Tushar Mangl's Blog, page 14
April 4, 2018
Artusi Ristorante - Piazza Horizon - Golf Course Road Gurgaon
An authentic effort to serve top-notch Italian food is what makes this place so special. The team has made an honest effort to bring a slice of Italy to Gurgaon. I went their for a quite lunch. The place is warm and inviting with pink roses on every table and white rose bushes outside the place. They even have an outdoor seating plan but liquor and wine is not served outside.
At Artusi Ristorante the food which is served to the guests is cuisine of the Emilia-Romagna region, a beautiful part of north-eastern Italy. It is the home of famous products used in fine dining around the world. While the original Parma ham (Prosciutto di Parma) and Parmesan cheese (Parmigiano-Reggiano) are produced in the city of Parma, the original balsamic vinegar comes from the city ofModena, and the Bolognese sauce from the city of Bologna, all located in the Emilia-Romagna region. Core to the cuisine of the Emilia-Romagna are its home-made outstanding pasta creations. Endless varieties include Tortellini, Ravioli, Cappelletti, Strozzapreti, Lasagne, Tagliatelle, and many more. The flour used is specially imported for that special taste.
Oscar Balcon, the passionate restaurateur and the man behind this place also hails from the Emilia-Romagna region. As expected, he understands the food well and has maintained the genuineness of the food from his home land.
The Emilia-Romagna is also the native land of Mr Pellegrino Artusi who has been the inspiration for this restaurant. Pellegrino Artusi is considered a founder of the Italian cuisine by virtue of having authored a book in 1891 called 'Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well'. This seminal work is renowned as the first Italian cooking book written in the kingdom of Italy and has remained a culinary reference point for fine Italian cuisine around the globe since its first publishing.
March 30, 2018
Indian politics, data analysis and data security
I am reading a lot of fuss about data privacy and leaks? Apparantely political parties are using Social Media and Data Analytics to influence elections. But how is it new to us? Indian politics has always been influenced by data alone. That it has transformed from sheets of A4 size paper to digital format is a mere progression.
We Indians have had never any privacy over our personal data. How do you think we kill people during riots? Using data sheets from electoral rolls to check where people practicing a particular religion live.
Governments have the caste census done so that we know who will win the election. Because we vote for castes. Elections in India are always about data analysis.That is how you get a ticket from a political party. That's how psephologists predict who will win the election. The dominant caste decides the verdict eventually. So you got to know which is the dominant caste and which way will it swing.
In India, we have at least 10 or more central agencies just collecting our personal data. From the National Survey to Election Commission, Aadhar, Ration Cards, Passports, are we really such fools to understand that only Aadhar is insecure? Our data was never secure. To debate that is it secure today or not is a moot point.
We Indians have had never any privacy over our personal data. How do you think we kill people during riots? Using data sheets from electoral rolls to check where people practicing a particular religion live.
Governments have the caste census done so that we know who will win the election. Because we vote for castes. Elections in India are always about data analysis.That is how you get a ticket from a political party. That's how psephologists predict who will win the election. The dominant caste decides the verdict eventually. So you got to know which is the dominant caste and which way will it swing.
In India, we have at least 10 or more central agencies just collecting our personal data. From the National Survey to Election Commission, Aadhar, Ration Cards, Passports, are we really such fools to understand that only Aadhar is insecure? Our data was never secure. To debate that is it secure today or not is a moot point.
March 26, 2018
Style your Leather Jacket in these 5 fabulous ways
Style your Leather Jacket in these 5 fabulous ways
Hello everyone,there are certain wardrobe essentials for every girl out there and I am sure, just like me, you think leather jacket is one of them. It is a very versatile item of clothing and can be paired up with a number of things for chic, stylish and stunning look.Also, you can pair it up with a variety of footwear like: boots, high heels, sneakers or flats. Let us check out some ways to rock that leather jacket like a diva! BTW, if you do not already own one, why don't you go online shopping right away and buy one!
Team up Leather jacket with Ripped jeans
Pairing up your Leather jacket with ripped denims renders you a peppy look. All you need to complete the look is a stylish pair of footwear, a cool handbag and you are good to go! It is the most casual yet stylish look that will suit everyone regardless of height or built. Also, you can try boyfriend jeans instead of ripped one as well and complete the look with makeup.Throw in a scarfScarves are a great way to pep up the leather jackets. Leather jackets are generally in a single color like Black, tan Brown, Blue or Beige. Adding a scarf give a basic layering to your jacket while adding a refreshing pop of colour. Each time you wear the jacket, use scarfs with different prints and in different colours to achieve a refreshingly new look each time. Add some chunky Accessories 
Accessories can instantly add a glam quotient to your basic leather jacket. Add a choker around the neck, a collar necklace, a long peppy pendant or any other neckpiece of your choice to accessorize your leather jacket. Further, you can accessorize it with bracelets, earrings or ear cuffs to perk up the look. You can also add a pair of cool aviators if you are wearing the jacket in day time.The options are endless.Skirts and shorts 
Wearing a leather jacket with a skirts or short is confidently one of the best fall trend we witnessed in the past year. Skirts and shorts have a very feminine touch to them and can help to balance out the masculine quotient of the leather jacket. Add a nice pair of pumps or sports shoes to be comfortable and look funky!Wear leather jacket with Maxi dress and LBD 
Throwing on a Leather jacket over short dresses as well as maxi dresses is another fall trend that everyone fell in love with. Maxi dresses can be worn for almost all the occasions while the Little Black Dresses are usually reserved for romantic dinners. Both these dresses, especially if monochrome can end up looking plain and boring but when you pair them up with a smart leather jacket, they look interesting and quite unconventional.Thus, these are a few of the ways you can make your leather jacket look more interesting! Myntra is offering Leather jackets for both men and women in some offbeat colours like off-White, Navy blue, Orange and Maroon. It’s high time you check their lovely collection out!
March 17, 2018
Digital Spine: : A Study in Business Strategy by Vikram Kalkat, Reto Gruenenfelder
This is a business strategy for the digital era. It’s all about identifying the business drivers of digital revolution that’s happening all around us.
As digitisation takes hold of developed economies and new companies, business trends are appearing all around us. These trends are putting to question the conventional wisdom and business models of companies that have thrived for decades. Several of these digital themes and new age company business models are only understood by all of us only intuitively, or through fragmented themes of articles and interviews. There is a lot of talk but no proper end to end structure defined.
But in all this digital chaos there is a logic, and a structure for survival. The authors have attempted to provide a business model to help clarify how these new companies are challenging the existing corporates and world business order often successfully, and what will distinguish winners from losers in this era of the millennials.
This book provides:
• A Business Model to help strategise market forces and give a step by step approach to analyse directional trends;
• Case studies to better clarify on how to strategise both trends and as well as threats;
• An overview of the digital shift and key themes for the future to watch out for.
As digitisation takes hold of developed economies and new companies, business trends are appearing all around us. These trends are putting to question the conventional wisdom and business models of companies that have thrived for decades. Several of these digital themes and new age company business models are only understood by all of us only intuitively, or through fragmented themes of articles and interviews. There is a lot of talk but no proper end to end structure defined.
But in all this digital chaos there is a logic, and a structure for survival. The authors have attempted to provide a business model to help clarify how these new companies are challenging the existing corporates and world business order often successfully, and what will distinguish winners from losers in this era of the millennials.
This book provides:
• A Business Model to help strategise market forces and give a step by step approach to analyse directional trends;
• Case studies to better clarify on how to strategise both trends and as well as threats;
• An overview of the digital shift and key themes for the future to watch out for.
March 16, 2018
Wah Amritsar! - Supermart-2 - Gurgaon
As you enter the Supermart- 2 building in Sushant Lok in Gurgaon, the fancy yellow board carrying the distinct logo of Wah Amritsar! catches your eye. Since past 4 years this place has been treating delightful Punjabi and North Indian cuisine to its clientele building up excellent goodwill in the region.
I have had heard many good things about this place in the past, especially about the famed chicken dishes so I decided to visit the outlet and taste some of their delicacies.
I have had heard many good things about this place in the past, especially about the famed chicken dishes so I decided to visit the outlet and taste some of their delicacies.
March 15, 2018
SIPPING TENNESSEE’S FINEST WITH JEFF ARNETT
The Master Distiller of Jack Daniel’s in his first visit to India, hosted a special ‘Masterclass’ which included a tasting session of the Jack Daniel’s family of brands
New Delhi, India – March 6th, 2018: Jeff Arnett, The Master Distiller of Jack Daniel’s, conducted a very special Masterclass for a walk through of the brand, including tasting whiskies from the portfolio of the oldest registered distillery in the USA.
Arnett is one of only a handful of individuals who have held the title of Master Distiller in the history of the distillery which began production in 1866 and this is his first visit to India.
Jeff, often said to have one of the best jobs in the world, spoke about various aspects on the history and legacy of the oldest registered distillery of USA and the nuanced craft of making Jack Daniel’s. He also gave fantastic insight into his experiences and his life in Lynchburg, Tennessee, a dry county since the early 20th century, which is also the home of the only Jack Daniel distillery in the world.
The Masterclass enabled the audience to learn more about this unique whiskey and one-of-a-kind experience and discover how Jack Daniel’s differs from Scotch and Bourbon. Jack Daniel's is dripped slowly, drop-by-drop, through ten feet of firmly packed charcoal before going into new charred oak barrels for maturing. This special step of charcoal mellowing makes Jack Daniel's a Tennessee Whiskey and renders it a rare smoothness.
The tasting session included Jack Daniel's Old No. 7, Gentleman Jack, Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire.
ABOUT JEFF ARNETT
Jeff Arnett was named master distiller of the Jack Daniel Distillery in 2008. His supervision of the entire whiskey-making process of milling, yeasting, fermentation, distillation, charcoal mellowing and maturation ensures the world’s top-selling whiskey label is both in constant supply and true to Jack’s guiding belief that “Every day we make it, we’ll make it the best we can.”
In 2001, Jeff took his first job at the distillery in quality control and overseeing Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel. Since then, his work in a variety of capacities throughout the distillery, including warehousing, maturation, distillation, charcoal mellowing management, barrel quality and bottling, as well as being a member of the Master Tasters’ panel, have primed him to spearhead the entire operation. Jeff was honored by Whisky Magazine as “Master Distiller of the Year” in 2017.
Arnett is one of only a handful of individuals who have held the title of Master Distiller in the history of the distillery which began production in 1866. Jeff is proud to accept the enormous responsibility that comes with having one of the most envied jobs in the world.
A native of Jackson, Tenn., Arnett received a degree in industrial engineering and worked the food and beverage manufacturing industry for 11 years before moving to Lynchburg in 2001. Jeff and his wife, Lori, have two children. When not in Lynchburg, Jeff travels the world as an ambassador for Jack Daniel’s, sharing the brand’s stories with all he meets.
New Delhi, India – March 6th, 2018: Jeff Arnett, The Master Distiller of Jack Daniel’s, conducted a very special Masterclass for a walk through of the brand, including tasting whiskies from the portfolio of the oldest registered distillery in the USA.
Arnett is one of only a handful of individuals who have held the title of Master Distiller in the history of the distillery which began production in 1866 and this is his first visit to India.
Jeff, often said to have one of the best jobs in the world, spoke about various aspects on the history and legacy of the oldest registered distillery of USA and the nuanced craft of making Jack Daniel’s. He also gave fantastic insight into his experiences and his life in Lynchburg, Tennessee, a dry county since the early 20th century, which is also the home of the only Jack Daniel distillery in the world.
The Masterclass enabled the audience to learn more about this unique whiskey and one-of-a-kind experience and discover how Jack Daniel’s differs from Scotch and Bourbon. Jack Daniel's is dripped slowly, drop-by-drop, through ten feet of firmly packed charcoal before going into new charred oak barrels for maturing. This special step of charcoal mellowing makes Jack Daniel's a Tennessee Whiskey and renders it a rare smoothness.
The tasting session included Jack Daniel's Old No. 7, Gentleman Jack, Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel, Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire.
ABOUT JEFF ARNETT
Jeff Arnett was named master distiller of the Jack Daniel Distillery in 2008. His supervision of the entire whiskey-making process of milling, yeasting, fermentation, distillation, charcoal mellowing and maturation ensures the world’s top-selling whiskey label is both in constant supply and true to Jack’s guiding belief that “Every day we make it, we’ll make it the best we can.”
In 2001, Jeff took his first job at the distillery in quality control and overseeing Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel. Since then, his work in a variety of capacities throughout the distillery, including warehousing, maturation, distillation, charcoal mellowing management, barrel quality and bottling, as well as being a member of the Master Tasters’ panel, have primed him to spearhead the entire operation. Jeff was honored by Whisky Magazine as “Master Distiller of the Year” in 2017.
Arnett is one of only a handful of individuals who have held the title of Master Distiller in the history of the distillery which began production in 1866. Jeff is proud to accept the enormous responsibility that comes with having one of the most envied jobs in the world.
A native of Jackson, Tenn., Arnett received a degree in industrial engineering and worked the food and beverage manufacturing industry for 11 years before moving to Lynchburg in 2001. Jeff and his wife, Lori, have two children. When not in Lynchburg, Jeff travels the world as an ambassador for Jack Daniel’s, sharing the brand’s stories with all he meets.
March 3, 2018
Tenth Avatar - Book Review - Dr. Kanchan Joshi
Dr. Kanchan Joshi in his book Tenth Avatar blends mythological fiction with science fiction with perfection and finesse. The book runs on parallel tracks of two gifted people. One is the story of Hanuman an accomplished yogi with super powers bestowed upon by .
The other track follows the life of Krish Bhat, a gifted mathematician who is in pursuit of research to unlock the secrets of the World. He is good at his research and seems to be luck in love too, when he meets Prisha. But fate has something else in store for them. Along with fighting his battles on the personal front, Krish has to counter threats from people wishing to encroach upon his research for their ow selfish purposes.
And on the paths their story meets is the insightful crossroad of spirituality.
Publisher - The Write PlacePrice - INR 350Pages - 242
The other track follows the life of Krish Bhat, a gifted mathematician who is in pursuit of research to unlock the secrets of the World. He is good at his research and seems to be luck in love too, when he meets Prisha. But fate has something else in store for them. Along with fighting his battles on the personal front, Krish has to counter threats from people wishing to encroach upon his research for their ow selfish purposes.
And on the paths their story meets is the insightful crossroad of spirituality.
Publisher - The Write PlacePrice - INR 350Pages - 242
February 28, 2018
Blogging workshop at Delhi's Biggest Bloggers Carnival - 4th March, 2018
'How to monetize your Blog ? is such a common question among bloggers these days. And this was the topic on which I delivered a talk on the 4th of March. The event was a Blogger's Carnival hosted by Marketiers and Event Mosiac in association with ED Times and Delhipedia.
Brij Literature Festival - GLA University Mathura - January 2018
On 27th - 28th January, 2018, Literario, the student literature club of GLA Mathura organized the Brij Literature Festival. Literary festivals are great places to be at and when the students asked me to visit this one, I felt humbled.
They requested me not only to visit the festival but also deliver workshops, my signature blogging workshop and another one on story telling. The festival itself was very well planned. The students, members of this club I mentioned, had really sweated it out to create a perfect event. I even remarked this to one of their professors, who confirmed that yes, it was the hard work of the students which really reflected on the success of the Fest.
They requested me not only to visit the festival but also deliver workshops, my signature blogging workshop and another one on story telling. The festival itself was very well planned. The students, members of this club I mentioned, had really sweated it out to create a perfect event. I even remarked this to one of their professors, who confirmed that yes, it was the hard work of the students which really reflected on the success of the Fest.
February 25, 2018
Talentedge Awarded for "Best Use of ICT in Education"
At 11th ASSOCHAM Higher Education Summit 2018 & National Excellence Awards 2018
New Delhi: 20th February 2018: Talentedge, India’s leading Ed-Tech firm offering ‘live and interactive’ anywhere learning in digital format has been awarded for "Best Use of ICT in Education" at 11th ASSOCHAM Higher Education Summit 2018 & National Excellence Awards 2018 held at Hotel Imperial, Janpath, New Delhi on 17th February, 2018
Dr Satya Pal Singh, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, GoI (Higher Education) and Chief Guest of the event presented the award to Talentedge for its innovative and first in kind "Live and Interactive Digital Learning" platform that delivers online executive courses to learners in India as well as abroad, in collaboration with world’s leading institutes like LSBF, JWMI, IIM, XLRI, MICA, etc.
Aditya Malik, CEO & MD, Talentedge on receiving award, said, “Over the last four years, Talentedge has been gaining the trust of more than 3,00,000 individuals and corporate learners through Premium Executive courses and degree programs, product modules and end-user learning solutions. We are committed towards changing the way people learn and have succeeded in replicating face-to-face classroom learning in the virtual world. This award will motivate us to continue breaching new frontiers and keep on innovating in the education space for the benefit of our learners.
Talentedge, with its second generation learning app SLIQ 2.0, India’s first digital learning platform powered by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, has marked its presence globally by changing the norms of old school learning. SLIQ 2.0 monitors teachers and learners during the session and provides valuable feedback of their activities during the session.
About Talentedge
Talentedge is India’s first Ed-Tech firm bringing ‘Live & Interactive’ anywhere learning, in digital format. It offers courses jointly with world’s leading institutes and corporates, enabling working professionals to plan their future course of action and fast track their careers. It has partnered with top Indian & International institutes including, IIMs, XLRI, Jack Welch Management Institute (JWMI), MICA and corporate like Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) for delivering world class digital education to the working professionals across the country. Talentedge is one of the first Ed-Tech organizations to be credited with an ISO certification and today provides over 250 courses from 70+ premium Indian & International institutes.
