CULTURAL QA02-2021-24 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Is fasting sugar 100 normal? A1 Rainam Awuraben January14-2021 In general: A fasting blood sugar level below 100 milligramsper deciliter (mg/dL) — 5.6 millimoles per liter (mmol/L) — is considerednormal. A fasting blood sugar level from 100 to 125 mg/dL (5.6 to 7.0 mmol/L )is considered prediabetes. This result is sometimes called impaired fastingglucose. Diagnosis The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends that diabetesscreening for most adults begin at age 45. The ADA advises diabetes screeningbefore age 45 if you're overweight and have additional risk factors forprediabetes or type 2 diabetes. There are several blood testsfor prediabetes. Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) test This test shows your average blood sugar level for the past three months.The test measures the percentage of blood sugar attached to the oxygen-carryingprotein in red blood cells called hemoglobin. The higher your blood sugarlevels, the more hemoglobin you'll have with sugar attached. In general: An A1C level below 5.7% is considered normal An A1C level between 5.7% and 6.4% is considered prediabetes An A1C level of 6.5% or higher on two separate tests indicates type 2 diabetes Certain conditions can make theA1C test inaccurate — such as if you're pregnant or have an uncommon form ofhemoglobin. Q2 When did Radharani died? A2 Tanishka UpdatedFebruary 20-2021 Servant of Kishori ji I'm pretty sure that this question has arised because of the false story circulating on the whole internet. “Radharani went to Dwarka and livedthere as a maid servant, but not being able to see Krishna, she decided toreturn back to Barsana and she was old, hence, tired. Then Krishna appeared andplayed his flute for one last time and Radharani died in Krishna's arms andKrishna broke his flute and threw it.” This is a fake and rubbish story, not mentioned in any of the scriptures. First of all, Whywould Goloka Swamini, the mother of the universe, Queen of Vrindavan andBarsana, live as a maid servant? All the wives of Krishna are herown forms so she is already residing in Dwarka in her 16108 forms, why wouldshe become a maid? Secondly, everyone knows that one of the names of Sri Radharani is'’Kishori” meaning forever young and beautiful, she got a boon by RishiAshtavakra for remaining “Kishori" so how could she become old? Radharani is Adi Parashakti herself, she is Mula Prakriti, mother of theuniverse, Mahalakshmi. She is beyond birth and death. She cannotdie. Sheappeared on earth with Sri Krishna to do the leelas and after that, went backto Goloka/Vaikuntha. Q3 What is one thing that I can learn from you today? A3 Feroz Khan UpdatedAugust 15, 2020-Lives in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Have you ever wondered why all the stores, shops and showrooms of one category are located nextto each other in a Market or a Mall? Samsung, Apple and Mi,McDonald’s and Burger King, all electronic stores, hardware stores etc. Why do Amazon and Flipkart havetheir Bumper Sales scheduled around the same time of the year? Can they not do it on different dates to avoid a likelydrop in sales? Why do you see different luxuryhotels and fast food joints located in close proximity? And so on. Well, as counterintuitive as it may sound, it’s an old school salesstrategy. Think of it this way, if there is one Pepsi vending machine at yourworkplace, your mind will have to decide between having a Pepsi and not havinga Pepsi. But when there are two vending machines, one of Pepsi and one of Coke,placed side by side, your mind now has to make a choice between having a Pepsiand having a Coke. This works very subliminally. Thus, this actually ends upmultiplying sales for both the companies, Pepsi and Coca Cola in this case. Similarly, instead of thinking should I buy something or not this salesseason, you think should I buy from Amazon or Flipkart. To further improvise this strategy,you may have seen Amazon and Flipkart’s advertisements on consecutive pages ofdaily newspapers, with manyitems of the same brand and model in the advertisement, with a slightly varyingprice and thus successfully persuading your mind to buy something.Acounterintuitive yet very effective technique. Isn’t it? Q4 As a doctor, did you ever hear something that made you say,“you can’t be serious…”? A4 Tiny Nair January 8,2020 Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum ‘Eat it hot, something special today’ my wife had told mein the morning as she packed my lunch. Token number 51 was flashing on the OPD board.I looked at the watch - 245 PM. Ice-cold lunch box awaitinglong postponed gala opening ceremony. ‘What medicines are you on now?’ I ask the middle-aged lady. ‘Exactly same as you wrote last time when I saw you at your home-cliniclast year’. Her puzzled look clearlyreflected her frustration as to why the doctor doesn’t remember her medicationlist. ‘I will tell you’, she started recollecting, ‘a small pink and two whiteround tablets in the morning for pressure, and the big white tablet beforelunch for diabetes, and that light blue tablet before going to bed and onemore…’. ‘But, it would be helpful if weknew the name of medicines’ I tried to be supportive. She took out her smartphone.‘Ok, I shall call my husband and get the names’ She dialled a number, and started jotting down the name of tablets on apaper, nodding in between. ‘Here they are’, she started reading the list ‘Hi-sir, work- hard, about,sun, ready’ ‘That’s the name of the medicine?’ I almost collapsed. 30 secs later the ‘Dan Brown’ inme woke up; I realised that she was right and did not need a referral topsychiatry!!! We needed to improve. Her husband was reading out whatalways stands out as the most important label on a medicine strip – themanufacturers name. (Examples of Tablets) Here is who’s who Hi-sir - Pfizer Work hard – Wockhardt About - Abbott Pharma Sun - Sun Pharma Ready -Reddy’s Lab. She was damn serious. Q5 Why Draupadi collected Yudhisthira's blood in a vessel infront of Virata? A5 Bhanu Kiran 25-2-2021 Mahabharata(Hindu epic) · Exploring ancient texts of Sanatana Dharma When King Virata was celebrating the victory of Uttara over the Kuruwarriors. Yudhishthira stoppedhim and said it was Brihannala (Arjuna) who could have defeated the Kurus andnot Uttara. Virata became angry and struck Yudhishthira on his face with dice.Immediately blood flowed from the nose of Yudhishthira and fell on the ground. Seeing it, Yudhishthira glanced at Draupadi andshe understood what Yudhishthira meant. She immediately brought avessel filled with water and cleaned the floor containing the blood. Meanwhile Uttara was entering the chamber of King Virata with Brihannala.Yudhishthira asked attendant to only allow Uttara to enter King’s chamber sinceBrihannala had a vowthat if anyone makes blood flow out of Yudhishthira’s body without engaging inbattle, Brihannala would kill him together with his advisers, hisarmy and his vehicles. "Vaisampayana continued, 'Saying this, the king inflamed with angerforcibly struck Yudhishthira in the face with a dice, and reproached himangrily, saying, 'Let it not occur again! And having been violently struck, blood began to flow from hisnose. But the son of Pritha held it in his hands before it fell on the ground.And the virtuous Yudhishthira then glanced at Draupadi who was standing by hisside. Ever obedient to the wishes of her lord, the faultless Draupadi,understanding his meaning, and bringing a golden vessel filled with water,received the blood that flowed from his nose. Meanwhile; Uttara, entertained withsweet perfumes of diverse kinds and decked with floral chaplets, slowly enteredthe city, received with respect by the citizens, the women, and the people ofthe provinces. And approaching the gate of the palace he sent the news of hisarrival to his father. And the porter then, approaching the king, said, 'Thy son Uttara, waiteth at thegate with Vrihannala as his companion.' And the Matsya king, with acheerful heart, said unto him, 'Do thou usher both, as I am very anxious to seethem.' Then Yudhishthira, the king of the Kurus, gently whispered unto the earsof the warder, 'Let Uttara enter alone; Vrihannala mustnot come in. Suchis the vow of that hero of mighty arms that whoever causeth a wound on myperson or sheddeth my blood except in battle, shall not live. Inflamed withrage he will never bear patiently to see me bleeding, but will slay Virata evennow with his counsellors and troops and steeds.'"[1] Footnotes[1] Virata Parva: Go-harana Parva: Section LXVII Q6 What are some weird facts about food? A6 Apoorv Bahuguna UpdatedAugust 3, 2020 Senior Development Manager Amul butter failed initially to tantalize the taste buds of India due toits white color and bland taste .So Amul had to increase salt and add coloring to give their white buffalomilk butter the yellowish color of cow's butter. Amul also added anadditive called diacetyl that gave butter the required butter taste. Any food which is processed isnot good (99% of the times).Simple rule, whatever comes in branded packetscan/should be avoided Any oil which is refined (however costly it is) is not good for yourhealth. Try using non-refined oil like mustard, coconut or olive (how ourancestors used to use it).Ghee (clarified butter) is very healthy option MNCs used to make fun of our toothpastes (by saying that charcoal andsalt can make your teeth bad ) . Same MNCs are adding charcoal and salt to our paste now.Colgate ad from 1985 which made fun of toothpaste which had coal likesubstance. Now ,colgate is selling toothpastes with activated charcol Consume raw turmeric daily toboost your immunity naturally. Turmeric contains Curcumin which hasanti-Inflammatory properties Till 10 years back whole grains like Ragi(finger millet), Jowar(sorghum),Bajara(millet) and others used to be treated as food for poor people . Nowthese are costly as people know that whole grains are any day better thanrefined flour Eating local fruits likeAmla(gooseberry), Papaya , Jamun(black plum), Falsa( black currant) , Mango,Guava and Oranges is much better than eating dragon fruit , Washington applesand Kiwis . The imported fruitsare ripened artificially and contain wax sometimes. Jaggery is a good substitutefor Sugar. Although jaggery andsugar almost contain same amount of calories but jaggery retains a lot ofminerals and vitamins. Furthermore , the process of sugar making, pollutesenvironment. Q7 How does the railway police know the number of the bogey onchain pulling? A7 Subhasis Dutta Roy UpdatedOctober 1-2020 Working in Indian Railways at Indian Railways (2001–present) All the brakes from thelocomotive to the last coach operates through air pressure. A 5 kg/sq cm pressure is maintained throughout thetrain by the pipe. Whenpressure is dropped by Loco pilot or any other means (chain pull) brakesapplied. A passenger pulls the chain for an emergency reason.It opens a port in the pipeline ofthat particular coach or compartment. The port is situated at theend of that coach. Here is picture circled of that port. The pipeline is maintained at a pressure of 5 kg/sq cm. So when there is a small opening andair blows from that opening, it creates a sharp whistle sound. Likewhen pressure cooker releases pressure. But it continues. Unless it resetsagain. The assistant loco pilot gets down from loco and walk beside of train. As soon as he listen to the sharpsound of air blowing from any coach, he understands that chain pull from thatvery particular coach. He will reset the switch and pressure regain. So it can easily be identified by railway police from which coach chainis pulled.[1] Footnotes[1] Facts about Chain Pulling in train you never knew before! -RailYatri Blog Q8 What is the fouling mark for Indian Railways? A8 Subhasis Dutta Roy UpdatedSeptember 29-2020 Working in IndianRailways at Indian Railways (2001–present) Here is the picture of fouling mark placed in Indian Railways. Now utility of fouling mark:- This fouling mark placed in besides ofrailways tracks where two or more railways line mixed. Every Loco Pilot and guard of train might ensure that how train stop clear the foulingmark. It is for safety of train to avoid side collision between twotrains. If by any means train could not clear the fouling mark at rear thetrain Guard should show danger hand signal to cabin or SM ,so that no anyfurther train give line clear in the adjacent line. Then it is duty of SM to proper action to clearthe fouling mark. In front Loco Pilot must assured that his train stop with clearing thefouling mark. Here I describe a special situation where Loco Pilot should stophis train not clear the fouling Mark of that line. Do you hear about trainDividing? It is a very uncommon situation. If by any means a Locomotive could not hauling the whole train , thengourd of train may decide for train Dividing. In this system train divided in to two parts.Then guard of train secure the rear part of the train with proper arrangements.Guard of train now allows Loco Pilot in written through a specific printedpaper supply from Railway administration to proceed with half part of train tothe next station. Inthis condition after arrival on next station Loco Pilot stop his train notclear the fouling mark and sound three long whistle. It is thewhistle code of fouling mark jam. The SM of station is now aware of thatsituation and take arrangements accordingly. That will be the next steps, Iwill clear that in any future question. Here is diagram of fouling Mark.Now as the Locomotives power are enoughso train Dividing actually not happen now a days. But Railway has this rules. Q9 What makes Chennai unique and better when compared toMumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi? A9 Himansu Pandey UpdatedNovember 11, 2014 Chief Minister's Associate - Haryana We shifted to Chennai 7 years back (was in Mumbai before that), andoriginally from Varanasi. When we came here the first thing I liked about theplace is no one tagged us with our origin, like they did in Mumbai.(NorthIndians are called Bhaiya in Mumbai, although it does not literally mean anywrong but it comes with the dislike the Mumbai ppl show). So this was one BIGrelief, it felt better when people are not judging you just by your origin. Now things that are really goodabout the place. 1. Commuting within the city Wherever you want to go with in the city you have a bus, MTC(Metropolitan Transport corp) provides an excellent service. Few of the busroutes are very famous. (23C, 29C, 21G etc have become integral part ofpeople's lives here). Not just the buses but also theLocal trains, one can take train and get to outer far off places of the town. Obviously Ahmedabad has the best Bus system and Delhi has a excellentMetro system but Chennai has got best of both the worlds and that sorts of makesit unique. 2. Chennai is much calmer as acity compared to Mumbai/Delhi/Bangalore. People often complain about Chennai's nightlife, but its unlike any othercity, people here do not believe in a elaborate nightlife. But that does notmean they stop people who believe in it, Chennai's pubs close much later thanBangalore's. 3. Keeping the parts of itshistory alive : Chennai is no Greece but it holds what it has, the locals hereare more concerned about their place. The same reasonwhy places such as St.Thomas mount, Mylapore temple are still amazing places to be. 4. Beaches Everyone knows about the Marina beach, but its not the only beach in thecity, the southern Chennai is graced with small butamazing beaches like Besant nagar beach (and all those who feel Chennai is acity of of no fun, do visit Bessy), Thiruvanmyur beach etc. 5. Safety 6. There are many more amazingthings about Chennai such as food(for those who like it), Colleges etc. I may have missed a lot of things so add inall that you feel works for you : 7. Movies and Music .. Totallyforgot to add this one. Chennaicity's multiplexes and cinema's have there rates controlled by Government,given that a Chennaitecan catch any movie in the city at the best Cinema halls at maximum of 120rupees. No other metro city (Delhi/Mumbai/Bangalore) has this. My note- But cost of reaching the theatre is high. In addition food itemsare sold at least three times more costlier. Chennai provides a huge platformfor both classical and modern music. In fact a full 6 weeks of Madras Music season is held in December- Januaryto promote carnatic music, sabhas are held throughout the city and music isamazing. The music academy, The Kalashetra foundation are some of the places where the heritagegrooms. Chennai is not just yet another concrete jungle, Its a city with a heart,city one can connect to. Theosophical Society The Theosophical Society International Headquarters, Adyar The theosophical society has its headquarters in Adyar, Chennai. Thesociety is an unique foundation in itself. The Theosophical Society was foundedin New York on 17 November 1875, and since 1882 the Chennai has been itsheadquarters. The Theosophical society in Adyar is a truly serene location in the midstof the city. All the above QA are based onQuora digest to me on 27-2-2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on27-2-2021 -- 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/1123681445.482486.1614437102265%40mail.yahoo.com.
