CULTURAL QA05-2021-27 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Why are governmentemployees so lazy in India? A1 Kaushal Kumar (कौशल कुमार) Updated October 2, 2020 Works at Government of India I worked in the private sector for 5 years and now I am a Group Agovernment mulagim. I have seen enough of both sides. Life has taught me there are two types of government officials, Type one: They are the keys ofgoodness, they like to servepeople. They find happiness in facilitating human life and their value is inwhat they give, their real achievement is changing life for the better andopening the doors, they offer solutions, and they always seek the benefit ofpeople. When someone joins the service, he is in this category. But still they make up just around10% and these are the people who are keeping the government organizationsrunning. The second type of governmentofficials are those who stopthe good things and make human life more difficult. Because of the workenvironment, lack of motivation and need of everything to go through properchannel, they findhappiness seeing people standing by their doors. Nobody is in this categorywhen they join service. Still they make up around 90%. Why? Getting a Government job is very difficult. One has to write someextremely competitive examination and get qualified to enter into Government. So I can say that all the employees working in theCentral Government are intelligent enough to do their duties effectively. Butonce they come inside, they see the real ambience, which is very discouraging. The only reasoni see for it is, if you are too stupid or lazy to work, you can stay stupid orlazy. Your work will be given to those who work and know how to do it. Slowlymost of the category one guys shifts to category 2. One more point is foreverything is a written SOP (standard operating procedure) and employees theyare too scared of the consequences if they do something out of proper channel. They are always confused about the dueprocess and the authority clearance. The administration chain is so messed upthat half of the time everyone is looking for relevant authority figure whowould clear something. Inthis digital age government workers still love paper so much even when it meansdoing the same work twice. The ball is not in my court: Nogovernment employee wants to lose his job. Government employees doget fired in case you are not aware. Now, all they care is the responsibilityof completing the work should not come on me and no body should figure at me.For this, they can show you hundred written clauses why this work cannot bedone or in worst case should not be done by him/her. I think the problem lies in theaccountability. Make people accountable and see the efficiency. Infrastructure off course is also not very motivating in most offices. My note- 50% staff areproductive. One of the bank managers close to me told in anoccasion while I asked why the promoted officers placed in cash counter- where else they can be placed. Itwas before 30 years. Now things are different. With in adequatestaff strength, how the bank functions can be seen how the junior managers doing things with multitasking. They deal at leastthree customers at a time. I used to complete work in myresidence computer and take back infloppies to offices. Pendrives were not there while I was in service Q2 Mahabharata (Hindu epic):Why did Krishna offer to take only 5 villages from Kauravas to end theconflict? Why did Durayodhan refuse? A2 Hari Guduru-I have adecent knowledge of world history. Mon So, I have done a small analysis on Google maps on what might have beengoing on in Sri Krishna`s and Pandavas minds when they asked for 5 villages aspart of the failed negotiations with Duryodhana. This might have already been analyzed byacademicians and Historians but I just want to throw in my analysis.Also the villages might be disputed by learned people but like I said, I havetaken what was available in google and tried to draw my analysis. The 5 villages asked by SriKrishna were (used the present-day terms for these villages) – 1. Panipat 2.Sonipat 3. Baghpat 4. Indraprastha 5. Tilpat. Please refer the image for anyinputs. If you look at the map from Hastinapur perspective, all the 5 villagesare arranged almost in a linear fashion. And out of the 5 villages, onlyBaghpat is towards Hastinapur side of River Yamuna while the rest of the 4villages are on the other side of river Yamuna. Interestingly, Baghpat lies at the midpoint of the 5 villages and almostequidistant from the farthest villages i.e., Tilpat and Panipat i.e., 55Kms. Therefore, it is strategically placed. The Pandavas caneasily launch an offensive against Kauravas. While the rest of the 4 villages on the other sideof Yamuna have the advantage of the river as a Natural barrier which can beused for Defence. Moreover,having an offensive at Baghpat means less movement of Troops and resources. The distance between the 2 farthest villages i.e., Panipat and Tilpat is110Km and the distance between each of them to Hastinapur is almost the samei.e., 101-102 Km almost making it an isosceles triangle. Therefore, the timetaken by Kauravas to attack any of these both villages will almost be the same.Pandavas can thereforeprepare for any attacks well in time and also the time taken for the troops tomove from the farthest village will also be the same as Kauravas. This will effectively mean that Duryodhana cannot attack Pandavas withoutsuffering heavy collateral damage. It might because of this strategic reason he would have declined SriKrishna`s proposal. Q3 Should you tell yourdoctor you’re getting a second opinion before you get it or should you justwait to see if it’s different than their diagnosis? A3 John Fotheringham MD inMedicine and Healthcare, Queen's University at Kingston (Graduated 2005)14m ago I don't even care if a patientswitches to a different doctor. If they are doing that then it is just whatthey need to do to feel comfortable. Some people just match with other people's communication style better.Also people sometimes just don't want to hear what you need to tell them andthey often need to do that to accept their diagnosis. It's all fine with me Q4 Are we as humans immuneto smallpox or is smallpox gone so it doesn’t matter? A4 Mats Andersson Translator(1991–present)Sun We are not immune to smallpox. I was one of the last in Europe to get vaccinated, in 1974, as this was arequirement to enter the US. The vaccination should have lost its effect bynow. Fortunately, smallpox onlyexists as lab specimens—one in the US and one in Russia. Q5 What are some interestingfacts about the Wright brothers? A5 Rob Milford Marketing(1994–present)Mon It was the worst aircraft ever built. It flew only one day, totalling less than a mile, and crashed. Orville was a regular visitor to Wright Field for the balance of hislife, and stayed abreast of the latest technology, with pilots eager to meetHim, show off their planes, and even get their pilots licenses or logbookssigned.* I’ve held his gold pocket watch, which weighs more than a pound and fillsthe palm of your hand. It was an awesome experience. *Side note: An acquaintance, a retired airline pilot met Orville atWright field, got both those autographs. He later flew for Eastern Airlineswhen Eddie Rickenbaker was the CEO, who was replaced a bit later by FrankBorman. So he shook hands with the first man to fly, the greatest Americanfighter pilot of WW1, and the first man to fly to the moon. Q6 Does Hinduism reject theexistence of souls? A6 Rami Sivan Priest,Dharma teacher, counsellor, Gov. Advisor (1998–present) Tue Depends on how you define“soul”. The Abrahamics havevarious vague and ambiguous ideas about what they mean - breath of life,spiritual essence, a person etc. and it is always identified as a possession which only human bodieshave. So while animals have life and sentience they do not have souls. Neither the Bible nor the Quran give a cleardefinition or understanding of the soul or Self and the theological ideas theyespouse today are based on Aristotelian and Platonic ideas. In Hinduism the closestconcept, but far more expansive and inclusive is jīvātman or SELF. It can be defined as “a point of perceptualawareness”. The chief characteristic of the jīvātman is consciousness. In other words whateveris conscious or possess some form of knowledge, however contracted that may be.IS a jīvātman. SO all sentient beings are jīvātmans which temporarily possess variousbodies through which they have a world experience, and which they discard at the end oftheir sojourn on earth and transfer to the next body in accordance with theirKarma. So the primary identification of the Abrahamics is with the body whichthey believe IS the person and that after death the corpses will be reanimatedand be judged, and then proceed to their terminal destinations which will beeither heaven of hell - all in their newly resurrected bodies - so presumablyit will all be happening here on planet earth. In the Dharmic philosophy theprimarily identification is with the atman (the conscious self) and the body is simply a vehicle made up of sixelements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus - whichdisintegrates after death andthe atoms return to the universe to be recycled. This is one of the major irreconcilable differences between the Dharmicand Abrahamic world views — Self-identity. Profile photo for Steven Haddock Q7 If you feed an ATMcounterfeit bills, will the bank find out? A7 Steven Haddock Studiedat York University (Canada) May 22 So naive. You will never get that far. Do you think that ATM manufacturers would willingly put a machine on the marketthat would fall for a counterfeit note? Heck, most vending machines have anti-counterfeiting technology. Put a counterfeit in and it will reject it (along with genuine bills thatare beat up). How ATMs recognize counterfeit money? | Vector Magnets News How does paper money anti-counterfeit? The paper which used is specialthat does not contain any bleach. There is also a watermark, magnetic microtext and magnetic stripes onthe paper. Banknote inks will use fluorescent ink, optical color-changingink and magnetic ink to print different parts of banknotes at the same time.The mint also uses a number of high-end precision printing processes to preventcounterfeiting. http://m.vectormagnets.com/n1856043/How-ATMs-recognize-counterfeit-money.htm A banking machine is muchbetter than detecting counterfeits than most store clerks. For example: If the whole bill shines under ultraviolet light, it was most likelyprinted on bleached paper. Reject. The real fluorescence on a bill has a specific wavelength and location.Not there? Reject. No metallic strip? There’s a magnet in the machine. If it finds nothing,reject. No metallic ink? Magnet. Reject. Q8 I am working as an SBI JAand got a BOI PO in the IBPS PO 2020. Should I make a move or stay? A8 Saurabh Dwivedi DeputyManager at State Bank of India (SBI)Sun Stay in SBI. Privatisation - While we maynot know the future of SBI interms of privatisation, BOI would be one of the first to getprivatised. Work culture might change thorougly making it difficult foryou to adapt. Career growth - SBI has one ofthe best promotion policies inPSBs. Promotions are quick, transparent and timely. To be true, almost alleligble officers are promoted from scale -1 to scale -2 after completion of 3years. So even with SBI JA, you will be scale 2 in the same time as throughBOI-PO. Transfer policy- SBI has nointer circle transfer policy(without request) till the rank of scale -4. So if you have got your homecircle, you can continue there for atleast 15 years even after takingpromotions. Other PSBs transfer officers frequently to different states whichdoes hamper their quality of life. SBI JA might give you some freetime to prepare for others exams mainly UPSC or RBI grade- B if you wanna try. SBI posted a net profit of Rs 6451 crore for 2020–21, Q4 results, an 81%rise in the Year on year(YOY) net profit. The ship is cruising at amazing speeds and looks unsinkable in the nearfuture, stay and enjoy your ride here. Q9 How does Tamil Nadu givemany freebies and yet be strong economically? A9 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam Lawyer Sun What are these Freebies?Lets take a Single example. TN Decides to give 25 Lakh Tablets for Free to Children. Each Tablet issold for a Price of Rs. 3600/- , so the Total Amount spent by Govt of TamilNadu is Rs. 900 Crore This Rs. 900 Crore - Goes tothe Manufacturers of the Tablets, the Distributors of these Tablets and inshort create Stimulus, these Manufacturers pay theirEmployees and generate Paychecks. Big Contracts mean more Bonuses which meansmore purchasing power. Thismeans the Money will return to the economy and circulate. Meanwhile the Government spends Taxpayer Money to buy the Tablets. So its as if the Taxpayers havepurchased Tablets for the 25 Lakh Kids in Tamilnadu in the process creating anEconomic Stimulus And TN Has tremendous Taxes because TN - Both DMK and ADMK are very good and fair when it comesto Industry and so Industries flourish and Taxes flourish which is used formore economic stimulus. Now the Taxpayer is also benefited. By Giving him Power Subsidies- The Taxpayer gains on hiselectricity bills, water bills , property taxes etc. Thus ensuring the Taxpayerhas some preservation of Disposable Income. This leaves the TNEB etc with Huge Debts but the TNEB is owned by theState Government and has sole authority for Power Distribution (TANGEDCOActually) with a huge grid network. The Debts owed by TNEB can be wiped out in10 seconds, if TNEB floats 9% Shares to the Public as on date. One day thats what TN Govt will do - eventually bringing the Debt back tothe People and completing the Circle Everything is the same - Free Mixies, Washing Machines, Gold, Sarees -etc everything generates Stimulus Giving relief to Bus Fares forWomen will also generate extra disposable income for the women and the Loss to the Bus Corporation can easily beadjusted someday by simply offloading some ownership back to the public. However Farm Loan Waivers, PDS etc are all Black holes which areunproductive but luckily they are becoming lesser and lesser. my note- this is a lawyer’s view Q10 Did Vaishyas and Shudrasalso fight in the Mahabharata War? A10 Preeti AHave read variousversions of Mahabharata, A fan of VyasaTue Men from all castes fought in the Mahabharata War. The war was fought by warriors (soldiers, generals and kings). However all the warriors werenot Kshatriya.Drona Kripacharya and Ashwatthama and several other warriors wereBrahmins Bhishma, Kekaya Kings (there were 10, 5 fought on Pandavas side and their5 cousins on Kourava side), Karnaand his sons and adoptive brothers were Suta (inter-caste varna of Brahminmother and Kshatriya father). Karna addresses his own charioteer as Sutaso he might have been one too. Yuyutsu was another inter-caste(kshtriaya father Vaishyamother) brother of Kouravas who fought on the Pandava side. Eklavya's son fought in theside of Kouravas along withMagadha army he was Nishada(a caste lower than Shudra) Bhima's charioteer who died in the war was Visoka (He was a Malla a castelower than Shudra) Kritaverma's army consisted of warriors who were earlier cowherds. (Theywere Vaishya community) Satyaki's army consisted on Vrishni Yadava who were traders too (Vaishyacommunity) There were vedic liberals led by Shalya of Madra (As in followed vedicreligion but caste was a matter of choice for them. It was matrilineal kingdom)as weRe Bahlika both on the Kourava side. There were non vedicmercenaries (warriors on hire) called Prabhadraka who came from lands beyondPahlawa (modern day Iran) they fought on Pandavas side andwere led by Shikhandi Mahabharata war was looked at as opportunity to prove a warriors martialprowess. So anyone who was a trained warrior joined in on either side. And as the above details show martial training and opportunities toshowcase it was not restricted to Kshatriya it was available to all Varna. All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 27-05 - 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. 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