Pranam 1 Rajiv kurup has a freedom to write but need not represent the facts as seen from his tweets supporting EVR ; : *Ranjiv Kurup @ranjivk59 <https://twitter.com/ranjivk59>* 17 Sep 2018 <https://twitter.com/ranjivk59/status/1041708818302885889> Replying to @ranjivk59 <https://twitter.com/ranjivk59> @scroll_in <https://twitter.com/scroll_in> and @tjoseph0010 <https://twitter.com/tjoseph0010> Also, do we Hindus really have any gods? The core philosophical construct in the Vedas is 'Brahman', an energy field from which this universe became manifest, a concept that is in congruence with the advancements in quantum mechanics - specifically the quantum field theory. 17 Sep 2018 <https://twitter.com/ranjivk59/status/1041713110023692288> And anyone who understands our culture also understands that there are some really great books which help us understand our philosophies, but there is no "Book". You are free to question everything, to seek your own answer. 2 Don't we eat petals of Rose? KR IRS 151121 wer
On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 at 05:19, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 11-2021-15* > > *Being a compilation there may be errors* > > *Q1 What is the contribution of Adi Shankaracharya towards > Sanatan Dharma?* > > *A1 Ranjiv Kurup Author on History and Philosophy of the > HinduUpdated Thu* > > *After the Kurukshetra war where we lost most of our best and brightest, > the true meaning, the bhavarth of the ancient teachings were lost. And > Indian civilization floundered for nearly 2000 years. Bauddha and Jaina was > the culmination of thought in this period of darkness and signalled a > reawakening around 3000 BCE. And Adi Shankara who came some 1200 years > after the Buddha and Mahavira, was the first to correctly reinterpret the > ancient knowledge of the sages and Vedanta in the form of his school of > thought - the Advaita - flourished. And he institutionalized the resurgence > by establishing the four Peetha, and the four Dhams, moving to the four > corners of the land on foot with a small group of his followers, covering > some 15000 km over the years until his death at Kedarnath at the > comparatively young age of 32 years. Which makes his lifetime achievements > all the more spectacular.* > > *And from the ocean of both abstract philosophy and practical knowledge > that was Hinduism in his time, he extracted the body of knowledge that is > now referred to as the Prasthanatraya - the Brahma Sutra, the 10 principle > Upanishads (Katha, Isha, Kena, Mundaka, Svetasvatara, Prasna, Mandukya, > Aitareya, Brhadaranyaka, Taittiriya and Chhandogya) and the Bhagavad Gita > and wrote his Bhashya on each of these so their true meanings could be > preserved thereafter.* > > *It was his teachings and numerous debates with scholars of different > traditions of the time that** brought Vedanta to the forefront of Hindu > traditions once again. Many people ask the question that if Vedanta is the > pinnacle of Indian philosophy, how are many countries still Buddhist? And > the answer to that is that India’s influence had waned considerably over > the world by then and his teachings could not be spread to the full area of > India’s historic influence.* > > *Q2 Did Tipu Sultan know Kannada? Was Kannada the mother tongue > of King Tipu Sultan?* > > *A2 Goutham R Knows KannadaWed* > > *Tipu Sultan definitely knew Kannada. His mother** tongue was not > Kannada, might be Urdu.* > > *He used Persian language for administration, even Kannada was used.* > > *He himself has written many letters in Kannada.* > > *Below is the letter written by Tipu Sultan to Sringeri Jagadguru in > 1791.(not attached here)* > > *The letter is written in the Modi Kannada script. This script was Kannada > written in a free flowing style without any breaks or full stops. It was > commonly used to keep accounts and to communicate in letters.* > > *Q3 How can we turn off Air conditioner in a train?* > > *A3 Anish Varghese , Workshop Engineer at** Archirodon > Construction Co. S.A.Answered Dec 23, 2018* > > *Well, you can manually switch off A/C in a compartment. There will be > control panel in every compartment which you can request the train > attendants to turn it off.* > > *But, this is not done because there are other passengers in the > compartment who will object it.** Also, the A/C inside trains is designed > in such a way that the temperature inside will be comfortable compared to > outside TEMPERATURE. How it is done. I Will explain with an example.* > > *Suppose we have a superfast train from Trivandrum to Jammu Tawi. You are > travelling in an AC 3tier in the month of December and you are now in > Trivandrum and your last stop is Jammu Station. Now the train is travelling > through Trivandrum and the temperature in Trivandrum is 29 degree Celsius. > But as you are in 3rd AC, you will be comfortable because the temperature > inside AC coach will be 18-24 degree Celsius, the comfortable temperature > range for humans.* > > *Suppose, if the train is bearing Srinagar. As you can imagine, > temperature in Seinagarwill be around 6 degree Celsius in December. But > even though you cross Srinagar in such very cold temperature, you will be > comfortable inside AC coach. Because temperature inside AC coach will be > around 18-24 degree Celsius.* > > *Why the temperature inside AC coach is around 18-24 degree Celsius? > Because there is a special sensor in Indian Railways A/C called thermostat. > There will be two thermostat in an AC Coach. One for cooling and one for > heating. These theromstats will have a mercury filled thermometer system > with a feedback mechanism. As I told you, temperature inside a AC coach is > around 18-24 degree Celsius.* > > *As soon as the temperature crossed 25 degree Celsius, the thermostat for > cooling engaged and forces the AC system to run cooling the temperature > inside coach. When the temperature inside the AC is between 18-24 degree > Celsius, the thermostat cuts off cooling qnd only the blower fan will run > to maintain the range.* > > *Similarly, when temperature goes below 18 degree Celsius, the thermostat > for heating engages, thus heating starts in our AC starts. As soon as the > temperature crossed 18 degree Celsius, the thermostat cuts off AC heatings > system and Only the blower fan will run.* > > *Thus, thermostat is the device in AC system which makes the temperature > of any AC system in the comfortable range.* > > *Since, the temperature inside the AC will be in comfortable range, no > need to switch off AC.But if you really want to switch off AC, there will > be a control panel for AC in every AC coach which will have switches to > switch on or off AC manually, which mostly train attendants know.* > > *Q4 What rare fact do you know about an animal that would > change a lot of people's perceptions of that animal?* > > *A4 Priyan Bopitiya Wed* > > *Northern Snakehead: A terrifying predator fish that** can survive on > land for up to 4 days and their dominance disrupts the ecosystem's balance.* > > *Northern snakehead fish are carnivorous predators,** eating fish, small > birds, reptiles, and a variety of other species. According to the studies, > Snakeheads can breathe oxygen via an air bladder that acts as a basic lung, > allowing them to survive for up to 4 days on land without water and even > further in some cases.* > > *The snakeheads have the ability to reproduce at a rapid pace as well, > each time depositing thousands of eggs. However, they can lay a lot more > eggs at times, up to 50,000 each year. These unique adaptations give > snakehead a competitive edge over other fishes in securing habitat and > expanding their range as an invasive species.* > > *Q5 What is a healthier choice of carbs than potatoes or rice, > and why?* > > *A5 Alice Twain Eating and cooking for 40 years.Thu* > > *Potatoes and rice are perfectly healthy carbs. So** are bread, pasta, > polenta, corn, and whatever else. What may not be completely healthy are > the amounts and how these carbs combine with other foods. A moderate > portion of complex carbs (like any of the above), a moderate portion of a > protein (meat, fish, dairy, eggs, beans…), and a couple large portions of > vegetables or a large portion of vegetables and one piece of fruit > constitute a perfectly healthy meal.* > > *Q6 Why do Australian houses not have attics?* > > *A6 John Fenn Australian by birth, citizen of the world. > Updated Nov 1* > > *We don’t need them and dont have room for them,* > > *We don’t need an attic because our houses are large and we don’t need the > storage.* > > *Because it does not snow here the pitch of the roof is not as steep as a > house built to be snowed on. Standard pitch is 15° - 22°. In Europe it is > not uncommon to see pitches of 45°. Hence our attic spaces are generally > only a metre or 2 high.* > > *Many Australian homes have solar panels on the roof. A low pitch, or even > a skillion roof is ideal for** this, especially if the house has been > oriented to the north.* > > *Q7 Why is speed at sea measured in knots? Is it because of > maritime tradition or is there a specific reason?* > > *A7 Chris Harrington Lifelong crafter, with a** Bachelor’s > Degree in art Nov 1* > > *“Why is speed at sea measured in knots? Is it because of maritime > tradition or is there a specific reason?”* > > *Nautical speed is measured in “knots” because of tradition, yes, but also > because “knots” currently means “nautical miles per hour.”* > > *A “nautical” mile is much more useful for navigation, because 60 nautical > miles is one degree of latitude, (and pretty close to one degree of > longitude at the equator.) And knowing how many degrees your position is > changing per hour is very useful. This is the same reason airplanes use > “knots” too.* > > *Q8 What are some popular paired foods, like ghee rice** and > dal tadka?* > > *A8 Nagarajan Srinivas The best way to peoples' hearts is > through their stomach22h* > > *Like good pace bowlers in cricket, food items / dishes also invariably > come in pairs to be really effective. Some such combinations off the top of > my head ( Basically vegetarian from Tamil Nadu) :* > > *1 Pongal – Vadai 2 Idli – Sambar 3 Idiyappam -** Coconut milk. 4 Poori - > Potato ( Poori - Shrikand if you are in Maharashtra)* > > *5 Chappati – Kuruma 6 Parotta – Chalna 7 Adai –** Avial 8 Set Dosai - > Vada curry 9 Curd Rice - Lime / Mango pickle 10 Hot Gulab jamoons - Vanilla > ice cream (as dessert)* > > *I deliberately avoided mentioning Masala - Dosa because, it is not even a > pair, but in the true** Advaitin tradition of Jivatma (Dosa) and > Paramatma (Masala) reaching the divine fusion / merger into Liberation/ > Nirvana of hyphen less masaladosa * > > *Q9 Why are store-bought tomatoes so tasteless and unpleasant > to eat? Why are attempts to ripen them doomed to failure?* > > *A9 Victoria Tai Sep 30* > > *The tomatoes we grow on the farm, we wait for them to ripen on the vine > until the very last minute when they are bright red… and pick them when > they are about to burst. They have a slight juicy squeeze to them and they > are very aromatic. These are ready to eat.* > > *We also never refrigerate them. Even if we have too many to consume, we > prefer to stack them in a** tower single layer indoors, carefully over a > basin of water on an “island” so that ants don’t get to them, and give away > tomatoes without ever cooling them in storage.* > > *Stores that carry them cannot afford the astronomical cost of tomatoes > that are so juicy and ripe they have to be consumed immediately. Instead, > they have firm tomatoes artificially ripened with ethylene, which doesn’t > improve flavor. * > > *Q10 Why color of dabur, lion and Patanjali honey are differ from > each other, aren't they pure?* > > *A10 Karthik K Updated Thu* > > *Check these honey samples I got from different sources in India* > > *Honey color depends on presence/levels of natural** pigments, acids and > minerals, which, in turn, depend on:* > > *The plant/flowers that bees collect nectar from to make honey* > > *Weather/temperature of the area.* > > *Honey is classified by Pfund color grader ( 0 to 65, light; till 114, > amber; 114+, dark). See my honey collection in the pic. Ex: Litichi tree > honey is light, neem tree, tulsi, ajwain, plant honey is dark and honey > from Kashmir region (acacia) is very light * > > *Similar to color, the aroma, flavour also slightly vary. In general > light-colored honey has mild flavor,** dark-colored honey has strong > flavor, higher antioxidants. Individual preference vary as taste is a > personal judgement * > > *I don’t know about these brands but many popular brands simply blend > multiple types of honey, may** add some colors, flavors to have a > standard look. That’s why many don’t know honey types.* > > *Disclosure: I sell honey on my website/blog (No Mix Kart) but my answer > is unbiased. Check my profile for other fact based answers.* > > *Q11 We can eat leaves, seeds, roots, and fruits of different > plants. Why can't we eat flowers then?* > > *A11 Bhuvana Rameshwar Thu* > > *Of purse we eat flowers of some plants. Looks like you forgot the famous > but most eaten cauliflower !** We also eat broccoli another flower though > green, from the same family.* > > *Then we also eat flowers of banana, pumpkin, zucchini some greens > although small etc. Artichoke** is also a flower bud commonly eaten in > many countries. * > > *Spices saffron and cloves used in biryanis, Indian sweets and kurma are > also flowers. Rose petals are** consumed in sweets and used to produce > essence for sweets, syrups etc. Pea flowers is used for colouring foods > blue.* > > *Q12 What is the most underrated invention in the ancient time > but the most useful in the present time?* > > *A12 Archaeology Unearthed Answered by Hamid Wed* > > *Probably plough invention. It has become so** common, so much so that > we have forgotten that it revolutionized our world. And that it is the > basis of many great civilizations :* > > *The swing plough is a light harnessed culture instrument that complements > manual tools (hoe,** spade). Associated with an animal (ox, donkey, horse > or tractor...), it allows the conquest of new cultivated areas as well as > an intensification of the agricultural exploitation.* > > *The traces of the oldest fossil furrows, attesting to the use of the > swing plough, have been spotted in Lower Mesopotamia, and are dated around > 5000 to 4500 BC. It is during the fourth millennium that the use of the > swing plough seems to spread to the Middle East, before reaching the > Mediterranean rim and Europe.* > > *For thousands of years the principle has been the same, except that this > ploughing tool has been modernized and mechanized.* > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 14-11- 2021. Quora > answers need not be 100% correct answers * > > *Compiled and posted by R. 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