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Lamakaan has been open since 2010. Here are the events held since then, month by month, and the recordings of talks and performances on our YouTube channel.
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Events in October 2010
From the old Lamakaan blog, as the Internet Archive saved it.
HOW FAR WILL YOU GO TO MAKE SOME ONE DO SOMETHING,
HOW FAR WILL YOU GO TO MAKE SOME ONE SMILE,
HOW FAR WILL YOU GO TO MAKE SOME ONE CRY,
HOW FAR WILL YOU GO TO MAKE SOME ONE FEEL DISGUSTED, AND
HOW FAR WILL YOU GO TO MAKE SOME ONE COME FOR A PLAY.
An evening with no issues.. with no scenes.. with no truth.. and no lie, & with no boundaries for anything.
Echo..!! India
Presents
Alpaviram
-An Evening of ‘Randomism’ as we call it.
Conceptualized and directed by Krishna Shukla.
Produced by Avinash Yadav.
Production Manager- Ujwal Reddy & Sailesh Pasupulati.
Come, Experience three Genres of Performing Arts come alive and amalgamating as one.
Date: 24th October, 2010.
Venue: Lamakaan,road no.1, in the lane next to the CBay building, opposite GVK One Mall, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
Passes are priced at Rs.100.
For Details and passes Contact:
Ujwal-9885328176
Sailesh-9966131879
Torn Curtains is back to perform ‘Behind the Bra’ on Sundays the 10th of October 2010 at Lamakaan. There will be two shows, one at 7pm and another at 8pm. Dont be late!
The latest project of The Torn Curtains is “Behind the Bra”, a play written by Nirati Agarwal, based on her interviews and research of the issues faced by breast cancer survivors. The monologues and dialogues in this play express the emotions of women coming to terms with the realities of this dreaded condition. We feel that these issues are dominant not only in our society but globally.
“You see, on the night of the surgery, after all the lymphomas, the weeping, the questioning, after all the chemo, it was finally time I talked. It was time I spoke to my body……………….”
“Behind the Bra” is created to bring about awareness and affect positive change.
The donor pass for this event is Rs 100.
For more details about Torn Curtains go to http://www.lamakaan.com/?p=375
Rang De- Hyderabad
Presents,
It’s a Wonderful Life
At Lamakaan on 9th October 2010 at 7pm
Entry free!
Some movies makes you think.
Some movies help you get a foothold in life when you are slipping.
Some movies reinforce your values through the sublime art of cinema. It’s a Wonderful Life is one such gem.
Frank Capra’s astute direction and James Stewart’s impeccable acting blend to create magic on screen.
George Bailey, the protagonist is a young man with lofty ideals but finds it difficult to control the reins of his own life. He becomes increasingly desperate due to mounting loans and the ensuing fear of arrest. When he becomes suicidal, an angel helps the frustrated young man realize the value of his life to himself and others. Through a series of events the angel shows how one man’s life can have more impact on things around him that anyone might realize. Watch this movie, ponder over it and rest assured, life will be a little different this time.
Come join Rang De – Hyderabad in celebrating life.
It’s a wonderful life indeed!
SS Hyderabad- October
October 9 2010 @ Lamakaan (Banjara Hills)
Theme: Learnings from brave startup failures
Brave entrepreneurs often tread the untreaded path pioneering an idea not tested thus far. In that process the entrepreneurs faces and solves problems hitherto unknown. Like with any venture, some ideas pan out well, others may be ahead of the times and the markets and then few others fail. In all of these though, the experiences offer an immense learning and insight for the entrepreneur. That would prove very valuable in the next venture he/she takes up. And also very helpful for the broader startup community. It is this aspect that we hope to discuss at this month’s SS Hyderabad.
Format: Entrepreneurs to share a brief on their startup, the idea, opportunity targeted, challenges faced and the learnings for posterity. We will have an angel investor present that will present his insights into what else may have helped.
Agenda:
10:00 Opening Comments
10:15: Startup story 1: Devaprakash –
An entrepreneur with interests in Healthcare, Services & Technology Consulting
11:00 Startup 2
11:45 Hyderabad Angels’ talk- Mr. Mohan Krishna
12:15 Lightning Pitches (if interested, pls contact undersigned)
12:45 Open Discussion
For lightning pitches please contact Priyanka (pgontla@gmail.com) or Ramesh (rameshl@progress.com). These will be short pitches on a startup’s product/biz idea seeking open discussion from all participants.
MAHABHARATA OF WOMEN – The Play on 31ST October
We are often propelled by the thoughts that are born from our childhood memories, stories and experiences. Sometimes we see trickles of our past flowing down the passage of our present; finding similarities in whatever we see, hear or understand.
“The Mahabharata of Women” reflects this inherent human behaviour that drives into what we are, what we want to be and what becomes of us. Dr. K. Madhavane’s play perfectly weaves the thoughts and the fear of an old mother dogged with the memory of a curse pursuing the descendants of her family. She is so obsessed with the curse that every incident of her street and even the stories she had heard, now resembled the fashion of the curse. Thus dawns a new facet of India’s greatest Epic Drama “The Mahabharata”,
the facet that brings forth The Women of Mahabharata or rather The Mahabharata of Women. Making the Revered, Rich and Resonant Epic even greater in its being!
NISHUMBITA
presents
Dr. K. Madhavane’s written ‘Mahabharata Of Women’
DIRECTED by:
Ram Mohan Holagundi
MAIN CAST:
Kiran Chiluveru, Pratima Sinha, Sowmya Ram and Pallavi Verma
ON:
31st October, 2010, Sunday, 7 pm.
AT:
Lamakaan, road no.1, in the lane next to the CBay building, opposite GVK One Mall, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.
Passes Available are priced at Rs.100.
For Details and passes Contact:
Ram: 9849256440
Kiran: 9866458233
On Saturday, 23rd October and Sunday, 24th October at 3 pm at Prof Swaminathan is speaking at Lamakaan.
On Saturday the 23rd he speaks on Oral Traditions of Sanskrit (Orality, Alphabets, Grammar, Verse & Syllable Structure, Scientific Notations, Number Systems, Ornamentation)
On Sunday the 24th he speaks on Indian Musical Heritage (with some comparisons to ancient & modern western classical music)
The program schedule is as follows
3-4 pm: Session 1
4-4:30 Snack Break
4:30-5:30: Session 2
About Prof Swaminathan:
Alok Rai, Professor in English, Indian Institute of Technology,Delhi, once said the following:
S. Swaminathan is something of a legend at IIT Delhi: over nearly three decades, hundreds of students and colleagues have partaken of the fruits of his avid, wide-ranging curiosity. Some, no doubt, will have benefited also from his professional, technical expertise – gears, to be precise. But for lesser mortals, it is his other, ‘lay’ interests that hold greater fascination. Because Swaminathan is, essentially, an enthusiast, and he has the true teacher’s gift of being able to communicate enthusiasm. Whether it be the glories of Sanskrit – barely discernible behind the fog of religious obscurantism – or the technical intricacies of the musical system as it evolved from the Sama-veda to now – or, as in the present instance, the many-splendoured delights of Ajanta, Swaminathan is an excellent companion. Of course there are greater experts, whom one reads with respect. But if one is looking for a knowledgeable companion, someone who will hold one’s hand and lead one gently into the wonders – the details, the quirks and oddities, the humour and the humanity – that still survive in those dark caves then, quite simply – he’s the man!
The program is free and open for all
The Bhopal gas tragedy: A continuing health crisis
Talk-cum-discussion on Thursday, 21 October at 6 pm at La Makaan, lane opp GVK Mall, adjacent to C Bay, Banjara Hills
When nations begin to industrialize, they garner resources for production technologies, but are loathe to spending money in rendering their toxic wastes harmless. They are instead dumped on the environment as this entails no cost. The impacts of such dumping show up as increased illnesses in humans and injury to vital life support systems, ie, air, water, land and biodiversity quality. A 1,000 MW coal-based power plant requires 17,000 km2 to sequester its CO2 emissions. To raise plantations on this area would cost Rs 3,500 cr in just the first year, a sum that exceeds half the plant cost. Existing forests do this job for free.
As countries progress, they accumulate sufficient surpluses and invest in minimizing impacts of toxic wastes at the local level, thus protecting their populations. However, they continue to dump wastes that have global impacts. Newly industrializing nations, eg, India, find themselves in the same position today that North nations were in 100 years ago. They do not have the money to invest in pollution control and risk abatement. A glaring case of dumping on the environment that had tragic consequence to people’s health is that of Bhopal gas leak. Government of India today admits that more than 20,000 people have died due the 1984 MIC gas leak. Yet, little has been done to restore their health.
The agenda for the evening is as follows:
Introduction to dumping on the environment, 10 mins.
Ramana Dhara, Adjunct Professor, Emory University: The need for community partnership in participatory epidemiology in the Bhopal disaster, 40 mins.