May 25, 2026
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Bazm-E-Sukhan

  Tamseeli Mizahia MushaeraDate: 14 June 2023Time: 6:00 PMVenue: Lamakaan, Hyderabad International Women’s DayDate: 09 March 2023, ThursdayTime: 6:00 pmVenue: Lamakaan, Hyderabad Read More Shaahkaar: Masterpieces of Urdu PoetryDate: 18 February 2023, SaturdayTime: 6:00 pmVenue: Lamakaan, Hyderabad Read More Yaad-e-Raftagan: Theatrical Mushaira – Famous Urdu Poets of the DeccanDate: 21 December 2022, WednesdayTime: 4:30 pmVenue: […]

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Digital Inclusion of 10 Women Artisans in Palgarh, Maharashtra

Digital Empowerment Foundation in collaboration with DigiKargha conducted a 2 days’ workshop with 10 Women Artisans in Palgarh, Maharashtra. The purpose of the workshop was to impart digital literacy so that the artisans could benefit from the reach of the digital world. In those two days, they were introduced to topics such as Data Rights, […]

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Importance of Digital Inclusion and Data Rights

Digital Empowerment Foundation in collaboration with Barefoot College organized training to introduce the participants to topics such as Data rights and Digital inclusion. The vast majority of pupils belong to the age group of 20 to 45 and are the community representatives of their districts located in Rajasthan. Before initiating the training, a baseline survey […]

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Mesmerizing the Audience

Various artists came together on one platform where they were able to present their skills in front of the audience in Triveni Kala. They also used puppet shows, poetry and skits to talk about their dying art and the reason the younger generation is not continuing this art form. The program started on the 25th […]

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Tomorrow they will disappear

Written by Malavika Disappearing acts are quite popular among the magicians, but when the act is heading towards becoming quite literal, threatening an end to the long standing art form among street performers, they go looking for much more than just an applause. One such street performer with an international exposure, Ishamuddin, from the Madari […]

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Data Rights for Communities

The presentation has been written to provide and create a sense of understanding amongst communities about data, how it is collected and used and the rights associated with it. India is unique in culture, geographic pattern, community settlements, economic or natural resources. There is wide regional disparity in development within the country. As a result, […]

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The Migrants

A research book based on an ethnographic study done during the 2020 COVID lockdown induced migrant crisis that occurred in India. This book is a compilation of 60 interviews with migrant workers who had returned to their villages. It highlights the plights, struggles and aspirations of the migrant workers who were left displaced because of […]

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On the Brink of Oblivion

“Many of us have had international recognition. But right now, we are at the brink of losing our artforms to poverty” said Ishamuddin Khan in an article published by CNN in 2020. During an interview for the DEF Dialogue series, Khan tells us that the situation of street performers continues to remain bleak and also […]

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Art, Culture Heritage & Rights

Chanderi-Heritage- The Town of Chanderi encompasses within itself several layers of cultural efflorescence. The town, divided into outer and inner sections, is composed of a lyrinth of lanes full of archaeological remains both religious and secular, beckoning one to unravel the realms of the historical fabric. Shahjahanabad Heritage- This project aims to digitised the heritage […]

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Alfaaz Ki Mehfil

By Satya PrabhakarYear of Publication – 2022 I am very pleased to write this introduction to Satya Prabhakar’s Alfaaz Ki Mehfil book of his translation of more than a hundred and fifty selected Urdu couplets. A translator’s work has been described as someone who builds bridges between languageswith the literal meaning from the original ‘trans’-across; […]

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