E-Kavach - Digital Parenting Application

Today children are so advanced with the technology; they amaze us with their smartness and quickness. First, technological conditions have changed dramatically influencing what toddlers learn and do as they mature. Second, while adult beliefs about children and child-rearing have changed over time, certain basic ideas continue to exert a powerful influence.

 These enduring beliefs have contributed to the myth of children today being different. Technology conditions the brain to pay attention to information very differently than reading. Video games and other screen media improve visual-spatial capabilities, increase attention ability, reaction times, and the capacity to identify details among clutter

What does all this mean for raising your children? The bottom line is that too much screen time and not enough other activities, such as reading, playing games, and good old unstructured and imaginative play, will result in your children having their brains wired in ways that may make them less, not more, prepared to thrive in this crazy new world of technology.

Being father of two has made me realize the differences between my generation then and the generation now.  We played cricket in the actual field while my 6 year old son plays in his precious PC.  While he was playing games online, I noticed awkward message popping up with adult content! This was not at all appropriate for his age and it could have been a bad influence until E-Kavach came to my rescue and secured my internet.

I got to know about E-Kavach from a blog I follow Ritika Kapoor. I came to know that it has so many features in one package that one can’t resist signing up and making sure that their children’s future is in secure hands. The first thing I did after reading the blog is to go to E-Kavach website (http://www.yourekavach.com/) and look into the specialties offered. While going through the website, I was amazed by the detail oriented approach they had taken to build this platform. The features included Intelligent Web Filtering for block specific web categories, sites, in appropriate content, set appropriate time limits with time granularity, Application Management to know block specific web categories, sites, in appropriate content, set appropriate time limits, Access Control to use and easy to configure controls to customize each child’s internet experience, Real-time alerts to monitor online activities of the children real time all the time, Smart phone Notifications & Dashboard which will send real time notifications to your phone the moment any boundaries set by you have been breached by your child, Multi user and flexible family definition to monitor all your children by flexible family definition and Safe Search which ensures that when your children are searching for anything online, the results they get are appropriate and do not contain any adult, profane or objectionable materials.

As I am writing this blog, my son is playing online cricket and is not being bothered by any of nuisance. Thank You E-Kavach, You have really made me and many other parents proud by taking an immense responsibility off our shoulders. 

My Experience #KFCkitchentours

"ARE YOU HUNGRY? WANT DELICIOUS FOOD – COME TO KFC AND EXPERIENCE MAGIC!!"

Whenever I think about yummy food, KFC or Kentucky Fried Chicken comes to my mind automatically. The leader of western food revolution in India is undoubtedly KFC and it has maintained its top spot for 20 years in row since June 1995 after opening its first store in Bangalore – My Hometown. Since then, I have visited almost all centers of KFC and I can guarantee you, each and every store maintain finger licking food!!

                 

KFC has around 345 restaurants in more than 80 cities in India. I always had an inquisitive mind of how they are maintaining the same lip smacking taste all over the country. My curiosity about this was always increasing till I got an invite from KFC to visit their store as part of their KFC Kitchen Tour event - #KFCKitchenTours.


I was on top of my toes to enter the kitchen and have a mind boggling experience. This event obviously showcases the entire nation that people from KFC believe in their food and kitchen. This is a foolproof concept from KFC to unveil what actually happens where all the action takes place. The idea to expose their kitchen to public truly makes them the customer focused and awesome food joint.

As and when I entered the store, the affable staff greeted me and welcomed me into their kitchen. The kitchen was maintained spec and span, the chefs were well dressed with chef apron and hat. I noticed that it was divided into different section showing KFC’s procedural and well-defined approach.
Next, I was introduced to a surprise factor. Generally Veg and Non-Veg offerings will always be cooked in same section of the kitchen but KFC maintained two different sections including different oil, utensils, and ingredients to prepare veg and non-veg recipes. This seriously enhances their value for sentiments and beliefs of vegetarian customers.

When I visited Non-Veg section, I noticed that Chicken was cooked at temperature scale of 170 degree Celsius and the cooked chickens were maintained at 60 degree Celsius. All the kitchen staff were washing their and sanitizing their hand every 30 minutes showcasing KFC staff’s importance to cleanliness.

The Chef will hand bread the chicken in fresh flour then put it in the fryer or the oven within 2 minutes to make sure the chicken is as fresh possible. The shelf life of chicken was also maintained as to be fresh as possible which I think is one of their classic yet open source secret to the freshness of their food.

I came to know that KFC also has a taste monitor team goes around the entire restaurant ensuring all the customers experience the real, fresh food and to take customer feedback. They immediately replace the product if customers feel if anything is missing.

During the tour, I was introduced to some awesome facts about KFC:

• It is said that if we were to take all the chicken eaten at KFC worldwide it can actually circle the earth 11 times around the equator. 

"PROOF THAT THEIR KITCHEN IS IN FACT FINGER LICKING’ GOOD!!"

• All chickens are 100% real, farm-bred chicken.

• Right from their suppliers’ farms to customer’s plate, each piece of chicken goes through about 34 checks before you take that bite.  Really, WOW!!

KFC really loves what they do and whatever they do, they do it in the best way. The proof of this would be that they import Choco Divine all the way from Ghana, Spices from Kerala. While preparing alphonso crushers, instead of using flavors, they use authentic imported Alphonso mangoes. Their suppliers are authentic and most reputed in the country which involves the biggest names in chicken industries such as Venky’s Godrej and Suguna.

KFC Indian stores have been innovating to offer the best and the unmatched varieties to their customers, keeping in mind the palate of Indians. Among everything, they do not forget offer their original KFC taste. Some of our India-specific innovations are the Paneer Zinger, Veg Twister, Veg Rockin’ Burger, Potato Krisper, Veg Strips and Veg Rice Bowl.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed each and every moment of KFC Kitchen. My recommendation for anyone who is hungry and who wants to enjoy fingerlickin’ taste will always be to visit KFC and experience magic!! 

If you need more information, please visit www.kfc.com. Follow KFC on Facebook (www.facebook.com/KFC) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/kfc).

I wish to make my Life Faster with Airtel4G

For the past few weeks I am using the new Airtel 4G sim. Here are the stuff which i would love to share regarding the same.

Airtel is the largest mobile service provider across India. It all began few months ago when Airtel first started providing 4G services in some parts of India. I have reviewed Airtel 4G services before,and i would say its just amazing. Lets read about the Airtel 4G review if you have not read it already.

I am a long time Airtel user. I started using Airtel 2G services since the time I got my first internet enabled mobile phone. Then Airtel launched 3G and i had also started using the brilliant data services. And few month back received an fabulous news that Airtel has launched 4G in my city Bangalore. From the time i started using it feeling like one broadband is in my hand. Extra ordinary network, amazing internet speed, Finally i can life looks so easy when i talk about being online with my Airtel 4G connection.

The best part of my Airtel 4G connection is even if i am in basement parking connection remains stable and i never face the issue of connection lost, i would say so good to use Airtel 4G. 

How to activate Airtel 4G?

First, you just need to make sure that Airtel 4G service is available in your area. You can call customer care (121) and ask them about the availability. Or if you have a 4G enabled mobile phone, you may go to network settings, select 4G only mode and do a network search. If you see Airtel network, it means that 4G service is present in your place. To activate Airtel 4G, you can either type “4G” and send it to “121” and then follow the instructions you receive. Alternatively, you can recharge your mobile number using a 4G fortified recharge card to have the service automatically activated on your phone.

Also you can visit this website to check about connection availability, Lets enjoy and feel the new era of internet.

http://www.airtel.in/4g/index

Airtel 4G Speed test and result:

I was really excited to test the Airtel 4G internet. I decided to use the connection for varied activities to the likes of browsing the web, streaming HD video content on mobile and finally tethering the connection to the computer. I have to say that I am quite happy with the performance of the Airtel 4G network. But before moving to the speed test result, let me tell you that just like any other wireless internet connection, 4G internet speed depends on various factors such as the signal strength, number of active users etc. I get full signal strength at my place. So as expected, I received good network performance here.

Dear readers also don't forget the check this amazing TVC which will tell you how awesome Airtel 4G is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpHZ3sXY6B8