Bazm-e-Sukhan Urdu Meet up

Bazm-e-Sukhan Urdu Meet up

Tuesday, 18th August 2020, 10 pm, Meeting

This is an ONLINE event.

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Meeting ID: 881 5471 8973
Password: urdu

18th August 2020 10 PM IST, 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Bazm e Sukhan is a weekly gathering of those interested in Urdu literature. A bunch of 20 odd people meet every Tuesday at 10 pm on Lamakaan online platform and discuss Urdu poetry and prose. Each session usually focuses on one poet, or writer, or a particular aspect of the form, structure, or grammar of Urdu writing.

All are welcome!

Organizer
Lamakaan

Lamakaan, An Open Cultural & inclusive Space in Hyderabad that promotes and presents the best of arts, literature, theatre, debates, discussions, and dialogue with a commitment to being open and accessible. For more details about the space and events visit us at www.lamakaan.com

The 7th Hasan Memorial Lecture 2020 on ‘MUSIC NATIONALISM AND LIBERATION’ by TM Krishna

The 7th Hasan Memorial Lecture 2020 on ‘MUSIC NATIONALISM AND LIBERATION’ by TM Krishna

Lecture, 15th August 2020, Saturday, 7 pm IST

This is an ONLINE event on www.lamakaan.com

 

About the topic:

Nations and nationalisms are so often defined through religion, ethnicity, race, language, or even national culture. These seem to all belong, in one way or another, in smaller or greater ways, to a nation. But music, even as it belongs to the society or people can rarely be confined to a nation. So while religions or languages seem to stop at the border, music seems to cut past – connecting, touching, and embracing. And yet, even as we celebrate music’s ability to transcend borders, we must also remember the recurring affinity between music and nationalism. As a musician then how do you see the relationship between music nationalism and the project of human liberation?

About the speaker: TM Krishna Carnatic Musician & Writer

As a vocalist in the Karnatik tradition, Thodur Madabusi Krishna’s musicality eludes standard analyses. Uncommon in his rendition of music and original in his interpretation of it, Krishna is at once strong and subtle, manifestly traditional and stunningly innovative. As a public intellectual, Krishna speaks and writes about issues affecting the human condition and about matters cultural. Krishna has started and is involved in many organizations whose work is spread across the whole spectrum of music and culture

About Hasan Memorial Lecture:

The Hasan Memorial Lecture was instituted in 2014 and is held each year at Lamakaan on August 15 with an eye to the emergent political and economic crisis in India/South Asia or the world. It is our single most important programming effort each year and draws a very significant audience. The previous editions of the lectures were delivered by Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Prof.Gail Omvedt, Bharat Patankar, and Prof.Kodandaram, Siddharth Varadarajan, et al.

Mr. Moyed Hasan in whose memory the annual lecture is named, was a scientist, a photographer, an environmentalist, and a person with a deep concern for the lives of ordinary people. His house, that he named Lamakaan (as in the Sufi literary tradition to mean ‘an abode for those who travel without any worldly possessions’) ” has now become an important part of Hyderabad’s cultural and political life. Mr. Hasan left behind an image of what an engaged life is. From science to art, and environment to international affairs he encompassed a vision of how we must live our lives meaningfully.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

Organizer
Lamakaan

Lamakaan, An Open Cultural & inclusive Space in Hyderabad that promotes and presents the best of arts, literature, theatre, debates, discussions, and dialogue with a commitment to being open and accessible.

Joy of Discovery in Research

Joy of Discovery in Research
Talk
1.5 hrs

August 07, 2020 5:00 pm Friday

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Modern research is a complex activity that calls for a wide knowledge, training and also team work. In this talk, we will use some anecdotes from history of science and come to the modern age and discuss recent important discoveries such as the discovery of the Higgs at the LHC and that of gravitational waves at the LIGO collaboration as examples not necessarily in this order. We will also discuss some examples from mathematics and computer science. We will also discuss some contributions of underrepresented scientists. The talk will also highlight the nature of the calling of a professional researcher, and will be open to discussion from students at the end of the talk. Speaker: Prof. B. Ananthanarayan Centre of High Energy Physics Indian Institute of Science

Organizer
Priya Hasan

Priya Hasan is an Asst Professor of Physics, MANUU, Hyd. She is active in Education and Outreach activities in the city.

Bazm-e-Sukhan Urdu Meet up

Bazm-e-Sukhan Urdu Meet up

Tuesday, 4th August 2020, 10 pm, Meeting

This is an ONLINE event.

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Meeting ID: 881 5471 8973
Password: urdu

4th August 2020 10 PM IST, 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Bazm e Sukhan is a weekly gathering of those interested in Urdu literature. A bunch of 20 odd people meet every Tuesday at 10 pm on Lamakaan online platform and discuss Urdu poetry and prose. Each session usually focuses on one poet, or writer, or a particular aspect of the form, structure, or grammar of Urdu writing.

All are welcome!

Organizer
Lamakaan

Lamakaan, An Open Cultural & inclusive Space in Hyderabad that promotes and presents the best of arts, literature, theatre, debates, discussions, and dialogue with a commitment to being open and accessible. For more details about the space and events visit us at www.lamakaan.com

In Memory of Usaa

In Memory of Usaa – A condolence meeting

Sunday, 2nd August 2020,  6pm

This is an ONLINE event.
Use the link to join: https://meet.google.com/kmn-oqgg-jof

 

Prominent Bahujan visionary and anti-caste activist, U Sambasiva Rao, also known as Usaa died due to the novel coronavirus on 25th July 2020.

Usaa devoted all his life to the dedication, commitment, and upliftment of Dalit Bahujans. He led Dalit struggles like Dalit Maha Saba (a movement formed in the aftermath of Karamchedu massacre), Madiga Dandora movement (a demand to categorize Scheduled Caste), and Rohith Vemula movement.

The 70-year-old activist survived by his only daughter.

The following speakers will speak:
Prof. Kancha Illaiah Shephard
Prof. Srinivasulu
Prof. KY Ratnam
Prof. Padmaja Shaw
Dr. Katti Padma Rao
Khalida Parveen, Social Activist
Moderator: Sujatha Surepally

All are welcome!

Organizer
DesiDisa and Lamakaan
For more information on DesiDisa log onto www.desidisa.com Lamakaan, An Open Cultural & inclusive Space in Hyderabad that promotes and presents the best of arts, literature, theatre, debates, discussions, and dialogue with a commitment to being open and accessible.

Bazm-e-Sukhan Urdu Meet up

Bazm-e-Sukhan Urdu Meet up

Tuesday, 28th July 2020,  10pm, Meeting

This is an ONLINE event.

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Meeting ID: 881 5471 8973
Password: urdu

28th July 2020 10 PM IST, 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Bazm e Sukhan is a weekly gathering of those interested in Urdu literature. A bunch of 20 odd people meet every Tuesday at 10 pm on Lamakaan online platform and discuss Urdu poetry and prose. Each session usually focuses on one poet, or writer, or a particular aspect of the form, structure, or grammar of Urdu writing.

All are welcome!

Organizer
Lamakaan

Lamakaan, An Open Cultural & inclusive Space in Hyderabad that promotes and presents the best of arts, literature, theatre, debates, discussions, and dialogue with a commitment to being open and accessible. For more details about the space and events visit us at www.lamakaan.com

Night School on Planetary Web of Life

1.5 hrs

July 09 – 11, 2020 7:00 pm

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This is an ONLINE EVENT.

The event will be conducted at  www.lamakaan.com

If you are feeling bored and exhausted after binge-watching scores of videos and films on YouTube and other OTT platforms, then here’s is an interesting event to indulge in. Lamakaan invites you to its much talked about Night School.

Night School is a concept developed by Lamakaan right from its inception to offer the audience an in-depth understanding of the issues. It has organized several Night schools on Caste in India, Marxist Ideology, Urdu Poetry, Feminism, etc.

Now it brings a 3-day Night School on The Planetary Web of Life facilitated by Dr. Radha Gopalan as part of the Lamakaan’s ECOLOGY IN COVID TIMES Series.

About the Planetary Web of Life Night School:

The Planetary Web of Life Dr. Radha Gopalan

The modern human appears to be on a constant treadmill of seeking ‘solutions’ to ‘problems’: air pollution, ozone layer depletion, climate change, new and emerging diseases, malnutrition, obesity, food scarcity and so on. Armed with innovation, creativity and technology there is a sense of invincibility as we react, fire-fight and ‘conquer’ one problem only to be confronted with another. Doesn’t it seem like there should be a smarter and more balanced way to live rather than constantly ‘battle’ or ‘fight’ in response to any challenge? Are there discrete ‘solutions’ to these ‘problems’; are these ‘problems’ distinct from one another? For instance, can climate change be categorized as an ecological or a social or an economic problem? What about COVID-19: is it a public health issue, does it have any relationship to the way we produce food? What if we were to think in terms of responses to changing situations rather than ‘solutions’ to ‘problems’? One way to do this might be to view planetary life as a network of interwoven and interlinked relationships, rather like a socio-ecological web. In this 3 – part night school we will collectively explore some of these questions.

Part 1: Web of Life – A Systems View

Part 2: Our Food Web

Part 3: Building Resilience

The three lectures will begin with suggesting a systems framework and move us through a concrete discussion of Food Systems to finally learning from experiences of various communities and societies to see if we can find ways of building resilience in the face of uncertainty.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

Suggested Readings:
Hi. The Resource Person, Dr. Radha Gopalan has asked the participants to go through the links and read well before in time so that we can have a healthy discussion and overall learning.
 
Here are the links:
 
https://www.resilience.org/…/capitalism-is-destroying-safe…/
 
This paper by Nafeez Ahmed is accessible by anyone and it is a very recent paper. It is an analysis of a recent scientific paper in Nature on affluent consumption and how it is responsible for the planetary challenges we face.
 
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16941-y
 
Original Publication from Nature reviewed by Nafeez Ahmed. This is an academic publication requiring a focussed reading and re-reading,
Organizer
Lamakaan

Lamakaan, An Open Cultural & inclusive Space in Hyderabad that promotes and presents the best of arts, literature, theatre, debates, discussions, and dialogue with a commitment to being open and accessible.

Bazm e Sukhn Urdu Meet Up

Bazm-e-Sukhan Urdu Meet up

Tuesday, 7th July 2020,  10pm, Meeting

This is an ONLINE event.

Join us through the link.

Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 881 5471 8973
Password: urdu

7th July 2020 10 PM IST, 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Bazm e Sukhan is a weekly gathering of those interested in Urdu literature. A bunch of 20 odd people meet every Tuesday at 10 pm on Lamakaan online platform and discuss Urdu poetry and prose. Each session usually focuses on one poet, or writer, or a particular aspect of the form, structure, or grammar of Urdu writing.

All are welcome!

Organizer
Lamakaan

Lamakaan, An Open Cultural & inclusive Space in Hyderabad that promotes and presents the best of arts, literature, theatre, debates, discussions, and dialogue with a commitment to being open and accessible. For more details about the space and events visit us at www.lamakaan.com