Lamakaan

Cinematographer: Vittorio Storraro

The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970, Italy)

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

K-Circle is today India's oldest quiz club, formed in 1972, and is based in the twin cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad. This Saturday would be the K-Circle Quiz of the Month at Pheonix Arena which would be a lively, engaging and informally informative quiz session that anybody is welcome to attend! This is a non-competitive event, where teams are formed on the spot

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 Countdown" can best be described as a tale of hope or the story of survival of humanity. It's an experimental film by an IITian filmmaker, MSN Karthik, in the Sci-Fi Thriller genre, in which an astronaut stuck on an unknown planet struggles to get back to his ship only to find that things are actually worse than expected. The film also revolves around the subject of the future of life on the planet.

This film is a product of Karthik's agile philosophy of low budget filmmaking to shoot in 48 hours, edit and release in 2 weeks, and it has been pulled off in an extremely frugal budget of under INR 5,500. The film was shot mainly in the coal mines in the state of Telangana, India.

After the screening of the film, there will be an interactive session with the director and the team behind the film, in which relevant topics that are covered in the film will be discussed, along with the talk on the journey of making of the film.

Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/296805702

Farmers’ Displacement Battles – Legal and Otherwise

A Talk by Rachana Reddy
We hear stories of agrarian crisis and farmers’ suicides almost every day. On one hand, farmers are fighting livelihood issues due to anti-farmers policies adopted by the government, on the other hand, farmers’ lands are illegally acquired by MNCs and government. The farmers are uprooted from their agricultural land and displaced. The recent attack on the farmers in Delhi on 2nd October tells a sorry state of affairs and the treatment meted out to them. The Dilli Chalo call is a protest march against the anti farmers’ policies and to tell the government that farmers are in turmoil and seek justice.

In this talk Rachana Reddy will focus on the issues of farmers’ displacement battles and what are the legal avenues available to them to fight out these perennial battles. Can the farmers challenge the government legally or otherwise on this? Come and listen to Rachana Reddy this Saturday, 3rd November 2018 at 7.00pm at Lamakaan.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

ABOUT RACHANA REDDY:
Mrs. Rachna Reddy is currently a practising advocate at High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with 11 years of legal experience

She did her Masters in International Law & Human Rights from School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles.
· Served as faculty at NALSAR University of Law.
· Served as an Appellate brief writer for human rights project.
· She has taken on Government of Telangana for its hasty attempts to acquire lands under various government schemes such as Mallanasagar Reservoir project and Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Project etc.
·She has been fighting the cause of farmers who have been wronged by the State Government - the administrative order issued by the Telangana Government was in violation of the Central Land Acquisition Act, 2013.
·Thanks to Rachna’s initiatives High Court has quashed the GO 123 - the controversial order of Telangana Government.
·Mixing social activism with the legal profession she has been guiding many farmers to knock the HC doors against hasty land acquisition by Telangana Government.

Mumbai based story teller swetha rangaraj performs mythology with a twist

An evening of pristine Bengali melodies with Somerita Mallik,an ingenious singer of Rabindrasangeet, Nazrulgeeti and Bengali folk songs,hailing from Kolkata.

The play is about a disciple who despite the many warnings of his teacher ventures into a dark town ruled by a very foolish ruler. In this town, he discovers that the inhabitants are equally foolish. An incident follows a bizarre blame game which almost costs the disciple his life.

This play uses ironic humour as a powerful resource to uncover the absurdities of India’s social and political systems: political corruption, exploitation and historical manipulation. In a tense environment where humour might not seem appropriate, Bharatendu masterfully uses and critically examines it as a means to ridicule bureaucracy and the establishment, questioning in a caustic way people's conformity and passivity.

This script, though constructed on Bharatendu’s play, takes support of Tagore’s songs, poems of Sukumar Ray - the king of nonsense rhymes in Bengali, and Telugu folktales. The play appeals to audiences of all ages

work shop will be to Sensitize the SRHR(Sexual Reproductive Health Rights) workshop will be basic HIV/AIDS,talk about the SRHR,(Sexual Reproductive Health Rights) Important to know the SRHR for the future generation Focused at advocate the sexual and Reproductive health rights (SRHR) Over all this is a SRHR Sensitization programme.

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 followed by discussion.

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet%27s_Own_Boy

The Internet's Own Boy depicts the life of American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz. It features interviews with his family and friends as well as the internet luminaries who worked with him. The film tells his story up to his eventual suicide after a legal battle, and explores the questions of access to information and civil liberties that drove his work.

Kaaley Short Film screening for everyone. The film is already online but there has been a request by some cast and crew to watch it together. Also, the story in the film happens on 10th November,2016,we find it the best time. As it is a big group of 60 members, we would like to have it in Lamakaan, also leaving it open to a general audience to join us. It is a film of 30 mins. So we might require the space for 1.5 hrs max considering the delays, entry, and exit.

The safe sharing space is an initiative to enable open conversations about sexual harassment amongst the victims and allies. The aim is to bring together people who want to share their experiences and support each other through the journey.

The organizers encourage only the people who have experienced harassment or professionals who are willing to support them to participate in the event. It is not a space to discuss the “me too” movement or the implications of it, rather it is a space to support each other in a difficult phase of life. Participants are strongly recommended to follow confidentiality and those who wish to do so, can stay anonymous.

The discussions will happen on the terrace of the building ensuring that whatever is said in the group will stay within.

Artist Afrah Sameen brings Glow in the dark painting workshop for the first time in India!

A 68 - minute documentary titled ‘Boys Who Like Girls’ directed by Finnish filmmaker Inka Achte would be screened for the audience. The screening would be followed by an interaction with the gathered crowd.
During the interaction, Harish Sadani and his team at Men Against Violence & Abuse - MAVA would deliberate on the prevailing toxic masculinity and male entitlement to privilege and power, which is at the core of gender discrimination and violence in society. Through powerful compelling stories of MAVAs work among adolescent boys and young men in interrogating Masculinity as depicted in the film, Harish and Altamash will stimulate the gathered audience on the various tools and methodologies used to engage boys and young men on gender issues. Citing examples of the organization's journey in the past 25 years, insights would be provided on the out-of-the box methods used by the organization to reach out to young men and how these could be adapted by others including individuals wanting to work on Masculinities. The gathered crowd would be then stimulated on specifically discussing steps which every man and woman could take to engage men and boys into healthy conversations on contemporary gender topics and help promote gender equality and diversity.

'Forensic Science Investigation: Har science ka thoda thoda, criminals ki kamar toda'

In this discussion Dr GV Rao, Former Chief Staff Scientist, DNA Fingerprinting Lab, CDFD, Govt of India will talk on the science of Forensic science and its path breaking contribution in solving some most difficult crime stories.

Forensic science is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal procedure.

Forensic scientists collect, preserve, and analyze scientific evidence during the course of an investigation. While some forensic scientists travel to the scene of the crime to collect the evidence themselves, others occupy a laboratory role, performing analysis on objects brought to them by other individuals.


About Dr GV Rao:
Dr G V Rao was a Scientist, is an Advocate, also an passionate Consumer Protection Campaigner, Leads Civil Society movement at Alwal & RTI Activist was the first Chief Scientist of Laboratory of DNA Testing appointed by Government of India at CDFD. He graduated from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Further he was a Gold medalist in M.Sc. in Criminology and Forensic Science from Central University of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh



He joined the illustrious laboratory, CCMB, Hyderabad for his Ph D in “Forensic Aspects of DNA Testing” and was awarded Ph D in 1993. His passion for knowledge made him to do a Post doctoral Fellowship in DNA Testing. He is the only person in India, till dated to hold a Doctoral and Post doctoral degree in DNA testing.



Dr Rao has been the first Indian Forensic Expert to have examined and reported DNA cases from all over India, USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. His contribution of new technology in Species identification in wildlife poaching cases got the famous film star Mr Salman Khan convicted and you are well aware of. This work in forensic wildlife was awarded as the best paper in the Conference of the International Association of Forensic Academy, New York in 1999.



Incidentally Dr Rao was mentioned as SCIENTIST OF REPUTE IN DNA TESTING by the Supreme Court of India while disposing of the famous Matoo case.



Some cases where his knowledge, expertise and skill in DNA Testing had been appreciated by Hon Supreme Court of India were:



Naina Sahni or the Tandoor case (New Delhi),
Actress Prathyusha rape and murder case (Hyderabad, A.P.),
Swami Shraddananda (Bangalore, Karnataka),
Swaminarayan Ashram (Nadiad, Gujarat),
Jharkhand Mukthi Morcha (JMM) Case, (New Delhi), where former Prime Minister Mr P V Narasimha Rao was main accused.
Chattisinghpora False encounter Case (Jammu & Kashmir),
Beanth Singh Assassination Case (Punjab) etc.
Ayesha Meera Case (Vijayawada., AP),
Aarushi Case (Delhi).


ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

Cinematographer - Christopher Doyle

FREE EVENT

Two neighbors, a woman and a man, form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar

wrongs.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong (as Kar Wai Wong)
Writer: Kar-Wai Wong (as Kar Wai Wong)

Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion

The Election season is here and with this season we see the political parties releasing poll manifestoes. These manifestoes promise stars and loaded with goodies and freebies. There are guidelines by the Election Commission of India on the concept of poll manifesto e.g.
Election manifesto - concept and relevance
A manifesto is generally defined as a published declaration of the intentions, motives or views of an individual, group, political party or government whosoever issues it. A manifesto usually comprises a previously published opinion or public consensus and/or promotes a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out changes for future. Oxford dictionary defines manifesto as a public declaration of the policy and aims of a group such as a political party. Thus an election manifesto is a published document containing a declaration of the ideology, intentions, views, policies and programmes of a political party. The Election Manifestos are generally drafted by the Political Parties keeping an eye on forthcoming elections and are generally published and well publicized.

As already stated above, the election manifesto normally contains the declared ideology of the political Party concerned in general and its policies and programmes for the Country/State and people at large. It, therefore, serves as a reference document or benchmark for the public at large for what a political party stands for. By comparing the ideologies, policies and programmes of the political parties, the electors can decide which party they should vote for to meet their expectations and aspirations.

How do the citizens look at the poll manifestoes? How the trends of poll manifestoes changed over the years in the country?

Join us for a discussion to talk about these broader issues related to poll manifestoes

Guest Speakers:
(1) Prof Kancha Illiah: Kancha Ilaiah, who now refers to himself symbolically as Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, is an Indian political theorist, writer and activist for Dalit rights. He writes in both English and Telugu.

Among Ilaiah's official appointments have been:
Director, Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP) at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
Member of National Research Committee constituted by the Ministry of Social Justice, New Delhi
Member – Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi

(2) G. Ramulu: Ramulu is CPM Telangana State Secretariat member.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

A collection of two different love stories which will melt your heart surely.

"Marnoprant" written by Surendera Verma, directed by Jay Jha revolves around a triangular love story. The playwright unfolds the whole episode after the death of a young lady whose husband and the lover meet for the first time. Their encounter reveals the minute intricacies of man-woman relations and frustrations of extra marital affairs. Both embarrass each other by revealing the intimate moments they shared with the young lady. The dramatic action becomes even more interesting when it is shown that the husband comes to know about the relation after the death of his wife.

"Banerjee Babu", Written by Avinash Matta, Directed by Jay Jha - Nobody loves him, nobody cares for him. They only remember him when they need him to do some work. He is lonely. All he needs is a hug. Will you give it to him?

Cast : Jay Jha, Abhijeet Deshpande, Shailja Chaturvedi, Yaseen Sarwat, Sreehari Ajith, Ajay Kumar and Rohit Chouhan

Passes - 200/- Contact - 9700074079

The book is all about human emotions and life It depicts various shades of life through a story that travels through different generations . The crux of the novel is whatever we are seeking from our life also seeks us sooner or later.

About the author : Hina Alam .
She is a education consultant , a blogger , a wife and a mother of two .
The novel “Arithmetic of desires” is her first novel .

Event 1: Atma-Dwand

Life changes every second and it teaches us to move ahead. But sometimes, we encounter a few events which change our perspective towards a few instances completely. Atma- Dwand, an in-house production of Safarnama, revolves around such life changing events of strangers who decide to sit together one night and share their stories. What would really happen by the end of the very night? Will it bring a change in the lives of those strangers? Or will they just dust themselves and move on in life?

Cast: Devender Bhardwaj, Gaurav Misra , Muskaan Arora, Smitali Das, Gaurav Singla
Written & Directed by: Smitali Das

Event 2: Monologue – “Dharmo ka Bazaar” (25 min)
Religions are on display. Which one do you choose? Which one do you leave? The society has marked all of us under different religions and we have worsened the structure by engaging ourselves into fights and extremism. Come experience a hard hitting and a realistic monologue enacted by Devender Bhardwaj. You are bound to be left thinking whether is it the time to change?
Performed by: Devender Bhardwaj
Written and Directed by- Chetan Gupta
For more details, Contact: Devender Bhardwaj (+91 9873235451) Smitali Das (+91 9538795831) Media Handles: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SafarnamaTheatre Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesafarnama Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/safarnamatheatre

Mithila painting is an art that originated in Mithila region of Bihar in India and Nepal. The exhibition will have paintings that take the spirit of Mithila painting one step beyond, with a Dashavataram theme, and paintings that leverage the traditional art to depict scenes from the artist's imagination

Hatak is a story of a prostitute who in all facts is a human too and ultimately a woman. Just because she is available on a price she can is not dispensable. She has her shares of preferences and priorities. She portrays to be free but secretly wants to hide behind a man.
She wants to hide behind a man but at the same time she can throw him away. She looks loud with a garish make up but she has a soft heart that has warm emotions. She is the one to whom the world bows down to but she also feels the pain of rejection.

Trampling dissent and absence of democratic spaces in academic institutions

In this event, the topic will be discussed by taking a recent case of eviction of two students from Symbiosis law school Hyderabad who were evicted because they were asking for justice and a due procedural enquiry on sexual harrassment incidences by a professor against many students. The students were evicted without any prior notice and any enquiry into the matter because college administration felt that they are damaging the brand of symbiosis. Such authoritarian decisions by the college administration to curb dissent against students protesting for their rights should be condemned. We extend our solidarity to the two students who are fighting this battle on behalf of the student community to create more open educational spaces.

The two evicted students will join us for the event to tell us about how the students voices against injustice inside the campus of symbiosis law school are regularly suppressed in order to safeguard their public image.

All are Welcome! Entry free and open to all

Cinematographer - Santosh Sivan

FREE EVENT

The real-life rivalry between M.G. Ramachandran and Karunanidhi is given the Mani Ratnam treatment.
Director: Mani Ratnam
Writers: Mani Ratnam (screenplay), Mani Ratnam (story)

Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion

Kahat Kabira: Songs of Kabir in Malwa tradition

Lamakaan invites one and all to an evening of Kabir Songs with Kaluram Bamaniya.

Kaluram Bamaniya belongs to a vibrant tradition of singing bhakti poets such as Kabir, Gorakhnath, Bananath and Meera in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. He comes from a family of farmers, but has taken to singing as a full time occupation himself. From the early age of 9, Kaluram started accompanying his father, grandfather and uncle on the manjiras. When he was 13 years old he ran away from home and went to Rajasthan, where he absorbed a wide repertoire of songs from an itinerant Mirasi singer Ram Niwas Rao for 1-2 years. For Kaluram, singing Kabir is not merely a profession, it's a way of life. "You get a lot of power, you get fearless by singing Kabir," he says. His impish wit adds colour to the direct simplicity and soulfulness of his songs.

While continuing to be part of the satsang tradition in Malwa, Kaluram and his troupe give many public performances all over India. He sings and plays the 5-stringed tambura and khadtaal and will be accompanied by:
Ram Prasad Parmar on Harmonium,
Devidas Bairagi - Dholak,
Sajjan Singh Parmar - Nagnagaadi
Uttam Singh Bamaniya - Manjira

ALL ARE WELCOME. OPEN TO DONATION.

As the success of low cost furniture workshop for neglected communities dusks over memory lane,the dawn of new ambitions arrives as we persue the journey of service to our design students. Ketham's Atelier is conducting low cost furniture and product design workshop in collaboration with thinking hand.

Court Martial is a gripping, engrossing and powerful play written by Swadesh Deepak. More than Five thousand shows of this play have been performed across the country by various theatre groups. Great performances, hard hitting dialogues, intense dramatic moments and a fantastic climax make this play one of the most performed Hindi plays in the last 25 years.

Court Martial is the story of a recruit Ramchandar who is accused of killing his senior officer and injuring another. Ramchandar's trial brings startling facts into light that questions the norms of society. This Court Martial is presided by war veteran Col. Surat Singh, accustomed to the brutality of life but is left completely unarmed and broken during the course of this trial. Ramchandar's trial is not only a fight for his life but a fight for a bigger truth. A truth that is more important than his own life.

Talk on the stigma of Mental Health, Bipolar disorder and a eyes through a depression survivor

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

Language: Hindi
Starring: Sajeel Parakh, Saurabh Shukla
Director: Virendra Saini

Eight-year-old Robin is a math wiz. His flair for numbers has earned him the admiration of his whole village, and the young boy, too, uses his talent to help the villagers in their everyday calculations.

Set in a quaint Goan village, Kabhi Paas, Kabhi Fail, begins by introducing Robin’s (Parakh) happy little world and its many inhabitants. His parents are nurturing and appreciative of his skills, his dog Koko is his constant companion and confidante. We also meet an enthusiastic shop owner, an affectionate washerwoman, a genial priest — each one, Robin’s friend and well-wisher.

Robin’s blissful life is threatened with the arrival of his unscrupulous uncle, Joe (Shukla). Joe coaxes Robin’s parents to send the boy to the city with him for better education. His true intention however is to make money off Robin’s extraordinary mind.

We will discuss the role of Labour in transformation from ape to men and the evolution of human society since then.

Learn printmaking artwork basics - especially leno-cut and Stencil of cardboard by senior artists Sona kapoor and Nandini. Workshop is of 4 hours inclusive of print-materials & snacks.Printmaking is the process of making artworks(called prints) created from single original surface.

no age limit
Time :10.30 am to 2.30 PM
charge : 1500rs/person

Its limited seats only ,hence pre-book your seat.
For more info call at - 7416111314

With the deepening crisis of Capitalism, there has been a renewed interest in Karl Marx across the world. In this light, we will discuss how relevant Karl Marx is today.

Brief story: What does a woman really want? What is the meaning of love and
companionship for a woman? Is she restricted by the boundaries of society and the
definitions that people have defined for her? The story of one such woman who is
talkative yet silently resilient, confident yet scared, a fighter but also a victim.
Being trapped in her house is a symbol of the shackles she feels around her. When
she seeks company and love is that a genuine need or a guilty indulgence?
A woman who is frustrated in marriage, is haunted by crank caller, money lender
and also exploited by her perverted brother-in-law, is in love with younger boy and
has no qualms about sharing with an acquaintance her marital problems as well as
private moments spent with her lover?
Anger, frustration, restlessness, hope, regret, guilt and determination are
just some of the inner turmoil of the protagonist.

Cinematographer - Slawomir Idziak

FREE EVENT

A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writers: Krzysztof Kieslowski (scenario), Krzysztof Piesiewicz (scenario)

Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Cinematographer: Vittorio Storraro

The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970, Italy)

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

K-Circle is today India's oldest quiz club, formed in 1972, and is based in the twin cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad. This Saturday would be the K-Circle Quiz of the Month at Pheonix Arena which would be a lively, engaging and informally informative quiz session that anybody is welcome to attend! This is a non-competitive event, where teams are formed on the spot

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 Countdown" can best be described as a tale of hope or the story of survival of humanity. It's an experimental film by an IITian filmmaker, MSN Karthik, in the Sci-Fi Thriller genre, in which an astronaut stuck on an unknown planet struggles to get back to his ship only to find that things are actually worse than expected. The film also revolves around the subject of the future of life on the planet.

This film is a product of Karthik's agile philosophy of low budget filmmaking to shoot in 48 hours, edit and release in 2 weeks, and it has been pulled off in an extremely frugal budget of under INR 5,500. The film was shot mainly in the coal mines in the state of Telangana, India.

After the screening of the film, there will be an interactive session with the director and the team behind the film, in which relevant topics that are covered in the film will be discussed, along with the talk on the journey of making of the film.

Watch the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/296805702

Farmers’ Displacement Battles – Legal and Otherwise

A Talk by Rachana Reddy
We hear stories of agrarian crisis and farmers’ suicides almost every day. On one hand, farmers are fighting livelihood issues due to anti-farmers policies adopted by the government, on the other hand, farmers’ lands are illegally acquired by MNCs and government. The farmers are uprooted from their agricultural land and displaced. The recent attack on the farmers in Delhi on 2nd October tells a sorry state of affairs and the treatment meted out to them. The Dilli Chalo call is a protest march against the anti farmers’ policies and to tell the government that farmers are in turmoil and seek justice.

In this talk Rachana Reddy will focus on the issues of farmers’ displacement battles and what are the legal avenues available to them to fight out these perennial battles. Can the farmers challenge the government legally or otherwise on this? Come and listen to Rachana Reddy this Saturday, 3rd November 2018 at 7.00pm at Lamakaan.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

ABOUT RACHANA REDDY:
Mrs. Rachna Reddy is currently a practising advocate at High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with 11 years of legal experience

She did her Masters in International Law & Human Rights from School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles.
· Served as faculty at NALSAR University of Law.
· Served as an Appellate brief writer for human rights project.
· She has taken on Government of Telangana for its hasty attempts to acquire lands under various government schemes such as Mallanasagar Reservoir project and Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Project etc.
·She has been fighting the cause of farmers who have been wronged by the State Government - the administrative order issued by the Telangana Government was in violation of the Central Land Acquisition Act, 2013.
·Thanks to Rachna’s initiatives High Court has quashed the GO 123 - the controversial order of Telangana Government.
·Mixing social activism with the legal profession she has been guiding many farmers to knock the HC doors against hasty land acquisition by Telangana Government.

Mumbai based story teller swetha rangaraj performs mythology with a twist

An evening of pristine Bengali melodies with Somerita Mallik,an ingenious singer of Rabindrasangeet, Nazrulgeeti and Bengali folk songs,hailing from Kolkata.

The play is about a disciple who despite the many warnings of his teacher ventures into a dark town ruled by a very foolish ruler. In this town, he discovers that the inhabitants are equally foolish. An incident follows a bizarre blame game which almost costs the disciple his life.

This play uses ironic humour as a powerful resource to uncover the absurdities of India’s social and political systems: political corruption, exploitation and historical manipulation. In a tense environment where humour might not seem appropriate, Bharatendu masterfully uses and critically examines it as a means to ridicule bureaucracy and the establishment, questioning in a caustic way people's conformity and passivity.

This script, though constructed on Bharatendu’s play, takes support of Tagore’s songs, poems of Sukumar Ray - the king of nonsense rhymes in Bengali, and Telugu folktales. The play appeals to audiences of all ages

work shop will be to Sensitize the SRHR(Sexual Reproductive Health Rights) workshop will be basic HIV/AIDS,talk about the SRHR,(Sexual Reproductive Health Rights) Important to know the SRHR for the future generation Focused at advocate the sexual and Reproductive health rights (SRHR) Over all this is a SRHR Sensitization programme.

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 followed by discussion.

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet%27s_Own_Boy

The Internet's Own Boy depicts the life of American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz. It features interviews with his family and friends as well as the internet luminaries who worked with him. The film tells his story up to his eventual suicide after a legal battle, and explores the questions of access to information and civil liberties that drove his work.

Kaaley Short Film screening for everyone. The film is already online but there has been a request by some cast and crew to watch it together. Also, the story in the film happens on 10th November,2016,we find it the best time. As it is a big group of 60 members, we would like to have it in Lamakaan, also leaving it open to a general audience to join us. It is a film of 30 mins. So we might require the space for 1.5 hrs max considering the delays, entry, and exit.

The safe sharing space is an initiative to enable open conversations about sexual harassment amongst the victims and allies. The aim is to bring together people who want to share their experiences and support each other through the journey.

The organizers encourage only the people who have experienced harassment or professionals who are willing to support them to participate in the event. It is not a space to discuss the “me too” movement or the implications of it, rather it is a space to support each other in a difficult phase of life. Participants are strongly recommended to follow confidentiality and those who wish to do so, can stay anonymous.

The discussions will happen on the terrace of the building ensuring that whatever is said in the group will stay within.

Artist Afrah Sameen brings Glow in the dark painting workshop for the first time in India!

A 68 - minute documentary titled ‘Boys Who Like Girls’ directed by Finnish filmmaker Inka Achte would be screened for the audience. The screening would be followed by an interaction with the gathered crowd.
During the interaction, Harish Sadani and his team at Men Against Violence & Abuse - MAVA would deliberate on the prevailing toxic masculinity and male entitlement to privilege and power, which is at the core of gender discrimination and violence in society. Through powerful compelling stories of MAVAs work among adolescent boys and young men in interrogating Masculinity as depicted in the film, Harish and Altamash will stimulate the gathered audience on the various tools and methodologies used to engage boys and young men on gender issues. Citing examples of the organization's journey in the past 25 years, insights would be provided on the out-of-the box methods used by the organization to reach out to young men and how these could be adapted by others including individuals wanting to work on Masculinities. The gathered crowd would be then stimulated on specifically discussing steps which every man and woman could take to engage men and boys into healthy conversations on contemporary gender topics and help promote gender equality and diversity.

'Forensic Science Investigation: Har science ka thoda thoda, criminals ki kamar toda'

In this discussion Dr GV Rao, Former Chief Staff Scientist, DNA Fingerprinting Lab, CDFD, Govt of India will talk on the science of Forensic science and its path breaking contribution in solving some most difficult crime stories.

Forensic science is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal procedure.

Forensic scientists collect, preserve, and analyze scientific evidence during the course of an investigation. While some forensic scientists travel to the scene of the crime to collect the evidence themselves, others occupy a laboratory role, performing analysis on objects brought to them by other individuals.


About Dr GV Rao:
Dr G V Rao was a Scientist, is an Advocate, also an passionate Consumer Protection Campaigner, Leads Civil Society movement at Alwal & RTI Activist was the first Chief Scientist of Laboratory of DNA Testing appointed by Government of India at CDFD. He graduated from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Further he was a Gold medalist in M.Sc. in Criminology and Forensic Science from Central University of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh



He joined the illustrious laboratory, CCMB, Hyderabad for his Ph D in “Forensic Aspects of DNA Testing” and was awarded Ph D in 1993. His passion for knowledge made him to do a Post doctoral Fellowship in DNA Testing. He is the only person in India, till dated to hold a Doctoral and Post doctoral degree in DNA testing.



Dr Rao has been the first Indian Forensic Expert to have examined and reported DNA cases from all over India, USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. His contribution of new technology in Species identification in wildlife poaching cases got the famous film star Mr Salman Khan convicted and you are well aware of. This work in forensic wildlife was awarded as the best paper in the Conference of the International Association of Forensic Academy, New York in 1999.



Incidentally Dr Rao was mentioned as SCIENTIST OF REPUTE IN DNA TESTING by the Supreme Court of India while disposing of the famous Matoo case.



Some cases where his knowledge, expertise and skill in DNA Testing had been appreciated by Hon Supreme Court of India were:



Naina Sahni or the Tandoor case (New Delhi),
Actress Prathyusha rape and murder case (Hyderabad, A.P.),
Swami Shraddananda (Bangalore, Karnataka),
Swaminarayan Ashram (Nadiad, Gujarat),
Jharkhand Mukthi Morcha (JMM) Case, (New Delhi), where former Prime Minister Mr P V Narasimha Rao was main accused.
Chattisinghpora False encounter Case (Jammu & Kashmir),
Beanth Singh Assassination Case (Punjab) etc.
Ayesha Meera Case (Vijayawada., AP),
Aarushi Case (Delhi).


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Cinematographer - Christopher Doyle

FREE EVENT

Two neighbors, a woman and a man, form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar

wrongs.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong (as Kar Wai Wong)
Writer: Kar-Wai Wong (as Kar Wai Wong)

Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion

The Election season is here and with this season we see the political parties releasing poll manifestoes. These manifestoes promise stars and loaded with goodies and freebies. There are guidelines by the Election Commission of India on the concept of poll manifesto e.g.
Election manifesto - concept and relevance
A manifesto is generally defined as a published declaration of the intentions, motives or views of an individual, group, political party or government whosoever issues it. A manifesto usually comprises a previously published opinion or public consensus and/or promotes a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out changes for future. Oxford dictionary defines manifesto as a public declaration of the policy and aims of a group such as a political party. Thus an election manifesto is a published document containing a declaration of the ideology, intentions, views, policies and programmes of a political party. The Election Manifestos are generally drafted by the Political Parties keeping an eye on forthcoming elections and are generally published and well publicized.

As already stated above, the election manifesto normally contains the declared ideology of the political Party concerned in general and its policies and programmes for the Country/State and people at large. It, therefore, serves as a reference document or benchmark for the public at large for what a political party stands for. By comparing the ideologies, policies and programmes of the political parties, the electors can decide which party they should vote for to meet their expectations and aspirations.

How do the citizens look at the poll manifestoes? How the trends of poll manifestoes changed over the years in the country?

Join us for a discussion to talk about these broader issues related to poll manifestoes

Guest Speakers:
(1) Prof Kancha Illiah: Kancha Ilaiah, who now refers to himself symbolically as Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, is an Indian political theorist, writer and activist for Dalit rights. He writes in both English and Telugu.

Among Ilaiah's official appointments have been:
Director, Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP) at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
Member of National Research Committee constituted by the Ministry of Social Justice, New Delhi
Member – Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi

(2) G. Ramulu: Ramulu is CPM Telangana State Secretariat member.

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A collection of two different love stories which will melt your heart surely.

"Marnoprant" written by Surendera Verma, directed by Jay Jha revolves around a triangular love story. The playwright unfolds the whole episode after the death of a young lady whose husband and the lover meet for the first time. Their encounter reveals the minute intricacies of man-woman relations and frustrations of extra marital affairs. Both embarrass each other by revealing the intimate moments they shared with the young lady. The dramatic action becomes even more interesting when it is shown that the husband comes to know about the relation after the death of his wife.

"Banerjee Babu", Written by Avinash Matta, Directed by Jay Jha - Nobody loves him, nobody cares for him. They only remember him when they need him to do some work. He is lonely. All he needs is a hug. Will you give it to him?

Cast : Jay Jha, Abhijeet Deshpande, Shailja Chaturvedi, Yaseen Sarwat, Sreehari Ajith, Ajay Kumar and Rohit Chouhan

Passes - 200/- Contact - 9700074079

The book is all about human emotions and life It depicts various shades of life through a story that travels through different generations . The crux of the novel is whatever we are seeking from our life also seeks us sooner or later.

About the author : Hina Alam .
She is a education consultant , a blogger , a wife and a mother of two .
The novel “Arithmetic of desires” is her first novel .

Event 1: Atma-Dwand

Life changes every second and it teaches us to move ahead. But sometimes, we encounter a few events which change our perspective towards a few instances completely. Atma- Dwand, an in-house production of Safarnama, revolves around such life changing events of strangers who decide to sit together one night and share their stories. What would really happen by the end of the very night? Will it bring a change in the lives of those strangers? Or will they just dust themselves and move on in life?

Cast: Devender Bhardwaj, Gaurav Misra , Muskaan Arora, Smitali Das, Gaurav Singla
Written & Directed by: Smitali Das

Event 2: Monologue – “Dharmo ka Bazaar” (25 min)
Religions are on display. Which one do you choose? Which one do you leave? The society has marked all of us under different religions and we have worsened the structure by engaging ourselves into fights and extremism. Come experience a hard hitting and a realistic monologue enacted by Devender Bhardwaj. You are bound to be left thinking whether is it the time to change?
Performed by: Devender Bhardwaj
Written and Directed by- Chetan Gupta
For more details, Contact: Devender Bhardwaj (+91 9873235451) Smitali Das (+91 9538795831) Media Handles: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SafarnamaTheatre Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesafarnama Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/safarnamatheatre

Mithila painting is an art that originated in Mithila region of Bihar in India and Nepal. The exhibition will have paintings that take the spirit of Mithila painting one step beyond, with a Dashavataram theme, and paintings that leverage the traditional art to depict scenes from the artist's imagination

Hatak is a story of a prostitute who in all facts is a human too and ultimately a woman. Just because she is available on a price she can is not dispensable. She has her shares of preferences and priorities. She portrays to be free but secretly wants to hide behind a man.
She wants to hide behind a man but at the same time she can throw him away. She looks loud with a garish make up but she has a soft heart that has warm emotions. She is the one to whom the world bows down to but she also feels the pain of rejection.

Trampling dissent and absence of democratic spaces in academic institutions

In this event, the topic will be discussed by taking a recent case of eviction of two students from Symbiosis law school Hyderabad who were evicted because they were asking for justice and a due procedural enquiry on sexual harrassment incidences by a professor against many students. The students were evicted without any prior notice and any enquiry into the matter because college administration felt that they are damaging the brand of symbiosis. Such authoritarian decisions by the college administration to curb dissent against students protesting for their rights should be condemned. We extend our solidarity to the two students who are fighting this battle on behalf of the student community to create more open educational spaces.

The two evicted students will join us for the event to tell us about how the students voices against injustice inside the campus of symbiosis law school are regularly suppressed in order to safeguard their public image.

All are Welcome! Entry free and open to all

Cinematographer - Santosh Sivan

FREE EVENT

The real-life rivalry between M.G. Ramachandran and Karunanidhi is given the Mani Ratnam treatment.
Director: Mani Ratnam
Writers: Mani Ratnam (screenplay), Mani Ratnam (story)

Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion

Kahat Kabira: Songs of Kabir in Malwa tradition

Lamakaan invites one and all to an evening of Kabir Songs with Kaluram Bamaniya.

Kaluram Bamaniya belongs to a vibrant tradition of singing bhakti poets such as Kabir, Gorakhnath, Bananath and Meera in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. He comes from a family of farmers, but has taken to singing as a full time occupation himself. From the early age of 9, Kaluram started accompanying his father, grandfather and uncle on the manjiras. When he was 13 years old he ran away from home and went to Rajasthan, where he absorbed a wide repertoire of songs from an itinerant Mirasi singer Ram Niwas Rao for 1-2 years. For Kaluram, singing Kabir is not merely a profession, it's a way of life. "You get a lot of power, you get fearless by singing Kabir," he says. His impish wit adds colour to the direct simplicity and soulfulness of his songs.

While continuing to be part of the satsang tradition in Malwa, Kaluram and his troupe give many public performances all over India. He sings and plays the 5-stringed tambura and khadtaal and will be accompanied by:
Ram Prasad Parmar on Harmonium,
Devidas Bairagi - Dholak,
Sajjan Singh Parmar - Nagnagaadi
Uttam Singh Bamaniya - Manjira

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As the success of low cost furniture workshop for neglected communities dusks over memory lane,the dawn of new ambitions arrives as we persue the journey of service to our design students. Ketham's Atelier is conducting low cost furniture and product design workshop in collaboration with thinking hand.

Court Martial is a gripping, engrossing and powerful play written by Swadesh Deepak. More than Five thousand shows of this play have been performed across the country by various theatre groups. Great performances, hard hitting dialogues, intense dramatic moments and a fantastic climax make this play one of the most performed Hindi plays in the last 25 years.

Court Martial is the story of a recruit Ramchandar who is accused of killing his senior officer and injuring another. Ramchandar's trial brings startling facts into light that questions the norms of society. This Court Martial is presided by war veteran Col. Surat Singh, accustomed to the brutality of life but is left completely unarmed and broken during the course of this trial. Ramchandar's trial is not only a fight for his life but a fight for a bigger truth. A truth that is more important than his own life.

Talk on the stigma of Mental Health, Bipolar disorder and a eyes through a depression survivor

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

Language: Hindi
Starring: Sajeel Parakh, Saurabh Shukla
Director: Virendra Saini

Eight-year-old Robin is a math wiz. His flair for numbers has earned him the admiration of his whole village, and the young boy, too, uses his talent to help the villagers in their everyday calculations.

Set in a quaint Goan village, Kabhi Paas, Kabhi Fail, begins by introducing Robin’s (Parakh) happy little world and its many inhabitants. His parents are nurturing and appreciative of his skills, his dog Koko is his constant companion and confidante. We also meet an enthusiastic shop owner, an affectionate washerwoman, a genial priest — each one, Robin’s friend and well-wisher.

Robin’s blissful life is threatened with the arrival of his unscrupulous uncle, Joe (Shukla). Joe coaxes Robin’s parents to send the boy to the city with him for better education. His true intention however is to make money off Robin’s extraordinary mind.

We will discuss the role of Labour in transformation from ape to men and the evolution of human society since then.

Learn printmaking artwork basics - especially leno-cut and Stencil of cardboard by senior artists Sona kapoor and Nandini. Workshop is of 4 hours inclusive of print-materials & snacks.Printmaking is the process of making artworks(called prints) created from single original surface.

no age limit
Time :10.30 am to 2.30 PM
charge : 1500rs/person

Its limited seats only ,hence pre-book your seat.
For more info call at - 7416111314

With the deepening crisis of Capitalism, there has been a renewed interest in Karl Marx across the world. In this light, we will discuss how relevant Karl Marx is today.

Brief story: What does a woman really want? What is the meaning of love and
companionship for a woman? Is she restricted by the boundaries of society and the
definitions that people have defined for her? The story of one such woman who is
talkative yet silently resilient, confident yet scared, a fighter but also a victim.
Being trapped in her house is a symbol of the shackles she feels around her. When
she seeks company and love is that a genuine need or a guilty indulgence?
A woman who is frustrated in marriage, is haunted by crank caller, money lender
and also exploited by her perverted brother-in-law, is in love with younger boy and
has no qualms about sharing with an acquaintance her marital problems as well as
private moments spent with her lover?
Anger, frustration, restlessness, hope, regret, guilt and determination are
just some of the inner turmoil of the protagonist.

Cinematographer - Slawomir Idziak

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A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writers: Krzysztof Kieslowski (scenario), Krzysztof Piesiewicz (scenario)

Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion