----- Forwarded message ----- From: gopala krishnan <[email protected]>To: Iyer <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>Sent: Friday, 25 June, 2021, 9:08:16 am ISTSubject: CULTURAL QA 06-2021-25 CULTURAL QA06-2021-25
Being a compilation there may be errors This posting has 1867 lines lines and approx. 186sentences. Q1 Why is Mongolia so poorif they had one of the largest empires? A1 Dagvadorj Galbadrakh March26, 2014 Lot of different things happened after Mongolia was a world power. Welost the empire. Wefought with each other. We were conquered by these people called Manchus.We were closed up from world affairs and inventions when we were governed byManchus. Manchus got weak so we declared independence. We favored democracy -people's rule instead of nobles. We favored USSR. We thought we would rule ourselves but we becamesatellite state and had to listen others for sake of independence. ThenUSSR was gone and we are in free market economy world. Mongol Empire was a successful age for Mongols - we were united, gainedidentity, ruled other people, set world affairs - we had a prestigious nationand a set ideal. Under rule of Manchus, it was a long Dark Age for Mongols - wewere deaf, blind, gone - didn't know how world is evolving, no ideal. With USSR and other East Bloccountries our ideal was Socialism that didn't work out well. Now we have no ideal, no goal, no industrialists. It is modern statesera, it does not matter how big you were. You actually have to try. Q2 Why didn't Draupadi askfor the help of Arjun instead of Bhima for slaying Kichaka? A2 Devala Rees Hindupractitioner and scholar of Pagan religions 8h ago Either of them could have done it. Arjuna was deep in the court, maybe harder for Draupadito reach and talk to without raising suspicions, and/or it may havebeen harder for him to slip away. Bhima was working as a cook. When not atwork, he could easily go pretty much wherever he wanted. It would be relativelyeasy for Draupadi to meet him in some out-of-the-way spot, and easy for himto go with impunity anywhere in the city at night, to ambush Kichaka. Plus Arjuna didn’t have his weapons.Bhima was a better unarmed fighter. If I were in her position, I would probablyask Bhima too. Q3 Did Krishna really wantRadha for marriage with him from his own side? A3 Mallikarjuna Worked atMahindra & Mahindra (company)Sun Yes he Want to Married withwith her but His Guru told him you came on Earth for Establishing Dharma notfor doing Raas with womens or Not for Making LoveStory Kicked her and focused on Your Karma. So he said okay then left her andEstablishing Dharma Q4 Why did Shakuni get toheaven after all his misdeeds? A4 Anmol Kumar Sharma Fell inlove with Mahabharat since childhood Tue No he did not. First of allunderstand concept of heaven and hell as per hindu mythology. It is not as per west. Here you spend days based on yourgood and bad karma in both hell or heaven. So, many go in both of them. Some days in hell and some in heaven andwhen all end back to mortal body. Only the best rise above to baikunth or shivlok or moksha. So, thesequestions on kaauravas or shakuni going to heaven forgets that all diedfighting at kurukshetra and might have done some good deeds as well.But none of them attained permanent place as such. Drona, bhishma, pandavas etcUnited with their demi gods. Arjun draupadi got highest order withkrishna/vishnu. Q5 Why didn't humans remaincavemen, since they had never been exposed to any technology, had no way toimagine it and no one to tell them to make progress or any concept of work oreducation and no status driven Jones's to keep up with? A5 Matt Riggsby MAArchaeology, Boston University Mon Cavemen did not exist. They’re dark, uncomfortable, and sometimes contain dangerous animals.Besides, our ancestorswere very mobile, moving across the landscape with the seasons andnever staying in any one place too long. The mouths of caves wereoccasionally used for shelter, but so were any number of other locations, so early humans could just as easily be called“rock shelter men” or “heavy branches people.” Anyway, the critical thing this misses is that humans are smart. We’re naturally creative. Wemake stuff up. We come up with novel solutions for our problems. We don’t need to be given ideas to work on; if we did, where would thoseideas come from in the first place? And we don’t need competition or status ormoney or anything like that when we’ve got our own personal situations toimprove. Say somebody’s making a pointfor a spear. They learned to do that somewhere, but they may start thinking about it: making it that way, it’slopsided and doesn’t fly well when I throw it or uses up a lot of valuablematerial (because out where I am that kind of stone is rare); what if I trydoing it another way? Maybe the person making the point does come up with abetter way of making it. If they do, they can teach others, who are alsointerested in ways of making their lives easier. Now, technological progress wasslow for a long time because analytical tools didn’t exist to really tell people whether one or another slightlydifferent version of a tool was better, lack of formal education and writingmake transmitting information harder, experimentation is itself expensive bywhatever measurement of value one uses, and there just weren’t a lot of peopleto do that creative work. Nevertheless, peoplein some small way unhappy with their circumstances in the moment did theirlittle creative bit to fix the problems they had, and so there wastechnological progress. Q6 Can the temporary willswhich are made in emergencies be revised later? A6 Prasanna Bhalerao Technologygeek, Amateur Photographer, History enthusiastWed Every and any will can be revisedand revamped. There is no such thing as “temporary will”. As long as the will is made,properly dated and signed, counter-signed by two witnesses, it is arecognised will. A will or document that is missing all this cannot be construedas a will and may be contested. Q7 Is it safe to buyrefurbished laptops online in India? A7 Boudhaditya Sanyal Studiedat Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of DelhiMarch 24 India is a big market for refurbished products but you have to proceed with a lot of caution when choosing arefurbished device. Please note that their initial price may sound really attractive, butit's because they would be having an older generation CPU, hard drive, ports,etc. All these would make the device very slow, which you'll only discoverafter you've bought it and try running a few applications on it. I wouldtherefore not really be in favor or a refurbished device unless you're a hardware expert and canquickly judge how good is a particular configuration. Most consumersare not and therefore end up facing issues after they've bought a refurbisheddevice. I would therefore recommend choosing a brandnew device so that you get the latest configuration, so that it lastsyou a few years. Check out HP's website. They're the market leader and have thewidest range of laptops for all requirements. Q8 Why is Lord Parashuramacalled the destructor of Khathriya? A8 Ojas Kumar Knows a lotabout Sanatana Dharma7h ago Lord Parashurama was the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He was adisciple of Lord Shiva and had killed Kartivirya Arjuna, along with his familyand relatives. He is known as the destructor of Kshatriyas becausehe had slaughtered the unrighteous Kshatriyas 21 times to lessen the burden onEarth. 111. O slayer of enemies, Oemperor, as heard by me, I have described to you the most wonderful andauspicious incarnation of Vishnu. The Great Lord next incarnated himself as theson of Jamadagni. 112. In this incarnation Ramakilled in battle Arjuna in the midst of his irrepressible army who were filledwith wonder at his thousand arms. 113-114. Having brought theking Arjuna on earth from his car and assailed that king roaring like cloudswith all his kinsmen, Bhrigu’s son Rama chopped off his thousand arms with hissword. 115. The earth, adorned withthe mountains Meru and Mandara , contained Kotis of Kshatryas. He divested theearth of the Kshatriyas for twenty one times. 116. Having divested the earthof the Kshatriyas, the great ascetic son of Bhrigu undertook the celebration ofa horse-sacrifice for the expiation of all his sins. Source : Chapter 41, HarivamshaPurana Q9 Which Indian state peoplehave received more Bharat Ratna? A9 Sudeepta ChakrabortyBeen seeing it for decades Mon Tamilnadu - 8 Maharashtra - 8 Uttarpradesh - 8 (7 - since Pt Ravi Shankarwas born in Benaras, but is a Bengali) Bengal - 6 (7 if Ravi Shankar isconsidered a Bengali which he was) Q10 Did the name 'Rama'exist even before the birth of Lord Rama? If yes, for what reason? A10 Parthibaraj Rajasekar spiritualactivist Mon Of course yes. It is like the Sunappearing. Just becauseit is night for us, doesn't mean there is no sun. It is not present before us.We cant perceive it. But the Sun is there. Similarly The Lord did notmanifest His Lila in this universe. But he is always there in some or otheruniverse in material world. And All the Holy Names and Forms of The Lord are eternal in the Spiritualworld. Apart from his presence in some material world, He is always present inspiritual world. Q11 Who is Radha? Isshe real or just a character created by Jayadeva for his book "GeetaGovindam"? A11 Lakshmi Narayanputra Studiedat 10th Class in India21h ago Mother Radha is Ma Lakshmiherself. She is non differentfrom Mata Rukmini and all the wives of lord Krishna. Mata Radha is real. She is also mentioned inBrahma Vivarat Puran and Bhagvat Purana (as a special Gopi) Q12 Why is my fasting bloodsugar 113 and post-meal sugar (tested at 2 hours after meal) almost the same at118? Is it something to be worried about? A12 shitij Mehta Softwaredeveloper & Fitness Enthusiast Wed It depends on how you have checked it. Did you use home glucometer? Your fasting blood sugarindicates pre-diabetes but if done using a home glucometer then its notrelevant to diagnose prediabetes or diabetes. Get yourself checked from a lab. If you really want to check your glucoregulatory system, you should also get an ott (oral glucose tolerance test) andhba1c done and if your blood sugar comes in normal range then nothing to worry. Also does anyone in your family has type 2 diabetes? If yes then yourchance of getting it goes higher as this is purely a genetic disorder. All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 24-06- 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 25-6-2021 -- 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/1994957035.2944697.1624592370365%40mail.yahoo.com.
