{"id":122897,"date":"2015-03-20T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T21:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/?p=72960"},"modified":"2015-03-20T17:05:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T21:05:19","slug":"nigel-eastwood-new-call-telecom-ceo-relishes-manipurs-vegeterian-cuisines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2015\/03\/20\/nigel-eastwood-new-call-telecom-ceo-relishes-manipurs-vegeterian-cuisines\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Eastwood, New Call Telecom CEO, relishes Manipur\u2019s vegeterian cuisines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In an exclusive Q&amp;A session with Economic Times, Nigel Eastwood, a British CEO of <em>New Call Telecom<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0emerging low cost &amp; affordable telecommunications provider, expressed his love for <strong>Manipur&#8217;s vegetarian cuisines<\/strong> and\u00a0beautiful culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2015\/03\/nigel-eastwood-new-call-telecom-ceo-relishes-manipurs-vegeterian-cuisines\/nigel\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72970\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-72970 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/nigel.jpg\" alt=\"nigel\" width=\"310\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rapidly growing British company New Call Telecom was in the news for 2 interesting developments w.r.t.\u00a0India &#8211; acquisition of 70% stake in\u00a0Nimbuzz, a\u00a0cross-platform mobile messaging app, costing around $175 million and moving its call centre jobs from Mumbai to North West part of England which results in creating more local jobs in UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When ET asked him about his &#8220;Indian Surprise&#8221;, \u00a0Nigel in his own words expressed that <strong>&#8220;Manipur has some of the best vegetarian food I&#8217;ve ever tasted. The &#8216;Pung Cholon&#8217; drummers are simply superb.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The coverage in the Economic Times was re-tweeted by the CEO himself and was found trending in the company website.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72966\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2015\/03\/nigel-eastwood-new-call-telecom-ceo-relishes-manipurs-vegeterian-cuisines\/nigel-tweet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-72966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72966\" src=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Nigel-Tweet.png\" alt=\"Nigel Tweet about Manipur\" width=\"314\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nigel Tweet about Manipur<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Nigel Eastwood, CEO, New Call Telecom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Far-out destination<\/strong>: Saint Tropez, France with its chic elegance, fine dining, superb weather. A must for yachting fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Indian Surprise<\/strong>: Manipur has some of the best vegetarian food I&#8217;ve ever tasted. The &#8216;Pung Cholon&#8217; drummers are simply superb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Bon Vivant moment<\/strong>: Strolling through Marbella Old town on a hot summer evening then having a superb fish meal at Zazoi \u00a0..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Outdoorsy Activity<\/strong>: Shooting pheasants in the valleys of rural north wales near Aberdovey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Emptied your pockets on<\/strong>: Fine art from exotic places from all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Panoramic Views<\/strong>: Looking out to the Himalayas after running upto a high mountain temple in Pokhra, Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Best Drive<\/strong>: The A7 (UK) from Langholm to Galashiels, to our holiday home in the Scottish Borders. This is a drivers road and not f\u00a0..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gourmet Delights<\/strong>: Justin Quek&#8217;s Taster Menu @Sky on 57, Marina Bay sands, Singapore. The Coral fish is superb and the chef, a genius.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Gourmet gaffes<\/strong>: Ordering food of an all Cantonese menu in Shanghai, only to realise it was uncooked offal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Streetfood surprises<\/strong>: Night Bazaar in Tabanan, Bali.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Best bar<\/strong>: I prefer my pubs to bars and my favorite is The Inn at Whitewell, Lancashire, dating back to the 130\u00a0..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">News source:<\/span> EconomicTimes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2015\/03\/nigel-eastwood-new-call-telecom-ceo-relishes-manipurs-vegeterian-cuisines\/\">http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2015\/03\/nigel-eastwood-new-call-telecom-ceo-relishes-manipurs-vegeterian-cuisines\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive Q&amp;A session with Economic Times, Nigel Eastwood, a British CEO of New Call Telecom &ndash;&nbsp;emerging low cost &amp; affordable telecommunications provider, expressed his love for Manipur&rsquo;s vegetarian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[330,34,3103,3104,443,3105,3106,2667],"class_list":["post-122897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kanglaonline","category-news","tag-kanglaonline-2","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-cuisines","tag-new-call-telecom","tag-newsmaker","tag-nigel-eastwood","tag-nimbuzz","tag-photo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122898,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122897\/revisions\/122898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}