Lamakaan
| Founded | March, 2010 |
|---|---|
| Type | Cultural center |
| Location |
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Area served | Hyderabad |
| Slogan | Do what you will, with it |
| Website | http://www.lamakaan.com/ |
Lamakaan (Urdu: لامکاں) is an open cultural center located in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India.[1] The non-profit organisation provides space for events such as arts, literature, theater, music, debates etc.[2]
History
Lamakaan started hosting events in March 2010. It was founded by Ashhar Farhan, Humera Ahmed, Biju Mathew and Elahe Hiptoola and the day-to-day activities are managed by Subbareddy Adapala.
The center
Lamakaan hosts Pecha Kucha, concerts of local artists like Vittal Rao, Ateeq Hussain Khan, Warsi Brothers among others. It also conducts book releases, plays and seminars. It also hosts events like Wikipedia Meetups. Several theatre groups have performed at Lamakaan including Nishumbita, Samahaara, Sutradhar, Evam and others.[3]
Closure threat
On December 23, 2015, a notice was issued to Lamakaan by the GHMC to shut down in a period of 3 days, citing "creating nuisance to the surrounding residents and general public" as the reason. After the show cause notice, Lamakaan gave a reply to the civic body which was 'not satisfactory', to which the civic body responded by issuing a closure notice on December 23. P. Mahender, the GHMC Deputy Commisioner (Circle-10), when contacted, told that there were traffic problems every Sunday in the lane, but did not mention anything about the nuisance. Also, a certain complaint was regarding women smoking in the premises.[4]
However, the notice was withdrawn soon.Due to an uproar in the number of people protesting against shutting down of Lamakaan, and the signing of around 3,000 people on online petitioning site change.org demanding the withdrawal of the notice, the attention of IT Minister K.T.Rama Rao was drawn. Soon, the issue was resolved after GHMC Deputy Commisioner P. Mahender had spoken with the owner of the place. The notice did not specify what was the cause of the nuisance, but instead only talked about the place running without a license. It was finally decided that the parking space of Jalagam Vengalarao Park would be used for four-wheeler parking.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/leisure/article438079.ece
- ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article618096.ece
- ↑ http://www.buzzintown.com/hyderabad/venue--lamakaan/page--11/segment--past-events/id--56825.html
- ↑ "Lamakaan faces closure threat". The Hindu. 2015-12-29. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
- ↑ "Lamakaan Closure Notice Withdrawn". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-01-09.