Lamakaan

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

auditions for an upcoming telugu film

Books n More , Library and Activity Centre , proudly present two plays - Rumble in the Jungle presented by our Children's theatre workshop participants and another play presented by our Super Mom's theatre workshop participants .

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

We are Theatre is a production of MANCH THEATRE on the Occasion of WORLD THEATRE DAY. This Production includes a hindi comedy play, PANCH LAKH KA HAWAYI JAHAAJ and an English play Superman & his wife.

PANCH LAKH KA HAWAYI JAHAAJ is an Adaption of KM Misra's saste hawayi jahaaj which deals with the mentality of Middle class person who wants to buy an Aeroplane after reading in Newspaper that is available for just 5 L rupees.

Superman & his wife is an English play an unknown Australian Writer. This Play is about the Tenous nature of ownership of our pasts, our relationships
Email Description: We are Theatre is a production of MANCH THEATRE on the Occasion of WORLD THEATRE DAY. This Production includes a hindi comedy play, PANCH LAKH KA HAWAYI JAHAAJ and an English play Superman & his wife.

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.

Let us all come and discuss about films,with you we'll be exploring several aspects of film making like Acting, genre writing, oscars and more weekly.The Acts(II) help us to know, what you think? And what we need to think about? So join us this Sunday if you're Interested!

What’s (Really) Up?

Making sense of breaking (and faking) news in a digital world



A WORKSHOP, April 1, 2018



We swipe, click, switch, flip and surf, following updates, checking alerts and reading forwarded messages. News is everywhere, on every device, all the time. In this hyper-connected news environment, it can be difficult to figure out what is true and what is simply hype, what is fact and what is opinion.



This two-hour interactive workshopwill explore the dynamics of news production, and offer some ideas and tools to sift through the clutter and get to the real stuff. Using current examples and experiences, we will try to answer these and other questions—



1. How do the news media really work?

2. Who (and what) decides what’s news?

3. How do we tell the difference between fact and opinion?

4. What goes into the making of a good news story and how can we identify it?

5. What ethical concerns about the news media should we have as citizens?

6. What alternatives do we have to the big media?



The 2-hour workshop to be conducted by Professors Vinod Pavarala, Usha Raman, and Kanchan K. Malik from the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad is directed toward college and high school students and young professionals.

We at Deaf Rainbow Films (NGO) would like to organise a workshop on Film making for the deaf in sign language association with Honeybee Media Works.

DOBARA, not for profit organization, brings generations together to make ageing years a celebration of one's longevity.
In this context, we are celebrating our multi-generational volunteers on 4th of April.

In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Director: George Miller
Writers: James McCausland (screenplay), George Miller (screenplay)
Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne

Introduction - 7:00 PM
Movie Screening - 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - After the Movie (15 minutes)

MELODIOUS HINDI MOVIE SONGS FROM 1955 TO 1995 WITH INTERESTING NARRATION RELATED TO RESPECTIVE SONGS (AUDIO VISUAL PROGRAMME)

Hidden dangers of vaccination
How to avoid vaccine related injuries the most common side effects of vaccine
Why many canadians & US Citizens are saying NO to vaccines
The SECRET INGREDIENTS to watch for in many vaccines How to increase your child’s natural immunity

What role does gender play in public space? Do women have right to public space or is it just a space that they are allowed conditional access to? Is there a way to re-imagine and reclaim the city as a place of equality for all genders and sexuality, normative or otherwise?

Mera Apna Sheher (My Own City), dir Sameera Jain follows two women drivers driving around the city and a unnamed woman occupying different public spaces without any apparent marker of purpose. The reactions range from he reactions range from curiosity to lechery to sheer hostility.

This screening is aimed at starting a collectively discussion about the politics of gender and public space.

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's monthly quiz at Lamakaan. Open to all.

Samahaara Play Performance presents

Swadesh Deepak's "COURT MARTIAL" A Sensational path breaking play.

Directed by Rathna Shekar

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



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

Donation Rs.150

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.

We are a firm for BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT & BAD DEBTS RECOVREY for Trading, Manufacturing and Service industry. We wish to conduct a seminar for the start-ups at Hyderabad on the date of your confirmation of vacancy premises. The subject that we will be discussing is as follows:- 1) IDEA TO ORIGIN OF BUSINESS 2) NECESSARY REGISTRAIONS, LICENCES, RISK MANAGEMENT 3) INTERNAL DOCUMENTATION AND ALTERNATE SOLUTIONS 4) CREDIT SALES AND CREDIT COLLECTION 5) WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 6) BAD DEBTS RECOVERY AND LEGAL COMPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS 7) BUSINESS IN INDIA AND ITS AUTHENTICITY 8) BUSINESS FRAUDS AND AWARENESS 9) NET-WORKING AND ITS IMPORTANCE 10) PARTNERING IN BUSINESS AND DOCUMENTATION

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

Vivak Kaul, who is the author of the Easy Money trilogy, a series of three books on the history of money and banking, and how that caused the financial crisis that started in 2008.

Will talk about how Nirav Modi's fraud has brought the mess that prevails at India's public sector banks to national attention, and which is a great thing.
Despite this national attention, the right questions are not being asked and the right discussions are not happening.

The fundamental question is what caused the massive mess at India's public sector banks?
What caused the total bad loans of these banks to amount to a humongous Rs 8 lakh crore?
And how should this crisis be handled, if at all it can be handled now.
Also, what can be done to prevent a repeat in the days to come.

Vivek Kaul was born and brought up in Ranchi. He ran with the herd to do an MBA from what is now called the Symbiosis University, only to realise that it had been a waste of time. He then ended up in a PhD programme, right here in Hyderabad, only to drop out of it three years later. Like many other confused souls, he landed up in journalism and found his true calling in reading, writing and being lazy. He has worked at senior positions with the Daily News and Analysis (DNA) and The Economic Times, in the past.

Currently, Vivek writes an eponymous Diary and a Letter for equitymaster.com.
His writing has also appeared in The Times of India, The Hindu, The Hindu Business Line, Business World, Business Today, India Today, Mid-Day, Business Standard, Forbes India, Deccan Chronicle, Deccan Herald, Bangalore Mirror, Mumbai Mirror, The Asian Age, Mutual Fund Insight, Dainik Jagran, Outlook Hindi, Swarajya and so on.

Free entry open for all.

A Kuchipudi Dance Recital by students of Sumadhura Arts Academy, Hyderabad

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Director: Peter Weir
Writers: Joan Lindsay (novel), Cliff Green (screenplay)
Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray

Introduction - 7:00 PM
Movie Screening - 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - After the Movie (15 minutes)

“The taste of anything can be changed. But poison cannot be changed into nectar.” – BR Ambedkar

In a recent verdict, the Supreme Court's ruling on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 has invited a lot of criticism. According to the Apex court's directive, coercive action against public servants, accused of hostility towards the lower caste, can only be taken with written permission from the competent authority. For private citizens accused of a similar crime, an arrest can be made only after the Senior Superintendent of Police allows it. The reason iterated by the court is'abuse of law' and issued guidelines to this effect that false complaints to implicate innocent people have often been filed to promote caste hatred and 'perpetuate casteism.'

On one hand, there is growing atrocities and violence against Dalits and Adivasis across India and on the other hand such rulings by the Apex court delay justice to the victims of the caste. Is Supreme Court not diluting the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act?

Come for an informal Addabaazi charcha on this burning topic.

The discussion will be moderated by Jeevan Kumar, Human Right Forum Hyderabad

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

A clown performance about women's right to pee by JingKieng Jri Theatres, Pune.

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON MURAL PAINTING - KERALA STYLE
SATURDAY, 14TH APR'18. 11.00 AM TO 04.00 PM
ORGANISED BY PAPPINI P C
MS PAPPINI P C HAS LEARNED AND PERFECTED THE ART OF MURAL PAINTING FROM VARIOUS GURUS OVER A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS. HAILING FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF KERALA, SHE ALSO USES MEDIUM LIKE POT AND CLOTHES TO EXPRESS HER ART.

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

Safarnama Theatre presents Coat ki Jeb - A love story from 1960s
Rightly said, love is the greatest virtue of life. It has evolved through time but the essence has remained the same. In yesteryears, love blossomed through eyes & ornamented our soul. And now is an era, when passion has become a compatibility measurement. We have involved too much of brain in the matters of heart.From waiting for your beloved for hours in doubt to waiting for the ticks to be blue on whatsapp, love has surely travelled a long way.

Safarnama Theatre presents before you, Coat Ki Jeb, a love story that transcends generations. Based on a novel written by Shri Saheb Sharan Lal Srivastava, it is set in 1960s & will help us all explore the real meaning of love.The play, Directed by Shashank Srivastava, will showcase how budding feelings of affection can be transformed into it's true form called 'LOVE' just by giving a little push. We invite you to this time machine, come revisit the golden era with us!

Written by: Sri Saheb Sharan Lal Srivastava
Cast: Ashish Shrivastava, Eipsa Aru, Shashank Srivastava, Prerna Gupta, Chetan Gupta, Prity Kumari, Abhishek Mishra, Akash Gattani
Ticket: Rs.150 available on BMS and from the Venue from 6 pm onwards.

For more details, Contact:
Shashank Srivastava (+91 8897344405)
Ashish Shrivastava (+91 7702778557)

Let us all come and discuss about films,with you we'll be exploring several aspects of film making like Acting, genre writing and more weekly.The 'Two' Acts (Personal & Technical) helps us to know what you think and what all of us need to think?So, join us this Sunday, If you're Intrested!

It is a documentary film about a school that is set in Guntur for mentally challenged people. Recently they have been drop of their donations and are in hard times for maintain of the school. So, my mom who is a social worker has come up with this problem and came up with an idea for spreading the word. So, I've decided to make a documentary film. This is my first ever film as a director and I would like to show case my first screenings or premiere documentary.

The recent rapes cases of minors in Unnao and Kathua shocked and shaken the nation and more so the perpetrators of these rapes and violence are receiving full support from their affiliating groups. One can't remain silent and become a mute spectator to such ghastly and gory stories of rapes.

Is New India about protecting the rapists? Let the whole world know how we treat our girls/women. A country which can't keep its women safe is a regressive nation.

Join us for a discussion on this Sunday evening to fight against the culture of rapes, hatred and communal violence.

#JusticeforAsifa and
#JusticeforUnnaoteen

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

Cosmologist Stephen Hawking is regarded as a brilliant theoretical physicist. His work on black holes and the big bang are topics of popular books. Join us to celebrate the work of Hawking. We shall talk about three important apects of his life: his work, his important contribution in inspiring many young minds to study physics and the most striking is how he overcame ALS that bound him to a wheelchair, rendering him immobile.

In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a journey across the Outback.
Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Doris Pilkington (book) (as Doris Pilkington Garimara), Christine Olsen (screenplay)
Stars: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh

Introduction - 7:00 PM
Movie Screening - 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - After the Movie (15 minutes)

Harshika Gudi, is a singer from hyd who sung many songs in Telugu movies. But her heart and passion is for semi classical music. And her favourite genre is ghazals. Her voice sways in ghazals and has the rarest collection of original ghazals.
She wishes to start her professional journey of ghazals soon with a well known artist management company. But wants to begin at her hometown with her Hyderabadi family and friends as a debut.

A workshop where participants will learn to do a portrait of self/any other image of their choice on wood through wood cuts using woodcut tools and frame it.

About the Documentary and the Event:
The documentary ‘Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret’ complements mainstream Climate-Change awareness efforts that almost singularly focus on energy and transportation. This 85 minute documentary addresses the question ’Does food matter?’, and seeks to find the impact of our food choices on climate change, deforestation, resource consumption, pollution, bio-diversity and sustainability.

With extreme events (eg. prolonged dry-spells and highly intense rains in a short time) becoming relatively more frequent, this movie will empower caring individuals with valuable information to make wise, informed choices that help contain climate change.

This event is a part of Earth Day (22 Apr) awareness programs.

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

An informal platform for scientists to interact with the public. This event is
open to all. Entry free.

Consists of 2 short plays:

1: Lag gayi – We often try to fit things into our lives, make adjustments here and there, compromise and sacrifice. The same goes with 2 drunks who try to adjust with things that are of no use to them in the most hilarious possible way.

2:Maut – Have you wished for something with all your heart but never got. Have you always believed in something and you were sure that you would achieve it and it never worked out the way you intended. Well the same happens here with ‘A Man’ who wants everything but the outcome is different in a funny turn of events.

April Super Sunday.
Screening (The girl who hated books) and storytelling workshop by Mangala Bhatt.

We the circle and Discover being you are collaborating
On shedding light on the psychological abuse and mental health issues.
This is an empowering event where people of related field will
Converse with audience and also allow the audience to share their stories
And perform open mic on Mental Health. Also we will try to coordinate
With people wanting assistance after meeting.

I am Vidya Sagar Gollamudi Writer, Producer & Director of KATHA Short Film. This is my 2nd Short film. My 1st Short Film was KURTHA Awarded in International Film Festival at Chennai.

The play is set in a Delhi manor of Mr.Amit, an immensely successful mystery writer. Amit’s home reflects his obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his fascination with games and game-playing. He lures his wife's lover Mr.Majid, to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of her jewelry, a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the audience trying to decipher where Amit’s imagination ends and reality begins.

Urbansketchers Hyderabad will exhibit their plein air paintings for sale to raise funds for Ayushi (a child battling blood cancer). All proceeds will be donated to Ayushi to support her in fighting this deadly disease. Exhibition will be conducted from 24 April to 2 May. We encourage all of Hyderabad to buy art and support the cause!

Justice Rajinder Sachar passed away after 94 years of life spent in building and sustaining a secular India. He singlehandedly changed the appeasement narrative.

Justice Rajinder Sachar, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, well-known Human Rights Activist and former President of PUCL, who chaired the committee set up by the Government of India in 2005 to study the condition of the Muslim community in India whose report is now famous as the Sachar Committee report, and the founder of Socialist Party (India) and an ardent socialist activist till the very end, passed away on April 20, 2018.

We have lost our tallest human rights leader and a tireless warrior.

We are holding a meeting in honour of Justice Rajinder Sachar and to pray for him and his legacy.

Amirullah Khan, Economist and was a Member of Kundu Committee which ultimately led to Sachar Committee in 2005.
Zafar Iqbal, IAS
Prof Afroz Alam, MANUU
Anant Maringanti, Director, HUL
Azam Khan, Social Activist
Ms. Rubina Mazhar
Ashhar Farhan, Founder Lamakaan

ALL ARE INVITED!!!

The recent judgements in Mecca Masjid bomb blast (2007), Malegaon (2006), Ajmer (2007), Samjhuata Express (2007) blasts have given clean chit and acquittal to the accused. This has become a disturbing pattern of the courts including NIA to declare accused acquitted. Where is the justice to the tens and hundreds of people who died and several critically injured in the bomb blasts? What about those who were falsely implicated immediately after the blast? They are not re-inducted back in the society. We have also seen cases are dropped against the accused in the communal riots in many states. What does it indicate to the victims, who are continuously suffering due to denial of justice?

We invite you to join us for a discussion with our expert panel on this increasing acquittal trend.

Panellists:
1. Raghunath, Senior High Court Lawyer, Hyderabad
2. Prof Fatima Shahnaaz, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Author and Social Activist.
3. Lateef Mohammed Khan, Social Activist.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

A mute woman is sent to 1850s New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.
Director: Jane Campion
Writer: Jane Campion
Stars: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill

Introduction - 7:00 PM
Movie Screening - 7:10 PM
Post-Screening Discussion - After the Movie (15 minutes)

Samahaara

presents

"TIN TAPPAR" A Play in Hindi

Written by Nag Bodas
Directed by Sandep Sahu

A Samahaara Workshop Production

Entry by Donation Rs.100/-

Date - 26th April 2018, Thursday
Time - 8.00pm
Venue - Lamakaan, Banjara Hills, Hyd.


About the Play:

It's been 70 years since we have attained Independence but still a majority of the population does not even have a house to live in. Some have even seen the dream of owning a house and died with those unfulfilled dreams.



Tin Tappar is a depiction of the problems faced by the labour class in India. The poor keep dreaming of having a pucca house, but those dreams are crashed by the builders and corrupt real estate agents. Instead, they have to live in slum areas which is covered with a tin roof. Few of them migrate to towns and cities in search of work and improve their standard of living while others become a victim of the political propaganda and accept their situation happily. The builders don’t even spare these areas and demolish the tin sheds in order to build multi storey apartments and malls.

Urbansketchers will meet around Lamakaan and do sketches of the place and people. We will give tips and demos

As one drives from the hyd airport to the city, one is greeted by huge trees in bloom and beautifully landscaped gardens on both sides of the road . Asiya Khan,a naturalist will give a presentation on making identification easier,by sharing stories woven around the trees .

Mindfulness is a state of bringing our attention to the current moment. It involves non-judgmental awareness of our thoughts, emotions and surroundings.

Creating Mandalas helps to cultivate this mindfulness. While focusing on the shapes, patterns, and colors, we orient our senses to the present and this immersion in the present moment helps shield us from the crushing weight of daily hassles and major life interruptions.

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

Celebrating Madeeha Gauhar

Madeeha was the Founder of Ajoka theatre group of Pakistan and a legendary activist for peace in South Asia.

She passed away on 25th April 2018 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Let’s come together to pay our homage and celebrate her life and contribution.
COVA, KOSHISH, LAMAKAAN & SUTRADHAR

Knowing Madeeha

Madeeha Gauhar (21 September 1956 – 25 April 2018) was a Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theatres, and women's rights activist. In 1983, she founded Ajoka Theatre where social themes are staged in theatres, on the street and in public spaces. With Ajoka she performed in Asia and Europe.



Gauhar was born in 1956 in Karachi, Pakistan. After obtaining a Master of Arts degree in English literature, she moved to England where she obtained another master's degree, studying theatre sciences at the University of London. In 1983, with her studies completed, she returned to her native country, settling in Lahore. There, Gauhar and her husband Shahid Nadeem founded Ajoka Theatre, a notable theatre group of significance in the city. Ajoka (English:Currunt) elaborates on the oral tradition of Bhand and Nautanki and found a flourishing base in the area that overlaps the province of Punjab. With Ajoka, Gauhar performed in Pakistan, and subsequently internationally in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, as well as in several countries in Europe.



In directing performances in the theatre, Gauhar utilised aesthetics and theatrical techniques to reflect the moral, social and political reality of contemporary Pakistan. A recurrent theme for her, as a feminist, was the subject of women's rights in a society that is greatly dominated by men. In 2007 Ajoka performed a play that was written and directed by Gauhar, the Burqavaganza (Burqa-vaganza), which led to great controversy. Actors dressed in burkas acted out themes of sexual discrimination, intolerance and fanaticism. In her own country, Members of Parliament called for a ban of the performance but in spite of the ban, non-governmental organizations and women's rights activists had the play translated into English and staged performances internationally as a sign of support to Ajoka.



Awards and nominations

Gauhar was the recipient of numerous awards for her theatrical efforts, including:

At the first iteration of the 1st Indus Drama Awards in 2005, she was nominated for Best Actress Drama Serial in a Supporting Role.
Gauhar was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
In 2006, Gauhar was awarded Prince Claus Award in the Netherlands.
She received the Pride of Performance, by the President of Pakistan for her efforts in improving Pakistani theatre.

Written by Lakshmi Narayan Lal, this play falls under the 'Theatre of Absurd' genre.

The play largely focuses on the idea of existentialism and showcases a court room scenario where logical construction and argument gives way to irrational and illogical speech and ultimately to silence. It follows the murder case of the Abdullah and addresses the comfortable certainties of social, religious and political orthodoxy and aims to shock its audience out of complacency and strives to bring them face to face with the harsh facts of the human situation.

"KYILKHOR" is Tibetan for mandala means 'that which encircles a center'.“Center” here, what it means is “a meaning,” and that which encircles it is a symbol, or a representation of the meaning. Mandalas represent wholeness, unity and harmony.Most importantly, your mandala needs to be soulful.You may bring vegetables & fruits of all colors to make mandalas or draw and paint on a sheet of paper the choice is yours. Just make sure you have fun with it. If the food mandala is bigger than 4 Sq.Ft and a very intricate design then more than one person can work on it, but please make sure you have friends around to share it with or you can always donate the food to a old age home or a home for the needy.

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.

" Take a break & just paint" focuses on stress relief through finger painting.
As an artist, I believe "Art is Meditational"
And, Finger Painting, is one such form of therapeutic art of relieving stress through creating art with the touch, feel, activating the senses of sight, at mental, emotional and also nurturing levels. With the flow of paints it also slightly works on acupressure points
+It allows one to express freely and creatively through Art.
And the best thing is it can be practiced by both children and adults.

screening of yester years super hit political drama Peddamanushulu. it is a 1954 Telugu film directed by Kadiri Venkata Reddy. The film is themed on corruption, and portrays all "Peddamanushulu" as corrupt.

Written by Lakshmi Narayan Lal, this play falls under the 'Theatre of Absurd' genre.

The play largely focuses on the idea of existentialism and showcases a court room scenario where logical construction and argument gives way to irrational and illogical speech and ultimately to silence. It follows the murder case of the Abdullah and addresses the comfortable certainties of social, religious and political orthodoxy and aims to shock its audience out of complacency and strives to bring them face to face with the harsh facts of the human situation.