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TIECON Pakistan 2010 - in my views

By Rai Azlan • Nov 2nd, 2010 • Category: Technology

World has turned into global village I agree with the statement but still this immense development cannot coup with when someone truly want to be at one place but is unable to because of the distance between the places he is at and the one he want to be. However still there are tools to [...]



Know Who to Blame

By Rai Azlan • Oct 28th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Last night when I was going to sleep, I was afraid. No my result was not being announced this morning, I was afraid of a progress report. Still that was not my progress report as an individual that was the progress report of us all as a nation. I am talking about the report of [...]



Nation was Sold

By Rai Azlan • Oct 2nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

Alama Iqbal said a verse on the incident of British raj selling Kashmir to Dogras. That was a Persian poetry so I do not remember the exact words and still looking for it. However, it says that the nation was sold; alas, it was sold on a cheaper rate. That incident took place in 1846 [...]



Sincerity was not there…

By Rai Azlan • Sep 27th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Staying quite and ignoring is inhuman, accepting in heart bad as bad is the lowest standard of the faith, and if you are brave enough to raise voice it’s one step higher standard. That’s what I was thinking a few minutes ago when I was thinking about one of the greatest judicial miscarriage of the [...]



Bull of Media & Cricket Conspiracy

By Rai Azlan • Sep 5th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Media in Pakistan is said to be free now, and it’s been said that media gained this freedom after a great struggle. Both of the statements might be right but I think it’s still immature and they themselves prove it especially in electronic media. Some TV channels create a fuss just to make sure that [...]



Kill Me Because I Am Not Among You

By Rai Azlan • Sep 4th, 2010 • Category: Features

I have grown up, like many others, in an environment and society where no one was happy to tell me the simple fact that I am Muslim and I belong to Pakistan. It sounds strange but it is a fact, because we have a very strong sense of details we love to divide everything and [...]



Olpers and Ramadan

By Rai Azlan • Aug 29th, 2010 • Category: Misc

Olpers is a brand that has made its place since 2005. I still remember that sound of milk being poured in a pot to make “doodh pati”. I am not a tea person at all but still that ad had created a buzz on me that I can recall. The reason for writing this post [...]



Yes we are Wild and lets face it…

By Rai Azlan • Aug 26th, 2010 • Category: Politics

One of my friends on twitter said:

First in #Sialkot, next outside your front door. That’s how it usually goes when you let things like this ’slide’. #Pakistan

This was not just a line to me, as it has become one of the reasons that finally, I am writing this post. I know so much has been said and [...]



TEDxLahore the result of Collective Genius

By Rai Azlan • Aug 1st, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

It was TEDxLahore yesterday, and for me it was like finally the day has arrived. The event ended with great feedback of all types, some of the people were happy to see the effort that the Team TEDxLahore put to make this event reality and some of the people kept complaining about it, as this [...]



TEDx coming to Lahore

By Rai Azlan • Jul 30th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

Now it is the matter of hours for me that TEDx is to show up in Lahore again. Yes,TEDxLahore is coming to Lahore tomorrow July 31,  2010 and this year and it is expected that it is going to be bigger and better than last year. Every year it is the monsoon rain that is [...]