CULTURALQA 09-2021-20
Beingcompilation there may be errors Q1 What aresome lesser known facts about Indian culture? A1 Kruti Naik An Indian by birthSeptember 10 “Mundan” it has anEnglish name too “Tonsure” What is it? A mundan is a popular and an important ceremony among Hindusin India. It is the first hair cut of the baby usually done in eitherthe first year or the third year. A priest is called to conduct the rituals according to thetraditions and a barber is called to shave off the hair, sometimes leaving aclump of hair at the back of the head. Why is it done? Some of the hair is offered to the sacred rivers of holycities like Haridwar and Varanasi. It is believed that the unwanted traits from your past livescan be removed through this ritual. Scientifically, Mundan also provides the circulation of bloodto the head, and hence promotes the hair growth. The hair that comes out after Mundan is usually thicker andhealthier. What is done afterMundan? A paste of turmeric and sandalwood is applied on the headafter Mundan, too cool down the head and to cute any cuts that might haveoccurred while having. Profile photo for Donna Fernstrom Q2 Giventhat humans have had a long history of hunting deer, why are deer not domesticatedlike cows and pigs are? A2 Donna Fernstrom Reptile keeper and breeder, wildlife observation andecology hobbyist. Fri Most deer are much more skittish than they are sturdy - theyeven die simply from the stress of being restrained. But humans are persistent, so we did domesticatedeer. Domesticated (or at least semi-domesticated) deer are called reindeer. Because they’re used to pull sleds laden with supplies, andare guided using reins of course. Reindeer were domesticated from Rangifer tarandus, and arenot differentiated enough to have their own subspecies name yet. Wild (non-domesticated) Rangifer tarandus are called caribou. Reindeer weredomesticated over 1000 years ago. Q3 Why domosquitoes often make noise right next to ears? A3 Ken Saladin Purveyor of whimsy andsatire (2021–present)Thu They don’t care about humming around your ear any more thanthey do around any other bit of exposed skin. It’s merely that those are the ones you notice the most.It’s a form of observation bias. It’s something animal behavioristshave to be careful about in their research. If they’re not, it jeopardizes thetruth of their conclusions, their ability to pass peer review, their chance ofgetting published, and their careers. Q4 What isTamil Nadu according to other states in India? A4 Mohith R Gowda A proud Indian Updated November 21, 2020 I am from Karnataka.For me, Tamil Nadu is Aland of beautiful Hindu temples This is Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai. By the way,Madurai is one of the most oldest cities in India. The city encircles acrossthis temple. In this way, there are many temples in Tamil Nadu with veryold infrastructure and those temples are so beautifully architectured. Tamilkings built very great temples especially Cholas. 2. The land where our great scientist APJ Abdul Kalam sir wasborn APJ Abdul Kalam, a missile man who was also president ofIndia before was born in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu. He was known for successful launching of many Indiansatellites and missiles. A great visionary scientist who ever lived was from thatland. I am always big fan of Abdul Kalam sir even after their death. AbdulKalam sir is a source of inspiration for all. 3. The land of great politicians Tamil Nadu had great politicians like M G Ramachandran Jayalalitha Karunanidhi We just know the great governance which these politiciansdid. By becoming CM, these politicians did great administration in the state.They transformed economy of Tamil Nadu. 4. The land where Nobel prize winner C V Raman sir was born C V Raman sir was truly one of the best scientist India everhad. He was born in Thiruchirapalli in 1888 and died in Bengaluru in 1970. Hewas known for a wonderful discovery called ‘Raman Effect’. For this discovery,C V Raman sir won the prestigious Nobel prize. He was always a great scientist we could ever have.So, basedon this, I will say that Tamil Nadu is “The land of great scientists”. 5. The land of Kollywood actors Well, Kollywood is a Tamil film industry who makes Tamilfilms. Hence Tamil industry is known for many great actors like M G R, ShivajiGaneshan, Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Thalapathy Vijay, Thala Ajith, ChiyanVikram, Surya, Dhanush etc. These actors have made finest Tamil movies which are sopopular worldwide. 6. The land where there are beautiful hill stations Tamil Nadu is known for well known hill stations like This one is Ooty.This one is Kodaikanal. I remember one of the great Kannada film called“Amruthavarshini” which had Ramesh Aravind and Suhasini in lead role had thefilm shoot in Kodaikanal. After seeing that movie so many times, I realised howbeautiful Kodaikanal is. By the way, Ooty is the most popular tourist spot in the state. 7. Having a beautiful coastal city called Chennai as it’scapital Chennai is truly a beautiful city that represents the SouthIndian culture completely. The city is known for many automobile companies andsome software companies. The city is well known for IPL team “Chennai SuperKings” where our MS Dhoni was the captain. Kollywood actors reside in Chennai. 8. The state known for tasty foods Tamil Nadu is known for delicious foods like Masala Dosa Idly Pongal Ambur Biriyani etc These dishes are so tasty and yummy to have. Idly and Pongalare healthy also along with being tasty. Masala Dosa is my favourite dish. Last but not the least 9. The dance form called “Bharatanatyam” originated in TamilNadu This dance form is one of the oldest classical dance forms ofour country and it is so tough to master this. It takes a lot of practice tolearn this for anyone. So being a guy from Karnataka, this is what I know about thiswonderful land which has a oldest language called Tamil spoken today.That’s itfrom my side. Edit: After so many peoples suggestion in comments, I will add Srinivasan Ramanujanalso here as well. Tamil Nadu also gave birth to this one of the greatMathematician ever in this world and that is our Srinivasan Ramanujan. Q5 What wasYudhistira's reaction on Seeing Duryodhana in Swargaloka? How did Duryodhanaattain Swargaloka, while other great warriors including Karna, Dristadhyumna,Drupada, Satyaki were in Hell? A5 Tannistha Roy Student September 14 Coming to your second question first - Duryodhana attained heaven because he died in the battlefieldKurukshetra, fighting like a true warrior should. He practiced Kshatriya Dharmaand that's the reason he went to Swargalok. The other Pandavas, Draupadi, Karna and all were actually notin hell. This was just an illusion created by Lord Indra. Yudhistir needed tovisit hell for once because he lied to Drona (about Ashwatthama's death).Similarly, others also had to see hell, but they didn't stay thereforever. Everyone merged with them finally, from whom they wereincarnated. For example, Bheema merged with Lord Vayu, Karna merged withSuryadev. Yudhistir saw Arjuna and Krishna in Vaikuntha. Krishna wassurrounded by all the celestial weapons and Arjuna was also there as they'rethe incarnations of Nara-Narayan. Now about Yudhistir's reaction - He was shocked to see Duryodhana in heaven, as he rememberedall their sufferings caused by him. But, Indra explained him everything andasked him to get rid of those emotions & feelings and meet Duryodhana. Profilephoto for Nelwin Jose Q6 Whatclever act of a sales person amused you? A6 Nelwin Jose Ex-Jobless July 19, 2019 I was travelling from Mumbai to Banglore when I met thisperson on train. He was travelling to Banglore to write an exam. We both were18 and found it easier to talk so. The ice had been broken, and now we decided to know eachother more to kill the journey's boredom. Me: So what do you do in Mumbai? He : In the day time I used to go to college and duringevenings, I help my chacha(uncle) in his work. He has a small ice cream shop(cycle). Me: Ohh so you help him in managing the customers during rushhours. That's good. He: No, I help him byeating ice cream! Me: Ohhh.. *laughs hard, considering it to be a sarcasm* He: No seriously, that's what I do to help him. Me: How is that helpful? He: I just have to stand near the ice cream cycle and loiteraround, enjoying my ice cream. I try to catch the attention of kids and otherpeople walking around. These kids then cry to their parents for ice cream andthat's how we attract customers. Since most of the times people are in a hurry,we need to resort to some tactics like these. Me: Oh wow! Do youhave a vacancy? *laughs* He: I'll ask my chacha and let you know *laughs* Q7 Are youa Quora+ subscriber? Why did you subscribe? If not, why won't you subscribe? A7 Prasanna Bhalerao Technology geek, Amateur Photographer, Historyenthusiast9h ago I am not a Quora+subscriber. I won’t ever subscribe. WhenWikipedia is free why should I subscribe to Quora? When there are lots of other sites that provide freeinformation, why should I pay Quora and a few other writers in turn for theiranswers? I get all my knowledge outside Quora anyway. I believe that knowledge should be free. If someone wants toget paid for their knowledge and research, they should publish books thatcan/will sell over the counter or on Amazon Kindle, etc. Unlike monetarywealth, the wealth of knowledge does not decrease because one shares it.Sharing knowledge brings gratitude and that is the payment enough for me. Since I believe that knowledge should be free, I may not sign up for Quora+ and make my answers hide behind apaywall. All my content, however limited, is free onQuora, at least for the time being. However … There is a significant number of people who have createdspaces. They do nothing on their own. All they doday-in and day-out is pick & share answers from all over and share in theirspace. Their space earns money this way. The original content writer gets nothing. There are quite a few popular Quorans who I observed havesigned up for Quora+ and hidden their answers behind a pay wall, maybe becauseof this precise reason - “Why should others earn money from myanswers?”. I can understand this. Maybe this reason will force me to do thesame. Quora has completely screwed up the monetisation program.First, they started the QPP and that resulted in thousands of useless questionsbeing posted every day. Then they started the Spaces program. Now, this. They should have remained like Wikipedia. It is still not too late. My note- Many interesting QA I am nt able to selectbecause I am not a Quora+ subscriber.Once my answers go to SubscriptionI can pay it back asQuora plus subsciber Q8 Why dohusbands and wives fail to understand each other even after twenty-five yearsof marriage? A8 RamadeviGidugu Former Self Employed, Full Time Mother. September 7 The reasons are many. My husband says,‘ while I am there with you, You should knowhow the world functions, how things work, how to do things, you should be awareof as many things as possible depends on the opportunities , it helps you togrow in life, helps to manage our life, me, our family. At the same time, youshould not have to do those things always when I am with you. You can lean on me. I like to protect you. Notbecause you are not capable. Just because I love to do it since you are mine.Hope you appreciate my efforts.’ Not exactly in these words, since we are desi couple, we talkto each other in our native language. Simple and straight, not in a dramaticlanguage. This is the message he tries to convey always in these many years.This is what I felt from his words. Really I appreciate him. Being a wife I think,‘everything need not be expressed in words. Words convey very little, sometimes just superficial also theymay sound. With patience and calm mind we can understand not onlyhusband, the entire world. For how many years you aremarried don't matter, how much you understand each other do matter. Why they fail to understand? Because, they want to bother always about the thing that isnot conveyed. Want to crib about what they don't have. Disappointed becauselife didn't meet their expectations. After all! It's life. Not our maid, it'sour boss! You may not get the best always but you can make whatever youget as your ‘the best' if you wish. only thing you should have is maturity toaccept whatever life offers . If not, you should be capable enough to createyour own history. I am not talking irrational, cruel, sadistic, sick mindedpeople. I am talking about normal people. Some always prefer to walk on uneven rough pavements. Somehave to walk on them because of their bad decisions or by fate. It's notbecause they love it, they are pushed in to those situations. Just because, they don't even try to lift their eyes up tosee the smooth road passing by next to them. That much they are engrossed intheir lives without a second thought. We can say to some extent they lost hope,become pessimistic. They don't want to take a new path out of fear about newchanges. Some run like sprinters on smooth road without understandingwhat they want in their lives just to reach a dead end. May be a cliff? Either you understand eachother or don't understand eachother. Length of the time you spent with each other is not important. What matters finally is how accommodative you are to eachother. Many say, we no more love each other. Love is not a season tochange. A fragrance that engulf around our lives. It's ok, sometimes you enjoy, sometimes you don't notice,still it's there which you are used to and fail to notice. Love has many hues and many ways. Don't try to frame it undercertain definition. Then life becomes easy otherwise looks complicated. Many want to define love, wants to put it in particular hue,then obviously they fail to understand each other. Closed door means no hope.A door ajar will alwayslet fresh air, new hopes to come in. Our mind is also the same, not muchdifferent from that door. You may not be wrong but, may not be right also always.youmight have failed to notice that. Then you may appear egoistic and adamant toyour spouse. Same way, your spouse also may not be wrong always. Just youfailed to notice. It depends on how we look at things. The best thing a partner or a parent can do to their spouseand children is staying healthy physically and mentally. Getting used to each other increases the comfort level.Comfort level makes eachother taken for granted. Then all the issues start. My note- As I makeout as husband and wife grew older sex relation which bound the couple together suppressed certain genes before reappear. These suppressed genesstart to play with more vigour in old age . In my home I knew grandparents in a matam, quarrel each otherfor anything just like counter in my boyhood days. If one is ready to admit with conscious, husband tries tosuppress his genes further to avoid family quarrel. Not because heagrees to his wife. This suppression is shown as arguments with others sometimeseven in the groups with others. Many male members during old age may have meagre pension,meagre reserve money and no pension or specified income. If the wife wanted to spent to her sick people whichis non-returnable, husbandhas limitation to the quantity he can spare- just an example. Her reappeared genes become violent some times, forgettingher own essential requirements. Members may express their opinion. Q9 What areyour favourite temples in your locality/district/state? Why? A9 Muthu Harish JR Om nama shivayaSeptember 11 Alagar Kovil, Madurai.(Alagar temple) This my favorite temple. This temple is located on the hillyregion, so it is nice to see this place while riding on bike. Another reason why this temple is favorite was, they giveprasadham, called “dosa adai” Which is fried in ghee and some black peppersprinkled on top. It is one of the famous and tasty thing to eat. Claire Q10 Chickenscan't fly. What is the function of a chicken wing? A10 Jordan Worked at National HealthService (NHS)June 15 Chickens are a domesticated form of an Asian pheasant calledthe jungle fowl; a lean, fit bird which comes in a range of attractive colours. Red jungle fowl 12 hatching eggs Jungle fowl use their wings the way all pheasants do - to hopup into the trees to roost, and to erupt out of the undergrowth and fly a shortdistance to evade predators. As such their wings have evolved for short,poweful bursts of speed, not for long-distance gliding. Domestic chickenshave been bred and raised such that most are too heavy and out of shape to getoff the ground, and somehave their wings clipped anyway - but see Geoffrey’s answer for film of someleaner, fitter free-range domestic hens flying very effectively. They do so in the same fashion as their ancestors - to getenough lift to get into a tree or onto a shed roof, and to cover shortishdistances faster than a predator could chase them. All the above QA are basedon Quora digest to me on 19-09-2021. Quoraanswers need not be 100% correct answers Compiler- R. GopalaKrishnan, 77 dated 20-09-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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