TALCHER SUPER THERMAL POWER STATION, KANIHA

(AN IN-HOUSE QUARTERLY HR MAGAZINE)

Issue-1V (Jan-Mar’14)
HR VISION:

To enable our people to be a family of committed world class Professionals, making NTPC
a learning organization.
MAJOR HR HAPPENINGS (for the 4th quarter)

Jan’14
Welfare: New year celebration in plant premises PEEP IN
01.01.2014 HRD: E1-E5 PMS window opened for planning
Major HR
HRD: Special interaction meeting of ED(T-K) with
03.01.2014 CHP department happenings for the
qtr (Jan-Mar’14)
CSR: NTPC Kaniha dedicates library room for school
04.01.2014 children of PM High school at 14.5lks cost 75 Books that made

HRD: Special interaction meeting of ED(T-K) with management continued

09.01.2014 TS/FES/P&S/Safety department
9 things great
HRD: Special interaction meeting of ED(T-K) with leaders say everyday
14.01.2014 EMD department
Snippets on labour
HRD: Special interaction meeting of ED(T-K) with laws
15.01.2014 MM-Boiler department CSR: Assistance to blind in
coordination with UG Blind relief society Expert’s sharing

HRD: Special interaction meeting of ED(T-K) with

The Tourist Guide
18.01.2014 EEMG department - Local Touch

Welfare: Tanvi Sangam’s Annual Fest “Basant Mela” - The Tourist

19.01.2014 was celebrated. Event closed on 20.01.14 - Travel Calendar

25.01.2014 ES: Dir(Tech.)visited NTPC-Kaniha Solar power plant Core value flier
English Express
Welfare: 65th Republic Day celebrated
26.01.2014 HRD: Distribution of Special Meritorious award to 72 - Confusing pairs
employees - Word power test
Welfare: Sports Council organised departmental Soup for the soul
27.01.2014 volley ball tournament
Fitness zone
CSR: 1.Two day workshop on Khatak dance for
29.01.2014 village students 2.Training on career in Defence
Services for local village youth

31.01.2014 EB: Superannuation function (5 employees)

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Feb’14
Welfare: Sports council organised One
02.02.2014 day Intra District level Football
Tournament 2014
Welfare: Mahanadi club organised
04.02.2014 Saraswati Puja & Prasad Sevan
CSR: Distribution of Merit scholarship
08.02.2014 & solar lanterns to meritorious school
students of nearby villages
Welfare: Mahanadi club organised
09.02.2014 Stage show of Marshal Arts by
performer from Nazik, Maharashtra
Welfare: New body of SC/ST Welfare
11.02.2014 Association of NTPC-Kaniha was
formed
Rajabhasha: e-Hindi Quiz competition
12.02.2014 for February month was opened
Welfare: Sports council organised All
India Invitational Badminton
13.02.2014 tournament for Differently Abled 2014
for 3 days
Welfare: Mahanadi club organised
14.02.2014 Valentine’s Day function
Welfare: NTPC-Kaniha APEX election
18.02.2014 for 2014-16 was conducted
19.02.2014 HRD: HR Customer Meet
Rajabhasha: Prize distribution for
25.02.2014 Hindi fortnight competitions
CSR: 1.Family welfare camp at NTPC-
Kaniha hospital 2. Training on
26.02.2014 leadership development for self help
group women
Welfare: 1. Mahanadi club organised
Interdepartmental Gully cricket match
2. Mahashivaratri Celebration was
27.02.2014 celebrated in mandir complex
ES: Sh. MRP Rao, Chief Vigilance
Officer’s official visit to NTPC-Kaniha
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Mar’14
Welfare: Mahanadi club organised Ladies
02.03.2014 Gully cricket match
HRD: Business Mind 2014 Unit level
Welfare: Sports council organised 1st
NTPC Cup cricket tournament 2014
08.03.2014 CSR: International Women’s Day was
celebrated for women of local villages
Welfare: Recreation Centre organised 10
11.03.2014 day Yoga camp. Faculties are from Bihar
School of Yoga
Welfare: Presentation & discussion by
13.03.2014 the coaching Institute M/s ABS Academic
soln, Bhubaneswar with parents
17.03.2014 Welfare: Holi celebrations
Welfare: Sports council organised
18.03.2014 District Lawn Tennis tournament
Rajabhasha: Rajabhasha Quarterly
meeting was conducted
21.03.2014 Welfare: Sports council organised Fancy
Sports for employees & family for 3 days
HRD: Special interaction meeting of
22.03.2014 ED(T-K) with Vigilance department
Welfare: Mahanadi club organised
23.03.2014 Bollywood Quiz competition
Welfare: Sports council organised
24.03.2014 Interdepartmental Tennis ball Cricket
league
Welfare: Utkal Diwas celebration
25.03.2014 competitions started
EB: Superannuation function (1
31.03.2014 employee)
HRD: E1-E5 PMS score communication
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75 BOOKS THAT MADE MANAGEMENT .... continued

The Seventies
- Robert Townsend, Up the Organization (1970)
- Henry Mintzberg, The Nature of Managerial Work (1973)
- Chris Argyris & Donald Schon, Organizational Learning (1978)
- James Macgregor Burns, Leadership (1978)
- Taiichi Ohno, Toyota Production System (1978)
- Reg Revans, Action Learning (1979)
The Eighties
- Michael Porter, Competitive Strategy (1980)
- Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave (1980)
- Richard Pascale & Anthony Athos, The Art of Japanese
Management (1981)
- Tom Peters & Robert Waterman, In Search of Excellence (1982)
- John Naisbitt, Megatrends (1982)
- Kenichi Ohmae, The Mind of the Strategist (1982)
- W. Edwards Deming, Out of the Crisis (1982)
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Change Masters (1983)
- Meredith Belbin, Management Teams (1984)
- Harold Geneen, Managing (1984)
- Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus, Leaders (1985)
- Edgar Schein, Organizational Culture & Leadership (1985)
- Akio Morita, Made in Japan (1986)
- Jan Carlzon, Moments of Truth (1987)
- Joseph M. Juran, Planning for Quality (1988)
- Konosuke Matsushita, Quest for Prosperity (1988)
- Christopher Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal, Managing
Across Borders (1989)
- Charles Handy, The Age of Unreason (1989)
The Nineties
- Kenichi Ohmae, The Borderless World (1990)
- Michael Porter, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990)
- Richard Pascale, Managing on the Edge (1990)
- Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline (1990)
- Tom Peters, Liberation Management (1992)
- Ricardo Semler, Maverick (1993)
- James Champy & Michael Hammer, Reengineering the Corporation (1993)
- Fons Trompenaars, Riding the Waves of Culture (1993)
- Henry Mintzberg, The Rise of Fall of Strategic Planning (1994)
- Michael Goold, Andrew Campbell & Marcus Alexander, Corporate-Level Strategy (1994)
- Gary Hamel & C.K.Prahalad, Competing for the future (1994)
- James Collins & Jerry Porras, Built to Last (1994)
- David Packard, The HP Way (1995)
- Arie de Geus, The Living Company (1997)
- Thomas Stewart, Intellectual Capital (1997)
- Stan Davis & Chris Meyer, Blur (1997) Source: http://www.asci.org.in

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9 THINGS GREAT LEADERS SAY EVERY DAY...
People judge you by what you do and by what you say. Here are nine phrases that should roll off your lips every single day.
Author of the article: BILL MURPHY JR. is a journalist, ghostwriter, and entrepreneur. He is the author of
Breakthrough Entrepreneurship (with John Burgstone) and is a former reporter for The Washington Post.
Your words are among your greatest tools. They're a
window into your vision, your values and your abilities.
So, whether you're running a giant organization or just
trying to herd a group toward a certain outcome, there are
messages you need to communicate constantly in order
to lead effectively.
Start every day planning to say each of these things to at
least one person, and watch the results:
1. This is the situation.
People want to know what's going on. Odds are, they'll
find out anyway, or worse, fill in the gaps with
conjecture. When you keep important things excessively
close, you sap morale, rob yourself of your team's
insights, and make people feel undervalued. Sound crazy
to let them in on everything? Walmart founder Sam
Walton did it for decades, and he did okay.
2. Here is the plan.
A leader is supposed to lead. People will offer great
suggestions, especially if you're saying and doing
everything else on this list, but you need to be able to
make decisions and stand behind them. Your team needs
to know where you're trying to take them, and how. Also,
don't forget the crucial corollary: You need to be able to
say "no," especially to moves that would be inconsistent
with your plan.
3. What do you need?
This is crucial for two reasons. First, people need to
know that you care about them on personal and
professional levels, and that you want them to succeed.
Second, if you've put together a great plan, you need to
leverage every person's abilities to the maximum extent
possible. If they are not able to give it their all, you want
to know why.
Source: http://www.marketresearchreports.com
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4. Tell me more.
Let people know you're more interested in finding good
answers than hearing yourself speak. Give others implicit
permission to share their opinions--or heck, invite them
explicitly, if you have to. Staying quiet is an invitation
for others to offer ideas and insights.
5. Remember our values.
You can't possibly stare over the shoulder of every
person making decisions that affect your organization,
but you can remind them to make choices that the rest of
their team will be proud of. Reminding people of your
values requires, of course, that you can actually articulate
shared values.
6. I trust you.
If you can't trust the people on your team, then they
shouldn't be on your team. You need to trust their
integrity, their judgment, their confidence and their
passion--and you need to ensure that they understand
how much you depend on them.
7. You can count on me.
The flip side of that last point is true as well. If your team
can't trust you, they shouldn't do you the great honor of
letting you lead them. So tell them you've got their back,
and then work like hell to fulfill the promises you make.
8. We can do better.
One of the toughest, most crucial parts of leadership is
to push your team to a higher standard than they might
set for themselves. That means congratulating them when
they do well, but also not coddling them when they don't
live up to their potential. It also means admitting when
you fail to live up to those standards, too.
9. Let's celebrate!
Don't create a culture in which the only reward for great
work is more work. Instead, make it a practice to
celebrate your wins, both large and small. This can mean
big parties and
bonuses, but it can
be just as important
to call people out for
great work and
congratulate them
for their milestones-
-both professional
and personal.
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SNIPPETS ON LABOUR LAWS

EMPLOYEE'S STATE INSURANCE ACT 1948 & the scheme
CHECKLIST
Applicability
Is extended in area-wise to
factories using power and
employing 10 or more
persons and to non-power
using manufacturing units
and establishments
employing 20 or more
person upto Rs.7500/- per
month w.e.f 1.4.2004. It
has also been extended
upon shops, hotels,
restaurants, roads motor
transport undertakings,
equipment maintenance
staff in the hospitals.
Coverage of Rate of The ESI Scheme today
employees contribution No. of implemented centres - 677
Drawing wages of wages No. of employers covered - 2.38 lacs
upto Rs. 10,000/- No. of insured persons -85 lacs
per month Employer's – No.of beneficiaries - 330 lacs
engaged either 4.75% No. of Regional offices/SRO's – 26
directly or Employee's – No. of ESI Hospitals/ Annexes -183
through 1.75% No. of ESI Dispensaries - 1453
contractor. No. of panel clinics - 2950
Manner & Time limit
Benefits
For making payment of contribution To the employees under the Act
The total amount of contribution
Medical, sickness, extended
(employee's share & employer's
sickness for certain diseases,
share) is to be deposited with the
authorised bank through challan in enhanced sickness, dependents
the prescribed form in quadruplicate maternity, besides funeral
expenses, rehabilitation allowance,
on or before 21st of month following
the calendar month in which the medical benefit to insured person
wages fall due. and his or her spouse.

WAGES FOR ESI CONTRIBUTIONS Contribution Contribution period

Register/ files to be maintained by the employers
To be deemed as wages
 Basic pay
 Dearness allowance
 House rent allowance
 City compensatory
allowance
 Overtime wages (but not
to be taken into account
for determining the
coverage of an employee)
 Payment for day of rest
 Production incentive
 Bonus other than
statutory bonus
 Night shift allowance
 Heat, Gas & dust
allowance
 Payment for
unsubstituted holidays
 Meal/ food allowance
 Suspension allowance
 Lay off compensation
 Children education
allowance (not being
reimbursement for actual
tuition fee)
Not to be deemed as wages
 Contribution paid by the
employer to any pension/
provident fund or under ESI
act
 Sum paid to defray special
expenses entailed by the
nature of employment-
Daily allowance paid for
the period spent on tour
 Gratuity payable on
discharge
 Pay in lieu of notice of
retrenchment
compensation
 Benefits paid under ESI
scheme
 Encashment of leave
 Payment of Inam which
does not form part of
terms of employment
 Washing allowance for
liveries
 Conveyance amount
towards reimbursement of
duty related journey
period If the person joined insurance
1st April to 30th employment for the first time,
September. say on 5th Jan, his first
contribution period will be
1st October to from 5th Jan to 31t Mar and
31st March his corresponding first benefit
will be from 5th October to
31st December.
Penalties
Different punishment have been prescribed for
different types of offences in terms of Section 85: (i) 6
months imprisonment and fine Rs.5000 (ii) one year
imprisonment and fine and 85-A: Five years
imprisonment and not less than 2 years and 85-C (2) of
ESI act, which are self explanatory. Besides these
provisions, action also can be taken under section 406
of the IPC in cases where an employer deducts
contributions from the wages of his employees but
does not pay the same to the corporation which
amounts to criminal breach of trust.

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EXPERT’s Sharings- fuel for your growth
Author of the article: Mrs. Bijayini Nayak (097766) E2 (HR-Law) PGPM (HR), LLB (5yrs integrated)
joined NTPC as Sr. Asst. Officer-Law in the year 2009. She loves reading & writing. She has passion for
sports, cooking and music.
The letter addressed to Supreme Court by person acting pro bono public can be treated as writ
petition
Bandhua Mukti Morcha V. Union of India AIR 1984 SC 802
Brief facts of the case:-The petitioner was an
organization dedicated to the cause of release of bonded
labourers in the country. The system under which one
person can be bonded provide labour to another for
years and years until an alleged debt is supposed to be
wiped out which never seems to happen during the life
time of the bonded labour.
The petitioner made a survey of some of the stone
quarries in Faridabad district near Delhi and found that
there were large number labourers from Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan who
were working in these stone quarries under inhuman
and intolerable conditions and many of whom were
bonded labourers. The petitioner addressed a letter to
one of the judges of Supreme Court on 25th February,
1982 pointing out that in the mines of Shri S.L. Sharma,
Gurukula Indra Prastha, Post: Amar Nagar, Faridabad
District a large number of labourers were languishing
under object conditions of bondage for last about ten
years and the petitioner gave names of 11 bonded
labourers who were from village Asarha, Barmer,
Rajasthan, 7 bonded labourers who were from village
Bharol, district Jhansi of MP and 23 bonded laboueres
who were from village Borodia, Bhangar Tehsil Khurai
district of Sagar, MP The petitioner pointed out that
there were yet another 14 bonded labourers from
Lalitpur in UP.
Issue: - Release of bonded labourers from bondage who
were languishing for about ten years in stone quarries.
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Decision: - The letter dated 25th February, 1982
addressed by the petitioner was treated as a writ petition
and by an order dtd.26.02.1982 the Court issued notice
on the writ petition and appointed two advocates as
commissioners to visit the stone quarries and make
report to the Court on or before 2nd March, 1982. They
submitted the report on the same date.
It is the fundamental right of every one in India assured
under the interpretation given to Article 21 by the Court
to live with human dignity, free from exploitation. This
right under Article 21 derives its life breath from the
Directive Principles of State Policy and particularly
clauses (e) and (f) of Article 39 and Articles 41 & 42
and atleast, therefore, it must include protection of the
health and strength of workers, men and women and of
tender age of children against abuse, opportunities and
facilities for children to develop in a healthy manner
and in conditions of freedom
and dignity.
The Court held that what is
necessary is provision of a
permanent base for residence
of the labourers, at or near the
work site. This would
necessitate reasonable housing, supply of water, a
reasonable provision store at hand, schooling facility,
facility of a hospital, recreational facilities and attention
to the law and order problem. The court directed the
State of Haryana to attend to the needs of the workmen
in a well-considered and systematic way and to provide
them with the facilities mentioned above.
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THE TOURIST GUIDE- for all travel lovers

LOCAL TOUCH - The pride of Odisha
Odisha, the land of Lord Jagannath is known proudly for
its rich culture, heritage, literature & for its natural beauty.
And this article is a small effort to travel around the scenic
tourist spots in & around Angul dist i.e.close to Kaniha.
Tourist Spot: KHULUDI, Angul, Odisha
alyagiri range of Pallahara Sub-Division houses a
THE TOURIST- Sh. Domendra Singh
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read
only one page” says Augustine of Hippo. This column “The
Tourist” aims at capturing the memories of ebullient travellers and to
inspire all Kaniha-ites to taste the essence of touring. “The Tourist” of
this issue is Mr. Domendra Singh who is gonna trip us to Sikkim.
And here it begins….

M glittering water fall near the village Khuludi. The

fall making its spectacular jump from the hilltop
and paying homage to Lord Siva is located at a
distance of 120 Kms. from Angul and 20 Kms.
Author of the article: Mr. Domendra
Singh, (103957) E2(Oprn.) B.Tech(Mech.)
from IIT-Kharagpur joined NTPC as ET-
2012 and is associated with Kaniha since
from Pallahara. It 2013. He loves travelling & has an intense
is an ideal site passion for music & football game.
for group picnic
and relaxation.

F
The Shiva temple ew years ago I had a trip to Sikkim with some
under the friends. The Vista and cool breeze of it, is still
foothills of fresh in my mind. For reaching Sikkim we took a
Malyagiri (also
train from Sealdah (Howrah) to New Jalpaiguri, it’s the
last railway station to Sikkim. Beyond that one has to
take the ascending roads spiralling the mountains up to
known as Malayagiri) is Sikkim. We hired a vehicle for our tour to Gangtok and
a pilgrim place for the beyond. Journey to Sikkim begins from Jalpaigudi
people of the district. station itself, the en-route panorama of the region is
Lord Shiva abodes here stunning. On the way we passed many beautiful falls;
under the name of one of which was SEVEN SISTERS FALL. By late
Girishwara, meaning the afternoon we reached Gangtok, Capital of Sikkim,
lord of the mountains. leaving the night for us to explore the city.MG Marg
The word Girishwara forms combining Giri (Mountain) and has a lot to offer if you are a shopaholic and the
Ishwara (God).The waterfall near the temple is major ambience is really nice; later we went to a club named
attraction. The waterfall is a small one with a height of 10-12

live and loud, were local bands perform live, northeast

feet. The Khuludi village is 25 Kilometers far from pallahara,
104 kilometers from dist headquarter Angul via National
Highway 23 (India) and 153 kilometers from Ispat
city Rourkela via SH 10A and National Highway 23 (India) .
has always been a rock music enthusiasts centre; it’s
definitely not-a-miss thing if you’re a music fan. Next
day a rocky terrain took us to Lachen, on the way we
stopped for sightseeing spots like Tashi View Point,
Naga Waterfall, the Confluence of Lachen Chu &
Lachung Chu at Chungthang. The whole journey was

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about 6-7 hours’ drive. Lachen is a small village
nestled in the Himalayan Mountains; and is the closest
place to Gurudongmar Lake our place of interest;
where one can find accommodation. After having an
early breakfast we left for Thangu Village, a remote
high altitude village of Tibetan Nomads; on our way to
the Gurudongmar Lake. It’s the Second highest lake in
India situated at a height of 17000ft; breathing becomes
difficult at such altitude but the snow capped
Himalayan Mountains, the frozen lake and unlike rest
of greenish Sikkim this place with rid brown landscape
gave a feel of surreal place. After spending half an hour
there, we drove back to Lachen. In the second half of
the day, we headed off to Lachung. Lachung is yet
another remote high altitude village in North Sikkim
with towering peaks, vibrant flower valley and lush
green grazing pastures. This place is the base for
exploring valley of Yumthang and Yumesamdong.
Following day we started early for Yumthang valley,
popularly known as “Valley of Flower “ for the whole
valley booms with colourful mountainous flowers in
spring season
;a tributary of
Teesta river
flow past this
valley add to
the ethereal
beauty of this
place. In the
winter,
Yumthang is
sombre with snow all around, and the snow clad
mountain. In the Latter half we went to Yumesamdong
also called Zero Point, deriving its name for its
temperature is zero or sub-zero Celsius perennially,
thankfully I was wearing a woolly jacket over a thick
sweater and a Lower beneath my Jeans. Sikkim is fully
of great views like Kanchenjunga, Nathula pass and
many others though the accessibility is subjected to
weather conditions – landslide ,fog ,rain - as was the
case with us and we couldn’t get to these places thus we
were on our way back to Gangtok. On the whole, our
vacation was filled with fond memories.
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TRAVEL CALENDAR Months of Experiences
JANUARY - The best month to visit.....
DOMINICIAN REPUBLIC – This Spanish-speaking
Caribbean country has wonderful beaches and a
fascinating culture and at the beginning of the year, the
whale-watching off the city of Samana is fantastic.
ANDAMANS
Can’t go to the Caribbean? You can still get your
azure waters and faraway, exotic atmosphere in the
Andamans; January is great diving & beach-bumming
weather and peak season is waning, so rates are more
reasonable
THE PHILIPPINES
Go island-hopping in the Philippines:
this is great weather to soak up some
sun. Go snorkeling, get your aches cured
by a bubble-blowing witch doctor and
make Bambi eyes back at the adorable
tarsiers.
.
MODHERA DANCE FESTIVAL, GUJARAT –
Modhera’s Sun Temple hosts a terrific dance and music
fest and the weather’s perfect for sniffing out Gujarat
secrets.
GULMARG, J&K
Indulge your inner snow bunny on Gulmarg’s
slopes – ski and snowboard on what enthusiasts
say is the best powder in the world.
AVIOD! Central & Northern Europe
in January
This isnt exactly a bad time to visit, but
you might find a lot of activities (and
more important roads) shut durign
winter. And there is no Christmas cheer
to make up for it. But, if you just like exploring or
rather determined to see the Northern lights, its still
good fun.
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CORE VALUE FLIER- Environmentally & Economically Sustainable

NTPC Core Values Author of the article: Mrs. Biswa Varati Ghadei (007742)
“BE COMMITTED”
E3(Chemistry) M.phil, (Chemistry), MBA (HR) joined NTPC as
B-Business Ethics
E- Environmentally & Asst. Chemist Trainee in the year 2002. She loves reading &
Economically Sustainable writing, Won national essay contest organised by CII in the
C - Customer focus year 2006, awarded for the best article written for NTPC
O - Organizational & journal “Horizon” year 2007.
Professional Pride
M - Mutual Respect and Trust All is not well with for the mentally challenged where school children
M - Motivating Self and Othersour mother earth use the cards in school projects.
I - Innovation and Speed
this is evident from Each and every employee can be a mini power
T - Total Quality for Excellence
T - Transparent and the scenes of generator for NTPC if each and every employee and
Respected Organisation Typhoon Haiyan each citizen of our township can join their hands to
E – Enterprising deaths in conserve energy at office and home as well as work
D - Devoted Philippines passing towards energy efficiency. Next time when you see a
6,000, frigid light on for no reason feel it is your duty to switch it
morning in the off so that you can reduce carbon dioxide and cost to
Windy City: Chicago after the low temperature hit company. Equally true for your TVs, ACs, computers &
at -500C, flood in Britain, Cyclone Phailin in Odisha laptops.
as well as the Devastation in Kedarnath and
Badrinath in Uttarakhand.
Work and family needs to be balanced and both
need equal attention but let’s not forget someone
needs more attention than these two to balance
everything. It is nothing but our own environment
whose silent cries we have learnt to ignore for
years but it is the need of the hour to save
everything even in micro/nano scale level that can
replenish our ecology, environment and conserve
energy for a better tomorrow. In office, in home,
on road, on air every where there is plenty of scope Philip Kotler once told to the students of Harvard
to save energy, save fuels, save natural resources Business School “Even tomorrow when you will
and reduce our carbon foot prints. Doing simple become rich then also ask a question to yourself,
things like printing on both sides, and avoiding “What are you doing with your life and what you have
printing if not mandatory, using judiciously all given to Society?”. This provides us food for thought
types of natural resources. Lead from the front when we have become a Maharatna company and
when it comes to saving of nature for future growing to be 40 years old and a cash rich PSU we
whether it is in office or at home. It needs to be must remember what as a company and what as an
remembered that most of the paper waste can be individual doing to realize our core value
recycled easily only we need to segregate them Environmentally and Economically sustainable? For
and send to recyclers. Many of the companies have 5km distance from plant to township how wise it is to
taken the initial steps to move forward in this use our big fat cars for self drive? Can we plan for a
direction to reduce their carbon foot print. better transportation facility that will be efficient,
For example: Recycle & Reach Out (R&R) is a sufficient as well as eco friendly? Each small car that
program initiated to enable employees to goes out of the road reduces CO2 emission by 1321
recycle/donate item(s) to deserving charities such kg/annum. On our birthdays instead of lighting
as Asha Daan - run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries candles that ultimately burns our lungs can we look
of Charity, CPAA (Cancer Patients Aid Association). beyond and plant a tree and that will oxygenate our
Old greeting cards are donated to Jai Vakeel school lives and rejuvenate us.

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A) CONFUSING PAIRS

Leery, wary Weary

Suspicious Tired
Farther Further
For physical distance For metaphorical distance or time
Principle Principal
Rule Of your school
Compliment Complement
Nice thing to say Match
Continual Continuous
Ongoing but intermittent Without interruption
Stationary Stationery
Standing still Paper, envelops etc.
Imply Infer
To suggest a meaning To draw meaning from something
Affect Effect
Typically a verb, meaning “ to act Typically a noun, meaning
upon or cause an effect”; as a “something produced”, like a
noun, its “an emotional response” special effect; as a verb, “to bring
about”, as in “to effect change”

B) A test to test you word power – Choose the best

All the words in this quiz were taken from newspaper names around the world.
Word Choose the best option
1.Chronicle A) Daily ritual B) Widely held belief C) Account of events
2.Repository A) Paper shedder B) Medication delivery C) Container used for
device storage
3.Clarion A) High pitched B) Partially obscured C) Loud & clear
4.Epitaph A) Editorial B) Clever headline C) Tombstone inscription
5.Ledger A) Accounting book B) Illustration C) Address book
6.Excelsior A) Ever faithful B) Ever upward C) Ever changing
7.Flume A) Seabird with its wingspan B) Narrow gorge with a C) Warm summer wind
4times its body length stream running through it
8.Whig A) Staunch conservative B) Member of historical C) News editor
British political party appointed by the
queen

Answer key for the above test:

1.C, 2.C, 3.C, 4.C, 5.A, 6.B, 7.B, 8.B

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SOUP FOR SOUL

WAKE UP – A call to awaken your spirit

Author of the article: Mr. Ambuja Prusty, (102785)E2(Oprn.) B.Tech(Mech.) from IGIT-Sarang joined
NTPC as ET-2010 and is associated with Kaniha since 2011. He loves travelling & has intense passion for
photography & music

through sustained perseverance but ther e is

W
e all ar e aware of the famous quot e no cur e to a negative mind. We must take
from The Bhagvat Gita “Karmanye care of our thoughts as they decide our life.
Vadhikaraste ma Phaleshu Kada
Chana”. T his means we must do our part of In this context a famous saying by his
duty sincer ely and leave ever ything else to holiness the 14 t h Dalai Lama may be quoted.
the mer cy of almighty. In other wor ds we
should not stop until we r each at our goal “Take care of your thoughts because they
and the moment we r each ther e we should become Words,
again shift it to Take care of your Words because they will
the next higher become Actions,
level. It becomes Take care of your Actions because they will
much easier to become Habits,
reach at the Take care of your Habits because they will
destination if we form your Character,
know about Take care of your Character because it will
wher e we are form your Destiny
going to and And your destiny will be your life. Hence is
wor k sincer ely the importance of thoughts.
towards r eaching
at the goal.

As the famous author of the book “The

Alchemist” Mr. Paulo Coelho says that
“when you want something, the entir e
universe conspir es in helping you to achieve
it”. To give an instance from real life we can
take the example of Abraham Lincoln.
Ever ybody knows him as the best president
U.S. has ever seen. But befor e becoming the
president he had failed in business twice,
lost eight elections consecutively and als o
had a nervous breakdown. Any of us would
have left the battle field after being defeated
so many times. But Lincoln was differ ent. H e
did not give up and became the pr esident at
the ninth attempt in the election. He pr oved
that we are not finished until we give up.
As the famous writer Robin Sharma says
that any work in this wor ld is done twice.
First in our mind and second in r eality.
Whether we can or can’t achieve something
don’t depend on our ability instead it
depends on whether we believe we can do it
or not. Because ability can be achieved
For a winner ever ything that comes in his
way is a challenge wher e as for a looser it is
either a blessing or a curse. Many of us
might have known about Nick Vujicic. He is
a person with no legs and arms. Yet he is one
of the best motivational speakers of the
world today. At the age of 29 he has
addressed over 3 million people in 25
differ ent countries. So we should always
concentrate on what we have instead of what
we don’t. Many a times, we come acr oss
people complaining about almost ever ything.
They will always compar e themselves with
people who are superior to them. Her e I want

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to ask that “Is ther e anything wr ong in
comparing ourselves with people super ior to
us?”. The answer is that we must follow
them, learn fr om them, try to analyze the
reasons of them being super ior and if
possible try to implement those in our life.
Ever ybody is differ ent. All have differ ent
skills and ability. We must r espect each
other instead of comparing.
People always talk of positive thinking.
Research has shown that approximately
60,000 thoughts come to our mind in a
nor mal day. It is even mor e when ever ything
is not nor mal to us. Is it really possible to
control 60,000 thoughts? So what could b e
done? Her e I feel the inverted “T” principle
will help. We must try to wr ite down
ever ything as illustrated.
GOAL
role model Mahatma Gandhi. A study has
shown that in a pool of hundr ed people 5 ar e
leaders, 15 are followers and r est 80 ar e
none of the two, so it depends on us in which
group we want to be.
Most of us are ver y much afraid of failur es.
We don’t try because of the fear of getting
failed. But her e we must r emember that
growth is a process of trial and error. Failed
experiments are also part of the pr ocess like
the exper iments that have worked.
Ever ybody falls down several times befor e
learning how to walk. Nobody learns driving
at the first attempt itself. So we should never
worry about failur es instead we should worr y
about the chances we missed by not trying.
“Na hi Suptasya Simhasya pravisanti mukhe
Mrigah”.

Why I can’t How I can? So wake up, follow your dr eam step by step
1._________ 1.__________ and the beautiful r esults are waiting to
2._________ 2.__________ welcome you.
3._________etc. 3.________etc.

Then we must focus only on

“How I can?” instead of “Why
I can’t?”. If at any point of
time a negative thought comes
to our mind we should over
ride it by our positivity.

There are thr ee categor ies of

people in this world. Leader,
follower and none of the two.
Leaders are born with gifted
qualities. But a good follower
can do wonder by sincer ely
following/learning fr om his
leader/role model. The best
example of pr esent time may
be Anna Hazare. Although he
was not born with a silver
spoon like Rahul Gandhi and
unlike Nar endra Modi he is not
having a gr eat oratory skill, yet
he has done tr emendous things
by following/learning fr om his

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