CULTURAL QA12-2021-19 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Do most families clean their bed sheets and covers once aweek? What happens if you wait a month? A1 Gopala Krishnan ,former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom(1966-2004)Answered just now Yes is the answer. Especially in this pandemic situation. Bedspreads,bed sheets, pillow covers, blankets etc are to be washed weekly, if notpossible once in 10 days. Our dead skin will be in the clothes used by us. Inaddition to detergent, germs killing items like dettol also has to be added inwashing machine. No quick wash or hand wash. Washing has to be done for moreduration and well dried and used. Anyone can feel the freshness and quicksleep, after using washed items. If possible ironing is more good . The heatnot only removes the shrinks of cloth but also kill any germs. Q2 Why do railways need wood? Don’t trains just run on steeltracks? A2 Krishna KumarSubramanian Air Transportation Industry Engineering Specialist Tue Those train tracks rest on“sleepers” or “track ties” or simply “ties”. They used to be made of wood from the very beginning but laterconstruction was switched to concrete. The Railways don’t need wood anywhere anymore. Q3 What's the most Indian thing you saw today? A3 Nitesh Ahirwar EngineeringLead at Persistent Systems Wed The most Indian thing I saw today is this : This is our AC covered with clothwhich is in our hall Since its winters season , my mom decided to cover it with cloth so thatit doesn't get dust. This might seem to be too middle class but this really saves AC from dustaccumulating and increasing AC’s life when not in use for long time. And we as an Indian tend to preserve things and do not feel any shameabout it. My note- Irrespective ofseason AC units have to be operatedonce a fortnight at least for 5-10 minutes. It should not be kept without operating. This is the directionfrom AC engineers. This isthe reason AC units are operated in turn ininstitutions like banks during winter. Q4 Should I join the SBI Clerk leaving BOI PO since thereare news of banks being privatised? A4 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam Lawyer Thu No No. Absolutely not.Why would you do that? PO to Clerk is a ridiculous move. What do you imagine will happen if BOI is Privatized? You really thinkStaff can be fired - left, right and center???? This is India and not USA orCanada where such things can be done If you joined BOI as a PO when it was a PSB -thats it. Your path isclear. Most PSBs already began recruiting fewer and fewer staff since 2010itself so very few PSBs are Bloated with Staff. Whom do you think will give allthe Kissan Loans? Today if Modijis announces Rs. 4000 Crore to Farmers - SBI or Banks rollover and oblige Tomorrow if Modiji announces Rs. 4000 Crore - the Banks will say “Nothing Doing”(if privatised) No Loan Waivers, No Jan Dhan Accounts, MinimumBalance 10,000/- So do you think the Govt is stupid? Sure this Govt is among the stupidestbunch i have ever seen in my life - but someone like Rajnath or Gadkari withbrains will eventually tell them what they are risking So Don’t Worry and Don’t leave the PO Job for SBI Clerk Job Sure if you have an Offer from GOI as Gazetted Officer or a huge packagefrom FAANG companies - then Sure. Otherwise - NO. STAY PUT My note- For account openingminimum amount is Rs 10000-00 already in HDFC Bank. For seniorcitizens Rs 5000-00 Q5 If white rice is not good for you, why are the Japaneseso healthy, since they eat so much of it? A5 James Kottackal Livesin India Dec 4 The argument that rice (white or brown) is nothealthy is not true.White rice also contains lots of nutrients, but ingeneral, we can say that brown rice have higher amounts of some vitamins andminerals than white rice. White rice is easy to consume to the taste buds ofmany cultures than others( In Tamilnadu white rice is common, but in Keralabrown rice is more used). For diabetic persons: Diabeticscan eat both types of rice. Fewstudies have shown that brown rice is better for diabetes, heart disease and weightmaintenance. The key pointis how much to eat and what other ingredients you eat with rice. How much to eat? This depends on how much body will tolerate without raising blood sugartoo much after the meal. This trait is individual, some can eat more, some caneat only a little. Regular testing using a glucometer is the key to answerthis. What other ingredients you needto eat with rice? Our cultures( Kerala, Tamilnadu and other Indian states) have inventedingenious ways of presenting a balanced meal. See the picture of a typicalTamil meal. This meal contain lots of different cooked vegetables, legumes,curd among other things. All these items give a treat to taste buds and at thesame time supply loads of required proteins, fats, antioxidants, vitamins andminerals to the body. However, overeating any thingis not going to be good for any cultures (and diabetics should be extra careful onitems such as rice, sweets and perhaps high amounts of table salt in hotelmeals) Q6 What is the first thing you start your day with? A6 GopalkrishnaVishwanath Lived 69 years so far. No regrets. Look forward to the best yearsnow.Fri I look at my wristwatch to seeif it is 6 am already. It hasluminous dials so that I can see in the dark. I wear my wristwatch all dayexcept when I am taking a bath. If it is still not 6 a.m still, I linger in bed hoping I don’t over sleep.If it is past 6 am I toss the blanket aside and jump out of my bed and rush tothe bathroom to get ready for my Yoga session at 6:30 am along with otherresidents in the retirement home I am now living in. The last thing I do to end the day is to listen to about 10 minutes ofsoothing Indian classical music while lying in bed with my smartphone andwearing headphones so that I don’t disturb my wife. If I start snoring, my wife gently removes theheadphones and switches off the phone. The next morning I can’t even recall what melody I was listening to. I have had no trouble going tosleep within 15 minutes ever since I started this practice. Q7 What can you eat for ekadashi? A7 Sudha KL Yoga as atool for self transformation Tue Today 14th December is Ekadashi. Ekadashi is the 11th day after the fullmoon and the 11th day after the new moon. Science today tells us, rather our culture told us thousands of yearsago, that fasting isnecessary for our system. By system, it means, the whole of the physicalbody, the mental body, the emotional body as well as the energy body. On a continuous roll, 24x7 our system is on a sprinters mode. To slowdown and to give ourselves a break, we have to fast! Lol!! Brahmacharis, Yogis generallyhave nothing except water during Ekadashi day, that is, the previous night dinner is followed by ekadashi night dinner,that's all. Water is an exception, because of its natural cleansing quality.This is the best way to fast, a full flush out. Remaining conscious with anempty stomach keeps one alert. The next level of fasting is tohave some honey water or lemon juice or chew an Indian gooseberry. Or one can have some ashgourd juice. These itemsare positive pranic food and support the process of fasting. In South India, there is atradition of observing palahara. That means to have a few scoops of fruits. Fruits remain mild on the digestive system andsuffice a semi-fasting. At the end of the day, breaking the fast is a bit of an intricateprocess. Fasting can also build up digestive juices in the stomach, to theextent of inducing nausea. Therefore, it is important to break your fast withthe right kind of food. Papaya is an ideal choice as itis one of the most nutritious fruits, and is very healing for digestive problems and acidity. Other fruits and raw vegetablesare recommended alternatives and, if possible, mix in some green gram sproutsfor that extra boost to the meal! Whatever be the level of fasting one is observing, if one wants to fastfor a certain period, it must always be supported with the right kind ofspiritual practices or Sadhana. This is a wonderful onto—route INWARD. Q8 How did the ancient Romans know that we have nine planetsin our solar system and named them after their gods? A8 Andrew Weill The joyof studying history is that you always find more questions than answers Dec 5 The five naked-eye planets were known earlier than the Romans, datingback to the Sumerians. TheGreeks called them Hermes, Aphrodite, Ares, Zeus, and Cronus. TheRomans used their names for the equivalent deities. As other answers correctlynote, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were discovered later and not known as planetsin antiquity. Earth was “Gaea”to the Greeks and “Terra” to the Romans Q9 How do we know what killed the dinosaurs? A9 Claire Jordan Degreein biology and folklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Nov 27 We know from the geological record that there was aseries of major volcanic eruptions which affected the climate, followed by anasteroid strike whichput the tin lid on it. And contrary to what someother answers would have you believe, we have actually found fossils, inclidingdinosaur remains, from animals washed up by the tsunami which followed theasteroid strike. We can seewhere the sea was forced back up the mouth of a river, mingling sea-and freshwater creatures with animals washed off the river banks. Q10 How does friction reduce the efficiency of a machine? A10 Nilesh Sumant ,Freelancer (2018-present)Answered 22m ago The friction is one of the losses of a machine which reduces its out putcompared to the input quantum hence machine efficiency reduces. Q11 What is the real reason the evolution of the human brain andintellect suddenly accelerated a few million years ago? A11 Steven Haddock Studiedat York University (Canada)Oct 29 Humans big brains are now knownto be required for these primary tasks that faced early humans: Tracking animals that weren’t currently in sight; and Keeping track of social relationships. Neanderthals, like modern humans,and probably similar to other humanoid species became adept at taking downlarge prey: Prior to the invention of cooking and food preservation, this posed alogistical problem. A kill was more than enough to feed a single family group,but probably wasn’t enough to feed a band who worked together. Unlike huntingsmall animals (which modern humans did better than Neanderthals), taking down alarge animal is a matter of someone getting lucky at some point after everyoneworks together. As such, unlike other animalswhich practice dominance eating (biggest or more important animals go first) humans practiced social sharing where the personcredited with the kill can divvy up the kill any way they like. As such, it wasvitally important to remember who shared food with you before and who may havepassed you over despite your contributions to the hunt. You would reward those who had rewarded you in the past. And that requires a lot of brain power. The average human brain is able to track about 150 closesocial relationships which, through no coincidence, is the averagesize of human bands who hunted together. Tracking is another uniqueskill. Other predatory animals“hunt” which means they chase after prey in their sight. Humans go looking forprey, which means they have to keep track of a huge number of variables relatedto the behavior of other species. A typical hunter-gatherer in modern times cantake a look at footprints and judge how old they are, what kind of animal theybelong to, the general health of the animal, and what direction it was headed. This ability is so welldeveloped that it allows us to treat other animals as if they were fellowhumans and to stillunderstand their motivations and behaviour Q12 How many liters of air can the lungs hold in a normalbreath? A12 Ken Saladin Author,Anatomy & Physiology—The Unity of Form and Function Thu For the average adult: A normal breath takes in andexpels about 0.5 liter. That’s called the tidal volume. The maximum an average adult can breathe in and out in one breath isabout 4.7 liters. That’s called the vital capacity. The maximum the lungs can contain is about 6.0 L. All the above QA are from Quora website on 18-12- 2021. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan ,78, former AGM Telecom Trivandrum on 19 -12-2021 -- 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/1022325686.2434145.1639883158019%40mail.yahoo.com.
