post 2014-is it holding or is it falling apart?

What is a new language that a left youth movement can use to galvanize this young electorate?

What would produce a new organizing moment among this demographic?

How can the demographic dividend be encashed?


This year's Hasan Memorial Lecture, therefore brings together 3 emergent youth leaders, to articulate not just their vision but to engage each other's imaginary.

Our panellists for Hasan Memorial Lecture, will respond to these and other questions, on August 15.

“Lamakaan has always strived to ask questions and foster debate and dialogues on key issues in our society and there is no one better than our 3 young guests to engage with these questions”, says, Ashhar Farhan, one of the founders of Lamakaan.

The Panellists are:

Shehla Rashid Shora: Shehla, a former Vice-President of the JNU students' union (JNUSU) from 2015-16, was instrumental in leading the student agitation calling for the release of Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others.

She is also vocal about the human rights situation in Kashmir, particularly for ensuring justice to minor undertrials & was a key figure in the Occupy UGC mobilization.

Jignesh Mevani: Jignesh, is a young lawyer and firebrand organizer who was at the helm of remarkable mobilization in response to a brutal attack on Dalit youth in una, Gujarat.

In a fierce four-month mobilization the Una Attached Land Samiti and Jignesh opened up a vision for a renewed and militant Dalit movement in India, which was the catalyst for the formation of all India Dalit Adhikar Manch.

Pratik Sinha: Pratik and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda".

He is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.

About The Hasan Memorial Lecture:

The Hasan Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2014 and is held each year at Lamakaan on August 15 with an eye to emergent political and economic crisis in India/South Asia or the world. It is our single most important programming effort each year and draws a very significant audience. The previous editions of the lectures were delivered by Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Prof.Gail Omvedt, Bharat Patankar and Prof.Kodandaram.

Mr. Moyed Hasan in whose memory the annual lecture is named, was a scientist, a photographer, an environmentalist and a person with deep concern for the lives of ordinary people. His house, that he named Lamakaan (as in the Sufi literary tradition to mean 'an abode for those who travel without any worldly possessions') has now become an important part of Hyderabad’s cultural and political life. Mr. Hasan left behind an imaginary of what an engaged life is. From science to art, and environment to international affairs he encompassed a vision of how we must live our lives meaningfully.


The discussion would be for a duration of 2.5 hours and is slated to begin at 7pm.

Lamakaan is thrilled to host Pratik Sinha on the day after the Independence Day (August 16th).
At a time when it is a given that our inboxes are flooded each day with multiple forwards spreading fake news, from the seemingly benign UNESCO awards and World Bank rankings to completely doctored videos aimed at inciting communal violence, Pratik Sinha and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda". Pratik, a former techie was compelled to start this venture since he believes, "It is extremely dangerous and no political party is working to stop it”.
AltNews describes itself as a website for the “post-truth world”; one that aims to “act as an antidote to the right-wing propagandists that have established themselves in the mainstream media”. In the five months since its launch Alt News has amassed over 43,000 followers on Facebook and 21,000 on Twitter. This, without either advertisements or external funding.
Sinha is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.
Tracing the origins of a widely circulated hoax can often be complicated. An image or video may not have been manipulated: rather, an entirely authentic piece of footage may be circulated under false contexts. The techniques involved in deconstructing them involve, slowing it down, scraping the internet to find where it has previously been posted, analysing visible signage in the background, looking at streetscapes and trying to catch the language being spoken.
Lamakaan is proud to host Pratik for the following two workshops:
• Exposing fake news: Aimed at journalists to help separate the wheat from the chaff (2pm to 4pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/gze6MRgQihGrmj233
• Breaking down fake news: Workshop on the techniques to breakdown fake-news for techies and the socially concerned (7:30pm to 9:30pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/cbCgqChB04PaXWal2

Prior Registration required.

Lamakaan is thrilled to host Pratik Sinha on the day after the Independence Day (August 16th).
At a time when it is a given that our inboxes are flooded each day with multiple forwards spreading fake news, from the seemingly benign UNESCO awards and World Bank rankings to completely doctored videos aimed at inciting communal violence, Pratik Sinha and his team at AltNews are leading the crusade against manufactured “news”, with the aim of eliminating “deliberate underground political propaganda". Pratik, a former techie was compelled to start this venture since he believes, "It is extremely dangerous and no political party is working to stop it”.
AltNews describes itself as a website for the “post-truth world”; one that aims to “act as an antidote to the right-wing propagandists that have established themselves in the mainstream media”. In the five months since its launch Alt News has amassed over 43,000 followers on Facebook and 21,000 on Twitter. This, without either advertisements or external funding.
Sinha is also involved with Jan Sangharsh Manch, a civil liberties organisation. Since 2013 he has also been running the “Truth of Gujarat” page, a site focused on news about the Gujarat carnage.
Tracing the origins of a widely circulated hoax can often be complicated. An image or video may not have been manipulated: rather, an entirely authentic piece of footage may be circulated under false contexts. The techniques involved in deconstructing them involve, slowing it down, scraping the internet to find where it has previously been posted, analysing visible signage in the background, looking at streetscapes and trying to catch the language being spoken.
Lamakaan is proud to host Pratik for the following two workshops:
• Exposing fake news: Aimed at journalists to help separate the wheat from the chaff (2pm to 4pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/gze6MRgQihGrmj233
• Breaking down fake news: Workshop on the techniques to breakdown fake-news for techies and the socially concerned (7:30pm to 9:30pm) Link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/cbCgqChB04PaXWal2

Prior Registration required.

Theerpu is Manch theatre's one of its kind Telugu play which deals with completely a new concept which most of the audience get relate to.

It is a court hall drama in which court encounters a different case. How was the case solved remains the main crux of the play.

It is well executed by all the actors and received well accolades for its previous stagings.

We, Hyderabad Birding Pals would like to showcase some of the Indian birds on the occasion of World Photography day on August 19th 20017. Hyderabad Birding Pals is a group of birding enthusiasts having many birders and photographers. It organizes free bird walks around the city which are open to participation. An informal group with love for birds driving the members to give their best.

'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, Hyderabad Birding Pals would like to showcase some of the Indian birds on the occasion of World Photography day on August 19th 20017. Hyderabad Birding Pals is a group of birding enthusiasts having many birders and photographers. It organizes free bird walks around the city which are open to participation. An informal group with love for birds driving the members to give their best.

Lamakaan invites children to learn free workshop on how to make clay Ganeshas from Arunjyothi Lokhanday.
Arunjyothi S Lokhanday is a traditional crafts person from Nalgonda with a multi-talented artistry to her name. She makes all of them in zero-budget. For Diwali, she enthralled us by making diyas with vegetables and house hold objects.
Limited seats. For early registrations: Call ArunJyoti ji at 9704621500
Entry - Free

Velvet Revolution
Produced by IAWRT (International Association of Women in Radio and Television)
Country: Cameroon, India, Philippines, UK, Bangladesh/USA
Year: 2017
Duration: 57 minutes
English subtitles, English commentary
Shot on HD.


Executive Producer and Director: Nupur Basu
Country Directors:
Illang Illang Quijano – Philippines
Deepika Sharma - India
Pochi Tamba Nsoh and Sidonie Pongmoni - Cameroon
Eva Brownstein - USA/ Bangladesh

Synopsis: In this exciting collaborative film – Velvet Revolution - six women directors take their lens up-close to Women Making News. In a world riven with conflict and dictatorial regimes where journalists are constantly under threat of both, state and non - state actors, what drives these women journalists to do their jobs?

“I did not want to be a war correspondent... but the war came to my door-step” says award winning Syrian journalist, Zaina Erhaim, now living in exile in southern Turkey.

“The President is wrong when he says that journalists are being killed because they are corrupt- who corrupts whom… who holds the power to corrupt?” asks Kimberlie Ngabit Quitasol, a young woman journalist from Philippines.

“I could not leave my co-warriors in the middle of the battlefield” says Bonya Ahmed, the wife of slain Bangladesh blogger, Avijit Roy and the Editor of Muktomona, in her first ever documentary interview.

The documentary profiles women journalists who have paid a high price for speaking truth.

Get your Photography Portfolio reviewed by Photojournalist Krishnendu Halder

Here 9 Blocks Photography is once again back with a new concept of workshop where you will get a platform to get instant review of your images by expert Mr. Krishnendu Halder and an opportunity to do live shoot . So join us on 19th August 2017 at Lamakaan Hyderabad. Timing: 3 PM to 6PM. On spot registration at 2:30 pm.

The mentor of the workshop Mr Krishnendu Halder is a Photojournalist of INDIA TODAY group. He will also share his 16 years of his field experience while reviewing the images.

Know more about the mentor http://9blocks.in/…/professional-photographer-hyderabad.html
https://www.9blocks.in/about.php

The things you will learn in this workshop is:
1. Instant review of your portfolio
2. Live shoot with different situation
3. Get the best tips about your image enhancement and balanced photography through out the workshop.
4. Overcome challenges in different circumstances during photography.

For registration please follow the below link:
https://www.9blocks.in/eshopcheckout.php?id=60
New user please sing-up to registration:
https://www.9blocks.in/register.php

Please schedule this for Saturday, 19th August 3-6PM Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. 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 forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

Movie Screening-The Bicycle Thief , Duration-95 min
It is an Italian movie released in Nov 1948. Directed by Vittorio De Sica, it is reverred as one of the foundation stones of neo realism.
In post world war Italy, a working class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it. Director Vittorio De Sica has crafted it much deeper than it appears on the surface. It examines the human condition and questions society, family, law enforcement and alliances. It allows viewers to think about many subjects that go beyond ordinary cinematic depths. It is a film of real life, real emotions and real people. The ending of the film only makes the film more real. Its an all time masterpiece.

Bhagwan is the epitome of the mundane — a middle-aged banker, married, with two grown up college-going children. However, one day, while sitting on a decrepit park bench he stumbles upon ‘enlightenment’. Therein begins the battle between the world outside and his world inside. Design & Directed By : Subhash Gupta Cast - Jay Ilhaam | Vivek Pandey | Shailja Chaturvedi | Adnan Hararwala | Gunjan Bhattacharya | Anusha Chowdhary Donor Passes availaible - 150/- Contact - 9700074079

We, Hyderabad Birding Pals would like to showcase some of the Indian birds on the occasion of World Photography day on August 19th 20017. Hyderabad Birding Pals is a group of birding enthusiasts having many birders and photographers. It organizes free bird walks around the city which are open to participation. An informal group with love for birds driving the members to give their best.

The Color of Paradise
Written and Directed by: Majid Majidi
Language: Persian (subtitled in English)
Run Time: 1 hr 30 min

The Color of Paradise is about a blind boy. Quick and gentle, in love with knowledge, acutely attuned to the world around him, Mohammad loves his lessons at a school for the blind. He is loved at home by his grandmother and his two sisters. But his father, Hashem, does not love him. Hashem is a widower, ambitious to marry into a prosperous family, and he fears the possession of a blind son will devalue him in the marriage market.

Rotaract Club of Hyderabad East is a NGO. And this icebreaker event is to fimiliarize the new recruits to each other and previous member and the board.

A Tale of Two Veils is a short Documentary Written and Produced by Hyderabadi filmmaker, Vivek Nipani. This film was recently selected for the Student Oscars in 2016 and has premiered in several film festivals including Best Documentary Award and Promotion of Social Justice Award at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles.

This film explores a unique story of courage and empowerment in a rural village of Rajasthan.

A bharathanatyam recital by Meera Seshadrinathan an alumna of kalakshetra Chennai, She will be performing a proper traditional Margam of bharathanatyam.

Below given are the items she will perform:
1. Nandi chollu
2. Shankara. Shri Giri
3. Padam
4. Thillana
5. Mangalam

Performance by students of Aradhana Karhade Shastry & Suhas Shastry.

Hindustani Vocals by:
Anahita Mira Aman
Sanjana Vadrevou
Ashwini

Table performances by:
Group1:
1. V. Akshay
2. Sukrut Gada
3. Arin Das
4. P. Nischay
5. Y. Venkateshwar
6. Varun Jaju
7. Venkatesh Srihari

Group2:
1.Ishaan Sanga
2. Mayank Mansabdar
3. S.Rishabh

Group 3:
1.Santam Roy
2. Aneesh Bharathi

Bengali (with eng subtitles)| 1h 46min | Drama | 2015
Director:Pavel

Baabar Naam Gandhiji' film stars a boy from a real life slum. An orphan, who lives by his wits, thrives by stealing, telling lies and creating havoc with impunity. Parambrata of Kahani fame is the teacher who tries to get his young protege to a big expensive school. "My name is Kencho Das Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi," shouts the urchin in glee. Abandoned at birth, Kencho is stumped when asked for his father's name. He is then shown a 500 rupee note with Mahatma Gandhi's portrait on it and told, that's your father, something he comes to believe.
From an 11 year old schoolboy who loved the movie : "The movie was well-paced and the characters were so well coloured but kept realistic, you would think this happens everyday(which, it doesn't, but the movie makes it feel like that). The fact that Kencho teaches other children to beg and how he disapproves of school at first but by the end he is eager to learn and study is also very nice. .So many heartbreaking moments in the movie and it all mounts up along with many happy moments into an absolute masterpiece of a movie!"

A FILM BASED ON ACCIDENTS AND ALSO A SOCIAL MESSAGE,ACCIDENT AWARENESS AND IN ASSOCIATION WITH NGO YOUTH AGAINST SPEED..!!

Apna Watan in association with Lamakaan, SOUL & Manthan is organizing a condolence meeting for Dr P M Bhargava, renowned scientist. Dr Varaprasad Reddy, Ms Chandana Chakrabarti, Ajay Gandhi and others to speak on the occasion. Time: 4.30-6.30 pm - Wednesday 23rd August 2017.

This august, as part of the belgian film retrospective we(cinephiles film club) are planning to screen 4 critically acclaimed films from belgium, this is the fourth movie from the list, expected to be screened on fourth wednesday of this august.

movie title : Bullhead
country : Belgium
synopsis:
Jacky, a young cattle farmer who is constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.
genre : crime drama

Plan for the event:
1. Introduction to the film (10 minutes)
2. Screening @7:40 pm sharp (Runtime: 128 mins)
3. Post screening discussion (15 minutes)

Dr. Stephen Strange's (Benedict Cumberbatch) life changes after a car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he looks for healing, and hope, in a mysterious enclave. He quickly learns that the enclave is at the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying reality. Before long, Strange is forced to choose between his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.

A musical programme which would remember the greats of Indian cinema industry who were born and who died during the month of August.

Who is the primary decision maker for your life and body when you are not? How would you like to be cared for? By whom? What happens to your body after your death? How do you ensure your pledge for organ donation is carried out?How much does the state have a say?

In the light of all these questions, this talk will highlight the present status of Advance directive bill in India.

On January 17th 2016, Rohith Vemula committed suicide. He had been facing opposition and even harassment at the hands of his university administration because he belonged to a particular caste and his active role in Dalit politics on campus.

With his demise, a wave of protests swept across the country. The state tried to and succeeded in suppressing many of them. Amongst these was a candle light vigil organised at India gate in Rohith’s memory led by his mother, Radhika Vemula and attended by students from all over the country, and his contingent university, University of Hyderabad. Surprisingly, the state didn’t allow this peaceful vigil either.

All the attendees including Radhika Vemula were detained by the police and taken by to a nearby police station in DTC buses, normally the public transport vehicle of the city, which were marked ‘00 Special Service’.

This is a film by ujjwal utkarsh, it is a reflection on the series of events that took place during the peaceful candlelight vigil meant for Rohith Vemula's suicide, symbolically trying to light the candle that wasn’t lit on that day.

Details about the film maker:

ujjwal utkarsh's films have been showcased in various national and international festivals. He has been experimenting with his own practice and loves to dabble in other forms like photography, sound installations and theater/performing arts. 
Over the years, ujjwal has been involved in several projects and fellowships. He has been trying to develop his own form out of the observational cinema tradition. One of the themes that constantly pulls him is to look at labour at work, in an observational mode and especially looking at peculiar farming techniques.

Lately he has been interested in the idea of protest and the performity of various protests and the idea of dissent in the present condition/situation of things.

I want to conduct free Math workshops to CBSE Xth students every sunday from 10:30 to 12noon.
This involves Video projection requirements along with a white board. I shall restrict the participation to 15 per session

“No Women, No Peace!” Why are women-peace and security linked?
What do Women do in Conflict? How do they make Openings for Peace? What difference do they make to Peace building? Beyond Victimhood to Agency: Gender Narratives of Militarisation, Power and Justice.

About the speaker (in first person):

RITA MANCHANDA
I am a scholar-author and human rights activist specialising on conflicts and peace building in South Asia with particular attention to vulnerable and marginalised groups, that is, women, minorities, indigenous peoples and forcibly displaced persons. My particular expertise is the intersection of gender studies with peace and security issues within the context of South Asia. My contribution to shaping the regional Women Peace and Security scholarly and policy discourse is well established. I bring to my research and policy work the rigour of my academic training in International Relations and my varied professional experiences, including my involvement in pedagogic experiments and developing innovative curriculums. In addition there is the vivacity and empiricism of my years as a professional journalist and communication skills honed during my years as a media practitioner in print and television. It has enriched my capacity to design and implement programmes in conflict torn situations and ‘post conflict’ transitions.
Till recently, I was Director, Research at the ‘South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR), a regional network focusing on rights based approaches to conflicts, peace processes and peace building. Over the last 15 years I have directed and coordinated a diverse portfolio of programmes including ‘Human Rights Audits of Peace Processes,’ Women in Conflict and Peace’, ‘Media in Conflict’, Minority Rights in South Asia, ‘A Rights based Approaches to Poverty Reduction’. During this period I have undertaken short lien jobs and consultancies. I have been Gender Advisor, Commonwealth Technical Fund (2004-5), consultant with UN Women (2010-11,2012-13, 2014), UNDP (2014-15), Centre for Humanitarian Dialogues (2011, 2012), and SAFERWORLD (2015, 2016). I am an experienced guest lecturer on peace, conflict and gender studies including at Ambedkar University (2017), Ramanujan College (2016), Indian Council for Social Development (2016), Rotary Centre ISPCS, Chulalongkorn University (2014), Welthungerhilfe (WHH) (2014), Lady Shri Ram College and was permanent faculty at SAFHR’s ‘Human Rights & Peace Orientation Course’ (2000-2008).
Among my many publications is the multi-country five Volume “SAGE Series in Human Rights Audits of Peace Processes”(Sage:2015) which I edited, as well as co-authored two of the volumes. The latest is the edited volume ‘Women and the Politics of Peace: Narratives of Militarisation , Power and Justice” (Sage:2017) which is a follow up to my benchmark publication “Women War and Peace in South Asia: Beyond Victimhood to Agency “(2001) ” In addition, I have authored the “No Nonsense Guide to Minority Rights in South Asia” (Sage:2009) and the edited volume “States in Conflict with their Minorities” (Sage:2010). These were outputs of the SAFHR-EURAC Minority Rights programme of lectures and training workshops. Of note is the monograph on “ US Non Proliferation policy in South Asia” under the aegis of a Ford Foundation Fellowship at the University of Maryland 1989.
From English Literature to conventional security studies and international relations I have moved to critical security studies, feminising security and bringing a human rights approach to my work on inter-state and internal conflicts and peacebuilding as well as democratic rights in a militarized hyper masculine environment. My research and advocacy focus is oriented towards South Asia.

The Play showcases love story of yet another lower middle class couple struggling make their ends meet and get married to each other. The play is an attempt to reiterate the presence of love and a tribute to all those people in love out there, who, in-spite all ups and downs of life, make an attempt to stay together. Moments of laughter, smile, and being emotional all seem to be a part of the game.

AUTISM Biomedical Intervention
This talk emphasizes on the relationship of children's autism symptoms with their toxic metal body burden and red blood cell (RBC) glutathione levels. In children ages 3–8 years, the severity of autism was assessed using questionnaire filled by parents . Toxic metal body burden was assessed by measuring urinary excretion of toxic metals, both before and after hbot pemf & detoxification Multiple positive correlations were found between the severity of autism and the urinary excretion of toxic metals. Variations in the severity of autism measurements could be explained, in part, by regression analyses of urinary excretion of toxic metals before and after detox . This study demonstrates a significant positive association between the severity of autism and the relative body burden of toxic metals.

The ventriloquism workshop by Mr.M.Santhoshkumar, who is the only Indian ventriloquism artiste to perform at international ventriloquism convention USA. 12.00 to 1.00 afternoon. This workshop has voice modulation techniques, ventriloquism tips.

Attacities on Sc, St, Bc's in telangana

Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the bad man of all? Death? No. fear of death? May be! Fear of getting old? Well!
To over come the fears humans hide behind development, technology and what not, thus not noticing the smile on the face of nature!
Technologies come and go. Innovations happen and vary, Developments happen and vary, but the thing which remains constant is the rule of nature. No matter how much ever human tend to change the world, when it comes to challenging the rules of nature, humans stand no where.
The play is one such attempt to remind all the humans that fighting with nature does’nt change the facts and happenings. What has to happen will happen!

UDAAN Performing Arts Hyderabad presents, a Hindi play "Evam Indrajeet"
Written by - Badal Sirkar
Hindi Translation - Pratibha Agarwaal
Duration - 85 minutes
Donor Pass - Rs 200/-

Cast
Lekhak - Saurabh Gharipurikar
Mansi & Mausi - Shubhangi Pandey
Amal - Justin Jeorge
Vimal - Madhur Rawat
Kamal - Pranav Hharipurikar
Indrajeet - Tejas Mahajan

Design & Direction - Saurabh Gharipurikar
Lights - Krishna Shukl
Music - Khushbo Baid

Kitne b'ache' din?

On the one hand we have beti bachao, beti padhao on the other we have elected representatives and their family members abusing power and molesting women.
There is growing sectarian & communal strife in every state that is ruled by the BJP. When they are not in power, they try to foment trouble by spreading fake news.

It doesn't augur well when the PM of this country, chooses to take pot shots at the VP on his last day in office.

Where are we headed? Are the days of Indian democracy numbered? How do we instead ensure that the days of Mr.Modi and his ilk are numbered. We would like to ask you mitron, kitne bache din?

About the speaker:
Subhasini Ali is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She is the President of the All India Democratic Women's Association.

She was elected to the Loksabha from the Kanpur constituency in 1989.

She is currently a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She was inducted to the polit bureau (PB) of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 2015.