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This session is a discussion on the recent citizenship notices by UIDAI to 127 people in Telangana. We will be discussing the role of UIDAI in NPR and NRC.

Bengalis in Hyderabad is organising a cultural evening providing its members a platform to showcase a range of talents. The evening, commemorating some of the premier literary figures from Bengal, will feature song, dance, skits, recitation and more. Join us as we celebrate the rich tradition of Bengal in our own way and create everlasting memories through lively interactions and networking.

Bengalis in Hyderabad is a young, dynamic, not-for-profit organisation which started its journey in 2006 as an unofficial group on the erstwhile Orkut platform. Today, it’s a registered society with upwards of 20K members across social media channels and widely known for its contribution in the field of art, culture, cinema, societal causes and more. Upholding the spirit of Bengal and in relentless pursuit of cultural exchange, BiH has evolved to be one of the premier regional organisations in the twin cities.

Sutradhar Presents Its first Telugu Play “ABBEY! EM LEDU…” Writer: Sankaramanchi Parthasarathy Director: Vinay Varma. A loving couple, their “deaf” cook, a colorful boss, two intruders, a lost ring, a Doctor who never turns up… and an adventure with the “forbidden apple”. On a relaxed weekend, a young homemaker loses her expensive ring as she’s leaving for a family function. The husband, as it happens often, suspects the deaf and “ailing” cook – at loggerheads with him all the time – of stealing and promises to find the ring by the time she returns. Enter the boss, planning a rendezvous. Absence of wife at home brings in sneaky opportunities for the husband to explore. As he steps out, two small-time thieves enter for a quick robbery. The Boss now pretends to be the cook in front of the intruders, whom he presumes to be the Doctor and his Compounder, misleading to a mashup of events. What follows next is a comedy of errors, creating more confusion, just as the ring is found…And the wife returns…Who is the thief? Does the wife eventually get her ring back? Find out all this and much more harmless mischief in Sankaramanchi Parthasarathy’s Telugu One-Act “Abbey! Em Ledu…”, directed by Vinay Varma. At Lamakaan on 20th and 21st February 2020. 8 pm on both the days. Ticket: Rs. 200/-, available with www.bookmyshow.com Contact: Swetha @ 9949567427 and Subhra @ 7337420894

Octogenarian couple George and Anne’s happy life comes to a halt, when Anne suffers from a stroke and George must do everything possible to help her recover.

Title: Al maidan (The Square) Duration: 1hr 35 min Directed by: Jehane Noujaim

Al maidan is an observational documentary that tells the real story of the struggle of the Egyptian Revolution through the eyes of six very different protesters. Starting in the tents of Tahrir square in the days leading up to the fall of Hosni Mubarak, it follows the characters on a life-changing journey through the euphoria of victory into the uncertainties and dangers of the current ‘transitional period’ under military rule.

The film screening will be followed by a discussion.

ENTRY FREE & OPEN TO ALL

This Valentine’s Day Weekend 16 February 2020 we gather to celebrate INDIA MY VALENTINE

Joining us Faye D’Souza in conversation with Mohan Guruswami.

And

Aditi S Mittal.

Faye D’Souza is a Senior journalist and she anchored on subjects of corruption, communal violence and independent press.

Aditi Mittal is a stand-up comedian, actress and writer.One of the first women to do stand-up comedy in India, Mittal has been rated amongst India’s top 10 stand-up comedians by The Times of India. CNNIBN.com named her as one of the top 30 “witty, intelligent and incredibly funny” Indian women to follow on Twitter.

Open for all, Entry Free.

Dastan-e-Tamanna-e-Sarfaroshi is based on the Kakori Revolution, also known as Kakori Episode that happened on August 9, 1925. This musical Dastan brings to life the political beliefs, courage and the struggle for freedom of the revolutionaries of that time. The Dastan primarily focuses on Ashfaqulla Khan and Ram Prasad Bismil. Although these revolutionaries came a generation before Bhagat Singh, and greatly inspired him, not much has been done to keep them alive in our history. Ashfaq and Bismil, were not only the main thinkers behind the Kakori Episode, but also shared a deep friendship. In India’s National Movement, their friendship was a great example of Hindu-Muslim unity. Both of them were born in the same city and became close friends. Together, they fought the battle for freedom and sacrificed their lives for it. They both dreamt of an India where every one was treated equally and no one was discriminated against on the basis of caste or religion. Passionately written and narrated by Himashu Bajpai and woven together with the poetry by Ashfaq and Bismil that has been beautifully set to music and sung by Vedanth Bharadwaj. Saurabh Joshi will be accompanying them on percussions.

In solidarity with the resistance against CAA & NRC, artists of Hyderabad come together to voice their opinion. Come and join us at Lamakaan on Friday,14 February 2020 at 7:30pm

All The Wrong Turns -Book Launch and Discussion.

Coming on the heels of one of the most critical budgets to be presented and in a situation where the Indian economy is fighting steep decline, this event brings together some of our best minds.

The panel will discuss the contours of economic policy that the authors analyse in detail in one of the most exciting books to come out recently.

Y V Reddy was Governor of the RBI and successfully ran it during it’s most difficult days. He also Chaired the 14th Finance Comission.

V Bhaskar retired as Special Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. He also served as Chairperson of the AP Electricity Regulatory Comission and as Joint Secretary to the 13th Finance Comission.

Amir Ullah Khan is Professor of Economics at MCRHRDI and visiting Professor at NALSAR, TISS and ISB. He is a former head of strategic planning at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and was earlier Executive Director and Editor at Encyclopedia Britannica.

T. C. A. RANGANATHAN was a career banker for close to four decades and retired as the Chairman of the Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank). In 2006, he set up SBI Shanghai, the first Indian bank in China. Africa. He was later the Managing Director of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, an associate of the SBI, which was his last assignment within the SBI system prior to appointment as Chairman of Export Import Bank of India in April 2010.

T.C.A. SRINIVASA RAGHAVAN began his career in 1975 as the Economics Editor at Macmillan India. Over the next thirty-three years he worked at the Free Press Journal, Eastern Economist, Financial Express, Indian Express, The Economic Times, Business Standard and The Hindu Business Line. He is currently a columnist and writes on economics, politics and books.

Free for all.

Bazm e Sukhan is a weekly gathering of those interested in Urdu literature. A bunch of 20 odd people meet every Wednesday at 5 pm at Lamakaan 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