CULTURAL QA02-2021-21 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Is a candle flame a living thing or anon-living thing? A1 Carl Smotricz, learnedabout biology in a real school. 23-2-2021 Does a candle flame actively acquire nutrients? Does it maintain a borderbetween “inside” and “outside?” Does it respond to stimuli? Does it grow? Doesit reproduce? Mostliving things do most of those things. Q2 Who were the smritikaras? A2 Giri Manigandan, CAfinal from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Updated December18, 2017 In the ancient time, Vedas werethe primary sources of law. They provided the basic frame work. Smritikaras ( authors of smriti) are law givers, writers of legal, social,ethical and moral treatises. They along with shrutis broadlymake up India's ancient legal literature. Smritis specifically dealt with civil and criminal law. Their worksplayed a crucial part in the evolution of India's legal system. The smritis were the oldest attempt at codification and compilation oflaw. They covered subjects such as, Evolution of courts, Procedure for theappointment of judges,Other procedural aspects for the enforcement ofsubstantive law. Some of the most influentialsmritis are manu smriti (exhibit legal andliterary scholarship of time) Yagnavalkya smriti(the bestcomposed and appears to be the mosthomogeneous - exhibits religious, criminal and civil laws and rules foratonement for sins committed) Narada and katyayana smriti (dealt purely with legalquestions - exhibits details of the procedure to be followed by the courts anddetailed provisions relating to pleading evidence and modes of judgement). Q3 According to Hinduism, who and what isKakbhushundi? A3 2 Answers Pradeep Srivastav Answered September 12, 2019 For me all the crows are kaak bhushundi , I always give them respect. In the holy land of India, youplease your ancestors in Shraad via feeding kaak only. Then your kak is also a symbolfor the Indian god Shani. Forlord Shani kak is his mount. Another interesting aspect is story goes that Kakbhushundi had been granted boon that he will notforget any knowledge that he attained in his previous lives. Besidesin general also if you see kak is a very intelligent and cunning animal, whohas a high life span, In India we respect elders, mostly crows (kak) are aged ! Whenever I see any crow, I call them kak bhushundi only. 2ND ANSWER NiyatiMahale, Bachelor of Science Physics Answered October 31,2019 Kakbhushundi is a sage who was agreat devotee of Lord Ram. Kak literally means crow. The sage ended up in theform of a crow due to a curse. It isbelieved that he is a chiranjeevi and he is not bound by time. Whenever Ram takes birth in anyera, he is believed to fly there to watch his childhood. He is also anexcellent narrator of the stories of Rama. Q4 Where do the chiranjeevees live now? 1.Hanuman ji is available onGandh Madan Parvat, but he hasalso divine and others mystical powers too that he can take as many as hissimilar or different forms as per his desire. So, he can be visible everywhere. He would be themain person for creation so perhaps Lord Sri Ram would assign him someimportant roles in next Kalpa. Hanuman ji can be seen with such heartlydevotion and Bhakti only. Common people who are not pure as per Hindus culturewere kept away from his presence in Kalyug. There is one very interesting storyabout a pilgrimage in Mansarovar in the Himalayas in 1998. A pilgrim supposedlysaw a light in the cave, of which he took and considered as Hanuman ji. 2. Baali is presently in SutLok/Patal Lok as per Bhagvatam and Hindu Dharma Scriptures. He would be as Heaven God Indra in next Manvantar asper Lord Vishnu wish and assurance. You can see it in Keral. Onam festival is the mark ofBaali presence in Trivunathpuram and all over Kerala. 3.Lord Prashuram- He is presenton Mahendra Parvat, just besides Mata Vaishno Devi temple.He goes regularly Yamlok also for his advise and for attending special meetingof Dharamraj and some Rishi Munis there. Yamraj always calls him in case of any complicated matterof Jivatma Karma. So, he is supreme deciding person too there in Yamlokfor Jivatma. 6th Avesha avatar of Lord Vishnu, master of all astras, sastrasand divine weapons LordParshuram ji present at the order of Lord Sri Ram, the supreme personality godhead. He is not visible with human eyes. One should have devotions and divineeyes also for his darshan. He is divine and Aveshavtar of Lord SupremePersonality also. 4. Aswasthama - he was seen byseveral peoples in India. I have met someone in Bihar, UPand even Gujrat, who were firm that he had seen Aswashthama. AKanpur Pujari of lord Shiva temple has also seen Aswasthama. Pujari tells thatAswasthama has about 10 feet height and blood is oozing from his forehead. Hecomes to Lord Shiva Mandir,in Kanpur, UP for Jal Abhishek every day at about4.30 AM. He is the grandson of the Brahmin sage Bharadwaja. 5. Vyas Ji or Ved Vyas- .He wasthe son of Rishi Parasharand grandson of Rishi vashist. He was born in almost last of Tretayug, lived to see the wholeDwaparyug and also had seen the initial phase of Kalyug. He isconsidered also the avtar of Lord almighty, unborn, supreme Personality LordVishnu. He was sent hereon earth for writing epics and Purans. He has also divine powers and hecannot be seen by any common people. He is present in Haridwar and in Vrindavan and Chitrakut.One can see him by devotion of anyone. 6. Bibhishan- He is visible alsoby only divine eyes only. Goswami Tulsi Das had seen him about 500 years back in Kalyug. He is still present in Lankanow. But he visitseveryday Lord Jagnath temple at Puri, Oddisha. Lord Sri Ram had told himthat he (Sri Ram) would be still present in Jaugnath temple, Puri, Ordisha.Lord Ram had told this to Bibhishan before his denaturing to his abodeVaikuntha. So, Bibhishan visits Jagnath Mandir, Oddisha temple every day fordarshan of his closed dear (Isht) Lord Sri Ram there. He was made a Chiranjeevi by Lord Sri Ram tomaintain morality and righteousness in Lanka and to guide people overthe world in Dharma. 7. Kripacharya or Kripa- was theKul Guru of the Kurusduring the Mahabharat war, and whilst his status as a Chiranjeevi is stilldisputed, his impartiality towards all of his disciples is the most commonlydocumented reason for his immortality. He got immortal rank for his knowledge and he is perhapspresent in Himalaya valley. /Jay Sri Ram/ Q5 What are some interesting random facts? A5 February 10 Shared bySuresh Roy[W1] [W2] Te ZhangUpdated September 23, 2018 Commodity Sourcingat Cummins (company) (2019–present) After soaking your fingers orplacing your feet into water for a while, they might get wrinkled like this: Why? Some might say that’s due to being in water a long time, which makes ourskin swollen. Before I also thought it was just a random accidental effect ofthe wetness. But, have you ever wondered whythis scene only occurs on the fingers and toes? Why doesn’t it appear on the other parts of our body? A scientific study did researchon finding the reason that wet fingers and toes wrinkle. The study showed that if you cut the nerves to the fingers and toes, thewrinkle phenomenon disappears, which proves the wrinkling is a self-directed act rather than aphenomenon caused by wetness. Then why would our brain send the signal only to wrinkle the fingers andtoes? The study made an F1 racing car tire analogy. The smooth tire provides a superb grip under dry conditions; by contrast,the wrinkle tire gives better grip on wet ground. The wrinkles will construct a drainagenetwork that will channel away the water on the surface and thereby maintain afirm grip. Our body is truly still a bigmystery to the entire human race… The study source: AreWet-Induced Wrinkled Fingers Primate Rain Treads? Q6 How is the new AC 3 tier AC class coachintroduced by the Indian Railways? A6 Adithya Adari February12-2021 Knows Telugu According to the video released by the ministry of railways the new 3tier economy classcoach/3tier tourist coach will look something like this. The fare will be lower than theregular 3 tier ac coach whichis a very good thing. People who can't afford 3 tier can travel in this. The fare will be adjusted betweenthe sleeper and 3 tier ac coach. The main purpose of bringing these coaches are to remove sleeper coaches from the normal trains thatare running with maximum speeds of 130kmph as sleeper coaches are not suitablefor 130kmph. So these coaches will replace the sleeper coaches of trains running withspeeds of more than 130kmph. The new coaches are one of it's kind look at the images down. It has Air-conditioning ventsseparately for every berth. The fire detection systems have been installed to prevent fire accidents. Now the ladder is redesigned soit will be easy for ladies, aged people to access their middle or upper bertheasily. Foot operated taps are a special mention to maintain hygiene. The berth numbers are illuminatedso that it will be easy for us to locate our berth number at night time without turning on lights and disturbing others. Personal reading lights are also given. The Indian Railways are makingefforts to develop. Highlights: 1. Foot operated taps. 2. Personalised Air-conditioning Vents. 3. Fire safety Systems.4.Fare will be Economical. 5. Usb charging points for every berth. 6. speeds can be increased upto 160 kmph. 7. Illuminated berth numbers. 8. Fire resistant seats. 9. Improved Ladders Source: timesofindia, ministry of railways. Q7 Why is sand poured into the compartmentnear the wheel of a railway engine? A7 Subhasis Dutta Roy pdatedSeptember 2-2020.Working in Indian Railways at Indian Railways (2001–present) Train’s wheels are made of steel and it is running on metal railwaytracks. Metal to metalfriction is very less. Due to the heavy weight of locomotive and wagons, acountable friction is created between wheel and track. This frictionhelps locomotive to move through rolling of wheels. However, for any reasons, mainly during the rainy season, the rainwater comes between wheels andthe railway track. This rainwater then works as lubricant and reduces thefriction between wheels and track. Thus, the wheel starts slipping.Traction motors roll the wheels but due to less tractive force causing lessfrictional force, locomotive cannot move. Loco wheels start rolling or slippingat one place of railway track. These types of the phenomena are very harmful to both locomotive wheelsand railways tracks. It creates skidding marks on wheels and tracks. Sometimes, the locomotive is unableto pull load and train become stall in a block section. It hampers train movement in thatsection. Another light engine is to be sent this time to work as banking to clear the block section pushing from therear. It consumes time and all thetrains run late. Railway always tries to avoid this situation. Sand is an effective material tocreate extra friction and it is easily available. So railway engineers makearrangements to carry the sand with loco so that it can be used when required. That’s why, sandbox isintroduced near the wheels and sand must be filled up at the charge take overand made point of the train. This sand is used by two types. One is automatic and another is manual.Loco pilot has to test the manual process of sanding at the time of takingcharge through the manual pressing switch from the loco cab. Assistant Loco Pilot's Duty isto check whether sandboxes are all full of sand or not. If not, sand is to befilled up. Automatic sanding starts whenever Locomotive wheel slips throughelectrical arrangements. It energises the sanding switch automatically.Here isan image of a sand box. ( pictures not added) Q8 How does soap work to make things"clean"? A8 Opendi Cornelius Gwoke, NetworkSupport Engineer (2015-present) 23-2-2021 Water slips right off withoutmixing, just like it does with cooking oil. That’s where soap comes in. Because soap is salt derived from an oil orfat, it has a unique chemical structure that looks like a balloon. The balloonhead is the salt—a charged, polar molecule—and it’s connected to a string ortail of non-polar fatty acids. Thesoap molecule can therefore act like a double-agent: the salty end is attractedto water, while the fatty tail is attracted to the dirt or oil. When you mix soap with dirt andwater, the soap molecules break up the dirt and the bacteria it contains byforming circles around individual droplets—the fatty chains go inthe middle facing the dirt, while the salt balloon tops form the outside of thecircle facing the surrounding water. The wheel-like structure formed by the circle of soapmolecules around the dirt or oil droplet is called a micelle. When you wash your hands withsoap, it dislodges the dirt, grease, oils, and disease-ridden fecal matter particles on your hands by creating thesemicelles. Surrounded by the soap, the oil molecules become suspended anddistributed in the water rather than stubbornly clinging to your skin. Thisallows the dirt and germs on your skin—or on clothing, surfaces, or towels—to be rinsed away with thewater. Ta-da! Q9 What are the best habits in the night? A9 Following are the habits which everyone should follow- Siddharth Pandey April 15, 2020 B.tech in Civil Engineering, Madan Mohan MalaviyaUniversity of Technology (Graduated 2019) Always wash your hand and feet before going to bed. You may bath if youneed. If you are male and under age 25 must follow above step. Never take water before and after 20 minutes of dinner. You will seechanges after following only 10 days. Keep your phone at least 7 feet away from your sleeping bed and keepmobile data off. Lots ofstudies showed adverse impact of keeping phone near you. Never watch or think aboutsexual content before sleeping. Try to avoid using pillow. Lit a lamp in room. Never sleep infull dark room. Your sleeping position matters a lot. Always sleep straight on back. Think about your future plans andgoal. Think what you have to do tomorrow Hope these habits will change your life. All the above QA are based onQuora digest to me on 23-2-2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 23-2-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/209732915.1375738.1614091976299%40mail.yahoo.com.
