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Lamakaan receives 28th Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award

Hyderabad: Lamakaan received the 28th Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award. The Lamakaan is Hyderabad’s unique centre for creativity that celebrates freedom of expression in all forms. It has evolved as an iconic democratic and progressive cultural venue in the city. Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary of IT, Industry & Commerce, Government of Telangana presented the memorial Award […]

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Events Hyderabad

Let’s have Bhagmati-Qutb Shah story as part of our cultural life: Mir Ayoob Ali Khan

Let’s have Bhagmati and Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah story as part of our cultural life, remarked senior journalist and expert of history of Deccan Mir Ayoob Ali Khan while delivering a talk at Lamakaan on Friday. Speaking on ‘Legacy of Quli Qutb Shah’, Khan said there were two different opinions exist about the famous Bhagmati-Qutb […]

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Events Hyderabad

Three Day Night School on Caste at Lamakaan

A night school series on “Caste: origin, evolution and proposed program for its annihilation” is being organised at Lamakaan inin Banja Hills. The three day event, which starts today, will have following sessions: Day 1. Origin and evolution of caste Day 2. Critical appraisal of the anti-caste movements of Ayyankali, Phule, Periyar and the communist […]

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Hyderabad

October Revolution remembered on its centenary at Lamakaan

Marxist thinker Shashi Prakash recalled achievements of Russian revolution at an event organized at Lamakaan on Saturday to mark centenary of October Revolution. In the talk on ‘Socialist Experiments of the Last Century and Path of New Socialist Revolution in the Current Century’, editor of The Anvil threw light on challenges of new socialist revolution […]

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Pratik, Shehla, Mevani to join panel discussion at Lamakaan on I-Day

Popular young leaders Jignesh Mevani, Shehla Rashid and Pratik Sinha are scheduled to discuss the need for radical youth movement at Lamakaan on Independence Day. The panel discussion would bring into debate the resurgence of fascism since 2014, said Lamakaan Manager Akshay. The discussion is being organized as part of fourth edition of Hasan Memorial […]

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Report of two sessions on the basics of Marxist Political Economy (17 and 18 June 2017)

Hyderabad: The discussion forum ‘In Defense of Reason’ (https://www.facebook.com/InDefenseOfReason/) organized the third round of Marxist Study Circle at Lamakan on 17 and 18 June. The topic of this round of the study circle was: “The Basics of Marxist Political Economy”. The speaker was Anand Singh (https://www.facebook.com/anand.banaras) who is an activist associated with workers’ Newspaper ‘Mazdoor […]

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In Conversation with Unsung Heroes of Lamakaan

Lamakaan has emerged as a place of Hyderabad’s pride. Being an open cultural space, it attracts at least 200 people daily, who come to listen, watch, discuss, perform and learn. As Lamakaan rides high and celebrates its seventh anniversary, we spoke with visitors and people who are driving force of this hub of creative minds […]

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Shaz Tamkanat: Literary genius remembered

In the world of literature, Hyderabad’s Urdu poet Shaz Tamkanat is remembered as a man of extra-ordinary literary talent. But a friend of him recalls Shaz as a man with various talents. At a function to mark his 84th birth anniversary, retired Prof. Syed Khalid Qadri remembered Shaz as the only Urdu poet whose poetry […]