How to become a Standard Bearer?

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 12/27/2012 8:15:00 PM

'New Year is around the corner and everyone is either worried about the parties to attend or is worried about the new year's resolution. Here is a very beautiful essay by Mr. Mirza Yawar Baig the Chairman of Standard Bearers Academy.  I hope you read it and find fetch some food for thought for the year ahead. Being a standard bearer is all about raising your standards and constantly endeavoring to achieve success without compromising on the fundamentals. Hope you enjoy(...)'

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Why the world should have ended on 21/12/2012 ?

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 12/21/2012 1:48:00 PM

'The Mayan calendar effectively ends today. For many it meant that the world would end. Question this, if Mayan's were so good at predicting the future would they still not be around? Would they not have predicted their own peril? I am a moron, i don't have the answers. I guess you do. This life we have been living and will still do post 21.12.2012 is extremely over-rated. It is a camouflage which only a handful decipher. All the bling bling of life and the world attracts us instantl(...)'

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Facebook Messages get a new look

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 10/26/2012 3:00:00 AM

'While you were busy updating your status, uploading that pic from last week parties and commenting and liking and you know the drill........while you were busy facebooking, Facebook silently upgraded the way you share messages on Facebook Facebook announced on 22nd August 2012, that they've improved the messaging features and overhauled the look. I just received the upgrade and hence sharing the info.Here's how the new layout will look like.My observations on the new features &(...)'

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Celebrating India - Book Release Function

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 10/14/2012 7:24:00 AM

'If you're reading this and if you happen to be in Hyderabad today, kindly consider yourself invited to the release function of the book 'Celebrating India' by Nivasini Publishers.The contents of this book are quite unusual. Short stories, poems, illustrations, photographs, lesser known facts, everything and anything that relates to the spirit of India can be found in this book. There isn't a single author to this book. The content submission was requested nation wide and the best of(...)'

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Facebook's new ad - Chairs are like facebook?

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 10/4/2012 4:44:00 PM

'You must have already heard or read that Facebook today has One Billion active users. Few hours ago Facebook also released an advertisement trying to suggest how it is now an everyday thing in our lives. If you do not auto sign in to Facebook, you can check this advertisement on the LogIn window of Facebook., Like chairs, aeroplanes, bridges, floors etc which we humans use on a day to day basis to connect with each other, take a break, share emotions, etc. Facebook is also(...)'

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Twitter Blooper in Hyderabad - #ignitehyd mistaken for T agitation

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 9/27/2012 4:56:00 PM

'The not so active twitter community of Hyderabad demonstrated a peculiar characteristic this evening.The fourth volume of Ignite Hyderabad was scheduled to be held as part of the 2012 UX-India conference at the Indian School Of Business.Like always, Ignite Hyderabad asked its audience to participate in the LIVE tweeting and like always the hashtag to be used was #ignitehyd The event started as scheduled in the Khemka Auditorium of the ISB Hyderabad. A fast paced (...)'

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Call for submission

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 5/14/2012 7:49:00 AM

' My friends at Nivasini Publishers are calling artistic submissions for their upcoming book themed CELEBRATING INDIA. You can submit your short stories (800-1500 words), poetry (within 27 lines), illustrations, photographs, interesting facts. You will get a chance to be featured in the Collector's edition of Nivasini.com upon getting selected. Share anything and everything depicting or narrating your way of being Indian. The childhood memories of your narrow streets, a monument(...)'

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Writers Carnival in Hyderabad

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 3/2/2012 7:59:00 PM

'A fellow engineer, a poet and a dear friend who blogs at Restless Fingers is releasing the book Ah! Poetry at the writers carnival happening tonight at Saptaparni, in Hyderabad.If you're reading this and if its not 5:00pm of 3rd March 2012, consider yourself invited. Come on over for a joyous time and listen to some poets, writers, authors and have a wonderful evening and rejuvenate your muse. Find out more details and RSVP to the event here.'

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PopCorn is 6700 years old!

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 1/24/2012 5:12:00 AM

'We all have tasted popcorn atleast once in our life. It's probably the first choice of movie goers and marathon TV viewers. There are plenty of flavors and varieties popcorn come in. If we like a movie we want a bag full of popcorn, if the do not like the movie we rely on popcorn and go through the rest of time in the theater munching on it. As Dan Glickman says "I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn." Al(...)'

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Kuch Na Kisi Se Bolengey

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 1/5/2012 11:01:00 AM

' This is my first post of 2012 and what better way of starting it, than with a Faraz' poem.  This poem is listed in my all time favorites and more so because I sort of relate to every syllable of it. Read on and Enjoy!!!  Kuch na kisi se bolenge, tanhaai mein ro lenge. Ham berahabaron kaa kyaa, saath kisi ke ho lenge.Khud to huvey rusvaa lekin, tere bhed na kholenge.Jeevan zahar bharaa saagar hai, kab tak amrit gholenge.Neennd to kyaa aayegii 'Faraz', m(...)'

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Twitter is down and its not even 2012 yet

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 12/31/2011 5:33:00 PM

'On this new year's when most of the world is busy partying and clubbing and barbequing and boozing and etc etc...... I've been sitting on my laptop carrying on with my usual research. I had this sudden urge to tweet some poetry and it was disappointing to see the Twitter is Down For Maintenance message on its home page. What grabbed my attention was the absence of the Blue Twitter Whale. It's gone, and is no where to be seen. It has been replaced with a cartoon of an (...)'

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P for Peace P for Palestine

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 9/23/2011 8:20:00 PM

' Below are the videos excerpts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking for and against the statehood of Palestine respectively in front of the General Assembly at the UN this Friday. Very carefully listen to both of them and you'll know who's right and who's wrong. Seems to me that in order to obtain the goal of returning to their homeland Palestine, all of them have to grit their teeth now. Think again (...)'

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How to activate the new Facebook Timeline

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 9/23/2011 6:38:00 AM

'source: cnet.comIf you are impatient and want to experience the new Timeline Facebook announced earlier today, you can turn it through the developer section of Facebook. The process is simple, takes a few minutes, and will require some patience as Facebook tidies up any lingering issues and bugs. You game? Read on.As reported on TechCrunch just a bit ago, users can quickly enable the Facebook Timeline on their account in a matter of minutes. Here's how you do it.1. Visit the Faceboo(...)'

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Facing the New Book - Welcome to Timeline

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 9/22/2011 7:47:00 PM

'Take a look at the new profile timeline video below.The annual Facebook conference F8 was wrapped up a while ago, and it was one boring conference. There were a million viewers initially and then the number kept decreasing steadily: so much for the new changes and layouts facebook has announced. To start with, their is a very intersting new upgrade to facebook called Timeline. Naaaah....i am not talking about the twitter TL, its the facebook version. Take a look at it and sign up fo(...)'

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Six of I don't know how many

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 9/20/2011 6:30:00 PM

'This is the sixth post of the Lyrical Excerpts series I've been blogging about. A quick recap about it; I share a part of the lyrics from the songs I like and what they mean to me, under this label. In this post I shall share three more songs in this post. Since I am in a Lucky Ali hangover, lets start with a song of his that is not so well known.1. Tanhaai mein Basi hai Zindagi by Lucky Ali चला हूँ मै तो तेरी चाह मेंमिलेंगे जाने किस राह मेंकहा है मेरे दिल भी यहीतुम्ही से जुडी है(...)'

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Lucky Ali - Live in concert wasn't so lucky for his fans

Author : ms-cube      Blog : raise2replace      Date : 9/17/2011 9:45:00 PM

'Hyderabad was all so excited to hear and see Lucky Ali performing Live and starting his 25 city Rastaman Tour. The banners were all around the city and online and offline ads were flying by. Being a Lucky Ali fan I was too damn excite to watch him perform at a venue not so far from the city. I entered the closed auditorium to see the seats already filled. I wasn't late to the show mind you. Out of the dark stage emerged the emcee who was doing incredibly terrible. He seemed to (...)'

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