Lamakaan

The Society to Save Rocks, has been conserving the Deccan Rocks for 27 years. In celebration of the 2023 Earth Day theme “Invest in Our Planet “ stunning rock photographs shot by Society Member Ashok K Vootla.

will be on display from April 25th to 30th.

"Here's to new beginnings."
Most of you already are familiar with"Dialogue" as a platform but for the ones that are new...
"Dialogue" was started to create a community that can converse, discuss, and thaws on each other's ideas and ideologies.
After the pandemic, here we are with a book club having the same heart 💜
Our first book is PYRE by Perumal Murgan.
please read it and make points that you would like everyone to ponder.

Majdhar is a play where different people who want to cross the river, get on boat but get stuck in middle of a storm. Among them is a journalist "Shruthi" who is chasing a politician's son to get his story, there is a student leader "Lallan" who is a big politician's son with many criminal cases to his credit who comes along with his PA "Adi", who is twisted and corrupt guy. There is also a schoolboy called "Chambi" who is hydrophobic and is bullied by the PA. Jhoomru is the boat driver that is nakhuda. Come and watch "Majdhar", a beautiful story.
The entry for the play is free and is being hosted as a thank you to Lamakaan for everything for the last ten years. All are welcome

The summer heat is unrelenting, let's reduce the scorching sun heat through the evening cool breeze by watching one of the most influential and dynamic directors of all time, Orson Welles's films. May is also the birthday month of the director.

About Orson Welles: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including Caesar (1937), a modern, politically charged adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, which caused some listeners to believe that a Martian invasion was occurring. Although reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed 23-year-old Welles to notoriety.

His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made, and he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in as the title character, Charles Foster Kane. Welles released twelve other features, the most acclaimed of which include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), The Trial (1962), Chimes at Midnight (1966) and F for Fake (1973). His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, dramatic lighting, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots and long takes. David Thomson credits Welles with "the creation of a visual style that is simultaneously baroque and precise, overwhelmingly emotional, and unerringly founded in reality." He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur". Among Welles's notable roles in films by other directors are Rochester in Jane Eyre (1943), Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949) and Cardinal Wolsey in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Welles was a lifelong lover of Shakespeare, and Peter Bogdanovich writes that Chimes at Midnight, in which Welles plays John Falstaff, is "arguably his best film, and his own personal favorite"; Joseph McBride and Jonathan Rosenbaum have called it Welles's masterpiece, and Vincent Canby wrote "it may be the greatest Shakespearean film ever made."

Film Title: CITIZEN KANE | 1941 | 119 minutes | English Language |

About the film: The quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on American media barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, as well as aspects of the screenwriters' own lives.

Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. Citizen Kane is frequently cited as the greatest film ever made. For 50 consecutive years, it stood at number 1 in the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound decennial poll of critics, and it topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Movies list in 1998, as well as its 2007 update. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories, and it won Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Mankiewicz and Welles. Citizen Kane is praised for Gregg Toland's cinematography, Robert Wise's editing, Bernard Herrmann's music, and its narrative structure, all of which have been considered innovative and precedent-setting.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

As a part of the Catalysing Change Week 2023, Rubaroo, in collaboration with Catalyst 2030 is hosting a panel discussion on the topic: "Youth in Employment – Aspirations in the Social Sector" on the 5th of May, 2023. Catalyst 2030 is a global movement of people and organisations aspiring to achieve the Global Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and we are thrilled to be inviting you to be a panellist for this event.
Rubaroo is a youth development organisation based in Hyderabad since 2014. Rubaroo engages young people on social issues of social justice by bringing them 'face to face' with realities around them. We work on issues of Gender, Interfaith and Youth Development with young people from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, we will also be launching the first cohort of our Gender programme, the Emerging Leaders Programme 2023-24.

Six Yards Plus is a Hyderabad based startup that helps MORE women, MORE sarees, MORE often. We carry sarees from across India, some of them are curated and some are our signature designs. We are women run, work with over 300 artisans from across India, and incorporate sustainability into everything that we do. In our effort to help more women drape more sarees more often, we have created several category first initiatives, focused around sustainability. First, we have a line of preloved sarees called Dobara. Launched last year, Dobara has been instrumental in saving close to 3 L litres of water by increasing longevity of sarees and finding loving new homes for sarees. Second, our initiative SaRevive helps give a second lease of life to sarees in your wardrobe. We reinvent them with printing, painting and traditional craft techniques to help you preserve and use sarees for a longer period of time. Third, Antara, our upcycling studio helps you transform your sarees into functional home decor/frameables to increase their longevity, and to help you have them as a part of your life 😊 Finally, Sareetonin is our donation initiative where we incentivise clients to donate sarees which they no longer use. All of these initiatives have received a very positive response from our customers, and we have been able to add to the circular economy thereby impacting clients, climate and communities. So far, we have been running these initiatives from our website, on WhatsApp and in person at our store in Sagar Society. This April marks one year of these initiatives and we would like to celebrate this with an event to increase awareness about the initiatives and encourage sustainable, mindful consumption. On 6 May, Saturday, therefore, we would like to hold a series of discussions and workshops focused on sustainable consumption. In addition, we would like to put up and exhibition cum sale of preloved sarees as well as discuss revival of sarees. We believe that the Lamakaan space represents an approach that encourages slow and mindful consumption and would be the perfect for the event we have in mind.

How to write a character-based screenplay? The workshop covers all the fundamental concepts of screenplay writing along with a main focus on character. With examples from famous movies (English, Hindi, and Telugu). We explore main screenplay components like conflict, theme, plot, originality, etc.

​The Young Karl Marx, directed by Haitian filmmaker and political activist Raoul Peck, shows Marx, in his 20s, struggling to establish himself among the contemporary thinkers of the 19th century.

Disom – The Leadership School is an experiment started by Disom Foundation (www.disomfoundation.org) to nurture future ethical servant leaders for public life. Inspired by the Matsushita Institute for Government and Management in Japan, Disom intends to address a critical need in India at this time: selfless leaders, committed to the community and ultimately answerable to their “inner voice”

Disom offers a 15-month full-time programme which is experiential in nature and where the fellows practice
- Listening to each other and to their own inner voices,
- Living with and embracing diversity, and also
- Deep democracy, in its truest sense

Currently, our second batch with 19 fellows is underway since the last seven months. Our fellows are a diverse group, from 9 different states of the country, from different socio- economic backgrounds, with different educational and professional backgrounds, professing different faiths and ideologies.

Our programme involves travelling to different parts of the country, meeting people, seeing things and understanding the pain of communities. All the time, working on one’s own self. So it is as much a journey within as it is without.

We are in Hyderabad from May 9 to May 31. We would like to
Interact with young people to discuss about how we can collectively reimagine this new type of leadership that is so required today. We invite dreamers, pioneers, disrupters, artists, mavericks for this interaction planned at Lamakaan on Wednesday, May 10 from 5-7 pm.

See you all there and look forward to an enriching conversation

The summer heat is unrelenting, let's reduce the scorching sun heat through the evening cool breeze by watching one of the most influential and dynamic directors of all time, Orson Welles's films. May is also the birthday month of the director.

About Orson Welles: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including Caesar (1937), a modern, politically charged adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, which caused some listeners to believe that a Martian invasion was occurring. Although reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed 23-year-old Welles to notoriety.

His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made, and he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in as the title character, Charles Foster Kane. Welles released twelve other features, the most acclaimed of which include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), The Trial (1962), Chimes at Midnight (1966) and F for Fake (1973). His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, dramatic lighting, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots and long takes. David Thomson credits Welles with "the creation of a visual style that is simultaneously baroque and precise, overwhelmingly emotional, and unerringly founded in reality." He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur". Among Welles's notable roles in films by other directors are Rochester in Jane Eyre (1943), Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949) and Cardinal Wolsey in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Welles was a lifelong lover of Shakespeare, and Peter Bogdanovich writes that Chimes at Midnight, in which Welles plays John Falstaff, is "arguably his best film, and his own personal favorite"; Joseph McBride and Jonathan Rosenbaum have called it Welles's masterpiece, and Vincent Canby wrote, "it may be the greatest Shakespearean film ever made."

Film Title: THE TRAIL | 1962 | 118 minutes | English Language |

About the film: The Trial is a 1962 drama directed by Orson Welles, who also wrote the screenplay based on the 1925 posthumously published novel of the same name by Franz Kafka. Welles stated immediately after completing the film: "The Trial is the best film I have ever made".
Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They inform him he is on trial without exposing the reasons behind it. To find out more and protest his innocence, the man starts to look behind the facade of the judicial system. His efforts, however, seem to lead nowhere.


SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

The Imminent Demolition of Victoria Zenana Hospital Why should we care? What can we do?


Convener: Sajjad Shahid


There have been multiple news reports in recent weeks alerting us to the likely demolition of Victoria Zenana Hospital, located on the premises of the High Court of Telangana. The media coverage has helped create awareness about the hospital's historical and cultural significance, leading to public concern about its possible demolition.
The hospital was constructed during the reign of the 6th Nizam, H.H. Nawab Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Bahadur. It holds a special place in the history of the city and the memories of its residents. Sadly, neglecting or intentionally destroying heritage buildings like this threatens to erase these memories.
The media is the most powerful force that we have as a democracy to influence public opinion and hold authority to account. We have come together as concerned citizens to provide background information and perspective to the media on this issue and outline some possibilities for further action on the part of citizens.

"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of fun and fury, signifying nothing...and yet everything"

Sifar invites you to a original black comedy play ALMOST FLAWLESS

The summer heat is unrelenting, let's reduce the scorching sun heat through the evening cool breeze by watching one of the most influential and dynamic directors of all time, Orson Welles's films. May is also the birthday month of the director.

About Orson Welles: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including Caesar (1937), a modern, politically charged adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, which caused some listeners to believe that a Martian invasion was occurring. Although reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed 23-year-old Welles to notoriety.

His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made, and he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in as the title character, Charles Foster Kane. Welles released twelve other features, the most acclaimed of which include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), The Trial (1962), Chimes at Midnight (1966) and F for Fake (1973). His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, dramatic lighting, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots and long takes. David Thomson credits Welles with "the creation of a visual style that is simultaneously baroque and precise, overwhelmingly emotional, and unerringly founded in reality." He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur". Among Welles's notable roles in films by other directors are Rochester in Jane Eyre (1943), Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949) and Cardinal Wolsey in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Welles was a lifelong lover of Shakespeare, and Peter Bogdanovich writes that Chimes at Midnight, in which Welles plays John Falstaff, is "arguably his best film, and his own personal favorite"; Joseph McBride and Jonathan Rosenbaum have called it Welles's masterpiece, and Vincent Canby wrote, "it may be the greatest Shakespearean film ever made."

Film Title: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI | 1947 | 88 minutes | English Language |

About the film: The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane. It is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.

Although initially received mixed reviews, it has grown in stature over the years, and many critics have praised its set designs and camerawork. In 2018, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

The movie is about a heartwarming and emotional journey between a father, Thirumala Rao, and his son, Sanjay. This short film showcases the complex yet beautiful relationship between a parent and child, as they navigate through life's ups and downs. Through touching moments of love, sacrifice, and forgiveness, Thirumala Rao and Sanjay learn to appreciate and cherish the bond they share.

Written & Directed by Kishore G

This screening is free for everyone, and we invite you to come and experience this moving story with us.

Qeemat is an intense drama based on the ugly truth of the unsecured internet world. It deals with cyber-crime and how the young generation of today's world that are addicted to social media, what dangers they are prone to. Qeemat is a story of a young high school going girl "Poorvi" who is excellent in her studies. She is the only daughter to her busy parents who has given her everything. Poorvi's schedule and life changes after she receives a mobile as gift from her parents. The story further unfolds to unimaginable truth that the young minds are dealing with - the price the vulnerable end up paying. This show must watch by all and is an awareness show. Entry is free for all.

Clay time and play time
Artist Crimson (aka Satish Mandalaparthy) is a Hyderabad-based visual arts teacher. He is a seasoned painter, sculptor, and botanical handicraftsman. He honed his sculpting skills with his guru, Shri Kota Pardha Sarathi. Satish was associated with AIR Radio and S.F.M. 93.5 as a radio jockey and programme producer for many years. He found his true calling in teaching and training young artists.
Claytime-Playtime is one of Crimson's most successful and well-participated workshops.
So, pull up your sleeves, come join the artist at Lamakaan, and let's mess around a bit with clay (remember to clean your work space before leaving).
Clay is provided (non-toxic, used by professional artists for modelling).
Things you will need: The best tools for playing with clay are your fingers; there is no need for any preparation or tools. You would need an apron and a cleaning cloth for your hands.
You can bring in your clay carving tools. If you wish to, there will still be a few clay carving tools for detailing.
This is an open event, and we would appreciate it if you could join us with your friends, partners, and children (the more the merrier).
Breaktime refreshments are included (chai, nimbu paani, and samosa).
Remember the dates: May 20, 2023, and May 21, 2023 (Saturday and Sunday).
Participation Fee: 500 per day.
Timings (10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Contact number: 9642731329.

Na Chhupao, Na Ghabraao, Periods Ki Kahani Sab ko Sunao

Clay time and play time
Artist Crimson (aka Satish Mandalaparthy) is a Hyderabad-based visual arts teacher. He is a seasoned painter, sculptor, and botanical handicraftsman. He honed his sculpting skills with his guru, Shri Kota Pardha Sarathi. Satish was associated with AIR Radio and S.F.M. 93.5 as a radio jockey and programme producer for many years. He found his true calling in teaching and training young artists.
Claytime-Playtime is one of Crimson's most successful and well-participated workshops.
So, pull up your sleeves, come join the artist at Lamakaan, and let's mess around a bit with clay (remember to clean your work space before leaving).
Clay is provided (non-toxic, used by professional artists for modelling).
Things you will need: The best tools for playing with clay are your fingers; there is no need for any preparation or tools. You would need an apron and a cleaning cloth for your hands.
You can bring in your clay carving tools. If you wish to, there will still be a few clay carving tools for detailing.
This is an open event, and we would appreciate it if you could join us with your friends, partners, and children (the more the merrier).
Breaktime refreshments are included (chai, nimbu paani, and samosa).
Remember the dates: May 20, 2023, and May 21, 2023 (Saturday and Sunday).
Participation Fee: 500 per day.
Timings (10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Contact number: 9642731329.

What do you yearn the most in life? A good car? A big house? A big fat salary? Or just the small things in life which are so simple yet so extraordinary...things that take up the most room in our hearts.. like a simple talk with your best friend.. a nap in your mother’s lap.. something..?
How far would you go to get the simple things you love in life? Like a smile, a handshake, a hug.

Banerjee Babu tries his best for the same and in a simple turn of events, he takes us on a ride so emotional that you would think twice before taking those simple things for granted.

Experience joy, lies, betrayal, faith, empathy and love with us.

The summer heat is unrelenting, let's reduce the scorching sun heat through the evening cool breeze by watching one of the most influential and dynamic directors of all time, Orson Welles's films. May is also the birthday month of the director.

About Orson Welles: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including Caesar (1937), a modern, politically charged adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, which caused some listeners to believe that a Martian invasion was occurring. Although reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed 23-year-old Welles to notoriety.

His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made, and he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in as the title character, Charles Foster Kane. Welles released twelve other features, the most acclaimed of which include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), The Trial (1962), Chimes at Midnight (1966) and F for Fake (1973). His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, dramatic lighting, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots and long takes. David Thomson credits Welles with "the creation of a visual style that is simultaneously baroque and precise, overwhelmingly emotional, and unerringly founded in reality." He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur". Among Welles's notable roles in films by other directors are Rochester in Jane Eyre (1943), Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949) and Cardinal Wolsey in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Welles was a lifelong lover of Shakespeare, and Peter Bogdanovich writes that Chimes at Midnight, in which Welles plays John Falstaff, is "arguably his best film, and his own personal favorite"; Joseph McBride and Jonathan Rosenbaum have called it Welles's masterpiece, and Vincent Canby wrote "it may be the greatest Shakespearean film ever made."

Film Title: THE STRANGER | 1946 | 95 minutes | English Language |


About the film: The Stranger is a 1946 American thriller film noir directed and co-written by Orson Welles, starring Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, and Orson Welles. Welles's third completed feature film as director and his first film noir centers on a war crimes investigator tracking a high-ranking Nazi fugitive to a Connecticut town. It is the first Hollywood film to present documentary footage of the Holocaust.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

"Jenda Pai kapiraju" A new telugu web-series, falls under "Action-family comedy" genre. Which is produced by "Mayabazar talkies" in nativity on coastal "Andhra Pradesh". Episode 1,2&3 will be steaming at "Lamakaan" on "26th May".
Here Share Teaser & Trailer Below :
Teaser - https://youtu.be/vxnQd1Yrl08
Trailer - https://youtu.be/QHkl9neRHc4

"JPK" series season-01 started streaming online from 12th May of 2023 on "Wirally Originals" @YOUTUBE.

"ajiib dāstān hai ye!" is a performance consisting of more than one dastan (story) told by artists as a solo performance. The collection of dastans which are eccentric will be showcased. This theatrical storytelling performance is developed in a way that is more intimate with the audience and there would be no props used other than just costumes. Stories can be in several languages told by various artists. Inaugural performances featured "Bey" written by Shaukat Thanvi and "Marhoom Ki Yaad Mein" by Patras Bukhari, performed by Rajguru Mohan and Tarique Hameed respectively at WIC Dehradun on 27th August 2022.

Story one:
"Bey" is a short story written by Shaukat Thanvi. It is said by the astrologer to the protagonist that the reason for your death would be a word starting from the second letter of Urdu alphabets 'Bey', that is 'B' in English and 'ब' in Hindi. The protagonist must be cautious of all things which start from the letter "Bey" to stay alive. This story is performed by Rajguru Mohan.

Story Two:
"Marhoom Ki Yaad Mein" is Patras Bokhari's most famous essay from his sole masterpiece Patras ke Mazameen. It is a story of a cycle that Patras buys from his friend Mirza. It is arguably the funniest story ever written in Urdu. This story is performed by Tarique Hameed.

AIM
Our aim is to bring all the relevant stakeholders on the similar page and to address the wide-ranging concerns concurrently so as to cater to the learning from each other.
VISION
Our vision is to build up this culture in continuity so as to create a safe, sustainable and conscious space for the menstruators to learn from each other through adopting practices.
OUR CALL –
Thus, we would like to present a heartfelt welcome to all of you to join us for the Menstrual Hygiene Day and support us in our motive of addressing the concerns of environment, health and sustainability. This event gives you a platform to connect with relevant stakeholders and craft your own space in the cause.

Fruit bowl event is an event where all the volunteers come together and cut the fruits to make into fruit bowls. These fruit bowls are then distributed to the needy people.

Persepolis book 1&2 discussion

"ajiib dāstān hai ye!" is a performance consisting of more than one dastan (story) told by artists as a solo performance. The collection of dastans which are eccentric will be showcased. This theatrical storytelling performance is developed in a way that is more intimate with the audience and there would be no props used other than just costumes. Stories can be in several languages told by various artists. Inaugural performances featured "Bey" written by Shaukat Thanvi and "Marhoom Ki Yaad Mein" by Patras Bukhari, performed by Rajguru Mohan and Tarique Hameed respectively at WIC Dehradun on 27th August 2022.

Story one:
"Bey" is a short story written by Shaukat Thanvi. It is said by the astrologer to the protagonist that the reason for your death would be a word starting from the second letter of Urdu alphabets 'Bey', that is 'B' in English and 'ब' in Hindi. The protagonist must be cautious of all things which start from the letter "Bey" to stay alive. This story is performed by Rajguru Mohan.

Story Two:
"Marhoom Ki Yaad Mein" is Patras Bokhari's most famous essay from his sole masterpiece Patras ke Mazameen. It is a story of a cycle that Patras buys from his friend Mirza. It is arguably the funniest story ever written in Urdu. This story is performed by Tarique Hameed.

Performing Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam)

The Society to Save Rocks, has been conserving the Deccan Rocks for 27 years. In celebration of the 2023 Earth Day theme “Invest in Our Planet “ stunning rock photographs shot by Society Member Ashok K Vootla.

will be on display from April 25th to 30th.

"Here's to new beginnings."
Most of you already are familiar with"Dialogue" as a platform but for the ones that are new...
"Dialogue" was started to create a community that can converse, discuss, and thaws on each other's ideas and ideologies.
After the pandemic, here we are with a book club having the same heart 💜
Our first book is PYRE by Perumal Murgan.
please read it and make points that you would like everyone to ponder.

Majdhar is a play where different people who want to cross the river, get on boat but get stuck in middle of a storm. Among them is a journalist "Shruthi" who is chasing a politician's son to get his story, there is a student leader "Lallan" who is a big politician's son with many criminal cases to his credit who comes along with his PA "Adi", who is twisted and corrupt guy. There is also a schoolboy called "Chambi" who is hydrophobic and is bullied by the PA. Jhoomru is the boat driver that is nakhuda. Come and watch "Majdhar", a beautiful story.
The entry for the play is free and is being hosted as a thank you to Lamakaan for everything for the last ten years. All are welcome

The summer heat is unrelenting, let's reduce the scorching sun heat through the evening cool breeze by watching one of the most influential and dynamic directors of all time, Orson Welles's films. May is also the birthday month of the director.

About Orson Welles: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including Caesar (1937), a modern, politically charged adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, which caused some listeners to believe that a Martian invasion was occurring. Although reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed 23-year-old Welles to notoriety.

His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made, and he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in as the title character, Charles Foster Kane. Welles released twelve other features, the most acclaimed of which include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), The Trial (1962), Chimes at Midnight (1966) and F for Fake (1973). His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, dramatic lighting, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots and long takes. David Thomson credits Welles with "the creation of a visual style that is simultaneously baroque and precise, overwhelmingly emotional, and unerringly founded in reality." He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur". Among Welles's notable roles in films by other directors are Rochester in Jane Eyre (1943), Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949) and Cardinal Wolsey in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Welles was a lifelong lover of Shakespeare, and Peter Bogdanovich writes that Chimes at Midnight, in which Welles plays John Falstaff, is "arguably his best film, and his own personal favorite"; Joseph McBride and Jonathan Rosenbaum have called it Welles's masterpiece, and Vincent Canby wrote "it may be the greatest Shakespearean film ever made."

Film Title: CITIZEN KANE | 1941 | 119 minutes | English Language |

About the film: The quasi-biographical film examines the life and legacy of Charles Foster Kane, played by Welles, a composite character based on American media barons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, Chicago tycoons Samuel Insull and Harold McCormick, as well as aspects of the screenwriters' own lives.

Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. Citizen Kane is frequently cited as the greatest film ever made. For 50 consecutive years, it stood at number 1 in the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound decennial poll of critics, and it topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Movies list in 1998, as well as its 2007 update. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories, and it won Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Mankiewicz and Welles. Citizen Kane is praised for Gregg Toland's cinematography, Robert Wise's editing, Bernard Herrmann's music, and its narrative structure, all of which have been considered innovative and precedent-setting.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

As a part of the Catalysing Change Week 2023, Rubaroo, in collaboration with Catalyst 2030 is hosting a panel discussion on the topic: "Youth in Employment – Aspirations in the Social Sector" on the 5th of May, 2023. Catalyst 2030 is a global movement of people and organisations aspiring to achieve the Global Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and we are thrilled to be inviting you to be a panellist for this event.
Rubaroo is a youth development organisation based in Hyderabad since 2014. Rubaroo engages young people on social issues of social justice by bringing them 'face to face' with realities around them. We work on issues of Gender, Interfaith and Youth Development with young people from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, we will also be launching the first cohort of our Gender programme, the Emerging Leaders Programme 2023-24.

Six Yards Plus is a Hyderabad based startup that helps MORE women, MORE sarees, MORE often. We carry sarees from across India, some of them are curated and some are our signature designs. We are women run, work with over 300 artisans from across India, and incorporate sustainability into everything that we do. In our effort to help more women drape more sarees more often, we have created several category first initiatives, focused around sustainability. First, we have a line of preloved sarees called Dobara. Launched last year, Dobara has been instrumental in saving close to 3 L litres of water by increasing longevity of sarees and finding loving new homes for sarees. Second, our initiative SaRevive helps give a second lease of life to sarees in your wardrobe. We reinvent them with printing, painting and traditional craft techniques to help you preserve and use sarees for a longer period of time. Third, Antara, our upcycling studio helps you transform your sarees into functional home decor/frameables to increase their longevity, and to help you have them as a part of your life 😊 Finally, Sareetonin is our donation initiative where we incentivise clients to donate sarees which they no longer use. All of these initiatives have received a very positive response from our customers, and we have been able to add to the circular economy thereby impacting clients, climate and communities. So far, we have been running these initiatives from our website, on WhatsApp and in person at our store in Sagar Society. This April marks one year of these initiatives and we would like to celebrate this with an event to increase awareness about the initiatives and encourage sustainable, mindful consumption. On 6 May, Saturday, therefore, we would like to hold a series of discussions and workshops focused on sustainable consumption. In addition, we would like to put up and exhibition cum sale of preloved sarees as well as discuss revival of sarees. We believe that the Lamakaan space represents an approach that encourages slow and mindful consumption and would be the perfect for the event we have in mind.

How to write a character-based screenplay? The workshop covers all the fundamental concepts of screenplay writing along with a main focus on character. With examples from famous movies (English, Hindi, and Telugu). We explore main screenplay components like conflict, theme, plot, originality, etc.

​The Young Karl Marx, directed by Haitian filmmaker and political activist Raoul Peck, shows Marx, in his 20s, struggling to establish himself among the contemporary thinkers of the 19th century.

Disom – The Leadership School is an experiment started by Disom Foundation (www.disomfoundation.org) to nurture future ethical servant leaders for public life. Inspired by the Matsushita Institute for Government and Management in Japan, Disom intends to address a critical need in India at this time: selfless leaders, committed to the community and ultimately answerable to their “inner voice”

Disom offers a 15-month full-time programme which is experiential in nature and where the fellows practice
- Listening to each other and to their own inner voices,
- Living with and embracing diversity, and also
- Deep democracy, in its truest sense

Currently, our second batch with 19 fellows is underway since the last seven months. Our fellows are a diverse group, from 9 different states of the country, from different socio- economic backgrounds, with different educational and professional backgrounds, professing different faiths and ideologies.

Our programme involves travelling to different parts of the country, meeting people, seeing things and understanding the pain of communities. All the time, working on one’s own self. So it is as much a journey within as it is without.

We are in Hyderabad from May 9 to May 31. We would like to
Interact with young people to discuss about how we can collectively reimagine this new type of leadership that is so required today. We invite dreamers, pioneers, disrupters, artists, mavericks for this interaction planned at Lamakaan on Wednesday, May 10 from 5-7 pm.

See you all there and look forward to an enriching conversation

The summer heat is unrelenting, let's reduce the scorching sun heat through the evening cool breeze by watching one of the most influential and dynamic directors of all time, Orson Welles's films. May is also the birthday month of the director.

About Orson Welles: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including Caesar (1937), a modern, politically charged adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, which caused some listeners to believe that a Martian invasion was occurring. Although reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed 23-year-old Welles to notoriety.

His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made, and he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in as the title character, Charles Foster Kane. Welles released twelve other features, the most acclaimed of which include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), The Trial (1962), Chimes at Midnight (1966) and F for Fake (1973). His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, dramatic lighting, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots and long takes. David Thomson credits Welles with "the creation of a visual style that is simultaneously baroque and precise, overwhelmingly emotional, and unerringly founded in reality." He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur". Among Welles's notable roles in films by other directors are Rochester in Jane Eyre (1943), Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949) and Cardinal Wolsey in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Welles was a lifelong lover of Shakespeare, and Peter Bogdanovich writes that Chimes at Midnight, in which Welles plays John Falstaff, is "arguably his best film, and his own personal favorite"; Joseph McBride and Jonathan Rosenbaum have called it Welles's masterpiece, and Vincent Canby wrote, "it may be the greatest Shakespearean film ever made."

Film Title: THE TRAIL | 1962 | 118 minutes | English Language |

About the film: The Trial is a 1962 drama directed by Orson Welles, who also wrote the screenplay based on the 1925 posthumously published novel of the same name by Franz Kafka. Welles stated immediately after completing the film: "The Trial is the best film I have ever made".
Josef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They inform him he is on trial without exposing the reasons behind it. To find out more and protest his innocence, the man starts to look behind the facade of the judicial system. His efforts, however, seem to lead nowhere.


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The Imminent Demolition of Victoria Zenana Hospital Why should we care? What can we do?


Convener: Sajjad Shahid


There have been multiple news reports in recent weeks alerting us to the likely demolition of Victoria Zenana Hospital, located on the premises of the High Court of Telangana. The media coverage has helped create awareness about the hospital's historical and cultural significance, leading to public concern about its possible demolition.
The hospital was constructed during the reign of the 6th Nizam, H.H. Nawab Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Bahadur. It holds a special place in the history of the city and the memories of its residents. Sadly, neglecting or intentionally destroying heritage buildings like this threatens to erase these memories.
The media is the most powerful force that we have as a democracy to influence public opinion and hold authority to account. We have come together as concerned citizens to provide background information and perspective to the media on this issue and outline some possibilities for further action on the part of citizens.

"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of fun and fury, signifying nothing...and yet everything"

Sifar invites you to a original black comedy play ALMOST FLAWLESS

The summer heat is unrelenting, let's reduce the scorching sun heat through the evening cool breeze by watching one of the most influential and dynamic directors of all time, Orson Welles's films. May is also the birthday month of the director.

About Orson Welles: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including Caesar (1937), a modern, politically charged adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, which caused some listeners to believe that a Martian invasion was occurring. Although reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed 23-year-old Welles to notoriety.

His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made, and he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in as the title character, Charles Foster Kane. Welles released twelve other features, the most acclaimed of which include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), The Trial (1962), Chimes at Midnight (1966) and F for Fake (1973). His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, dramatic lighting, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots and long takes. David Thomson credits Welles with "the creation of a visual style that is simultaneously baroque and precise, overwhelmingly emotional, and unerringly founded in reality." He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur". Among Welles's notable roles in films by other directors are Rochester in Jane Eyre (1943), Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949) and Cardinal Wolsey in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Welles was a lifelong lover of Shakespeare, and Peter Bogdanovich writes that Chimes at Midnight, in which Welles plays John Falstaff, is "arguably his best film, and his own personal favorite"; Joseph McBride and Jonathan Rosenbaum have called it Welles's masterpiece, and Vincent Canby wrote, "it may be the greatest Shakespearean film ever made."

Film Title: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI | 1947 | 88 minutes | English Language |

About the film: The Lady from Shanghai is a 1947 American film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his estranged wife Rita Hayworth, and Everett Sloane. It is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King.

Although initially received mixed reviews, it has grown in stature over the years, and many critics have praised its set designs and camerawork. In 2018, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

The movie is about a heartwarming and emotional journey between a father, Thirumala Rao, and his son, Sanjay. This short film showcases the complex yet beautiful relationship between a parent and child, as they navigate through life's ups and downs. Through touching moments of love, sacrifice, and forgiveness, Thirumala Rao and Sanjay learn to appreciate and cherish the bond they share.

Written & Directed by Kishore G

This screening is free for everyone, and we invite you to come and experience this moving story with us.

Qeemat is an intense drama based on the ugly truth of the unsecured internet world. It deals with cyber-crime and how the young generation of today's world that are addicted to social media, what dangers they are prone to. Qeemat is a story of a young high school going girl "Poorvi" who is excellent in her studies. She is the only daughter to her busy parents who has given her everything. Poorvi's schedule and life changes after she receives a mobile as gift from her parents. The story further unfolds to unimaginable truth that the young minds are dealing with - the price the vulnerable end up paying. This show must watch by all and is an awareness show. Entry is free for all.

Clay time and play time
Artist Crimson (aka Satish Mandalaparthy) is a Hyderabad-based visual arts teacher. He is a seasoned painter, sculptor, and botanical handicraftsman. He honed his sculpting skills with his guru, Shri Kota Pardha Sarathi. Satish was associated with AIR Radio and S.F.M. 93.5 as a radio jockey and programme producer for many years. He found his true calling in teaching and training young artists.
Claytime-Playtime is one of Crimson's most successful and well-participated workshops.
So, pull up your sleeves, come join the artist at Lamakaan, and let's mess around a bit with clay (remember to clean your work space before leaving).
Clay is provided (non-toxic, used by professional artists for modelling).
Things you will need: The best tools for playing with clay are your fingers; there is no need for any preparation or tools. You would need an apron and a cleaning cloth for your hands.
You can bring in your clay carving tools. If you wish to, there will still be a few clay carving tools for detailing.
This is an open event, and we would appreciate it if you could join us with your friends, partners, and children (the more the merrier).
Breaktime refreshments are included (chai, nimbu paani, and samosa).
Remember the dates: May 20, 2023, and May 21, 2023 (Saturday and Sunday).
Participation Fee: 500 per day.
Timings (10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Contact number: 9642731329.

Na Chhupao, Na Ghabraao, Periods Ki Kahani Sab ko Sunao

Clay time and play time
Artist Crimson (aka Satish Mandalaparthy) is a Hyderabad-based visual arts teacher. He is a seasoned painter, sculptor, and botanical handicraftsman. He honed his sculpting skills with his guru, Shri Kota Pardha Sarathi. Satish was associated with AIR Radio and S.F.M. 93.5 as a radio jockey and programme producer for many years. He found his true calling in teaching and training young artists.
Claytime-Playtime is one of Crimson's most successful and well-participated workshops.
So, pull up your sleeves, come join the artist at Lamakaan, and let's mess around a bit with clay (remember to clean your work space before leaving).
Clay is provided (non-toxic, used by professional artists for modelling).
Things you will need: The best tools for playing with clay are your fingers; there is no need for any preparation or tools. You would need an apron and a cleaning cloth for your hands.
You can bring in your clay carving tools. If you wish to, there will still be a few clay carving tools for detailing.
This is an open event, and we would appreciate it if you could join us with your friends, partners, and children (the more the merrier).
Breaktime refreshments are included (chai, nimbu paani, and samosa).
Remember the dates: May 20, 2023, and May 21, 2023 (Saturday and Sunday).
Participation Fee: 500 per day.
Timings (10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Contact number: 9642731329.

What do you yearn the most in life? A good car? A big house? A big fat salary? Or just the small things in life which are so simple yet so extraordinary...things that take up the most room in our hearts.. like a simple talk with your best friend.. a nap in your mother’s lap.. something..?
How far would you go to get the simple things you love in life? Like a smile, a handshake, a hug.

Banerjee Babu tries his best for the same and in a simple turn of events, he takes us on a ride so emotional that you would think twice before taking those simple things for granted.

Experience joy, lies, betrayal, faith, empathy and love with us.

The summer heat is unrelenting, let's reduce the scorching sun heat through the evening cool breeze by watching one of the most influential and dynamic directors of all time, Orson Welles's films. May is also the birthday month of the director.

About Orson Welles: George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre. He is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.

In 1937, he and John Houseman founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on Broadway through 1941, including Caesar (1937), a modern, politically charged adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

In 1938, his radio anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air gave Welles the platform to find international fame as the director and narrator of a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds, which caused some listeners to believe that a Martian invasion was occurring. Although reports of panic were mostly false and overstated, they rocketed 23-year-old Welles to notoriety.

His first film was Citizen Kane (1941), which is consistently ranked as one of the greatest films ever made, and he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in as the title character, Charles Foster Kane. Welles released twelve other features, the most acclaimed of which include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), The Trial (1962), Chimes at Midnight (1966) and F for Fake (1973). His distinctive directorial style featured layered and nonlinear narrative forms, dramatic lighting, unusual camera angles, sound techniques borrowed from radio, deep focus shots and long takes. David Thomson credits Welles with "the creation of a visual style that is simultaneously baroque and precise, overwhelmingly emotional, and unerringly founded in reality." He has been praised as "the ultimate auteur". Among Welles's notable roles in films by other directors are Rochester in Jane Eyre (1943), Harry Lime in The Third Man (1949) and Cardinal Wolsey in A Man for All Seasons (1966). Welles was a lifelong lover of Shakespeare, and Peter Bogdanovich writes that Chimes at Midnight, in which Welles plays John Falstaff, is "arguably his best film, and his own personal favorite"; Joseph McBride and Jonathan Rosenbaum have called it Welles's masterpiece, and Vincent Canby wrote "it may be the greatest Shakespearean film ever made."

Film Title: THE STRANGER | 1946 | 95 minutes | English Language |


About the film: The Stranger is a 1946 American thriller film noir directed and co-written by Orson Welles, starring Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, and Orson Welles. Welles's third completed feature film as director and his first film noir centers on a war crimes investigator tracking a high-ranking Nazi fugitive to a Connecticut town. It is the first Hollywood film to present documentary footage of the Holocaust.

SCREENING FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION! ALL ARE WELCOME!!! ENTRY IS FREE & OPEN TO ALL!!!

"Jenda Pai kapiraju" A new telugu web-series, falls under "Action-family comedy" genre. Which is produced by "Mayabazar talkies" in nativity on coastal "Andhra Pradesh". Episode 1,2&3 will be steaming at "Lamakaan" on "26th May".
Here Share Teaser & Trailer Below :
Teaser - https://youtu.be/vxnQd1Yrl08
Trailer - https://youtu.be/QHkl9neRHc4

"JPK" series season-01 started streaming online from 12th May of 2023 on "Wirally Originals" @YOUTUBE.

"ajiib dāstān hai ye!" is a performance consisting of more than one dastan (story) told by artists as a solo performance. The collection of dastans which are eccentric will be showcased. This theatrical storytelling performance is developed in a way that is more intimate with the audience and there would be no props used other than just costumes. Stories can be in several languages told by various artists. Inaugural performances featured "Bey" written by Shaukat Thanvi and "Marhoom Ki Yaad Mein" by Patras Bukhari, performed by Rajguru Mohan and Tarique Hameed respectively at WIC Dehradun on 27th August 2022.

Story one:
"Bey" is a short story written by Shaukat Thanvi. It is said by the astrologer to the protagonist that the reason for your death would be a word starting from the second letter of Urdu alphabets 'Bey', that is 'B' in English and 'ब' in Hindi. The protagonist must be cautious of all things which start from the letter "Bey" to stay alive. This story is performed by Rajguru Mohan.

Story Two:
"Marhoom Ki Yaad Mein" is Patras Bokhari's most famous essay from his sole masterpiece Patras ke Mazameen. It is a story of a cycle that Patras buys from his friend Mirza. It is arguably the funniest story ever written in Urdu. This story is performed by Tarique Hameed.

AIM
Our aim is to bring all the relevant stakeholders on the similar page and to address the wide-ranging concerns concurrently so as to cater to the learning from each other.
VISION
Our vision is to build up this culture in continuity so as to create a safe, sustainable and conscious space for the menstruators to learn from each other through adopting practices.
OUR CALL –
Thus, we would like to present a heartfelt welcome to all of you to join us for the Menstrual Hygiene Day and support us in our motive of addressing the concerns of environment, health and sustainability. This event gives you a platform to connect with relevant stakeholders and craft your own space in the cause.

Fruit bowl event is an event where all the volunteers come together and cut the fruits to make into fruit bowls. These fruit bowls are then distributed to the needy people.

Persepolis book 1&2 discussion

"ajiib dāstān hai ye!" is a performance consisting of more than one dastan (story) told by artists as a solo performance. The collection of dastans which are eccentric will be showcased. This theatrical storytelling performance is developed in a way that is more intimate with the audience and there would be no props used other than just costumes. Stories can be in several languages told by various artists. Inaugural performances featured "Bey" written by Shaukat Thanvi and "Marhoom Ki Yaad Mein" by Patras Bukhari, performed by Rajguru Mohan and Tarique Hameed respectively at WIC Dehradun on 27th August 2022.

Story one:
"Bey" is a short story written by Shaukat Thanvi. It is said by the astrologer to the protagonist that the reason for your death would be a word starting from the second letter of Urdu alphabets 'Bey', that is 'B' in English and 'ब' in Hindi. The protagonist must be cautious of all things which start from the letter "Bey" to stay alive. This story is performed by Rajguru Mohan.

Story Two:
"Marhoom Ki Yaad Mein" is Patras Bokhari's most famous essay from his sole masterpiece Patras ke Mazameen. It is a story of a cycle that Patras buys from his friend Mirza. It is arguably the funniest story ever written in Urdu. This story is performed by Tarique Hameed.