The Plus Dec'20

THE PLUS ISSUE NO. 13 | DEC 2020 www.igenplus.com Introduction Hello, our young readers! We are thrilled to welcome you on-board for another defence: edition of ‘The Plus’. This month we have made an attempt to take you into the world of the Indian Armed Forces. As we enter the last month of the year 2020, there have been extremities that we all experienced in various forms. But adapting through situations and coming out of it, we learned a lot more about life and that we are in this together, dedicated a spirit that our armed forces constantly strive with. In this issue, you will get a closer look into the lives of the officers, know about some of the forces that actually drive our armed forces, the life lessons that we can all take with us through them, the deep sense of service, faith, and glory, and some career options beyond being a soldier that still disciplined keep you associated with the defence forces. You will also go down the ancient history of the forces and what are the exams you must eye on to become a part of this large family. We will be back with another issue next month. Meanwhile, daring we would love to hear from you. Your suggestions, ideas, feedback submissions are all welcome. This magazine is an effort by IGenPlus to reach you, teenagers, and be rest assured, we are here for you! keep CONTENTS Letter from the CEO p 3 Concept Note: Not just Muscle Strength a p 5 In Conversation With p 9 Armed Forces tab p 16 From the Reader’s Pen +91 98175 00105 p 18 Of Service, Faith & Glory p 19 www.IGENPLUS.com Games Corner p 21 Vanara to Vayu Sena https://www.twitter.com/IGENPLUS p 23 CREATIVE EDITOR: AYUSHEE CHAUDHARY The Military Vocabulary [email protected] p 27 https://www.facebook.com/IGENPLUS PANKHURI MITTAL Careers in Defence [email protected] p 29 CREATIVE DESIGNER: Bollywood Army MUNMUN AGGARWAL p 33 https://www.instagram.com/I_GEN_PLUS [email protected] This Day, That Year CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS: p 35 AYUSHEE CHAUDHARY PANKHURI MITTAL https://www.youtube.com/channel/IGENPLUS Letters of the Past ARUSHI SHARMA p 37 GUEST CONTRIBUTORS: Subscribe The Plus OJUSWANI SHARMA, 13 p 42 https://www.linkedin.com/company/IGENPLUS The Plus reader COVER: Teenspiration ANIL SAXENA p 43 THE IGP Letter from the CEO FAMILY Namaste, While scrolling through Twitter the other day, I came across a post about a 9 day old son who received his father wrapped in the national flag. The heartwrenching, overwhelming stories of our soldiers have always taught SOUMYA HARI KIRAN us that our peaceful sleep and freedom of AGGARWAL VADLAMANI expression is not to be taken for granted. There is a sacrifice made by thousands of families and their unheard contributions that today we are able to read this magazine while relaxing at our comfortable homes. This edition, we bring to you the inspiring, heartwarming and unheard stories of brave soldiers. Read on to know the life of many AYUSHEE ARUSHI young champs who live away from their families to take care of their CHAUDHARY SHARMA motherland, for whom the millions of people who are not related to them come much before their own wives and children, for whom the balance between work-family life is completely loaded towards duty to the nation. Enjoy. Learn. Keep your josh high. From today onwards, remember all MEHAK MUNMUN MONIKA of them in your prayers. GUPTA AGGARWAL MAURYA Love, Soumya NISHTHA PANKHURI NARANG MITTAL 03 “Let me give you a further example, what comes to your mind when I say knife? Your it’s not just a game of answer to this could be one of the deciding factors in your selection. It is a way to know your psychological traits as part of the very crucial psychometric testing.” muscular strength! “What is that?” Ever since his teenage years, Shyam was fascinated by the sound of the fighter “Psychometric tests are aimed at THE PSYCHOMETRIC TESTING jets sweeping through the wind somewhere above the clouds. Anytime he saw a analyzing several attributes including movie, watching soldiers fighting it out on the border, he could be seen jumping intelligence, critical reasoning, around his bed enacting the scenes. motivation, and personality profile. These essentially act as tools in After their final board examinations, Shyam and his friends were discussing their assessing an individual’s innate future plans. While some of his friends were yet to decide, Shyam was sure he preferences and suitability based wanted to be in the fauj. Shyam went to his teacher to ask for his assistance in on their responses to different physical training. scenarios. After all, to be a part of the Armed Forces you have to be someone who can go through “I will be joining coaching for exam preparations and I will start my physical education intense experiences in the most here, then there is just medical. So I should be able to manage the selection,” he said extreme of situations and still have confidently. the ability to stably make the right decisions for not just yourself but His teacher asked him to go for a run right then. Shyam hesitantly went around the your troop,” Sir stated. playground. As he came back, his teacher asked him to define “red” in a sentence within the next 30 seconds. “But won’t that be a part of the training?” Shyam asked. “How is that relevant?” “Of course, simulations during the training will take the experience a notch up but you “Being in the Armed Forces is not just a game of muscular strength,” the teacher must have it in you even to be through the selection.” explained. So how do I prepare for this? He went on to add, “training your body and nailing the academic exams is not enough. The Defence Forces are institutions that prepare you for life. The selection processes This is not something that you can just read and imbibe but this has to come from are extremely well designed to examine the physical, mental, emotional, all aspects of within when you understand the depths of the Armed Forces and what all they really your personality.” go through. So while you prepare to join, don’t just be charmed to get into the Forces, understand the intricate details of their journeys, and know their stories do so as to “Wow! I never thought that way.’ get going with that passionate drive. 05 06 x A message for ASPIRING TEENAGERS presents INTERNSHIPCorporate PROGRAM Don’t look at the Armed Forces as a job or as one of the options available from many careers. You If you have to be serious about want to join, make an it and aim sincerely informed decision. If you decide because you have lives at stake, literally. And if to do this, you have to stick to this. you are someone who You can't have your focus shifting. You respects a disciplined need to go all in, no matter the circumstances. life and hard work then So having perseverance, dedication and you are going to be very intent are important. I believe if you have satisfied. But make sure the intent, you will find a way no it’s not the charm but the passion that drives matter how impossible it may you. The difference seem. between charm and passion is the same as crush and love, so know what is yours. - Understand group and workplace dynamics - Make connections between theory and practice Fauj is a career launch like no other. There are a lot of opportunities, - Applying analytical skills and ideas gained from classroom learning not just to learn and serve but also to explore. All three Forces - Building a professional and mentorship network in a relevant career field have their own adventure cells. The kind of options you get to - Developing Employability Competence (technical and soft skills) grow, to follow your hobbies/passion while doing your job within your working hours is astounding. Hence, Armed Forces give you a platform to be on the front. 24TH DEC’20 - 4TH FEB’21 FOR 11TH -12TH CLASSES Application Closes: 20 December 2020 Limited Seats Only To know more, visit: www.IGENPLUS.com or Call +91 98715 00105 07 08 Our first learning about the Armed Forces usually is that they are the ones who are protecting us and safeguarding the nation with grit and pride. The stories of their InIn valour and selfless service are well known and their strength and life often admired. IGenPlus had the opportunity to speak to a few officers serving in the three Armed convoconvo Forces of India and their families. Listening to their anecdotes of thrill, close experiences of death and loss, the living with absence, constantly striving ahead towards their vision selflessly was quite heart warming and definitely inspiring. It withwith was an attempt to go a step further and understand the forces that drive the officers in our Armed Forces, holding them together and empowering them through and through. THETHE FORCESFORCES BEHINDBEHIND [Following the protocols, the names and ranks of the officers will not be disclosed.] THETHE FORCESFORCES THETHE DRIVEDRIVE WITHINWITHIN THE ARMED FORCES (the army, the navy, and the air force) “ One day, you could be at the epitome of your achievements so to say and the very next day you could be down in the dirt. And that ’s the humbling experience of being in the forces. It teaches you to let go off the euphoria and do the task at hand which is also why I believe people who persevere, are the ones who come through,” said a frontline fighter pilot from the Indian Air Force (IAF).

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