Lamakaan

The word mandala comes from Sanskrit, and it means “sacred circle.” Mandalas bring along a feeling of relaxation. Designing and coloring mandalas can help you focus. That’s why they’re a great exercise for calming down when you’re stressed. Another thing they do is push aside thoughts and let your creativity flow.

I am Prerika and am conducting a workshop on how to make a mandala on the 24th of February at 10:30AM.
All my works are available at @jab.chai.met.doodles on Instagram.

In 2018, with a lot of diligence, I launched “Pataka” (An online store) on Facebook and Instagram. I have conducted art workshops before and am looking forward to conduct more of them this year. 🙂 I have also judged various art contests and competitions for schools and colleges in Hyd. I was the regional winner in the red bull doodle contest (2017).

Things you will get to learn -

1. What is a Mandala? How to make it from scratch?
2. The types of pens to use.
3. Ideas on making more of them.
4. What else can be done after making a mandala? (Getting them printed on phone cases etc.)

Fees - Rs.1250/- (Includes food and materials)

You can reach out to me at 6309800163 and I will be more than happy to answer your queries! 🙂

I am sure you will take along a lot of memories, meet people with similar interests and take home the mandala you just made for yourself!

Chai is definitely on me! 😀 Hoping to see you.

Thank you,
Prerika

India has a rich tradition of folk arts. The custodians of which are the many tribes that live in the interiors of various states. Warli art is a beautiful folk art of Maharashtra.

The most important aspect of the painting is that it does not depict mythological characters or images of deities, but depicts social life.

Participate in the Warli Art Workshop, get a chance to appreciate the art form and create you very own Warli Art masterpiece.

Contact for registration: Trishna Patnaik
9867982075

Lasya Sandhya- An evening of Mohiniyattam

Mohiniyattam the classical dance form of Kerala exudes in abundant grace and is thus known as the dance of the enchantress. The movements in Mohiniyattam evoke in one’s mind the exotic swaying of palm leaves or that of paddy in the gentle breeze. The costume in off-white and gold symbolizes simplicity, purity and richness of the cultural heritage of Kerala.

Entry Free


For details about the school

https://www.facebook.com/anitapeter.lasyadrutha/

The Trust Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Pratishthana was founded by Government of Karnataka in the name of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, greatest writer of 20th century Kannada literature. Its Head Office is at Kuppali,a village in Shivamogga district where poet's house has been converted into a Museum of literary- cultural importance. The place has become a tourist centre, particularly for lovers of literature. Every day nearly 250 people visit the place and samadhi of poet on the top of nearby hill.The pratishthana has instituted " Kuvempu Rashtreeya Puraskar". a National award in the name of poet, which carries a Cash prize of Five Lakh Rupees. The Award of 2018 was given to Jeelani Bano and Rattan Singh, Noida.
Jeelani Ji could not attend the award giving ceremony at Kuppali. Hence Office bearers will come to Hyderabad on Tuesday the 26th February evening to present the prestigious Kuvempu Puraskar, in the presence of writers of Urdu and other languages.

Title : Talk to Her
Director : Pedro Almodóvar
Runtime : 112 mins
Synopsis :
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Plan for the event :
Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do. Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

A brief of "Sonic Skins":

All the senses, including vision, can be regarded as extension of the sense of touch - as specialization of the skin. (Juhani Pallasma, The eyes of the skin)

How do sound, language and body relate to each other ?

We use the body as an electroacoustic instrument, bio-captors and sonification devices, trying to to explore the mediating roles played by pseudo-linguistic and non-linguistic sounds in the ways we signal varying internal and physiological states to the environment. Sonic Skins is a live-experimental bio-physical-jam…

Akash Sharma (sound.codes) is an experimental artist whose works range from visual art, data mapping, data manipulation, algorithmic compositions, and sensor-based music. He has a strong foundation in engineering and has also developed several algorithms for sound manipulation and processing. He has handled multiple projects on various short films, albums, etc as a composer, engineer, and producer. https://sound.codes/

Sarah Bahr is a writer, performer and visual artist working in the domain of theatre and poetry. She also works as free-lance stage director and stage designer in contemporary performance and theatre. She is interested in the poetic potential of fiction, the limits of written language and the intertwinement of literacy, orality and music.
http://sarahbahr.weebly.com/

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do.
Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do. Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

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

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

This play is dedicated to all soldiers who became martyrs in Pulwama attack recently..
Sipahi Ki Maa is a play which portrays the pain of a mother who eagerly waits for her son to get back to home. Munni a 14 yrs girl is eligible for marriage and her mother is waiting for her son to come back so that she can marry her to an eligible person.
Her son is a Sipahi who went for a war. Condition at the war place is very tough. The rest of the story is whether mother sees her son again and How Sipahi fulfills his responisibilities?

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

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do. Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

In #metoo we have seen women coming out about the sexual abuse they have gone through but we haven't seen any transgender person or men speaking about the same though the number is high !

Hence mobbera foundation colleberating with unesco organising a discussion on the ssame

Hamlet- The prince of Denmark is an adaptation of the great Shakespearean tragedy.  
When Hamlet comes to attend his father's funeral, he is shocked to find his mother Gertrude already remarried. The Queen has wed Hamlet's Uncle Claudius, the dead king's brother. To Hamlet, the marriage is "foul incest." Worse still, Claudius has had himself crowned King despite the fact that Hamlet was his father's heir to the throne. 
Hamlet suspects foul play and with his father's ghost visiting the castle, things get confirmed.

Hamlet has to confront not only evil forces on the outside but also his inner demons.
With things not going his way – Will he battle? Or Will he give up?
With consequences turning worse – what runs in his mind?

‘To Be or Not To Be - that is the question’

The play explores the emotional and physical turmoil of the crown Prince Hamlet, and what happened all way through and how it all ended.

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do. Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

Largely based on the real life story of a rebel woman Hypatia, a philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician of the 4th century Roman Empire, 'Agora' depicts the struggle of reason with religion in the feudal era Egypt, then part of the declining Roman empire marred by the violent conflict between Christians and Jews.

The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writers: Wolfgang Petersen (screenplay), Lothar G. Buchheim (novel)
Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann

Movies Intro : 7:00 PM
Movies Starts at 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - 15 mins

Election Commission Analytica: Irregularities of voter deletions in Telangana explained

The Election Commission of India has launched the National Electoral Rolls Purification and Authentication Programme in 2015 to streamline electoral rolls by detecting anomalies. This programme of linking Aadhaar with voter id has been piloted in the districts of Nizamabad and Hyderabad in 2014 and expanded to rest of the country. During the implementation of this programme 30 lakh voters have been deleted part of voter rolls. This has resulted in several voters unable to exercise their vote on the day of Telangana elections in 2018. The Election Commission and Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana have been very silent on these irregularities and have taken the voters of Telangana for a ride.

The session will discuss this entire process of what has transpired during NERP-AP and explain the important details of usage of technology and data in elections. Data has already effected the Telangana elections and the Election Commission of India is the cause of it.

Srinivas Kodali: Srinivas is a civil engineer working on cities and digital technologies, he is a petitioner against Election Commission in Hyderabad High court on the matter of voter deletions in Telangana.

As part of Lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebrations,

Inviting all to an evening of "NTR and Cinema" with Mrs. Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi

Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao once said, "I can not say I did not see the Gods, having lived in the era of NTR. If his portrayal of Rama, Krishna is not a manifestation of the greater powers, what is?

ANR, a proclaimed atheist and a contemporary to NTR once said, hither to, I decline to play the roles of mythological heroes. Only one person, NTR, should do that. And If there are Gods really, they too must now start and try to look like him and appear as often!"

There are many many parts to NTR - a learned and deeply spiritual person, a very fine and powerful ideologue, an orator and above all, a man for the fellow human. Not only in life, even in cinema too NTR donned many roles. Both in front and behind the camera. Where he played the role of a writer, director, costumer, designer, manager and a daily worker. No work was below him.

Writer Mrs. Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi Garu interacts with us about the thespian and his works. Mrs. Lakshmi Parvathi is a well published writer of many literary works, fiction and biographies. Her latest book 'Vaidehi' is a fine example of anthologising a mythology to contemporaneity.

As part of Lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebrations

Vipin Bhati, the writer, director, sound designer take us on a rollicking, funny, sensitive ride through his childhood in the little mofussil town of Sahibabad in the outskirts of Delhi

As part of Lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebrations we bring,

Inquilab Zindabad Mohabbat Zindabad

Mir Ali Husain takes us on a journey through Urdu poetry and its contribution to the freedom struggle, nation building, Indian cinema, anti-war movements, feminism, and humour. Husain is a writer, lyricist, and academic.

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

As part of Lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebrations.

The experts of KORA Design Collective will help you learn and understand the Technique, Art and Idea of Khadi.

Learn Cotton hand Spinning, cotton yarn hand weaving on small width loom.-

Open for all, entry is free.

Prior registration is required.

To register contact Lamakaan Manager - 9642731329.

Project “ Reconstruction of Khadi” is an alternative for industrial mode of cotton yarn production aiming at low cost investment local technology involving people, training them in skills to revive cotton Khadi’s past glory by reinterpreting it todays context. This new approach will restore security and dignity to cotton producers and ultimately encourage domestic production and rejuvenate local economies.
Cotton Khadi is the only way that link that link Farmers, spinner and weavers and men and youth and also many traditional skills everybody together to make a high value added product that futher encourages domestic production and gradual rise in local economy.

4 Members from KORA Design Collaborative will engaged in the activity and presentation

1. Poludas Nagendra Satish
2. Y N Durga Prasad
3. P Nageswar Rao (Weaver)
4. P Prabhavati (Khadi spinner)

3.“Reconstruction of Khadi”- Presentation of Work of ‘KORA’ in the area of khadi, In three states of India- Bihar, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.

Khadi is hand spun, hand woven natural fiber cloth from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The cloth is woven from cotton and may also include silk, or wool, which are all spun into yarn on a spindle called “tekuva” or a kind of spinning wheel called “charkha”. Looking back at more than 250 years back before industrialization the fabric woven in our country is all khadi.

Khadi first caught the imagination of the nation and the world during freedom movement under Mahatma Gandhi who propagated it as not just a fabric, but a way of life. One that is centered around the village, where the practice of khadi would be able to generate livelihood and self –reliance. Khadi was meant to become a supplementary industry to agriculture, a crucial element in a self-sustainable economy

We all need to understand the villages are the soul of India. If we do not wake up now it will be too late later. Rural India has a pool of local power, skills, natural resources and local technologies. The most important thing is be able to look back to our heritage and analyse what is best we have inherited in terms of man power, skills, resources and technology to build links and fill gaps at the grass root level by helping more people earn their livelihood Project “ Reconstruction of Khadi” is an alternative for industrial mode of cotton yarn production aiming at low cost investment local technology involving people, training them in skills to revive cotton Khadi’s past glory by reinterpreting it todays context. This new approach will restore security and dignity to cotton producers and ultimately encourage domestic production and rejuvenate local economies.
Cotton Khadi is the only way that link that link Farmers, spinner and weavers and men and youth and also many traditional skills everybody together to make a high value added product that futher encourages domestic production and gradual rise in local economy.

4 Members from KORA Design Collaborative will engaged in the activity and presentation

1. Poludas Nagendra Satish
2. Y N Durga Prasad
3. P Nageswar Rao (Weaver)
4. P Prabhavati (Khadi spinner)

As part of lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebration.
Vijay and friends, Unplugged – Acoustic Rock.

Vijay, Som and Badri of Alteregos along with Khayal Singer Aradhana Karhade will fuse Classic Rock, Indian Classical music and old Hindi numbers.

Vijay Vadrevou & Friends consist of Vijay on the guitar, Som on Vocals and Badri on the Cajon. The trio are part of the band AlterEgoz, one of the best bands from Hyderabad. AlterEgoz is a classic rock band and has been playing since 2001 and have performed all over the country.

The trio now plan to do a purely acoustic set as they want to enjoy music without any encumbrances. The music that we will be putting across is straight from our hearts and consists of influences that have been imbibed over the years.

As part of Lamakaan's 9th anniversary celebrations,

Padma Sri SMH Kirmani who is the most celebrated wicket keeper of our times. Will talk about his life of cricket, his games, the world cup, dressing room stories and more. In conversation with Amirullah Khan

As part of Lamakaan's 9th anniversary celebrations,

Tridhara – Odissi Dance by Dr. Gajendra Panda and his disciples.

Tridhara is a pioneering institution which treasurers and upholds the unique style of Late Guru Debaprasad Das (founder father of Odissi dance and also Tridhara). The unique flavor of this gharana stems from the genius of Debaprasad Das, who amalgamated a variety of tribal and folk dance elements with the traditional Odissi.

Guru Gajendra’s composition style is refreshingly unique for a variety of reasons, but foremost among them is his masterful use of the “Sabda Swara Pata” which he absorbed, painstakingly and meticulously, from his Guru Debaprasad Das. At the feet of his master and surrogate father, Gaji babu also learned to present his dancers and himself in stunning sculpturesque friezes, which quickly take his audience to the resplendent temple statuary that Orissa is universally acclaimed for. In all that Gaji babu composes, there is to be seen a free flow of the three streams of Odisha’s dance art-tribal, folk and traditional village Odissi – and its brilliant embellishment in stylish execution of rhythm, movement and beautiful static pose.

Artiste
1-Guru Dr.Gajendra Panda
2-Master Prabhutosh Panda
3-Ms.Lima Das
4-Ms.Sudipta Panda
5-Ms.Tejashree Jena
6-Ms.Rasmiprava Sahu
7-Mrs.Pranaya Kumari Panda(Dress and Make-up)

As Part of lamakaan's 9th anniversary celebrations

Inviting all to and evening with Rabbi Shergill, An intimate chat with Rabbi we trace his life, music, influences, interspersed with his own songs.

Rabbi Shergill is an Indian musician well known for his debut album Rabbi and the chart-topper song of 2005, Bullah Ki Jaana. His music has been described variously as rock, Punjabi, with a bani style melody, and Sufi-style, and "semi-Sufi semi-folksy kind of music with a lot of Western arrangements." Shergill has been called "Punjabi music's true urban Balladeer.

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

"On the dawn of March 18, Paris arose to the thunder-burst of “Vive la Commune!” ... The Commune, they exclaim, intends to abolish property, the basis of all civilization! Yes, gentlemen, the Commune intended to abolish that class property which makes the labor of the many the wealth of the few. It aimed at the expropriation of the expropriators. It wanted to make individual property a truth by transforming the means of production, land, and capital, now chiefly the means of enslaving and exploiting labor, into mere instruments of free and associated labor." - writes Marx.

Paris Commune, the first workers' revolution of the history was short lived - thanks to the ruthless bloodbath by the capitalist ruling classes - but even in its short span of 72 days it showed what the working class, when organized as the ruling class, could achieve. Marx drew some very important conclusions, especially regarding the question of state - as highlighted multiple times by Lenin in his book State and Revolution. Even today, this unprecedented event acts as a guide and morale booster for the revolutionaries everywhere, while incessantly haunting the ruling classes and rightly so!

March 18 this year marks the 138th anniversary of the Commune. Hyderabad Marxist Study Circle invites you to participate in a talk-cum-discussion event at 7:00 PM, March 19 in Lamakaan.

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

Director: Isao Takahata
Writers: Akiyuki Nosaka (novel), Isao Takahata
Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi

Movies Intro : 7:00 PM
Movies Starts at 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - 15 mins

Remembering Nataraja Ramakrishna

Lamakaan invites you all on the occasion of 96th Birth Anniversary of Padmashree Nataraja Ramakrishna who was on 21st March 1923 in Indonesia.

About Nataraja Ramakrishna:

Padmashree Nataraja Ramakrishna (21 March 1923 – 7 June 2011) was a dance guru from Telangana, India. He was the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy. He was also a scholar and musicologist who promoted classical dance in Andhra Pradesh and worldwide. Nataraja Ramakrishna's contributions to dances of South Indian traditions are great. He revived the dance traditions of Devadasis of Andhra Pradesh and named them Andhra Natyam. He decoded the 13th-century sculptures of Ramappa temple with the help of Jayapa Senani's Nrittya Ratnavalli and reconstructed the dance that went extinct for almost eight centuries. A lesser known fact about Nataraja Ramakrishna is that he put up the case of granting Classical status to Kuchipudi which otherwise was listed as a folk dance. He has immensely contributed to Perani dance form and nurtured it to the core.

Speakers:
Dr. Anuradha Jonnalagadda, Associate Professor at the Dept of Dance, University of Hyderabad. She is also a Kuchipudi Dance Exponent and direct student of Guruji.

Shree Kala Krishna, a direct disciple of Guruji will also be there.

ALL ARE WELCOME. ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Rubaroo is celebrating the participants of two programmes around the thematics of Gender Violence and Constitutional Literacy. These Programmes are Be a Jagrik... Samvidhan Live! and Kadam Badhate Chalo - A campaign against Gender Violence

During the event the participants will showcase their learnings and share their experiences their journeys as they engaged with issues of gender, rights, violence, development and citizenship. They will also be felicitated.

The Wire Dialogues — Media and Social Media in an Age of Intolerance

Individuals -- and particularly women - who believe in a secular, democratic and inclusive India and express it through their work and social media posts often fund themselves being targeted, harassed, shamed and cornered on social media. Not only does this result in a narrowing of already shrinking public spaces for women with ‘unpopular’ views but it also forces their invisibilisation. The problem is compounded by a major section of the mainstream media also adopting a stridently intolerant position on many issues. What can we do to rescue the possibility of debate and diversity in the media and social media? Is there any role for the law or of official guidelines? Or are those a double-edged sword?

Panelists:- Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Faizan Mustafa, Swati Vadlamdui, Nitya Ramakrishnan and Rohini Singh — In Conversation with Chandana Chakrabarti.

Join our panel for a discussion on this crucial topic of our times, open for all.

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

"Principles of screenwriting - Robin's method" is an exclusive workshop by Professor Robin Russin, a multifaceted hollywood personality who has written, produced and directed for Film, TV and Theater. Robin Russen is currently working as the head of screenwriting department at University of California, Riverside.He is a Rhodes Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Writers Guild of America.

Course Details:
"Principles of Screenwriting - Robin's method"
The first part is a 2hrs theoritical session followed by 1 hour Q & A session.

This will be a paid workshop.

For more details contact :
+91 8008882627

Robin has written, produced and directed for film, TV and the theater, including Warner Bros.’ On Deadly Ground; America’s Most Wanted on Fox; and Vital Signs on ABC; and his original one-hour pilot script about King David, Beloved, was adapted by ABC as Of Kings and Prophets. He recently directed the independent feature film, When I Sing, co-starring Chris Mulkey, which won the People’s Choice Award at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival in Los Angeles; the Special Jury Award for best low budget feature film at Worldfest Houston; and Best U.S. Feature and Grand Jury Award at Borderlands Film Festival, among others. Another feature he wrote, 2 Hearts, starring Jacob Elordi and Radha Mitchell, is currently in post-production. Among other work for theatre, his play, Painted Eggs, was reviewed by The Los Angeles Times as “ambitious, heart-felt and hypnotic,” and his play, The Face in the Reeds, premiered in an extended four-month run at the Ruskin Group Theatre, where he initiated and leads a workshop for local playwrights.

Samahaara Theatre Co-operative
presents

Divakar Babu's
"KUNDETI KOMMU"
A hilarious play in Telugu

Directed by Rathna Shekar

Date - 23rd & 24th March 2019
Time - 7.30pm
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

The play revolves around a conflict between two villages Pedduru and Chinnuru which were once one. Owing to differences, two brothers Pedda Dora and Chinna Dora separate, which not only creates the division of this village but also plants seeds of vengeance in the hearts of these people. While a wanderer conversing with an educated urbanite, suddenly collapses exactly on the boundary line of the two villages. This triggers a conflict between the two villages on who shall take up the responsibility to perform the last rites of the dead person.

Adi & Appa who happen to be ardent followers of Pedda Dora and Chinna Dora, continuously engage in verbal arguments supporting the voice of their respective leaders. Saraiah, a solo drunkard who doesn’t identify with either of the villages fuels the argument frequently. Likewise after a series of arguments, the brothers suddenly discover the monetary benefits of cremation through a letter in the wanderers bag. Intoxicated by greed Pedda Dora, Chinna Dora and their corresponding associates begin to compete in showering pretentious respect towards the dead body. A new conflict arises where both the brothers desperately offer to take up the entire responsibility of performing the last rites. After witnessing this chameleonic behaviour of the villagers, the Urbanite discloses that no penny will be received by either of the doras.

How will they react to this new situation, who will get the money ? Lets find out.

The contemporary world is loaded with technology from the moment we wake up, to the moment we close our eyes, staring at the screen on the bed. Technology has turned from a luxury into a necessity in our lives. Thus to spread awareness, we are organizing a talk on the present day's state-of-the-art technology and its effect on us.

The talk intends to trigger a thought process and discussion on the current state of technology. We would glance through different issues that are coming up ahead of us with the fast-paced technology, namely attention economy, tech addictions, digital privacy, digital laws, and liberties. The talk will dig deep into the psychological factors that are involved when we use social media and which in a way keep us coming back to the social media and get us hooked.

The Bottle Art workshop is a craft workshop which is an introduction to the use of clay to upcycle glass bottles and convert them into bottle lamps and planters . The workshop primarily focuses on the art of clay modelling.

Samahaara Theatre Co-operative
presents

Divakar Babu's
"KUNDETI KOMMU"
A hilarious play in Telugu

Directed by Rathna Shekar

Date - 23rd & 24th March 2019
Time - 7.30pm
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

The play revolves around a conflict between two villages Pedduru and Chinnuru which were once one. Owing to differences, two brothers Pedda Dora and Chinna Dora separate, which not only creates the division of this village but also plants seeds of vengeance in the hearts of these people. While a wanderer conversing with an educated urbanite, suddenly collapses exactly on the boundary line of the two villages. This triggers a conflict between the two villages on who shall take up the responsibility to perform the last rites of the dead person.

Adi & Appa who happen to be ardent followers of Pedda Dora and Chinna Dora, continuously engage in verbal arguments supporting the voice of their respective leaders. Saraiah, a solo drunkard who doesn’t identify with either of the villages fuels the argument frequently. Likewise after a series of arguments, the brothers suddenly discover the monetary benefits of cremation through a letter in the wanderers bag. Intoxicated by greed Pedda Dora, Chinna Dora and their corresponding associates begin to compete in showering pretentious respect towards the dead body. A new conflict arises where both the brothers desperately offer to take up the entire responsibility of performing the last rites. After witnessing this chameleonic behaviour of the villagers, the Urbanite discloses that no penny will be received by either of the doras.

How will they react to this new situation, who will get the money ? Lets find out.

Adaptation of 12 Angry Men, Ek Ruka Hua Faisla is a courtroom drama by Basu Chatterjee where the fate of a poor teenage boy charged with murder rests with a jury. The film quite successfully portrays the class and caste prejudices of all the jurists but one who argues in myriad ways against their prejudiced stances.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

The word mandala comes from Sanskrit, and it means “sacred circle.” Mandalas bring along a feeling of relaxation. Designing and coloring mandalas can help you focus. That’s why they’re a great exercise for calming down when you’re stressed. Another thing they do is push aside thoughts and let your creativity flow.

I am Prerika and am conducting a workshop on how to make a mandala on the 24th of February at 10:30AM.
All my works are available at @jab.chai.met.doodles on Instagram.

In 2018, with a lot of diligence, I launched “Pataka” (An online store) on Facebook and Instagram. I have conducted art workshops before and am looking forward to conduct more of them this year. 🙂 I have also judged various art contests and competitions for schools and colleges in Hyd. I was the regional winner in the red bull doodle contest (2017).

Things you will get to learn -

1. What is a Mandala? How to make it from scratch?
2. The types of pens to use.
3. Ideas on making more of them.
4. What else can be done after making a mandala? (Getting them printed on phone cases etc.)

Fees - Rs.1250/- (Includes food and materials)

You can reach out to me at 6309800163 and I will be more than happy to answer your queries! 🙂

I am sure you will take along a lot of memories, meet people with similar interests and take home the mandala you just made for yourself!

Chai is definitely on me! 😀 Hoping to see you.

Thank you,
Prerika

India has a rich tradition of folk arts. The custodians of which are the many tribes that live in the interiors of various states. Warli art is a beautiful folk art of Maharashtra.

The most important aspect of the painting is that it does not depict mythological characters or images of deities, but depicts social life.

Participate in the Warli Art Workshop, get a chance to appreciate the art form and create you very own Warli Art masterpiece.

Contact for registration: Trishna Patnaik
9867982075

Lasya Sandhya- An evening of Mohiniyattam

Mohiniyattam the classical dance form of Kerala exudes in abundant grace and is thus known as the dance of the enchantress. The movements in Mohiniyattam evoke in one’s mind the exotic swaying of palm leaves or that of paddy in the gentle breeze. The costume in off-white and gold symbolizes simplicity, purity and richness of the cultural heritage of Kerala.

Entry Free


For details about the school

https://www.facebook.com/anitapeter.lasyadrutha/

The Trust Rashtrakavi Kuvempu Pratishthana was founded by Government of Karnataka in the name of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, greatest writer of 20th century Kannada literature. Its Head Office is at Kuppali,a village in Shivamogga district where poet's house has been converted into a Museum of literary- cultural importance. The place has become a tourist centre, particularly for lovers of literature. Every day nearly 250 people visit the place and samadhi of poet on the top of nearby hill.The pratishthana has instituted " Kuvempu Rashtreeya Puraskar". a National award in the name of poet, which carries a Cash prize of Five Lakh Rupees. The Award of 2018 was given to Jeelani Bano and Rattan Singh, Noida.
Jeelani Ji could not attend the award giving ceremony at Kuppali. Hence Office bearers will come to Hyderabad on Tuesday the 26th February evening to present the prestigious Kuvempu Puraskar, in the presence of writers of Urdu and other languages.

Title : Talk to Her
Director : Pedro Almodóvar
Runtime : 112 mins
Synopsis :
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Plan for the event :
Introduction - 10 mins
The movie starts at 7:10 PM
20 minutes post-screening discussion

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do. Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

A brief of "Sonic Skins":

All the senses, including vision, can be regarded as extension of the sense of touch - as specialization of the skin. (Juhani Pallasma, The eyes of the skin)

How do sound, language and body relate to each other ?

We use the body as an electroacoustic instrument, bio-captors and sonification devices, trying to to explore the mediating roles played by pseudo-linguistic and non-linguistic sounds in the ways we signal varying internal and physiological states to the environment. Sonic Skins is a live-experimental bio-physical-jam…

Akash Sharma (sound.codes) is an experimental artist whose works range from visual art, data mapping, data manipulation, algorithmic compositions, and sensor-based music. He has a strong foundation in engineering and has also developed several algorithms for sound manipulation and processing. He has handled multiple projects on various short films, albums, etc as a composer, engineer, and producer. https://sound.codes/

Sarah Bahr is a writer, performer and visual artist working in the domain of theatre and poetry. She also works as free-lance stage director and stage designer in contemporary performance and theatre. She is interested in the poetic potential of fiction, the limits of written language and the intertwinement of literacy, orality and music.
http://sarahbahr.weebly.com/

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do.
Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do. Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

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

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

This play is dedicated to all soldiers who became martyrs in Pulwama attack recently..
Sipahi Ki Maa is a play which portrays the pain of a mother who eagerly waits for her son to get back to home. Munni a 14 yrs girl is eligible for marriage and her mother is waiting for her son to come back so that she can marry her to an eligible person.
Her son is a Sipahi who went for a war. Condition at the war place is very tough. The rest of the story is whether mother sees her son again and How Sipahi fulfills his responisibilities?

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

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do. Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

In #metoo we have seen women coming out about the sexual abuse they have gone through but we haven't seen any transgender person or men speaking about the same though the number is high !

Hence mobbera foundation colleberating with unesco organising a discussion on the ssame

Hamlet- The prince of Denmark is an adaptation of the great Shakespearean tragedy.  
When Hamlet comes to attend his father's funeral, he is shocked to find his mother Gertrude already remarried. The Queen has wed Hamlet's Uncle Claudius, the dead king's brother. To Hamlet, the marriage is "foul incest." Worse still, Claudius has had himself crowned King despite the fact that Hamlet was his father's heir to the throne. 
Hamlet suspects foul play and with his father's ghost visiting the castle, things get confirmed.

Hamlet has to confront not only evil forces on the outside but also his inner demons.
With things not going his way – Will he battle? Or Will he give up?
With consequences turning worse – what runs in his mind?

‘To Be or Not To Be - that is the question’

The play explores the emotional and physical turmoil of the crown Prince Hamlet, and what happened all way through and how it all ended.

This 7-day workshop focuses on creativity, self-expression and visual storytelling. The participants are required to take photos for the given assignments, participate in an open classroom discussion and willing to talk about themselves and listen to others. This workshop challenges our ideas about what photography is and what it can do. Participants can use any camera, including mobile phones.

Largely based on the real life story of a rebel woman Hypatia, a philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician of the 4th century Roman Empire, 'Agora' depicts the struggle of reason with religion in the feudal era Egypt, then part of the declining Roman empire marred by the violent conflict between Christians and Jews.

The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth and sheer terror.

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Writers: Wolfgang Petersen (screenplay), Lothar G. Buchheim (novel)
Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann

Movies Intro : 7:00 PM
Movies Starts at 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - 15 mins

Election Commission Analytica: Irregularities of voter deletions in Telangana explained

The Election Commission of India has launched the National Electoral Rolls Purification and Authentication Programme in 2015 to streamline electoral rolls by detecting anomalies. This programme of linking Aadhaar with voter id has been piloted in the districts of Nizamabad and Hyderabad in 2014 and expanded to rest of the country. During the implementation of this programme 30 lakh voters have been deleted part of voter rolls. This has resulted in several voters unable to exercise their vote on the day of Telangana elections in 2018. The Election Commission and Chief Electoral Officer of Telangana have been very silent on these irregularities and have taken the voters of Telangana for a ride.

The session will discuss this entire process of what has transpired during NERP-AP and explain the important details of usage of technology and data in elections. Data has already effected the Telangana elections and the Election Commission of India is the cause of it.

Srinivas Kodali: Srinivas is a civil engineer working on cities and digital technologies, he is a petitioner against Election Commission in Hyderabad High court on the matter of voter deletions in Telangana.

As part of Lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebrations,

Inviting all to an evening of "NTR and Cinema" with Mrs. Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi

Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao once said, "I can not say I did not see the Gods, having lived in the era of NTR. If his portrayal of Rama, Krishna is not a manifestation of the greater powers, what is?

ANR, a proclaimed atheist and a contemporary to NTR once said, hither to, I decline to play the roles of mythological heroes. Only one person, NTR, should do that. And If there are Gods really, they too must now start and try to look like him and appear as often!"

There are many many parts to NTR - a learned and deeply spiritual person, a very fine and powerful ideologue, an orator and above all, a man for the fellow human. Not only in life, even in cinema too NTR donned many roles. Both in front and behind the camera. Where he played the role of a writer, director, costumer, designer, manager and a daily worker. No work was below him.

Writer Mrs. Nandamuri Lakshmi Parvathi Garu interacts with us about the thespian and his works. Mrs. Lakshmi Parvathi is a well published writer of many literary works, fiction and biographies. Her latest book 'Vaidehi' is a fine example of anthologising a mythology to contemporaneity.

As part of Lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebrations

Vipin Bhati, the writer, director, sound designer take us on a rollicking, funny, sensitive ride through his childhood in the little mofussil town of Sahibabad in the outskirts of Delhi

As part of Lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebrations we bring,

Inquilab Zindabad Mohabbat Zindabad

Mir Ali Husain takes us on a journey through Urdu poetry and its contribution to the freedom struggle, nation building, Indian cinema, anti-war movements, feminism, and humour. Husain is a writer, lyricist, and academic.

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

As part of Lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebrations.

The experts of KORA Design Collective will help you learn and understand the Technique, Art and Idea of Khadi.

Learn Cotton hand Spinning, cotton yarn hand weaving on small width loom.-

Open for all, entry is free.

Prior registration is required.

To register contact Lamakaan Manager - 9642731329.

Project “ Reconstruction of Khadi” is an alternative for industrial mode of cotton yarn production aiming at low cost investment local technology involving people, training them in skills to revive cotton Khadi’s past glory by reinterpreting it todays context. This new approach will restore security and dignity to cotton producers and ultimately encourage domestic production and rejuvenate local economies.
Cotton Khadi is the only way that link that link Farmers, spinner and weavers and men and youth and also many traditional skills everybody together to make a high value added product that futher encourages domestic production and gradual rise in local economy.

4 Members from KORA Design Collaborative will engaged in the activity and presentation

1. Poludas Nagendra Satish
2. Y N Durga Prasad
3. P Nageswar Rao (Weaver)
4. P Prabhavati (Khadi spinner)

3.“Reconstruction of Khadi”- Presentation of Work of ‘KORA’ in the area of khadi, In three states of India- Bihar, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.

Khadi is hand spun, hand woven natural fiber cloth from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The cloth is woven from cotton and may also include silk, or wool, which are all spun into yarn on a spindle called “tekuva” or a kind of spinning wheel called “charkha”. Looking back at more than 250 years back before industrialization the fabric woven in our country is all khadi.

Khadi first caught the imagination of the nation and the world during freedom movement under Mahatma Gandhi who propagated it as not just a fabric, but a way of life. One that is centered around the village, where the practice of khadi would be able to generate livelihood and self –reliance. Khadi was meant to become a supplementary industry to agriculture, a crucial element in a self-sustainable economy

We all need to understand the villages are the soul of India. If we do not wake up now it will be too late later. Rural India has a pool of local power, skills, natural resources and local technologies. The most important thing is be able to look back to our heritage and analyse what is best we have inherited in terms of man power, skills, resources and technology to build links and fill gaps at the grass root level by helping more people earn their livelihood Project “ Reconstruction of Khadi” is an alternative for industrial mode of cotton yarn production aiming at low cost investment local technology involving people, training them in skills to revive cotton Khadi’s past glory by reinterpreting it todays context. This new approach will restore security and dignity to cotton producers and ultimately encourage domestic production and rejuvenate local economies.
Cotton Khadi is the only way that link that link Farmers, spinner and weavers and men and youth and also many traditional skills everybody together to make a high value added product that futher encourages domestic production and gradual rise in local economy.

4 Members from KORA Design Collaborative will engaged in the activity and presentation

1. Poludas Nagendra Satish
2. Y N Durga Prasad
3. P Nageswar Rao (Weaver)
4. P Prabhavati (Khadi spinner)

As part of lamakaan's 9th Anniversary celebration.
Vijay and friends, Unplugged – Acoustic Rock.

Vijay, Som and Badri of Alteregos along with Khayal Singer Aradhana Karhade will fuse Classic Rock, Indian Classical music and old Hindi numbers.

Vijay Vadrevou & Friends consist of Vijay on the guitar, Som on Vocals and Badri on the Cajon. The trio are part of the band AlterEgoz, one of the best bands from Hyderabad. AlterEgoz is a classic rock band and has been playing since 2001 and have performed all over the country.

The trio now plan to do a purely acoustic set as they want to enjoy music without any encumbrances. The music that we will be putting across is straight from our hearts and consists of influences that have been imbibed over the years.

As part of Lamakaan's 9th anniversary celebrations,

Padma Sri SMH Kirmani who is the most celebrated wicket keeper of our times. Will talk about his life of cricket, his games, the world cup, dressing room stories and more. In conversation with Amirullah Khan

As part of Lamakaan's 9th anniversary celebrations,

Tridhara – Odissi Dance by Dr. Gajendra Panda and his disciples.

Tridhara is a pioneering institution which treasurers and upholds the unique style of Late Guru Debaprasad Das (founder father of Odissi dance and also Tridhara). The unique flavor of this gharana stems from the genius of Debaprasad Das, who amalgamated a variety of tribal and folk dance elements with the traditional Odissi.

Guru Gajendra’s composition style is refreshingly unique for a variety of reasons, but foremost among them is his masterful use of the “Sabda Swara Pata” which he absorbed, painstakingly and meticulously, from his Guru Debaprasad Das. At the feet of his master and surrogate father, Gaji babu also learned to present his dancers and himself in stunning sculpturesque friezes, which quickly take his audience to the resplendent temple statuary that Orissa is universally acclaimed for. In all that Gaji babu composes, there is to be seen a free flow of the three streams of Odisha’s dance art-tribal, folk and traditional village Odissi – and its brilliant embellishment in stylish execution of rhythm, movement and beautiful static pose.

Artiste
1-Guru Dr.Gajendra Panda
2-Master Prabhutosh Panda
3-Ms.Lima Das
4-Ms.Sudipta Panda
5-Ms.Tejashree Jena
6-Ms.Rasmiprava Sahu
7-Mrs.Pranaya Kumari Panda(Dress and Make-up)

As Part of lamakaan's 9th anniversary celebrations

Inviting all to and evening with Rabbi Shergill, An intimate chat with Rabbi we trace his life, music, influences, interspersed with his own songs.

Rabbi Shergill is an Indian musician well known for his debut album Rabbi and the chart-topper song of 2005, Bullah Ki Jaana. His music has been described variously as rock, Punjabi, with a bani style melody, and Sufi-style, and "semi-Sufi semi-folksy kind of music with a lot of Western arrangements." Shergill has been called "Punjabi music's true urban Balladeer.

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

"On the dawn of March 18, Paris arose to the thunder-burst of “Vive la Commune!” ... The Commune, they exclaim, intends to abolish property, the basis of all civilization! Yes, gentlemen, the Commune intended to abolish that class property which makes the labor of the many the wealth of the few. It aimed at the expropriation of the expropriators. It wanted to make individual property a truth by transforming the means of production, land, and capital, now chiefly the means of enslaving and exploiting labor, into mere instruments of free and associated labor." - writes Marx.

Paris Commune, the first workers' revolution of the history was short lived - thanks to the ruthless bloodbath by the capitalist ruling classes - but even in its short span of 72 days it showed what the working class, when organized as the ruling class, could achieve. Marx drew some very important conclusions, especially regarding the question of state - as highlighted multiple times by Lenin in his book State and Revolution. Even today, this unprecedented event acts as a guide and morale booster for the revolutionaries everywhere, while incessantly haunting the ruling classes and rightly so!

March 18 this year marks the 138th anniversary of the Commune. Hyderabad Marxist Study Circle invites you to participate in a talk-cum-discussion event at 7:00 PM, March 19 in Lamakaan.

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

Director: Isao Takahata
Writers: Akiyuki Nosaka (novel), Isao Takahata
Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi

Movies Intro : 7:00 PM
Movies Starts at 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - 15 mins

Remembering Nataraja Ramakrishna

Lamakaan invites you all on the occasion of 96th Birth Anniversary of Padmashree Nataraja Ramakrishna who was on 21st March 1923 in Indonesia.

About Nataraja Ramakrishna:

Padmashree Nataraja Ramakrishna (21 March 1923 – 7 June 2011) was a dance guru from Telangana, India. He was the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy. He was also a scholar and musicologist who promoted classical dance in Andhra Pradesh and worldwide. Nataraja Ramakrishna's contributions to dances of South Indian traditions are great. He revived the dance traditions of Devadasis of Andhra Pradesh and named them Andhra Natyam. He decoded the 13th-century sculptures of Ramappa temple with the help of Jayapa Senani's Nrittya Ratnavalli and reconstructed the dance that went extinct for almost eight centuries. A lesser known fact about Nataraja Ramakrishna is that he put up the case of granting Classical status to Kuchipudi which otherwise was listed as a folk dance. He has immensely contributed to Perani dance form and nurtured it to the core.

Speakers:
Dr. Anuradha Jonnalagadda, Associate Professor at the Dept of Dance, University of Hyderabad. She is also a Kuchipudi Dance Exponent and direct student of Guruji.

Shree Kala Krishna, a direct disciple of Guruji will also be there.

ALL ARE WELCOME. ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

Rubaroo is celebrating the participants of two programmes around the thematics of Gender Violence and Constitutional Literacy. These Programmes are Be a Jagrik... Samvidhan Live! and Kadam Badhate Chalo - A campaign against Gender Violence

During the event the participants will showcase their learnings and share their experiences their journeys as they engaged with issues of gender, rights, violence, development and citizenship. They will also be felicitated.

The Wire Dialogues — Media and Social Media in an Age of Intolerance

Individuals -- and particularly women - who believe in a secular, democratic and inclusive India and express it through their work and social media posts often fund themselves being targeted, harassed, shamed and cornered on social media. Not only does this result in a narrowing of already shrinking public spaces for women with ‘unpopular’ views but it also forces their invisibilisation. The problem is compounded by a major section of the mainstream media also adopting a stridently intolerant position on many issues. What can we do to rescue the possibility of debate and diversity in the media and social media? Is there any role for the law or of official guidelines? Or are those a double-edged sword?

Panelists:- Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Faizan Mustafa, Swati Vadlamdui, Nitya Ramakrishnan and Rohini Singh — In Conversation with Chandana Chakrabarti.

Join our panel for a discussion on this crucial topic of our times, open for all.

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

"Principles of screenwriting - Robin's method" is an exclusive workshop by Professor Robin Russin, a multifaceted hollywood personality who has written, produced and directed for Film, TV and Theater. Robin Russen is currently working as the head of screenwriting department at University of California, Riverside.He is a Rhodes Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Writers Guild of America.

Course Details:
"Principles of Screenwriting - Robin's method"
The first part is a 2hrs theoritical session followed by 1 hour Q & A session.

This will be a paid workshop.

For more details contact :
+91 8008882627

Robin has written, produced and directed for film, TV and the theater, including Warner Bros.’ On Deadly Ground; America’s Most Wanted on Fox; and Vital Signs on ABC; and his original one-hour pilot script about King David, Beloved, was adapted by ABC as Of Kings and Prophets. He recently directed the independent feature film, When I Sing, co-starring Chris Mulkey, which won the People’s Choice Award at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival in Los Angeles; the Special Jury Award for best low budget feature film at Worldfest Houston; and Best U.S. Feature and Grand Jury Award at Borderlands Film Festival, among others. Another feature he wrote, 2 Hearts, starring Jacob Elordi and Radha Mitchell, is currently in post-production. Among other work for theatre, his play, Painted Eggs, was reviewed by The Los Angeles Times as “ambitious, heart-felt and hypnotic,” and his play, The Face in the Reeds, premiered in an extended four-month run at the Ruskin Group Theatre, where he initiated and leads a workshop for local playwrights.

Samahaara Theatre Co-operative
presents

Divakar Babu's
"KUNDETI KOMMU"
A hilarious play in Telugu

Directed by Rathna Shekar

Date - 23rd & 24th March 2019
Time - 7.30pm
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

The play revolves around a conflict between two villages Pedduru and Chinnuru which were once one. Owing to differences, two brothers Pedda Dora and Chinna Dora separate, which not only creates the division of this village but also plants seeds of vengeance in the hearts of these people. While a wanderer conversing with an educated urbanite, suddenly collapses exactly on the boundary line of the two villages. This triggers a conflict between the two villages on who shall take up the responsibility to perform the last rites of the dead person.

Adi & Appa who happen to be ardent followers of Pedda Dora and Chinna Dora, continuously engage in verbal arguments supporting the voice of their respective leaders. Saraiah, a solo drunkard who doesn’t identify with either of the villages fuels the argument frequently. Likewise after a series of arguments, the brothers suddenly discover the monetary benefits of cremation through a letter in the wanderers bag. Intoxicated by greed Pedda Dora, Chinna Dora and their corresponding associates begin to compete in showering pretentious respect towards the dead body. A new conflict arises where both the brothers desperately offer to take up the entire responsibility of performing the last rites. After witnessing this chameleonic behaviour of the villagers, the Urbanite discloses that no penny will be received by either of the doras.

How will they react to this new situation, who will get the money ? Lets find out.

The contemporary world is loaded with technology from the moment we wake up, to the moment we close our eyes, staring at the screen on the bed. Technology has turned from a luxury into a necessity in our lives. Thus to spread awareness, we are organizing a talk on the present day's state-of-the-art technology and its effect on us.

The talk intends to trigger a thought process and discussion on the current state of technology. We would glance through different issues that are coming up ahead of us with the fast-paced technology, namely attention economy, tech addictions, digital privacy, digital laws, and liberties. The talk will dig deep into the psychological factors that are involved when we use social media and which in a way keep us coming back to the social media and get us hooked.

The Bottle Art workshop is a craft workshop which is an introduction to the use of clay to upcycle glass bottles and convert them into bottle lamps and planters . The workshop primarily focuses on the art of clay modelling.

Samahaara Theatre Co-operative
presents

Divakar Babu's
"KUNDETI KOMMU"
A hilarious play in Telugu

Directed by Rathna Shekar

Date - 23rd & 24th March 2019
Time - 7.30pm
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

The play revolves around a conflict between two villages Pedduru and Chinnuru which were once one. Owing to differences, two brothers Pedda Dora and Chinna Dora separate, which not only creates the division of this village but also plants seeds of vengeance in the hearts of these people. While a wanderer conversing with an educated urbanite, suddenly collapses exactly on the boundary line of the two villages. This triggers a conflict between the two villages on who shall take up the responsibility to perform the last rites of the dead person.

Adi & Appa who happen to be ardent followers of Pedda Dora and Chinna Dora, continuously engage in verbal arguments supporting the voice of their respective leaders. Saraiah, a solo drunkard who doesn’t identify with either of the villages fuels the argument frequently. Likewise after a series of arguments, the brothers suddenly discover the monetary benefits of cremation through a letter in the wanderers bag. Intoxicated by greed Pedda Dora, Chinna Dora and their corresponding associates begin to compete in showering pretentious respect towards the dead body. A new conflict arises where both the brothers desperately offer to take up the entire responsibility of performing the last rites. After witnessing this chameleonic behaviour of the villagers, the Urbanite discloses that no penny will be received by either of the doras.

How will they react to this new situation, who will get the money ? Lets find out.

Adaptation of 12 Angry Men, Ek Ruka Hua Faisla is a courtroom drama by Basu Chatterjee where the fate of a poor teenage boy charged with murder rests with a jury. The film quite successfully portrays the class and caste prejudices of all the jurists but one who argues in myriad ways against their prejudiced stances.