August 2017

TECHNOLOGY
Voyage FOOD CORNER
Apollo 11 Entree

SPORTS SHORT STORY

Wonder Women in blue Weekend Gods

TRAVELOGUE LENS VIEW

Malaysian trip on a budget LVM3

NEWS CORNER PUZZLE

News headlines from India & world Hat The Trick

BOOK REVIEW POEM

The road six not taken
Airframe: A thriller for aviators
 Editorial

The country is set to welcome a new head of state, Shri. Ram Nath Kovind. The
14th president of India, a former advocate in the Delhi high court and the Supreme
Court and an erstwhile legislator and governor, was elected with a huge majority. Let
us join the nation in wishing him a fruitful term at the helm. On a solemn note, Team
Voyage pays obeisance to our former chairman U.R.Rao, who passed away recently. On
the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Indias independence, let us also spare a moment
to reminisce about the countless courageous men and women who sacrificed their lives
in the arduous struggle for freedom. The country is treading the path of progress in the
social, economic, technological and educational sectors slowly, but steadily.

Undoubtedly, one of the most noteworthy achievements of the last month was
the brilliant performance of the Indian womens cricket team in the ICC womens world
cup. Though the women in blue missed the final triumph by a whisker, the fighting
spirit of the team, their positive attitude and determination captured the hearts of the
entire nation. Till recently, the authorities were meting out a secondary treatment to
the womens team, despite their accomplishments being on par with those of their
more renowned, more popular and wealthier male counterparts. How many of us are
aware, for instance, that the captain Mithali Raj tops the chart for runs scored in One
Day Internationals and Jhulan Goswami, a veteran pace bowler is the leading wicket
taker in ODIs in the world? Arent their records as illustrious as those of decorated
male cricketers like Virat Kohli or R Ashwin? The scintillating performances of young
players like Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Punam Raut are also worth
mentioning.

The womens team displayed remarkable grit in winning tough matches and
defeated top-ranking teams like Australia and New Zealand before progressing to the
title clash to challenge England. In doing so, they made the country sit up and take
notice and were rewarded by the cricketing authorities, deservedly, with money and
promotions. Even today, one of the prime motivations for many of the girls to pursue
the sport is the promise of employment, with a majority of the team serving the
Railways and Air India. It is high time the womens team was provided the same level
of support, encouragement, opportunities and facilities as the celebrated mens team.
The phenomenal display of this team will certainly inspire numerous young girls in the
country to chase their dream and take up the sport as a profession. Heres to wishing
the Indian womens cricket team a glorious future!

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WONDER
WOMEN IN BLUE
O ur hopes and dreams
were sky high for
Mithalis Angels to
emulate what Kapils
winning millions of hearts.
We have every reason to be
proud of our Women's
Cricket Team
displayed compact
technique as batswoman
and admirable calm as a

Devils did 34 years back & who has

loft the ICC WC on the raised
famous Lords stadium, the nations
Mecca of cricket. But it pride
was heart breaking to see even
Indian women succumb to higher
pressure in the last eight on the
overs to loose the title global
between cup and lip. scene. skipper,
Kudos to England Team who
Indian
on being crowned World eventually
skipper
Champions for the fourth turned out to
and
time. be the Indian
highest
But women in blue fared scorer star of the series
through the tournament, (409), with highest
playing brilliant cricket, Mithali Raj number of fan

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 finale was commendable the strong suit and Jhulan
followers. which made India to Goswami, Bengal's warrior
Harmanpreet anchor the innings. Deepti woman, led the fight from
Kaur, with her Sharma emerged as a the front. Ekta Bisht, left-
blistering genuine all-rounder in arm spinner who
171* against the tournament and demolished Pakistan with
Ausis and a became India's top her 5/18 performance and
sensible 51 in scalper (12) with her off Rajeshwari Gaykawwad
the grand breaks. who destroyed Kiwis with
finale, her 5/15 proved their
Veda
became the worth with the ball.
Krishnamurthy
star of the
was the 'Virender
team.
Sewag' of the
Indian
squad, brought
opener Punam Raut was
daring, adventure
Indias consistent
and a much-
performer with her rock
needed strike-rate
solid defence with a
to the Indian
master blaster touch. Her
team. I Consider
graceful innings under
our bowling to be
pressure of the grand

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 cricket. I believe this will sponsorships & I am pretty
mark the start of a golden sure that the crown will be
Sushma Verma-a
era for womens cricket in surely ours in the future,
vigilant wicket keeper and
the country with similar very soon.
copy book batswoman,
transformative effects.
Shikha Pandey Jhonty
Could a women's IPL be far
Rhodes of the squad who
behind? A bollywood Article by:
gives 100 percent as a
movie? Undoubtedly,
fielder and Poonam Yadav Arun Jose K A
things will only get better
who fearlessly flighted the ka_arunjose@vssc.gov.in
from here in terms of
ball, were strong warriors
interest, fanfare and
of Team India who could
make the Thiranga fligh
so high in Lords.
Though the defeat
in the final makes the
heart feel heavy, hats off
to the Women in Blue
who have made the
nation proud & finally
put Womens Cricket on
the Indian map. The
famous triumph of the
men's team in 1983 at
the same historic ground
of Lord's with their win
had changed Indian
cricket and catalysed a
complete shift in love for

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Apollo 11
THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR
MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR
MANKIND
Article By:
Heman Phinehas
heman.p@shar.gov.in

Forty eight years ago,

on the 21st of July, Neil
Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
became the first humans to
set foot on moon. From 1969
success of the Apollo weighing 83kg into Low
to 1973, 24 astronauts landed
program gave US the Earth Orbit. A month later,
on the moon, explored it and
competitive edge it needed they launched Sputnik 2
carried out various scientific
over the Soviets in the Space with a dog in it. The payload
experiments. An estimated 4,
race. The Moon landing was mass was 500kg. In
00,000 people worked for
the first among many firsts contrast, the first US
the program which was
achieved by the Apollo satellite Explorer 1 which
financed with $24 billion
program. was launched in 1958
(Rs.154704Cr today), the
On 4th October 1957, weighed a meagre 14kg.
largest commitment of
Soviets launch Sputnik the Based on payload, the the
resources made by any nation
world's first satellite US calculated that the R7
during peacetime. The

Voyage/Aug 2017 4
 rocket which launched
Sputnik is least 3 times
more powerful than their
most powerful Atlas ICBM.
This led to the decision to
make larger rockets with
much more powerful
engines. The Saturn V The third stage had a single
rocket was designed to put
140 tons into Low Earth
Orbit. The first stage
consisted of 5 F1 engines
each with about 6770 kN of
thrust. The propellant was
refined kerosene (RP-1) and
liquid oxygen. F1 is the
largest single chamber
liquid engine ever flown and
was about ten times the
thrust of then available
rocket engines. Only the
RD-170 engine that flew on
the Energiya and the Zenith
has higher thrust than the
F1. It however has four
thrust chambers. The
Soviets felt it to be easier to
use either multiple engines
or multiple thrust chamber
engines than deal with
combustion instability of a
single large engine. The
second stage consisted of 5
Voyage/Aug 2017
J2 cryogenic engines each
having thrust of 1033 kN
and specific impulse of
421s. The stage employed
use of a common bulkhead
between the propellant
tanks in order to save mass.
J2 engine which had restart
capability and was
responsible for putting the
spacecraft on a course to the
moon. The Apollo
spacecraft consisted of
Command Module, Service
Module and Lunar Module.
The Command Module had
a heat shield and cabin for
astronauts to be used
during launch and re-entry.
Service Module had the
electric, propulsion and life
support systems and the
Lunar Module was designed
to land on the moon and
later ascend to dock with
the Command Module to
return to Earth. This profile
is known as Lunar Orbit
Rendezvous.
The Mercury and
Gemini programs helped
master human spaceflight,
Extra Vehicular Activity,
Docking and Re-entry. The
Saturn missions prior to
Apollo 11 involved testing of
the Saturn stages, Apollo
spacecraft capabilities,
restart capability of the
third stage, pad abort tests
and two manned
circumlunar flights to the
moon and back. It was only
after validating these
technologies that the Moon
Landing was attempted.
The Saturn V was launched
from Launch Pad 39A at the
Kennedy Space Center on
July 16 1969. 3 hours later
the third stage restarted
from the Low Earth Orbit to
send the Apollo spacecraft
into a trajectory towards the
moon. The spacecraft fired
its propulsion system to
inject itself into lunar orbit
on July 19. The next day, the
Lunar Module known by its
callsign Eagle separated
from the Command Module
with Neil Armstrong and
Buzz Aldrin while Michael
Collins continued to pilot
5
 the Command Module. The
Lunar Module landed with
less than 20 seconds of fuel
left to make a decision to
abort the mission. Six hours
later after checking the
systems, Armstrong finally
set foot on the moon joined
by Aldrin shortly after 20
minutes.
Apollo 1 fire and other
technological challenges.
Though conceived to beat
the Soviets in the Space
Race the missions inspired
the masses for generations
to come.
It was certainly one small
step for man, but a giant
leap for mankind.

The Apollo program

drew expertise from diverse
fields of science and
engineering. The program
was supported by 20,000
idustrial firms and
universities. The program
endured setbacks due the

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 N E W S
C O R N E R
Ram Nath Kovind elected as He was born in a small village of Kanpur
Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh. His father
India's 14th President was a landless Dalit
who ran a small
BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
shop to support
nominee Ram Nath Kovind, former Bihar
his family. He
Governor, won the Presidential polls today
was born in a
with 65.6 per cent translating into 702,044
mud hut and
Electoral College votes, while UPA
when he was
candidate Meira Kumar managed to get 34.35
only five his
per cent (367,314 votes).
mother died
of burns
when their
thatched dwelling caught fire. He had to
walk each day to another village, 8km
away, to attend the junior school. After
graduating in law he cleared the civil
service examination but he did not join. He
practiced in the Delhi High Court and
Supreme Court as an advocate. He
provided free legal aid to weaker section of
society. He served a total of twelve years as
a Rajya Sabha MP. He has also represented
India at the UN and addressed the United
Nations General Assembly. He was a
Governor of Bihar before Presidential
election.

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 N E W S
C O R N E R
G S T PMs Visit to Israel
GOODS AND SERVICE TAX
GST is implemented in India on 1st of July Narendra Modi will be the first Indian PM
2017. France was the worlds to travel to Israel 25 years after the two
first country GST to implement countries established diplomatic relations
One Nation
GST Law in One Tax the year 1954. in 1992.
Since then, 159 other countries
have adopted the GST Law in some form or
other.

Asian Athletic
Championship (AAC)
Plenty of MoUs, including those related
The 22nd edition of AAC was
space technology (atomic clocks, GEO-LEO
held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at
Optical Links & Electric Propulsion) were
Bhubaneswar, India.
signed during the visit.
Around 560 athletes from
41 countries attended the Antarctica ice sheet break off
event. An iceberg weighing more than a trillion
tonsone of the biggest ever recorded and
Sarswati Super
nearly four times the size of Delhihas
Cluster
A group of scientists from IUCAA (Pune), broken away from the Larsen C ice shelf in
IISER (Pune), Antarctica.
NIT Jamshedpur If there is
and Newman eventually a rise
College in sea level, it is
(Thodupuzha) announced that they certain to impact
have discovered a very large supercluster of India badly since the country has a long and
galaxies. They have named it Saraswati. densely populated coastline.

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 N E W S
C O R N E R
A sad demise of Professor Yash Pal
Dr. U R Rao &
Professor Yash
Prof. Yashpal
Pal, eminent scientist
U R Rao and academician,
passed away at the
Udupi Ramachandra Rao, former
age of 90 on 24th July.
chairman- ISRO, popularly known as U. R.
He was awarded the
Rao passed
Padma Bhushan in 1976 and the Padma
away on 24th
Vibhushan in 2013.
July 2017.
His popular TV show - The Turning Point -
He established
which aired on Doordarshan in late 1980s
Indias
brought science to the masses. He also went
capability to
on to become as the first Director of Space
build world
Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, in 1973. He
class satellites
was also chairman of the University Grants
from the days of
Commission (UGC) from 1986 to 1991.
our first
satellite Aryabhatta. He was awarded
Death Anniversary of Dr. A. P.
the Padma Bhushan by the Government of
J. Abdul Kalam
India in 1976 and Padma Vibhushan in 2017.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
He was inducted into the Satellite Hall of
inaugurated the grand
Fame, Washington, on 19 March 2013, making
memorial built by DRDO
him the first Indian for the honour. He was
dedicated to late former
also the only Indian to be inducted in
President APJ Abdul
International Astronautics Federation (IAF).
Kalam in his
His remarkable contribution to India's space hometown of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu on
programme will never be forgotten Dr Kalam's second death anniversary and
paid his tributes.

. Article By:
Vinay Kumar Yadav
vk_yadav@vssc.gov.in

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 FOOD CORNER
ENTREE
Address- Kuravankonam,
Opposite to KIMS wellness
clinic
Cuisine- Continental
Article By: Salil Bagai
salil_bagai@lpsc.dos.gov.in

Cost for two- Rs.800-Rs.1000

Hours- 12 noon to 10 PM.
Reservation- Recommended
This newly opened restaurant is a new
addition to list of restaurants opened
on the way from Pattom junction to
Kuravankonam Jn. It opened around 6
months back and this was my 3rd visit
to this place. The name is because of
tree just outside the entrance of the
place. They are about to open a new
branch near Technopark soon.

About the ambience its the best I have

seen in Trivandrum till now (Dont
compare with villa maya :P)
Everything has been chosen to
compliment the food. The look is of a
hangout place where students or
youngsters can sit and chit chat with
friends, listen to music and have fun.
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 The place is a start-up of two guys named
Rakhin and Jayshankar. Both of them belong
to Trivandrum and this is first step in their
restaurant business. The head chef is Suni
Thomas and he has enormous experience of
cooking delicious food and serving it to people.
He has worked in Le Meridian, Kochi as a chef
before. The architect of the place is the brother
of Rakhin and has done a fabulous job.

The place looks like a hangout place but the

dining experience is of a fine dining restaurant.
This makes it a perfect spot for family outings
or a romantic dinner. Candles present on each
table makes it even more mesmerizing. The last
but in no way the least is the food. You put all
money in ambience, look, service etc., but until
your food is delicious and mouth-watering your
business will not flourish.

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 I tried a lot of things from their menu and most of them tasted
good and had authentic taste. But I felt the place is a little bit
over pricey for the quantity served. Their quesadilla are a
must try. In the main course I tried chicken Lasagna which
was again great and must try but was overpriced for the
quantity served.

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 Recommended Dishes from the chef-:
P.S. - Veg. options are very limited as
Course Dish Type usual.

Bruchessta with olive

Veg./Chicken
Starters and Balsamic
So, I will rest my case with the final
Tempura fried prawns Seafood
marks out of ten on three aspects.
Castle Crust Chicken
Burger Ambience- 8.5/10
Hungarian Hunk Beef
Bombay Sandwiches Veg. Food/Quantity- 7/10
Sandwiches
Entre Club Chicken Service/Management- 8/10

Grilled Tiger Prawns Seafood So people go out and do try this,

Main
Course Entre Signature more reviews of newly opened places
Chicken
Saltimbocca will be there in upcoming editions.
Tiramisu
Bon apptit.
Desserts Almond Brownie with Contains egg
vanilla ice-cream

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Travelogue

its operations in India, I tickets for 2 adults and a kid

A Malaysian trip on a
budget
Article by:
Ajay Kumar Panda
ajay_kumar_panda@vssc.gov.in
suddenly found offers from was approximately 18000.
Kochi to Kuala Lumpur (KL) Visa stamping for 3 people
for less than 3000/- one was about 10000 which I
way per person. So, I did through Balmer and
decided to surprise my wife Lawrie in Sasthamangalam.
by planning a trip to This being the first trip
Malaysia for few days to outside country and that too

I
n the current age, have a foreign visit well with family, I was a bit
consumerism is on a within my budget. The
rapid rise, may it be
about owning costly bikes,
cars or may it be about going
to international destinations
for holidays. As a
government employee, I also
felt that going abroad for
holidays is impossible and
beyond budget until we get a
good hike in next pay
commission (a standard
thought process to delay or
suppress our wishes). But in
2014, with AirAsia starting

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 cautious and tried searching
for tour packages in
Malaysia, specifically
around Kuala Lumpur. But
the pricing of the websites
were quite high and not
justified when I compared
the cost break up.
So I started searching
for places to visit and hotels
to stay in Kuala Lumpur for
few days and finalized on a
hotel Swiss Inn, given its
location in the crowded
china town street and its
proximity to the main bus / price as Kuala Lumpur is with complementary

rail / monorail / metro famous for low cost hotels. breakfast. I could manage

stations. The hotel is 3 star the trip with 2 casual leaves

The duration I
for 2500 per night. We coupled with the weekend.
decided was 4 days and 3
could have actually got nights considering my son My First experience in
better or bigger hotels for who was only 2 years old at Kuala Lumpur (KL)
the same price or else the time. The hotel cost was
I arrived early
equivalent hotels at half the around 7500 for 3 nights
morning at KLIA-2 Airport
which is the airport for low
cost airlines. First noticeable
thing was that more than
70% of the airport is
occupied by Air Asia flights
alone. To add some thrill to
the journey, I hadnt booked
any cab and planned to go in
the bus. We waited till 6 am
local time before boarding
the bus as the hotel check-in
time was 11 am normally and
we may not expect an early

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 check-in. When we booked
the bus ticket, the attendant
asked for the hotel name and
gave us the tickets. The bus
journey was slightly over an
hour. The roads were wide
and clean and the landscape
was beautiful throughout.
The bus stopped near a wide
road where the attendant
asked us to get down and
board a smaller van with our
luggage. In another
minutes, the van stopped in
front of our hotel. The street
being narrow, only small
vans were used to drop
guests near to the hotels. It
was really useful with all the
luggage we had. The bus
ticket was 10 MYR ( 180/-)
per head. Thankfully we got
early check-in at about 9 am
and took rest for some time.
Then we were ready to move
around the city in
evening.
the city. There are a fleet of
purple and pink colored AC
buses with goKL written
on them which are free for
everyone. You can get in and
out of them anywhere you
want across the city. This
was a very good mode of
transport inside the city. For
outside city, we have to use
other buses or trains.
The significant places to visit
5 to see in and around KL if
in KL are Twin Towers, KL
Tower, Bukit Bintang walk
(market), China Town
the
(market), big shopping malls
about 1 km from Twin
Towers (there is a walkway
connecting both), Batu caves
(20 km from the city),
Genting highlands (50 km
from the city), Langkawi
island (to fly from KL). We
didnt go to langkawi islands
due to lack of time. There are
many other places, national
parks and many more things
you have time.

Places to Visit and

Modes of Travel

The most
advantageous feature of the
city is the various modes of
transport. There are buses,
trains, metros, monorail
available to commute across

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 For Genting many more things to spend The places of interest in the
highlands, you have to book time there. You can get lot of city can be covered in a day.
the ticket in advance to go at food options there and there But if you are fond of
the time you want. The ticket will be different magic shopping and spending more
charge is 10 MYR for one way shows, etc going on time at places, then you can
(including bus and gondola sometimes. Its all 24 hours spend 2 days easily.
ride). So both ways it will be operating entertainment
Total expense (without
20MYR = Rs 360/- per destination for people of all
considering shopping) was
person. The ride lasts for ages.
roughly 50,000 for all of
quite some time and was
Batu caves will make you feel us.
smooth. Many a times, we
like you are in India with
passed through clouds sitting
temples and
in the gondola. We really
Ramayana
enjoyed the ride. There are
depicted with the
lot of things to do at the
help of statues
Genting highlands for people
inside a cave. The
of every age. Teenage kids
caves are
can enjoy in the huge gaming
beautiful and can
zones, younger kids have lot
be explored
of rides to enjoy, there are
taking half a day.
bowling zones, casinos and

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 SHORT STORY
WEEKEND GODS the other Gods themselves not devoid of
the common vices of greed and jealousy-
Priya P,
priya_p@vssc.gov.in frequently fought among themselves to
Prologue establish their supremacy. Claps of

T he Gods reigned in all their glory,

from their divine granite pedestals
thunder and torrential rain accompanied
these Godly wars, until the God of Love

within the sprawling temple complex- interfered and brought affairs to a close. It

intricately carved out of stone, nestled was during one such war, when the Gods

within the forest cover of a little island in were busy with their own petty affairs,

the sea, invisible from the mainland. The that the islanders were attacked by the

island was home to a group of fierce marauders. They plundered and looted

warriors and talented craftsmen who the rich island, and, not satisfied with

owed their life and wellbeing to these brutally slaughtering its sons, set off to

Gods. The most powerful among the vent their anger on its Gods. The jewels

Gods was the God of love, who adorned were prised out, the beautiful facades

the throne in a lone temple, carved struck down and the carvings defaced.

entirely out of jewel studded polished The Gods themselves were disfigured and

stone. A little rivulet wound its way left to wallow in grief and failure, amidst

between this divine castle and the temple the ruins of a land which they could not

complex which housed three lesser protect. The sea slowly swallowed the

powerful, albeit popular Gods The God island and the powers remained

of Health, The God of War and The God submerged for a very long time, until the

of Fortune. The devotees swarmed the sea withdrew and the land once again

temples, laden with offerings of gratitude, emerged into the open. The God of love

for the prosperity and security endowed still remained submerged in the depths

by these Gods on their tribe. while his friends were pushed up into the
world again. By then times had changed.
While the tribe lived in peace and love
under the divine eye of the God of Love,

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 The tree cover was dense and no one, not returned to the luxury of their temples,
even light, could steal a peek into the waiting for the devotees, their once
inner depths of the forest. However, forgotten greed and jealousy slowly
human curiosity is far more powerful, raising its hood again.
and, soon, a lonely traveler tumbled on to
The devotees came, but there seemed to
the temple. The news soon spread far, and
be a change in the form of devotion. The
gathered even more importance when the
Gods were now gaped at, and people
traveler reported that there were jewels
touched them and poked them and posed
still studded into the temple walls at
with them while light flashes blinded
places. Soon a convoy of historians,
their old eyes. They were frequently
archeologists and Government officials
bathed in coloured powders and milk,
descended on the scene and the peace of
and were suffocated by the numerous
the forest was broken by a flurry of
sticks of incense that burnt beneath their
activity. The Gods were happy, the
noses. Flames and oil from the lighted
devotees would come flocking to them
wicks coated the walls with grime.
again, they thought. They pitied the god
Devotees no longer brought offerings of
of Love who, once so powerful, was now
gratitude, but instead, made promises of
hidden beneath the sea. The temple was
offerings in return for certain favours they
restored to a part of its former glory and
needed from the Gods. The God of war
was soon to be opened to the public.
was the most popular now. Though he
They visited the God of love in his abode boasted about his supremacy to his
beneath the sea and brought him update fellows, he soon grew tired of the war
on the recent developments. They invited cries and animal offerings garish sights
him to the temple, where they generously and sounds that seemed to surround him.
offered him a place, so that he could get Ironically, the God of War longed for a
his share of devotees. However, the God little peace!!
of love refused the generous offer, saying
Soon fights broke out among various
that those devoted to him should search
groups on a matter of ownership of the
for him and find him, if not under the sea,
place and the once proud Gods soon
at least within themselves. The other Gods
found themselves reduced to a bone of!
reprimanded him for his folly and

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 contention between diverse groups.
Armed men now stood guard at the
temple entrances and the Gods wondered
whether they were the Protectors or the
Protected. Their devotees no longer came
to them out of love- they came only if they
again, uncovering them to a new set of
people who would, hopefully, have
changed!
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Epilogue

wanted favours and that too, on

Even though the Gods deserted the
weekends, when they were free from
temples, no one noticed their absence, and
everything else. The Gods mutely
the place grew in luxury and popularity,
witnessed this turn of events until their
inviting even more people. They came
false pride broke down and any
and gaped at the pedestals and carvings
rudiments of jealousy within them was
and clicked photos and burnt incense.
wiped off.
They made promises and sought favours,

They visited their friend, the God of Love, not realizing that there was no one to hear

this time with a different request. They them. They fought wars, shed blood and

narrated their plight and the generous spread hatred in the name of Gods who

God of Love offered them a place in his have long deserted them. They know not

submerged temple not as luxurious or that the Gods are not where they think

popular but filled with peace. The Gods they are and that they will find them only

soon deserted their pedestals and joined if they seek the God of Love.

their friend beneath the sea, waiting for a

time when the sea swells and recedes

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world
will know peace

-Jimi Hendrix

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 The Road Six Not Taken
Lakshmana Rao Bandarlanka
lakshmanarao_bandarlanka@vssc.gov.in

When youre travelling in your car

and getting bored after driving so far

When youve passed by Road four and five

but nothing exciting is happening on this drive
Do you wonder, just for kicks
what would be down road six?

Oh, there might be a play ground

where animals of all kinds can be found
Spiky floof playing hopscotch, alone and in pairs
Brown monkeys giving hugs and high fives

Little kittens jumping off the swings doing tricks

they sure know how to play, those mice of road six.

Pandas, you may know, take any chance they get to play
and what they love more it would be hard to say
I would tell you those yellow bunnies love boating
they would gather all of their friends for the lovely floating
You cant have a bear party without a bear band
Im telling you those bears are the best rockers in all the land
Squirrels love ice cream cones, especially with honey
and we all laugh and tell jokes. Ill bet they are quite funny

All of the fun and sweet little snack

we could still take that road if only we turn back

There would be so much fun and excitement to see

its a shame to miss it all; I am sure you agree.

If we took road six, those little animals would invite us to go

and when a little puppy wants to do something, its best to avoid saying No.

Journeys can be boring, especially when you think about all the fun things you are missing down
the roads you did not take.

Voyage/Aug 2017 21
 BOOK
REVIEW
AIRFRAME:
Thriller for Aviators

Article by: Shishir Kumar Chandra, VSSC, Avionics

head of QA and is assigned stabbing people at work. The

by the company to story is filled with detailed
This Tech-thriller is
investigate the accident. The QA procedures, flight
authored by the Michael
story shows Douglas Airline simulations and terms used
Crichton who is most
ready to make a deal to sell only in aerospace jargons. It
famously known for
large number of N22 has glimpse into some very
Jurassic Park, The lost
Aircraft to a Chinese cutting edge technology
world and The Andromeda
company. The deal becomes used to solve this mystery. It
strain.
uncertain due to the story brings out problems
This book is another beauty accident and adding to the inside the plane due to slats
by the ace writer; it misery of this fictional deployment, FDR (flight
celebrates the Aviation airlines the workers on the data recorder), proximity
industry and is full with factory base are opposing sensors, voice recorders and
technical details. It starts the deal. In this fine thriller counterfeited parts. This
with a major accident on- Casey has to bring her act gripping story also feature
board Douglas N22 aircraft together by bringing other interesting characters
(a fictional aviation everyone from Engineering, like, a cool test pilot who
company) run by foreign Structures, Avionics and risks life on testing this
airlines (non US) sales together to solve this aircraft, an old structural
somewhere near Los engineer who can tell when
Angeles and becomes a full- mystery. She needs to solve the flight will fail, an assured
fledged thriller very soon. this mystery while facing Avionics engineer who
The story revolves around harsh media trial and back believes in computer more
Casey Singleton who is

Voyage/Aug 2017 22
 than the humans, an authority) and FAA (federal
impeccable audio engineer aviation authority) going
who visualizes sound and after each others neck for
many more The characters issuing flight certifications
in this thriller come out and air-worthiness with
strongly and leave long both trying to ditch the
lasting impression on other. It touches the subject
readers mind. On the social of Corporate Espionage and
front it talks about struggle struggle between the two
between the powerful people most powerful persons in
versus the working class in the company where the
bits and pieces, though the protagonist is being made
story is set up in 1997 it has the escape goat.
many references of Airbus,
The end is very interesting
Boeing and Lockheed. It has
and brings out audacity of
JAA (joint aviation
many characters. It becomes
a story of grit and experience
which is being bullied by
showmanship of media. It is
also a story between loyalty
and self-conscience. All in all
its a book you must read if
you are an aviation buff and
a fiction fan. To experience
the thrill you have to read
this one.
Note: Please restrain
yourself from reading this
book when you are flying. It
may give you erratic heart
beats.

Voyage/Aug 2017 23
 Lens View: Heman Phinehas (heman.phinehas@gmail.com)

A historic day The 43.43 meter tall LVM3

D1 lifted off at 5.28 pm from the second
launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space
Centre and launched the 3,136 kg GSAT-19,
the heaviest satellite launched from the
country.

Voyage/Aug 2017 24
 CANVAS
Sabyasachi Prateik
Prateik@vssc.gov.in

Voyage/Aug 2017 25
 HAT
PUZZLE
THE
TRICK!
A professor once decides to test 9 of his
students. He told them he has 9 hats either
red or black in colour. He also added that he
has at least one hat which is red and the no. of
black hats is greater than the no. of red hats.

The professor then places the hats on the heads

of his students and leaves the class. The students can see others hats
but not of themselves. Obviously students are not allowed to talk, write or communicate with
each other in any way. Professor then comes back after 20 minutes and asks them to tell how
many red and black hats are in total but nobody was able to answer the question. So he gives
them 10 more minutes but the result was the same. So he decided to give them final 5
minutes. When he comes back he gets the correct answer from the students.

Can you tell the number of red hats and black hats?

Solution to previous months puzzle: 3 codes [310, 370, 730]

VP Difficulty rating: 3.5 Top puzzle solvers

1. Pijush Kanti Pattanayak ISAC

2. Priyanka Ojha TSG/ISAC
3. Prathmesh Ghag SSD/SEDA/SAC
4. Abhishek Kumar Singh FDG/ISAC
5. Nikky Srivastava RFSD/SNPA/SAC

Correct/Total Response: 11/18

Answers of the puzzle can be sent to Gurpreet Singh (gurpreet@isac.gov.in) and Aziya
Nizin (aziya_nizin@vssc.gov.in) with subject VP Response 08/17.

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