CULTURAL QA03-2021-01 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Why do trains idle allnight? Why are train engines not turned off? A1 Shared by Girija DeviErikaFernandez 1-3-2021 Works at Freelancer, Novelist, Writer In case you haven't noticed, diesel trains are never turned off. They are always leftrunning. But, why would the railway department waste so much fuel ifthe train isn't moving! It seems a bit strange, right? Of course, diesel locomotives are not kept running for all its lifetime. It's just that diesel trains arekept running for long periods of time, even at a stop. At least someof you might've noticed this, while the train is halted at the stations forlong periods of time. That said, here's why diesel trains are not turned offthat often! It is a common thing in trains, to lose the brake pressure due toleakage. Most of youwould've heard the loud hissing sound coming from under the train, when it isstopped at the railway station. If the engine is turned off for long periods of time, it takes anotherlong span of time to repressurise the brake lines. Trains, being large and heavy, need the optimal brake line pressure forits efficient stopping. For obvious reasons, loco pilots never compromise onbrake line pressure. Another reason for not turning off diesel train engines, lies in theengine itself. If the engine hasn't been started since long (or, if theengine is cold), it takes quite an effort to restart it. Depending onthe size and construction of the engine, it can take 10 to 20 minutes just tostart it. A train's diesel engine is a large unit, with around 16 cylinders. Diesel engines work on compression ignition and do not have an externalignition agent (spark plugs) as in petrol engines. So, in order to starta diesel engine, it has to attain its optimal working temperature by air-fuelcompression alone. This is extremely difficult to do in a large diesel enginelike as in a train. It is also interesting to know that while diesel locomotives are idling,fuel consumption is more than when the train is moving. This is because, while idling, the batteries arebeing charged, and the air compression is in operation. Today's trains have something called ‘Auxillary Power Unit (APU)' inorder to reduce the fuel consumption while idling. This is basically a separate system for poweringall the electronics, and is also found in aeroplanes. APU can also help inreducing the emissions in diesel locomotives. Thoughts On Why Diesel Trains Are Never Turned Off Diesel locomotives are slowly disappearing from the Indian Railway scene.The amount of fuel-dependencyand the maintenance issues which come along with diesel engines are the primaryreason for this. Though electric trains are far more efficient thanconventional diesel engines, some still love the nostalgia factor which comeswith trains making smoke. Q2 What are some of the besttrain hacks for India? A2 Smaran Veerabadran May16, 2020 Student-We travel in trains a lot. Most of us carry a backpack/handbagin which all our valuables such as cash, wallet, laptop, phones etc are keptand we keep that bag on our berths where we sleep unlike keeping it under theseats. Berths are not sowide that they can accommodate you and the bag comfortably. One option is keeping the bag next to your face securely which leavesvery less space for you to sleep as we are broader from the shoulder side.Other option is to keep bag near the foot area which givesample amount of space for you to sleep but the drawback is that it is unsafe asanyone can easily take the bag away when you are fast asleep. I have a fantastic way which I have been using since years and it workslike a charm always. Tie your bag with the corner of the bedsheet which you are going to pullover you. Like this, Now, if a thief tries to pull your bag away, while you are asleep yourentire bedsheet will get pulled waking you up on spot. Since, it will be mostly in the darkhours the thief won't know that the bag is tied to the bedsheet which you areholding. You can sleep without worrying about your bag. Moreover itgives you a psychological satisfaction as well, just like the way chaining yourbag under the seat gives. You can then cover the bag under the blanket as well just to double proofand blocking its visibility from the prying eyes. My note- Best way is to lock the bag to chain/rod/hooks provided using chain. Q3 What is the most cleverlife hack you've learned? A3 John Marty UpdatedFebruary 19, 2018 Amazon Manager of Product Mgmt. | YouTuber This cheap yellow lanyard has subconscious power…. A year ago, I was hired by Amazon, and on that first day of work Inoticed that people had different color employee badges andlanyards. A blue badge and blue lanyard means less than 5 years at the company,yellow means 5+ years, red means 10 years, and purple means 15 years (almost noone has red or purple). I quickly found out that badge status was a “thing.” It doesn’t come offas a pretentious thing, it’s just a subconscious cue that either means highstatus, or “this person probably knows their shit.” Since I won’t receive a yellow badge/lanyard combo for another four yearsI decided to do something. Enter the yellow lanyard for $6.99 - All I need to do is tuck my blue badge in my pocket and ensure the yellowlanyard is visible around my neck. When people see the yellow lanyard theythink I have higher stature. Instant street cred. Q4 How many years did LordRama and Lord Krishna live as human beings? A4 Shraddha Singh February17-2021 Ramayana (Hindu epic) · Jai shree ram So according to the Purans — Ram ruled for 11,000 years . Sohis age was around 11,000 years when he died in his human form . Krishna was Lived for 125 years, 8 months and 7 days. Now coming to the second question .How did their lives ended as human ? Shri ram — After the death of lakshmana on the banks of sarayu river , ram slowlybegan to descend towards the river . The whole ayodhya was watching ram ,slowly descending in the water . Slowly ram disappeared in the river , andUnited with his beloved lakshmi , sita . Sri Krishna — According to the Mahabharata, a fight breaks out at a festival among theYadavas, who end up killing each other. Mistaking the sleeping Krishna for adeer, a hunter named Jara shoots an arrow that fatally injures him. Krishnaforgives Jara and dies.Jai shree ram Q5 What made you happytoday?A5 Tushar Ahir 27-2-2021-Proprietor at Manusmruti Trading (2016–present) 3 months ago I bought a Tata Croma TV. Many of my friends atthat time urged me to take Sony, One Plus instead of Tata. ButI wanted to buy an Indian brand, so I bought Tata Croma TV. This TV was shut down at 5o'clock today due to some technical reasons. I filed a complaint by calling Croma's customer care number. 10 minuteslater a call came from my city's Chroma Center and verified the address. After15 minutes, the service man of Tata Chroma came to my house and in 10 minutesupdated the software and turned on the TV. It was resolved within an hour offiling the complaint. I am happy to know that Indian brandsoffer such a good sales after service. In this too, the Tata is truly asymbol of India's pride. Q6 What is your experiencewith God? A6 Ritesh Kumar Mishra UpdatedJanuary 21-2020 Philosophy · Keen to share philosophic topics This is a true story.Iwas about to die, because of tuberculosis. I was struggling to live andI lost hope 3 years ago. One fine morning on Monday, I declined to eat or drinkanything because it was giving me more pain. I spew blood after coughing. It was really miserable condition and everyone believed I would die.Somehow, I managed but I lost hope. I was crying, after seeing mysituation. I said to God, “Now I cannot bear, please allow me to die and Islept.” Around 12 PM, I saw a dream where Ashwini Kumar (son of lord Surya) bothbrother standing and telling me, Don’t worry, you will heal soon, we both aregiving you treatment.” I opened my eyes with full of hope because I felt good after that. Inarrated this to my parents and they were delighted after knowing myinteraction with them in dream. I don’t know what exactly happened to me, I felt so much energy and hopetowards my recovery, I becamemore optimistic and I recovered within 5 months, though I took the medicine formore than 8 months but I was completely fine within 5 months.That was abeautiful experience with God where they assured me I would live this life andthey were taking care of me. This story may seem you fake or bizarre, but this is the reality. I sawthem in my dream. Q7 What should every Indianknow about Rajasthan and the people of Rajasthan? A7 Cheshta RojariaUpdatedFebruary 23-2021 Student at Army Public School, Pune Whole Rajasthan is not arid. It has high agricultural area in Jaipurside. Every Rajasthani is not Marwari. Marwari are those who belongs to Marwarand this is a region in Rajasthan. Every Rajasthani is not rajput. Even if they live in Jaipur, Jodhpur sidenot all Rajasthani's are Rajputs. If you guys think that every house in Rajasthan is haveli, then you arewrong.We don't wear this everyday 6. Also we eat other things than Choorma and Ghevar. 7. Not all Rajasthani childrenare married at a small age. 8. Since Jaipur is known aspink city that doesnt mean all houses in Jaipur are Pink😂😂 9. But yeah Jodhpur is Blue City becoz majority houses are blue in color( in inner city ) and Jaisalmer is Golden City becoz majority of houses you'llfind in Golden Colors. 10. Bhangarh isnt that horrifying as people say. 11. Many of you might have heard stories that ghosts live in Forts ofRajasthan so nothing like that. Q8 Why do we get shocks fromelectric current, but not from magnetic fields? A8 Tomaž Vargazon UpdatedFebruary 3-2021 Religion · Practicing atheist Premise incorrect. You can get a shock from a strong enoughmagnetic field. It will induce small amounts of current in your skin andzap you all the same. You can also get a shock if you drop one on your foot It’s just that it’s way, way easier to bring enough of electric energytogether in an electric field or a current than it is for a magnetic field,plus since you probably aren’t made of steel wires, cloth and stuffing (somepeople act the part but you probably aren’t) the induction ofcurrent will be minimal. If I put you in a magnetic field of, say, 5000 Tesla and you can expectall sorts of fun things to happen. But building a magnetic field of that magnitude is a taddifficult. Our strongest magnets are inthe 50 Tesla range, strongest magnets in regular use are about 5 Tesla. Those will already rip any metal implants right outof your body. Yes, it is as bloody as it sounds. Make those a thousand timesstronger and you can build a horror story on that alone. Q9 Which flowers are notoffered to Lord Siva? A9 According to ShivaPurana, Ketaki flowers are not offered to Shiva. The Story of Ketaki flower :: One day, when Lord Brahma and Shri Vishnuwere arguing over Supremacy among themselves, Shiva manifested Himself as acolumn of fire, and asked them to find out the start and end of the column. Shri Vishnu, accepts His defeat in not able to find the end of Shiva.But, Lord Brahma tells that he has seen the start of Mahadev , and to prove hisword’s Authenticity asks the flower Ketaki to provide witness. Ketaki flower does the same and thus Shiva becomes angry that Lord Brahmahas lied , and cursed that Brahma shall never be worshiped ( Brahma should nothave any temples and no one should worship him), and Shiva abandons Ketakiflower from His worship. Since that day, it is believed that Ketaki flower has not been used inShiva's worship. If anyone unknowingly offers Ketaki flowers to Shiva, even it should beok, Nothing would happen. Since God is not a sadist like humans to punish ortake revenge. In my perspective even ketaki flowers are His Creation so why would Shivadifferentiate between His created living things. Shri Krishna says in Bhagavadgita, “ I treat everyone equally, I'm notpartial towards anyone, neither I have love towards few nor hatred towardsanyone, since all are equal to me". All the above QA are based onQuora digest to me on 01-03 - 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correctanswers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 01-3-2021 -- 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]. 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