Dear Lamakaanite,
Greetings and wishes on the occasion of Independence Day of India!
While the country celebrates its 74th Independence day, we need to pause
and look back on the sacrifices made by the people in the past so that we
all can live in free India and enjoy independence. What does Independence
mean to all of us? How do we ensure fundamental rights to all the citizens
irrespective of class, caste, race, creed, and color? We have come a long
way and we need to go a long way to make the nation as per the dreams and
aspirations of our founding fathers of the nation.
TM Krishna, Musician, and Writer consented to deliver this year's 7th Hasan
Memorial Lecture 2020 on the auspicious occasion of *15th August 2020
(Saturday) at 7 pm at www.lamakaan.com <http://www.lamakaan.com/> (Online
event).*
The details of the lecture are mentioned below.
Kindly make it convenient to attend the same and spread the word among your
friends and colleagues.
Stay safe and stay healthy!
This is an ONLINE event on www.lamakaan.com
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The 7th Hasan Memorial Lecture 2020 on 'MUSIC NATIONALISM AND LIBERATION'
by TM Krishna
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
Regards &Thanking you
Team Lamakaan
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