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Gopala krishnan 21-8-21 CULTURAL QA 08-2021-21 Being a compilation there may be errors Q1 Whydon't we see other stars which are a thousand times bigger than the Sun? A1 Viktor T. Toth IT pro, part-time physicistJuly22 Let me answer witha specific example. The star Betelgeuseis indeed almost a thousand times bigger in diameter than the Sun. It isinsanely big. If it replaced the Sun in the solar system, not only would itsvolume encompass the orbits of all the inner planets, it would reach almost allthe way to Jupiter. So why don’t we see it except as a faint dot inthe sky? Because it is far, far away. Specificallyit is more than 40 million times as far as the Sun. That means thatdespite being as large as it is, it will appear 40,000 times smaller indiameter compared to the Sun. And yes,intrinsically it is about 10,000 times brighter than the Sun. But again,because it is so far away, it still appears about 100 billion times fainterthan the Sun. In short: other stars are barely visible not becausethey are not large (some are much larger than the Sun) but because they areinsanely, insanely far away. Q2 Howmuch science does astrology and numerology hold? A2 Annie Stevens 31m ago It is considered a science because the predictionsare based on vibrations. In the world ofnumerology, a vibration is associated with a particular object. Numerologiststhen interpret these vibrations to energies and reflect on the energies. Yearly predictions based onVedic astrology are more accurate and reliable than those based on Westernastrology. Q3 Doesa married daughter share equal responsibility to take care of her aged parentslike sons, according to laws in India? After her demise, does her husband andson also share the same responsibility? A3 Bhuvana Rameshwar Former Teacher,August 13 Yes.. Son, dil,daughter, sil, grandchildren all are bound by law.Both son and daughter andfamilies are bound by law to take care of their parents as per our Indian law..Maintenance and Welfareof Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 is a legislation, initiated byMinistry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India[1]toprovide more effective provision for maintenance and welfare of parents andsenior citizens. As per this law theson, dil, daughter, sil and grand children are bound by law if not morally toprovide for their parents, grand parent if they are one of the legal heirs orsole heirs of the senior peoples’ property, other wealth, money, jewels etc. This law was put forth to ensure they are takencare of, their properties are not snatched away, sold bydeceit or force before they give away or die. This law protects their wealthand life. So if a daughterdies, the sil, grand children become heirs of the senior citizens. Thus ittheir duty to atleast give the seniors a monthly amount for their maintenanceand welfare. This law also helps to provide for any old relative of the seniorcitizen, who lives with them like a widowed aunt. Q4 Isthe light better than darkness? A4 Darshan 007 Answered 3m ago It depends onwhether you need light or you can work in the dark. Q5 Cana snake recognize you as a human? A5 Ken Saladin Former professor ofanimal behaviour August 15 Snakes aren’t taxonomists. They wouldn’t, in anyway, think “That’s a human” or “That’s a cow.” They merely behavein different ways according, first, to their genetics and instinct; snakespecies vary in temperament, particularly aggressiveness or defensiveness.Presumably this has to do with the evolutionary history of their habitat andhabits—what does the species eat; how many natural enemies does the specieshave, and what kind? Then superimposedon this is a certain degree of learning. From its experience, snakes (at leastsome of them) may come to differentiate the other large organisms in theirenvironment: This one is harmless. This one is dangerous and might try to killme. This one, I don’t know—better be cautious; back away or threaten it ifnecessary. This one, I associate with warmth, food, fresh water, andgentleness. Snakes smell with their tongues, and I expectthey’re probably odor generalists—sensitive across a broad spectrum of smells,not specialized to smell only a few things like an insect is. Conceivably tome, a pet snake might be able to distinguish its usual handler from otherpeople by smell. Even if you’re its usual handler, it may sense adifference between how you smell when you’re just come in all sweaty and mustyfrom yard work or tennis, versus how you smelljust out of a bath. Snakes don’t have external ears and don’t hearairborne sounds very well. They have an inner earconnected to their lower jawbone, and hear substrate-borne vibrations byholding their head against the substrate. I think it’s questionable whetherthey could recognize an individual person by his or her voice, but they mightrecognize your proximity by your footsteps. Even I know Dianeand I sound very different in the way we walk around the house—differences inthe vibration of the floor. If a snake lived with two people, one of whombrings food and water while the other stays more distant, or is associated withrougher or more timid handling, it might learn to distinguish the approach of its caretaker fromothers. Snake vision is good enough to stalk some prey and defendthemselves. In evidence, some arboreal(tree-climbing) snakes visually stalk birds on branches, and a coiled snake on the ground,whether venomous or not, turns its head to you if you walk around it. Some snakes see better in the ultraviolet andinfrared regions of the spectrum than we do; IR is sensed by pit organs inpythons and pit vipers, not with their eyes. Most sites I’ve glanced at suggesttheir vision is too poor to tell one person from another. (Surprisingly, evencats reportedly can’t tell one person’s face from another, but distinguish usmore by how we smell, sound, and behave than by facial recognition.) Q6 Whatwas the biggest revelation that came to you in your older life? A6 Bhuvana Rameshwar married forthree decades Updated August 13 Youth went away asdependent of parents. Both our parents were very strict and having enoughpocket money in youth was impossible. Even our choice of subjects to study, ourhobbies were under our parents control. Middle age went in family care, saving for child 'seducation, wealth for child and for our own self- reliant future. Time justflew away with just a few pleasures, once in a while. A foreign pleasure triptook us almost 18 years to fulfil, we were so busy working in our jobs and withour family responsibilities. My husband went abroad often but on very busyofficial trips, not for sightseeing. We didn't go as I had my job and our sonhis school. Many of mycontemporaries belong to a generation that saved more as we were left with lessresources by our parents who had more children. We were born in the baby boom era 1946 to 1964, whenchildren were more in a family. Ours is the last generation whichadjusted and fended to both the previous and the next generation, yet takingcare of ours, even if at some personal sacrifices. Thus many of mycontemporaries spent a life full of sacrifices, but now when they have time andmoney, children are well settled, they have landed with health issues and areunable to play their life ‘s second innings well. Luckily for us we are quite healthy, being sciencepeople and took care of health and diet. Ofcourseage related body pains do trouble us especially at the joints. Most of ourtours in and out of India were in the recent five-six years. Google says Ivisited 15 in these years. What is the biggestrevelation that came to me in my later years… We needn't havesaved so much. The next generation is smarter. Our children can earn and savefor themselves. We needn't save for them. A little is enough, a house and some fds. We should havetaken more vacations for family time. Yes, we should have spent more on these. We should haveenjoyed our younger years with more pleasure trips, luxurious life and takenlife easy. A foreign holiday was never in our minds then . We could have boughta bigger car or a bigger house in Ooty for personal use may be. What ever we earnwe are bound to leave them behind, we might as well use it, enjoy it. We couldhave raised our standard of life much higher if we wanted . But we felt guiltyliving a lavish life! We should haveenjoyed our lives in younger years more instead of sacrificing in the name ofour parents, children, our jobs, society and savings. We should have taken moreday offs and longer leave from jobs. Q7 Whydoes our stomach hurt after we eat? A7 Dr.Anita Sharma, A.M.O at H.P.Govt (2004-present) Answered 12m ago One of the mostcommon cause is gastritis or gastric ulcer. When food come in contact with thelining mucosa ,gastric juices, acid is secreted to start the process ofdigestion and as the mucosa is already unflammed the acid further hurts and wefeel pain…And the patients tries to avoid food..So proper medication isindicated.. Q8 Howtraditional are you in this modern times? A8 Bhuvana RameshwarFormer Teacher,August 9 I was a modernperson in my teenage itself. But after marriage and life in Chennai and stayOoty did change me.Let me see how traditional I'm or how tradional I'm not . I go to localtemples may be once in two months and big famous temples, out of town once ayear. I don't wearbangles at home as I do all work, without a maid. I wear bangles, rings, watchonly when going out. We pray everyFriday at home and we are vegetarians on Fridays and Amavaasai if I remember.But if we are out of the house or on a tour I do not follow the veg rulestrictly. I go to big templesin silk salwars /saris. Local temples in salwar kameez not in jeans. I make most traditionaldishes. What I don't know I buy from a sweet shop on festival days. They makethem better. I do not exchangeDiwali plates or other festival dishes with neighbours like vada for vada,laddu for laddu etc. Instead give a Diwali treat to our watchmen, maids,sweepers in our apartment. I celebrate allimportant festivals but leave out a few, unimportant ones. I do not fast onfestival days nor on other days. Fasting makes me lack concentration on mywork. I keep my mangalsutra in the house when I go formy morning walk. Fear of chain snatchers. I remove my toerings everyday, during my morning walk as it hurts my toes in the walkingshoes. My feet are widening, due to age I suppose. I don't trouble my dil to fast or follow any ofour rules. She is pious on her own. May be more thanme. No dress restrictions on her except for shorts which thankfully she doesn'twear. Q9 Isthere a direct way to convert heat into electricity without the use of boilingwater? A9 3AnswersC.S. Reddy, lives in Hyderabad, Telangana,IndiaAnswered 38m ago You need to convertheat energy in to rotational mechanical energy for producing the Electricity. For that matter any other source ofenergy need to be converted to rotational mechanical energy in conventionalform. you see now the solar heat is converted to Electrical energyby photo voltaic conversion. 2ND ANSWER- Peter Harris, studiedPhysicsAnswered 31m ago That is what the internal combustion engine does.The fuel is ignited, the rise in temperature raises the pressure and thecrankshaft goes round and round. Attach a generator and hey presto! you haveelectricity. Q10 Howdo I prepare a fine batter for dosa? How much time does it take to ferment? A10 Bhuvana Rameshwar Smart cook, not hardworkingTue For dosa, soak riceand lentils for 5 hrs.Rawrice, boiled rice, urad dhal and some tuvar dhal in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 3/4 :2 tbsp. Soak them together after washing. Grind into a smoothbatter after 5 hrs. Add salt and let ferment until the batter rises. It usuallytakes 6 to 7 hrs. So if you soak riceand dhal overnight, you grind in the morning the next day, have dosas byevening for dinner. Or soak them earlyin the morning, grind, ferment and make dosas next day for breakfast.Once it isready to make dosas use a heavy old tava or a heavy nonstick tava to makecrispy dosas. All the above QA are based on Quoradigest on 20-08- 2021/answered by me. Quora answers need not be 100% correctanswers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 21 - 08-2021 -- 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/891623749.563776.1629510363323%40mail.yahoo.com.
