Lamakaan

Siyasi Muslims
A Story of Political Islams in India
Overview :- How do we make sense of the Muslims of India?
Do they form a political community?
Does the imagined conflict between Islam and modernity affect the Muslims' political behaviour in this country?
Are Muslim religious institutions-mosques and madrasas-directly involved in politics?
Do they instruct the community to vote strategically in all elections?
What are 'Muslim issues'?
Is it only about triple talaq?
Are Muslims truly nationalists? Or do they continue to remain just an 'other' in India?
While these questions intrigue us, we seldom debate to find pragmatic answers to these queries. Examining the everydayness of Muslims in contemporary India, Hilal Ahmed offers an evocative story of politics and Islam in India, which goes beyond the given narratives of Muslim victimhood and Islamic separation.

Hilal Ahmed is Associate Professor and works on political Islam, Muslim modernities/ representation, and politics of symbols in South Asia. His book Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monuments, Memory, Contestation (Routledge 2014), looks at these thematic concerns to make sense of the nature of contemporary Muslim political discourse.
Hilal Ahmed's SIYASI MUSLIMS by Penguin will be released by

A K Khan, Advisor to Government of Telangana

Moderator: Mir Ayoob Ali Khan

on May 2, 2019

5 pm at Lamakaan

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.
Director: Chan-wook Park
Writers: Garon Tsuchiya (story), Nobuaki Minegishi (comic)
Stars: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang

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

The group of young talents are trying to know the worth of their creativity by their first display of paintings in different mediums. All the kids are from below 15 years age group, self motivated and inspired by the beauty of the nature and man made. Their art works illustrate the beauty of colours and expression of their artistic observation.

Greenpeace India invites you to be part of Climate Samvad, an initiative to address the issue of climate change, and how YOU can play a crucial role in mitigating it

Climate Change Impacts are already worsening. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) landmark report SR15 warns we have only 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe.

CLIMATE SAMVAD or Climate Dialogue are series of 11 public events being organized by Greenpeace India across the country.

Come, be the part of Climate Samvad and understand from the speakers the gravity of the issue. Your importance and role in this movement. Beyond dialogue, it is a step towards a sustainable future. It is step towards #ClimateActionNow Check our website, www.greenpeaceindia.org for more details

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 Lamakaan which would be a lively, engaging and informally informative quiz session that anybody is welcome to attend! This is a non-competetive event, where teams are formed on the spot

Samahaara Theatre Co-operative
presents

A double bill of two Telugu Comedies

Tanikella Bharini's "GARDABHANDAM"
&
S. Partha Saradhi's "ABBEY EMLEYDU"

Directed by Rathna Shekar

Date: 04th May 2019
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Lamakaan, Hyderabad.

"GARDABHANDAM"

Written by eminent playwright, actor, director Shri.Tanikella Bharani, Gardabhandam ( Donkey’s egg) is a rib tickling political satire that talks about inherited political power. The play is mix of fictional mythology and contemporary social issues. Come grab your seats and enjoy the fun.

"ABBEY EMLEYDU"

Abbe emleydu is a hilarious farce written by Shri. Shankaramanchi Partha Saradhi. A laid back husband, a forgetful wife and a deaf servant. To this mix add a colorful boss who has an exciting plan for the weekend with his subordinates, two strangers who walk into the house for a free meal and a missing ring. What happens when all these colourful characters meet in a situation like this ? Lets find out.

On the occasion of Birth Centenary of renowned Marathi writer P L Deshpande “Sahitya Katta Neredmet” pays tribute to him by performing his one of the hilarious Marathi play.

It will be an interactive session on fresh pasta making and different kind of Italian sauces to go with it.

Movie Screening - Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray

Pather Panchali is Ray's debut film, and the first film of his 'The Apu Triology'

The time is early twentieth century, a remote village in Bengal.The film deals with a Brahmin family, a priest - Harihar, his wife Sarbajaya, daughter Durga, and his aged cousin Indir Thakrun - struggling to make both ends meet.

Pather Panchali has a universal humanist appeal. Though the film deals with the grim struggle for survival by a poor family, it has no trace melodrama. What is projected in stead is the respect for human dignity.

The sequences of Apu and elder sister Durga, exploring their little world and sharing secrets are most remarkable aspect of the film. These include the scenes of - discovery of train by Durga and Apu in field of white Kash flowers, the candy seller sequence, and Indir Thakrun's death.

The film develops its characters and the atmosphere slowly and resolutely. The narrative builds up to a powerful climax as we begin to empathise with the characters.

DURATION : 2 HOURS

VENUE : LAMAKAAN

It's a Love Story Of Anjali,Aditya And Arjun.
Unfortunately Anjali Met Aditya At Railway Station.
Anjali Missed Train And Started Her Travelling With Aditya In Car Along With His Friends.
They Both Are Fall In Love Each Other At The End Of The Day.
Are They Expressed Each Other Or Not...?
Has She Accepted His Love Or Not..?
Who Is Arjun....?
What Is The Relationship Between Both.....?
Anjali Married whom ..? Arjun Or Aditya....?
And Finally What Happened ..?
To Know This You Must Have To Watch
Neetho Vachhesaa Ila Short Film....?

In a small Korean province in 1986, three detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
Director: Joon-ho Bong (as Joon Ho Bong)
Writers: Joon-ho Bong (as Joon Ho Bong), Kwang-rim Kim (play)
Stars: Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim

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

Agantuk (the stranger) is the last film by Satyajit Ray. Like most of Rays films, Agantuk has as well the reputation to be non-cinematic.We are introduced to the characters of the film like we are introduced to a bengali middle class family. Subindhra Bose, his wife Anila and their small boy Satyaki are surprised by a letter addressed to Anila. It comes from a person called Manmohan Mitra who is Anilas uncle and only living relative but her childhood memory in him is very blurred. He announces his visit to the family of Bose.Subindhra is skeptical, because he thinks this uncle could be as well an imposter intending to get his hands on Anilas inheritance. Anila expresses slight reservations against her uncle but her face reflects already affection for this humorous and intelligent man. But The heart of their son has already been won unconditionally by Mitra.Very early the film offers three possibilities to look at this strange uncle: the skepticism of Subhindra, this pending between longing and affection of Anila and finally the unprejudiced attitude of the boy. Amidst all these perceptions, the film slowly moves "closer to the truth"

Venue is LAMAKAAN

9th MAY @ 7:30 pm

Duration - 2 hours

The Gaysi 2x2 meetup is a safe space being arranged for queer people, allies and people who want to be allies to the queer community. It is aimed at being a space for conversations, questions and just being together in a space- something queer people and allies do not get very often.

Itihasam starts in a kingdom where the rules and law is absurd. The story revolves around the king union who is in search of finding person responsible for death of the thief. Whether they found the person or not... This play is witty and sarcastic take on leaders of the government.

Price of the ticket is 100

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

A watercolor workshop for beginners. It will be a 2 hours class, where the students will be taught the tips and techniques, understanding color -materials and a full painting if prefered subject.

Topi Ki Daastan is based on a famous and popular Hindi novel Topi Shukla, written in the early sixties by Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza. It has been adapted by Wings Cultural Society in the ‘Dastaan Narration Form’. Through storytelling we have tried to recreate the turbulence between ‘ Topi’ and ‘Iffan’, the main characters, they are childhood friends who have grown up in an independent cultural environment before the great divide that was the result of the creation of the two nations. The entire scenario is created through dialogues in the truest format. This “Dastaan” is an attempt to reinvent those feelings of fear and horror between the two main communities which were affected.
It revolves around TOPI who is an embodiment of chaos in the post independent era. The “Dastaan” highlights the circumstances of two nations existing within the one nation. Topi a Hindu by faith questions the formation of Pakistan and is a mirror image of the mindset of his times,which also becomes a reflection of the present day scenario.

A talk and demonstration of Natural Living by an ardent practitioner, committed to spreading and sharing his knowledge and expertise on how to lead a chemical-free and healthy lifestyle in today’s fast-paced world.

Hello. I am an certified artist and looking forward to share my knowledge with you all people. Age group from 18 to 40 can attend my workshop. I would like to teach fascinating characters which will be very eye catchy and pleasant.

HydRAW is a literary club of enthusiastic readers and writers (both published and aspiring), of our historical Hyderabad city formed with the aim of acting as a bridge between readers and writers.

We meet once a month on the last Sunday and in addition, we conduct special sessions like book launches. For the special event of May, we will be organizing a literary evening 'Revival of English Classics' on Sunday, the 12th of May from 4 PM to 7 PM.
1. Welcome Address - Devika Das (co-founder, HydRAW)
2. Keynote - Why Should We Read Classic Literature
3. Panel Discussion - Impact of Classics on Contemporary Writing
4. Talk - Should Classics Feature in the Course Curriculum
5. My Favourite Author - Jane Austen and her Works
6. Open Mic - Reliving Classic Poems & Prose of English Literature
7. Vote of Thanks - Mahboob Hussain (Founder, HydRAW)

Manch Theatre is performing Two Hindi Play.
1st Play - Dhoka(genre-suspense), Duration- 40 mins, written and Directed by Priyadarsani Suranjika Samal
2nd Play - Kirayedaar( genre -comedy), Duration- 30 mins (Based on a Bengali Play written by Narayan Ganguly ) Hindi Translation and Directed by -Subrata Basak

Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.

Director: Chan-wook Park (as Park Chan-wook)
Writers: Émile Zola (inspired by "Thérèse Raquin"), Chan-wook Park (screenplay by) (as Park Chan-wook)
Stars: Kang-ho Song, Ok-bin Kim, Hee-jin Choi

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

IDEA OF INDIA: DIFFERENT VARIANTS

-An interactive talk with

Dr. Shamsul Islam taught Political Science for 40 years in the Delhi University. He has written over 14 books, and over 700 articles in dailies and journals both in India and abroad on issues like theocracy, religious intolerance, fundamentalism, status of Dalits, women, and culture, theatre, human values, human rights, exploitation etc. He is visiting Hyderabad, and would like to share his thoughts with interested people and answer questions.

Satyajit Ray's film Charulata is based on Rabindranath Tagore's story The Broken Nest.The setting of story is of Calcutta in British India. Charulata is the bored, artistic, cultured, much younger wife of a newspaper editor and proprietor who prides himself on being a bold free-thinker. His charming young cousin, a would-be writer called Amal comes to stay and Amal and Charulata take an interest in each other's literary aspirations as well as in each other generally. The delicate pathos and subtle comedy of their romance is a joy, and there is wonderful audacity in the way Ray shows Charulata's life at the beginning while simply looking out of the window, studying the passersby with the engaged curiosity of a true artist. This film is a boost for the mind and heart.

DURATION : 2 HOURS
DATE : 16TH MAY AT 7:30 PM
VENUE : LAMAKAAN

Itihasam starts in a kingdom where the rules and law is absurd. The story revolves around the king union who is in search of finding person responsible for death of the thief. Whether they found the person or not... This play is witty and sarcastic take on leaders of the government.

Price of the ticket is 100

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

Hope of Hunger is an attempt to bring a day when every child can grow up in a loving family. Our mission and goal is to aid the children of this world, who through no fault of their own, have found themselves orphaned and alone. This is an event to create awareness about the growing hunger rate and the steps to be taken to overcome this.

Mukti 1937 Bengali film screening with English subtitles
Country: Indian; Year: 1937; Language: Bengali; Runtime: 115 min; Color: Black and White; Sound: Mono
Studio: New Theatres


Barua's classic adultery story tells of an artist, Prasanta (Barua) presented in the stereotypically romantic image dedicated to his vocation, paying no heed to his scandalous reputation (he paints nude models) and with a cavalier attitude to his conservative father-in-law's (Choudhury) demands for good social behaviour. He is married to the rich Chitra (Kanan Devi). The couple are in love but neither partner is prepared to compromise their ideals. The marriage falls apart. Prasanta concedes his wife demand for a divorce and goes to the jungles of Assam, where for many years his closest associates are a wild elephant and Jharna (Menaka), the wife of an innkeeper named Pahari (P. Mullick). He also makes a sworn enemy of a local trader (Nawab/A. Mullick). Chitra marries the millionaire Bipul (Mukherjee) and they go on an elephant hunt. They kill Prasanta's pet elephant. Since Chitra believes Prasanta to be dead he avoids meeting her, but he is forced to rescue her from the vilainous trader. Prasanta succeeds but dies at Chitra's feet. The film interprets his death as Chitra's final achievement of the freedom she had craved. Barua contrasts the regressive story presented as static and unresolved, both as narrative and performance, with a hyperactive environment that overwhelms the trivial nature of the lead couples' desires. There are many sequence shots tracking through walls - including the justly celebrated 'psychological' opening shot as Prasanta walks through one door after another until he reaches his studio, and from interior to exterior, while nature is exemplified by mountains, trees, wind and charging elephants. This was one of the first elaborate filmic uses of Tagore's lyrics, with the poet's original tunes (Sahar range rang, Mesa te bobe. Tar biday belar malakhani), but one of the film's big hits, Diner sheshe ghumer deshe, was composed originally for the film by Mullick.

The film will be introduced by Aparajita Roy Sinha, Film Critique

ALL ARE WELCOME

One day Summer Workshop For Film Making In Sign Language.

Topic:
A Short History of Human Rights
Taking Action on Human Rights
Learning Human Right in sign language

Participants Age Group
13-18 years both Boys & Girls
No of Participants: 30 Only



Aim of Workshop:
Through brainstorming and discussion this activity leads participants to define what it means to be human and to relate human rights to human needs.

I am a free spirited painter and my works are mostly around human mind, liberty, feminism and sexual freedom. I am looking for a platform which helps me get in touch with like-minded people. There would be 25 - 30 paintings (approx) to exhibit.

link to FB Page - https://www.facebook.com/Poulibybhamini/

To Organise a Kuchipudi Dance Recital in your place(lamakaan)in May 2019

Consists of five phases of a man's life about why he committed suicide in the end.
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Writer: Chang-dong Lee
Stars: Kyung-gu Sol, Yeo-jin Kim, Jung Suh

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

A play by KASH Theatre-'Jaat Hi Puchho Sadhu Ki' written by a renowned playwright Late Vijay Tendulkar. The performance is a translated version in Hindi by Late Prof. Vasant Dev, which is an out an out hilarious satire. The play is being designed and directed by Subhash Gupta.
The play was written somewhere in 1977 and it talks about caste-ism and nepotism which is relevant in today's times as well.
Mahipat Babhruvahan hails from a village. He belongs to a lower caste. His hard work and perseverance enables him to acquire education and land a job as a professor however his caste becomes a stumbling block in his success. He reacts using various means to protect his position resulting in hilarious and adventurous situation.

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

Art and literature can be seen as extensions of the human mind. Very often they can reveal what lies within, sometimes visibly, and, sometimes, not quite so visibly. The movie club is (we hope) a fun way of looking deeper into the emotions, perceptions and thoughts that weave human relationships together or tear them apart. A movie may be treated as a true story or, alternatively, can be used as a tool to try and figure out what went on in the directors head when the movie was made. Either way, it’s a different way of understanding human behavior and relationships. In the end, by looking deeper into another’s story, we hope, perchance, to understand ourselves better.

The play ‘Birjees Qadar Ka Kunba’ is the Indian adaptation by Raghuvir Sahay, of the original Spanish play ‘The House of Bernada Alba’ written by the revolutionary genius of Spanish theatre, Federico Garcia Lorca in the year 1936, who brought vivid and tragic poetry to the stage with his powerful dramas. Birjees, a tyrannical matriarch rules over her house and five daughters, cruelly crushing their hopes and needs. The play eloquently deals with culture of deprivation and denial that manifests itself in violence and hostility which is synonymous with the repression suffered by women in rural or small town women in Indian context till this date. The tragedy of virginity is persistent across cultural boundaries and sexual and social freedom continues to be a never ending struggle.

The Bottle Art workshop is an introduction to the use of clay , to upcycle glass bottles and covert them into beautiful bottle lamps and planters. The workshop primarily focuses on the art of clay modelling.
Date -26th May 2019
Time- 11Am-2pm
Registration fee- ₹1300/-( material and refreshments provided)
Contact number for registration and enquires - 9000 199030, 81254 45207

Brush lettering is a style of writing similar to calligraphy.
It is all about getting the angles right which I'm gonna teach you in this workshop.
There are different techniques of getting your hand on brush pen calligraphy.
So, you are aslo going to learn different Strokes and all the basics of brush pen calligraphy.
Practicing the letters consistently will help you develop muscle memory and will make writing in the brush lettering style more natural.

A play by KASH Theatre-'Jaat Hi Puchho Sadhu Ki' written by a renowned playwright Late Vijay Tendulkar. The performance is a translated version in Hindi by Late Prof. Vasant Dev, which is an out an out hilarious satire. The play is being designed and directed by Subhash Gupta.
The play was written somewhere in 1977 and it talks about caste-ism and nepotism which is relevant in today's times as well.
Mahipat Babhruvahan hails from a village. He belongs to a lower caste. His hard work and perseverance enables him to acquire education and land a job as a professor however his caste becomes a stumbling block in his success. He reacts using various means to protect his position resulting in hilarious and adventurous situation.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

Siyasi Muslims
A Story of Political Islams in India
Overview :- How do we make sense of the Muslims of India?
Do they form a political community?
Does the imagined conflict between Islam and modernity affect the Muslims' political behaviour in this country?
Are Muslim religious institutions-mosques and madrasas-directly involved in politics?
Do they instruct the community to vote strategically in all elections?
What are 'Muslim issues'?
Is it only about triple talaq?
Are Muslims truly nationalists? Or do they continue to remain just an 'other' in India?
While these questions intrigue us, we seldom debate to find pragmatic answers to these queries. Examining the everydayness of Muslims in contemporary India, Hilal Ahmed offers an evocative story of politics and Islam in India, which goes beyond the given narratives of Muslim victimhood and Islamic separation.

Hilal Ahmed is Associate Professor and works on political Islam, Muslim modernities/ representation, and politics of symbols in South Asia. His book Muslim Political Discourse in Postcolonial India: Monuments, Memory, Contestation (Routledge 2014), looks at these thematic concerns to make sense of the nature of contemporary Muslim political discourse.
Hilal Ahmed's SIYASI MUSLIMS by Penguin will be released by

A K Khan, Advisor to Government of Telangana

Moderator: Mir Ayoob Ali Khan

on May 2, 2019

5 pm at Lamakaan

After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days.
Director: Chan-wook Park
Writers: Garon Tsuchiya (story), Nobuaki Minegishi (comic)
Stars: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang

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

The group of young talents are trying to know the worth of their creativity by their first display of paintings in different mediums. All the kids are from below 15 years age group, self motivated and inspired by the beauty of the nature and man made. Their art works illustrate the beauty of colours and expression of their artistic observation.

Greenpeace India invites you to be part of Climate Samvad, an initiative to address the issue of climate change, and how YOU can play a crucial role in mitigating it

Climate Change Impacts are already worsening. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) landmark report SR15 warns we have only 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe.

CLIMATE SAMVAD or Climate Dialogue are series of 11 public events being organized by Greenpeace India across the country.

Come, be the part of Climate Samvad and understand from the speakers the gravity of the issue. Your importance and role in this movement. Beyond dialogue, it is a step towards a sustainable future. It is step towards #ClimateActionNow Check our website, www.greenpeaceindia.org for more details

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 Lamakaan which would be a lively, engaging and informally informative quiz session that anybody is welcome to attend! This is a non-competetive event, where teams are formed on the spot

Samahaara Theatre Co-operative
presents

A double bill of two Telugu Comedies

Tanikella Bharini's "GARDABHANDAM"
&
S. Partha Saradhi's "ABBEY EMLEYDU"

Directed by Rathna Shekar

Date: 04th May 2019
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Lamakaan, Hyderabad.

"GARDABHANDAM"

Written by eminent playwright, actor, director Shri.Tanikella Bharani, Gardabhandam ( Donkey’s egg) is a rib tickling political satire that talks about inherited political power. The play is mix of fictional mythology and contemporary social issues. Come grab your seats and enjoy the fun.

"ABBEY EMLEYDU"

Abbe emleydu is a hilarious farce written by Shri. Shankaramanchi Partha Saradhi. A laid back husband, a forgetful wife and a deaf servant. To this mix add a colorful boss who has an exciting plan for the weekend with his subordinates, two strangers who walk into the house for a free meal and a missing ring. What happens when all these colourful characters meet in a situation like this ? Lets find out.

On the occasion of Birth Centenary of renowned Marathi writer P L Deshpande “Sahitya Katta Neredmet” pays tribute to him by performing his one of the hilarious Marathi play.

It will be an interactive session on fresh pasta making and different kind of Italian sauces to go with it.

Movie Screening - Pather Panchali by Satyajit Ray

Pather Panchali is Ray's debut film, and the first film of his 'The Apu Triology'

The time is early twentieth century, a remote village in Bengal.The film deals with a Brahmin family, a priest - Harihar, his wife Sarbajaya, daughter Durga, and his aged cousin Indir Thakrun - struggling to make both ends meet.

Pather Panchali has a universal humanist appeal. Though the film deals with the grim struggle for survival by a poor family, it has no trace melodrama. What is projected in stead is the respect for human dignity.

The sequences of Apu and elder sister Durga, exploring their little world and sharing secrets are most remarkable aspect of the film. These include the scenes of - discovery of train by Durga and Apu in field of white Kash flowers, the candy seller sequence, and Indir Thakrun's death.

The film develops its characters and the atmosphere slowly and resolutely. The narrative builds up to a powerful climax as we begin to empathise with the characters.

DURATION : 2 HOURS

VENUE : LAMAKAAN

It's a Love Story Of Anjali,Aditya And Arjun.
Unfortunately Anjali Met Aditya At Railway Station.
Anjali Missed Train And Started Her Travelling With Aditya In Car Along With His Friends.
They Both Are Fall In Love Each Other At The End Of The Day.
Are They Expressed Each Other Or Not...?
Has She Accepted His Love Or Not..?
Who Is Arjun....?
What Is The Relationship Between Both.....?
Anjali Married whom ..? Arjun Or Aditya....?
And Finally What Happened ..?
To Know This You Must Have To Watch
Neetho Vachhesaa Ila Short Film....?

In a small Korean province in 1986, three detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
Director: Joon-ho Bong (as Joon Ho Bong)
Writers: Joon-ho Bong (as Joon Ho Bong), Kwang-rim Kim (play)
Stars: Kang-ho Song, Sang-kyung Kim, Roe-ha Kim

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

Agantuk (the stranger) is the last film by Satyajit Ray. Like most of Rays films, Agantuk has as well the reputation to be non-cinematic.We are introduced to the characters of the film like we are introduced to a bengali middle class family. Subindhra Bose, his wife Anila and their small boy Satyaki are surprised by a letter addressed to Anila. It comes from a person called Manmohan Mitra who is Anilas uncle and only living relative but her childhood memory in him is very blurred. He announces his visit to the family of Bose.Subindhra is skeptical, because he thinks this uncle could be as well an imposter intending to get his hands on Anilas inheritance. Anila expresses slight reservations against her uncle but her face reflects already affection for this humorous and intelligent man. But The heart of their son has already been won unconditionally by Mitra.Very early the film offers three possibilities to look at this strange uncle: the skepticism of Subhindra, this pending between longing and affection of Anila and finally the unprejudiced attitude of the boy. Amidst all these perceptions, the film slowly moves "closer to the truth"

Venue is LAMAKAAN

9th MAY @ 7:30 pm

Duration - 2 hours

The Gaysi 2x2 meetup is a safe space being arranged for queer people, allies and people who want to be allies to the queer community. It is aimed at being a space for conversations, questions and just being together in a space- something queer people and allies do not get very often.

Itihasam starts in a kingdom where the rules and law is absurd. The story revolves around the king union who is in search of finding person responsible for death of the thief. Whether they found the person or not... This play is witty and sarcastic take on leaders of the government.

Price of the ticket is 100

Write Club Hyderabad helps you pen your thoughts, spill your mind and finally make an appointment with the writer in your head. We conduct free, weekly events that foster writing. Our Meetups aim at helping writers reach their goals in a supportive, collaborative, social setting. Writing doesn't have to be all by oneself. We welcome anyone who writes, regardless of genre, language or age. We have members writing novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, essays, school reports and more. What we do, basically: One of the members of Write Club (anyone with a participation count over 2 consecutive meetups) hosts a session. They bring forth a theme and writing exercises. We all then write to the host’s prompts and guidelines for about an hour. Once we're done writing, we read out our write-ups (optional). We also exchange feedback and constructively critique each other's works. Entry is free, anyone with an interest in writing can walk in. Bring your writing devices and we’re all set! We promise to provide you with good coffee and a super-creative conversation. We have Write Club sessions every Saturday afternoon – 3 to 6 PM

A watercolor workshop for beginners. It will be a 2 hours class, where the students will be taught the tips and techniques, understanding color -materials and a full painting if prefered subject.

Topi Ki Daastan is based on a famous and popular Hindi novel Topi Shukla, written in the early sixties by Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza. It has been adapted by Wings Cultural Society in the ‘Dastaan Narration Form’. Through storytelling we have tried to recreate the turbulence between ‘ Topi’ and ‘Iffan’, the main characters, they are childhood friends who have grown up in an independent cultural environment before the great divide that was the result of the creation of the two nations. The entire scenario is created through dialogues in the truest format. This “Dastaan” is an attempt to reinvent those feelings of fear and horror between the two main communities which were affected.
It revolves around TOPI who is an embodiment of chaos in the post independent era. The “Dastaan” highlights the circumstances of two nations existing within the one nation. Topi a Hindu by faith questions the formation of Pakistan and is a mirror image of the mindset of his times,which also becomes a reflection of the present day scenario.

A talk and demonstration of Natural Living by an ardent practitioner, committed to spreading and sharing his knowledge and expertise on how to lead a chemical-free and healthy lifestyle in today’s fast-paced world.

Hello. I am an certified artist and looking forward to share my knowledge with you all people. Age group from 18 to 40 can attend my workshop. I would like to teach fascinating characters which will be very eye catchy and pleasant.

HydRAW is a literary club of enthusiastic readers and writers (both published and aspiring), of our historical Hyderabad city formed with the aim of acting as a bridge between readers and writers.

We meet once a month on the last Sunday and in addition, we conduct special sessions like book launches. For the special event of May, we will be organizing a literary evening 'Revival of English Classics' on Sunday, the 12th of May from 4 PM to 7 PM.
1. Welcome Address - Devika Das (co-founder, HydRAW)
2. Keynote - Why Should We Read Classic Literature
3. Panel Discussion - Impact of Classics on Contemporary Writing
4. Talk - Should Classics Feature in the Course Curriculum
5. My Favourite Author - Jane Austen and her Works
6. Open Mic - Reliving Classic Poems & Prose of English Literature
7. Vote of Thanks - Mahboob Hussain (Founder, HydRAW)

Manch Theatre is performing Two Hindi Play.
1st Play - Dhoka(genre-suspense), Duration- 40 mins, written and Directed by Priyadarsani Suranjika Samal
2nd Play - Kirayedaar( genre -comedy), Duration- 30 mins (Based on a Bengali Play written by Narayan Ganguly ) Hindi Translation and Directed by -Subrata Basak

Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.

Director: Chan-wook Park (as Park Chan-wook)
Writers: Émile Zola (inspired by "Thérèse Raquin"), Chan-wook Park (screenplay by) (as Park Chan-wook)
Stars: Kang-ho Song, Ok-bin Kim, Hee-jin Choi

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

IDEA OF INDIA: DIFFERENT VARIANTS

-An interactive talk with

Dr. Shamsul Islam taught Political Science for 40 years in the Delhi University. He has written over 14 books, and over 700 articles in dailies and journals both in India and abroad on issues like theocracy, religious intolerance, fundamentalism, status of Dalits, women, and culture, theatre, human values, human rights, exploitation etc. He is visiting Hyderabad, and would like to share his thoughts with interested people and answer questions.

Satyajit Ray's film Charulata is based on Rabindranath Tagore's story The Broken Nest.The setting of story is of Calcutta in British India. Charulata is the bored, artistic, cultured, much younger wife of a newspaper editor and proprietor who prides himself on being a bold free-thinker. His charming young cousin, a would-be writer called Amal comes to stay and Amal and Charulata take an interest in each other's literary aspirations as well as in each other generally. The delicate pathos and subtle comedy of their romance is a joy, and there is wonderful audacity in the way Ray shows Charulata's life at the beginning while simply looking out of the window, studying the passersby with the engaged curiosity of a true artist. This film is a boost for the mind and heart.

DURATION : 2 HOURS
DATE : 16TH MAY AT 7:30 PM
VENUE : LAMAKAAN

Itihasam starts in a kingdom where the rules and law is absurd. The story revolves around the king union who is in search of finding person responsible for death of the thief. Whether they found the person or not... This play is witty and sarcastic take on leaders of the government.

Price of the ticket is 100

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

Hope of Hunger is an attempt to bring a day when every child can grow up in a loving family. Our mission and goal is to aid the children of this world, who through no fault of their own, have found themselves orphaned and alone. This is an event to create awareness about the growing hunger rate and the steps to be taken to overcome this.

Mukti 1937 Bengali film screening with English subtitles
Country: Indian; Year: 1937; Language: Bengali; Runtime: 115 min; Color: Black and White; Sound: Mono
Studio: New Theatres


Barua's classic adultery story tells of an artist, Prasanta (Barua) presented in the stereotypically romantic image dedicated to his vocation, paying no heed to his scandalous reputation (he paints nude models) and with a cavalier attitude to his conservative father-in-law's (Choudhury) demands for good social behaviour. He is married to the rich Chitra (Kanan Devi). The couple are in love but neither partner is prepared to compromise their ideals. The marriage falls apart. Prasanta concedes his wife demand for a divorce and goes to the jungles of Assam, where for many years his closest associates are a wild elephant and Jharna (Menaka), the wife of an innkeeper named Pahari (P. Mullick). He also makes a sworn enemy of a local trader (Nawab/A. Mullick). Chitra marries the millionaire Bipul (Mukherjee) and they go on an elephant hunt. They kill Prasanta's pet elephant. Since Chitra believes Prasanta to be dead he avoids meeting her, but he is forced to rescue her from the vilainous trader. Prasanta succeeds but dies at Chitra's feet. The film interprets his death as Chitra's final achievement of the freedom she had craved. Barua contrasts the regressive story presented as static and unresolved, both as narrative and performance, with a hyperactive environment that overwhelms the trivial nature of the lead couples' desires. There are many sequence shots tracking through walls - including the justly celebrated 'psychological' opening shot as Prasanta walks through one door after another until he reaches his studio, and from interior to exterior, while nature is exemplified by mountains, trees, wind and charging elephants. This was one of the first elaborate filmic uses of Tagore's lyrics, with the poet's original tunes (Sahar range rang, Mesa te bobe. Tar biday belar malakhani), but one of the film's big hits, Diner sheshe ghumer deshe, was composed originally for the film by Mullick.

The film will be introduced by Aparajita Roy Sinha, Film Critique

ALL ARE WELCOME

One day Summer Workshop For Film Making In Sign Language.

Topic:
A Short History of Human Rights
Taking Action on Human Rights
Learning Human Right in sign language

Participants Age Group
13-18 years both Boys & Girls
No of Participants: 30 Only



Aim of Workshop:
Through brainstorming and discussion this activity leads participants to define what it means to be human and to relate human rights to human needs.

I am a free spirited painter and my works are mostly around human mind, liberty, feminism and sexual freedom. I am looking for a platform which helps me get in touch with like-minded people. There would be 25 - 30 paintings (approx) to exhibit.

link to FB Page - https://www.facebook.com/Poulibybhamini/

To Organise a Kuchipudi Dance Recital in your place(lamakaan)in May 2019

Consists of five phases of a man's life about why he committed suicide in the end.
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Writer: Chang-dong Lee
Stars: Kyung-gu Sol, Yeo-jin Kim, Jung Suh

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

A play by KASH Theatre-'Jaat Hi Puchho Sadhu Ki' written by a renowned playwright Late Vijay Tendulkar. The performance is a translated version in Hindi by Late Prof. Vasant Dev, which is an out an out hilarious satire. The play is being designed and directed by Subhash Gupta.
The play was written somewhere in 1977 and it talks about caste-ism and nepotism which is relevant in today's times as well.
Mahipat Babhruvahan hails from a village. He belongs to a lower caste. His hard work and perseverance enables him to acquire education and land a job as a professor however his caste becomes a stumbling block in his success. He reacts using various means to protect his position resulting in hilarious and adventurous situation.

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

Art and literature can be seen as extensions of the human mind. Very often they can reveal what lies within, sometimes visibly, and, sometimes, not quite so visibly. The movie club is (we hope) a fun way of looking deeper into the emotions, perceptions and thoughts that weave human relationships together or tear them apart. A movie may be treated as a true story or, alternatively, can be used as a tool to try and figure out what went on in the directors head when the movie was made. Either way, it’s a different way of understanding human behavior and relationships. In the end, by looking deeper into another’s story, we hope, perchance, to understand ourselves better.

The play ‘Birjees Qadar Ka Kunba’ is the Indian adaptation by Raghuvir Sahay, of the original Spanish play ‘The House of Bernada Alba’ written by the revolutionary genius of Spanish theatre, Federico Garcia Lorca in the year 1936, who brought vivid and tragic poetry to the stage with his powerful dramas. Birjees, a tyrannical matriarch rules over her house and five daughters, cruelly crushing their hopes and needs. The play eloquently deals with culture of deprivation and denial that manifests itself in violence and hostility which is synonymous with the repression suffered by women in rural or small town women in Indian context till this date. The tragedy of virginity is persistent across cultural boundaries and sexual and social freedom continues to be a never ending struggle.

The Bottle Art workshop is an introduction to the use of clay , to upcycle glass bottles and covert them into beautiful bottle lamps and planters. The workshop primarily focuses on the art of clay modelling.
Date -26th May 2019
Time- 11Am-2pm
Registration fee- ₹1300/-( material and refreshments provided)
Contact number for registration and enquires - 9000 199030, 81254 45207

Brush lettering is a style of writing similar to calligraphy.
It is all about getting the angles right which I'm gonna teach you in this workshop.
There are different techniques of getting your hand on brush pen calligraphy.
So, you are aslo going to learn different Strokes and all the basics of brush pen calligraphy.
Practicing the letters consistently will help you develop muscle memory and will make writing in the brush lettering style more natural.

A play by KASH Theatre-'Jaat Hi Puchho Sadhu Ki' written by a renowned playwright Late Vijay Tendulkar. The performance is a translated version in Hindi by Late Prof. Vasant Dev, which is an out an out hilarious satire. The play is being designed and directed by Subhash Gupta.
The play was written somewhere in 1977 and it talks about caste-ism and nepotism which is relevant in today's times as well.
Mahipat Babhruvahan hails from a village. He belongs to a lower caste. His hard work and perseverance enables him to acquire education and land a job as a professor however his caste becomes a stumbling block in his success. He reacts using various means to protect his position resulting in hilarious and adventurous situation.