CULTURAL QA 12-2021-10 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Whatare your thoughts on a Tamil Nadu government bus refusing to board a fishseller woman to travel citing bad smell? A1 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam Lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India5h Good Decision The Rights of one woman with “Fish” that smells rank cannot outweigh therights of 30–40 passengers on the bus who have paid the same fare and areentitled to a journey where they don’t have to smell the fish. They should find their owntransport. They have their ownCollage of Licensed Shops in the cities so maybe they should start findingtheir own transport , paid for and funded by fishermen. At 400 Rupees a Kilo, I am sure they can affordbetter transport. Q2 Whydo spaceships have to go straight up? A2 BKG Studios I have readmore then a dozen books on space and rocketsDec 2 Rockets almost never go straight up. No orbital rocket has ever achieved orbit by doingso. The reason for this is Earth’s gravity. For a rocket to get into orbit,this means it must be moving horizontally very quickly, and for Earth orbits,very high. If a rocket is too low, the atmosphere becomes thicker, and itencounters drag. Rockets start out almost straightup, and gradually turn. Rockets are always falling, but once goingfast enough, they overshoot the earths curve, and continue going around, thatis why rockets don’t go straight To answer your question, the answer is the opposite, rockets do not go straight up. Q3 Likewe have first AC, second AC and third AC class in trains, why don't airlinespropose some classes which will be cheaper than business class but have morecomfort? A3 Prasanna Bhalerao Knowsabout trains.21h First of all, there is no Third AC Class in trains. What we have are thefollowing: AC First Class, AC 2-TierSleeper (correct term = Second Class AC 2-Tier Sleeper; earlier known as “ACSleeper” before the advent of AC 3-Tier Sleeper) AC 3-Tier Sleeper (correct term = Second Class AC 3-Tier Sleeper) The Indian Railways does not run any Third Class coach. As regards your second part of the question. Some airlines, and inparticular British Airways,do have an intermediary class known as “Premium Economy”. On BA, thedifferences between “Premium Economy” and “Standard Economy” (World Traveller)are: Extra knee space Extra seat pitch Leg rest More reclining seat Extrabaggage allowance Price = usually 2x World Traveller fare but depends upon seasonalvariations Q4 Whatare stories of Lord Krishna's lesser known wives (excluding Satyabhama, Rukmini,Jambavati and Mitravinda)? A4 Dev Kumar Former TeacherTue Story Time Shri Krishna’s second wife was Satyabama, a very proud woman. She believed that she was the most beautiful and the richest woman,because her father was an extremely rich man and she had all the wealth andjewels she wanted. Vanity was one of her problems. This is something that happens in temples. People weigh themselves on aweighing balance against butter, ghee or rice, and distribute that to people. One can give rice, salt, pulses, gold or whatever you can afford. That ispart of the Brahmin tradition. Satyabama set up the Tulabara. People were impressed, but Krishna was notimpressed by these things. He went & sat in the balance. She knewapproximately what his weight was & had that much gold ready. But when she put the gold in the balance, it did not move even a littlebit In Kriya Yoga, there is a way where a Yogi can increase or decrease hisweight. There are many stories about Yogis who became as heavy as a mountain. Shri Krishna too increased his weight with his Kriya Yoga skills. She putall the gold that she thought would balance his weight but to no avail. By now,everyone in town had turned up to watch. Then she asked her servants to bring all the jewelry she had. One by one,she put her jewelry on the tulabara hoping that it would work. She put everything she had on the scale but it did not move. She started weeping. The whole town had gathered there for this ritualbut she did not have enough gold. Someone who was always so proud of herfortune and wealth did not have enough gold or know what to do. Then she looked at Rukmini – a person that she was always a littlejealous of and had trouble with. She asked Rukmini, “What shall I do? Because this shame is not just for me, this is for you, me and everyone.What to do?” Rukmini just went and took three leaves from a TULSI PLANT that wasoutside, and put it on the tulabara. Krishna side of the Scale, just went up! My note- This is not to the answer to the question. However for those who does not know the story clear,it is a good story telling. Q5 Whatare some jaw dropping facts about rock cut cave temples of India? A5 Vinod Kumar Lives inKota, Rajasthan, India Sun Badami, Karnataka is the oldestknown Hindu temple in the Deccanregion of the Indian subcontinent. It was inaugurated on November1, 578 CE, full moon day during the reign of Kirtivarma I of Chalukya dynasty. It is a Vaishnavism temple, yetreverentially displays legends and ideas of Shaivism and Shaktism. It alsodisplays a major statue of Harihara, a Shiva-Vishnu composite deity based onthe ancient Hindu theology that they are equivalent and different ways ofconceptualizing the same theology. The Cave 3 is the largest cave temple in Badami-Pattadkal region withelaborate artwork, all carved out of a single monolithic rock. Some of thestatues and reliefs are larger than life size, yet proportional. The Cave 3 art shows narrative frieze panels from Mahabharata, Ramayana,Purana and Hindu fables text Panchatantra. The ceilings show Vedic deities such as Agni and Indra, along withBrahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Other deities displayed include love god and goddessKama and Rati respectively, as well as Nayikas with various emotionalexpressions. The carvings show the same vahana for the various gods andgoddesses that are found in contemporary Hinduism. Evidence of pigment remainshave survived and are visible in the ceiling. It is likely that the ceiling waselaborately painted like those in Ajanta Caves of Maharashtra. The artwork and image of Vishnu from sacrum sanctum is missing.Elsewhere, artists have signed their names below their artwork. A majorinscription commemorates the temple. Badami, also mentioned asVatapi, Vatapipura and Vatapinagari in historical texts, was an important ancient and early medieval era capital. It is thesite of the earliest Hindu cave temples in South India whose date can beestablished with certainty. The earliest cave temple (Cave 3, Vaishnavism) is from the 6th century,with Cave 1 (Shaivism) built shortly thereafter. Cave 2 (Vaishnavism) is datedto the 7th century. Cave 4 features theology and ideas of Jainism, built afterthe first three. The Badami region is home tonumerous medieval era Hindu and Jain temples and monuments. It also has artwork that seem like Buddhist monuments butthe syncretic nature of the artwork make them difficult to categorize as belongingto Buddhism or Hinduism. (Copied from a post on FB, allcredits to the owners whoclicked such wonderful pics and wrote such mesmerizing post) Q6 Howdoes the dermis supply the epidermis with blood? A6 Ken SaladinTextbookauthor and professor emeritusSat Blood capillaries of the dermis come very close to the epidermis, butdon’t penetrate into it. Oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and otherchemicals simply diffuse from those capillaries into the epidermis above, whileCO2, other wastes, and other chemicals diffuse the other way to be carried awayby the blood. That diffusion only goes so far, though, reaching the deep cells of theepidermis but not supporting the cells higher up very well. That’s whyepidermal cells die as mitosis from below pushes them up, farther and fartheraway from the blood supply, and why the surface of the epidermis is made ofdead cells. Q7 IsMayasura, mentioned in Ramayana and Mahabharata, the son of Vishwakarma? A7 Tamizhyin Pugazh ApplicationDevelopment Associate at Accenture (company) (2021–present)Mon Thank you Virat Maroju, for requesting my Answer. Is Mayasura, mentioned in Ramayana and Mahabharata,the son of Vishwakarma? No, he wasn't the son of Vishwakarma. Let's see who is he and about his role in Ramayana andMahabharata. Mayasura (Maya + Asura) He was a great ancient king of the asuras, daityas and rākṣasaraces. Maya was known for his brilliant architecture. He was the son of Kashyapand Danu. Ramayana, In Treta Yuga, Mayasura married Hema and they begotten two sons Mayavi,Dundubhi and a daughter Mandodari, the beautiful wife of Ravana, King of Lanka. Mahabharata, In Dwapara Yuga, Mayasura had befriended a Naga named Takshaka and livedwith him in the area of Khandavprastha along with his family and friends, butwhen the Pandavas came there after the partition of Hastinapur, Arjuna burntthe entire forest, forcing Takshaka to flee and killing everyone else(It issaid that Agni, the god of fire needed to burn down the forest so that he couldsatisfy his hunger. So, Arjuna helped him). This made Mayasura decide to surrender to the Pandavas. Krishna was readyto forgive him and in return, Mayasura built a grand palace named MayaSabha,where the Pandavas would perform the Rajasuya Yagna. So, both Vishwakarma and Mayasura were Architects. Vishwakarma is thechief architect of Devas while Mayasura is the chief Architect of Danavas(Asuras). Q8 Arethere snakes that look like worms? A8 Ken Saladin Formerprofessor of histology (microscopic anatomy)Dec 2 Yes, a group called the blindsnakes do (infraorder Scolecophidia, with 300 species in 39 genera and 5 families). They usually liveburrowing in loose soil (called fossorial behavior), like earthworms. They’vebeen spread across nations and continents in the soil of potted plants. But if you ever look closely at one, you’ll find they have scales andeyes (even though the eyes are vestigial). You won’t see those on anyearthworm. Nor will you see segments like this on any snake: My note- In the answer it is not told whether they are venomous. I havemade a query on this regard. Q9 Whomdo Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh worship or meditate on? A9 AkshayDec 3 Some people already answered this Question blindly . Meditation done by “ordinary Human beings like us but not “God” Brahma chant “Om Namah Shivay” & start creation then vishnu worshipShivlingam by chanting Shiva sahasranama always even in his yoganidra positionalso . As per Authentic Mahabharata“Drona parva" Veda vyasa clearly said vishnu worshipped Shivalingam for 60,000celestial years to become God . After blessings of Maheshwara only vishnubecome God . Vishnu/ Krishna cha In Ananth Padmanabaswamy temple. Shivling is permanently installed &shown us vishnu worship Shivalingam in yoganidra position also by chantingShiva sahasranam always Parameshwara always bless his devotees like vishnu & brahma withoutdoing any Partiality. Q10 Whydo some people think pandas aren't bears? A10 Claire Jordan Degree inbiology and folklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Nov 28 We used to think that giantpandas and red pandas were closely related, because they live quite near eachother and both have a kind of extra thumb adapted from their wrist bones,which they use to manipulate bamboo. Red pandas have other features which madeus think they were a type of raccoon, so that would make giant pandas raccoonstoo (and iirc there’s also something raccoon-like about the giant panda’sskull). Old textbooks will still say they are both raccoons. It’s only fairly recently, 20 or 30 years ago, that DNA analysis revealedthat although red pandas are fairly closely related to raccoonsthey are distinct enough to be in their own group, the Ailuridae, whilegiant pandas are very definitely bears. They and the red panda evolved theextra thumb convergently. All the above QA are from Quora website on 09-12- 2021. Compiled and posted by R. 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