CULTURAL QA 01-2022-11 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Why does a Vada inVasantha Bhavan cost 35 rupees? A1 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam Lawyer11h To pay for the Salaries of Waiters, Rent for Square Footage of theRestaurant, Electricity, Water, Miscellaneous Payments, Taxes etc. Its why you can get a Vada forRs. 5/- at the Local Tea Shop but the same Vadacould set you back by Rs. 137.50/- (Rs. 275/- for2 Vadas) at Le Meridien An Actual Vada costs only Rs. 2.60/- includingthe Oil, Urad Dal and the current required to grind the Vada Paste. So inVasantha Bhavan, the balance Rs. 32.40/- is being paid for:- (a) Your Table and Seat (b) The A/c or Fan (c) A Waiter bringing your Food to you (d) Sambar and upto three varieties of Chutney (e) Your Parking (f) Unlimited Glasses of Water(g) The Opportunity toorder a Pongal or Dosa if you are hungry enough without needing to leave yourtable. In Short - CONVENIENCE!!!! Even in Places like Le Meridien - the Vada is mostly consumed by Guestswho get Complimentary Breakfast or Americal Meal Plan (Breakfast + 1 Major MealFree) Very Few Guests come just to have Breakfast or Lunch or Dinner in suchFive Star Hotels Cost & Worth are two entirely different things Now it is upto the Consumer to decide if it is Worth it or Not Worth itto pay Rs. 35/- or Rs. 45/- or Rs. 137.50/- for a Medu Vada. Q2 What is the bestIndian home remedy for high blood pressure? A2 Healthify Me India's#1 Health and Wellness App2y High blood pressure is a common ailment seen in almost all age groups. Itcan definitely be managed well with some changes in lifestyle and eatinghabits. Few of the remediesare as below : 1. Watch in the salt intake. Itis not only to the visible saltthat you add over the food, it includes the salt added while cooking, salt inpickles and papad or any preserved foods, sodium in the packaged foods, etc.Learn to read the nutritional label of the food before purchasing andDASH(dietary approach to stop Hypertension) is a method used to prevent andcontrol hypertension. 2. Include potassium-rich foodsin your regular diet, foodslike bananas, oatmeal, tender coconut water, spinach, leafy vegetables, citrusfruits, sweet potato with skin, ragi, etc contain a good amount of potassium.They help with better blood pressure control. 3. Manage your weight,overweight or obesity can worsenthe problem. Control your weight by incorporating a well-balanced diet and anactive lifestyle in between the busy schedule. 4. Exercise at least 40min perday for a minimum of 4 days aweek. . Exercise is a great stress buster and helps keep the blood pressureunder control and improves heart health Q3 Which brand ofelectric kettle is the best? A3 Sumit Shukla,Consultant (2014-present)Answered 5h ago The Havells Aqua Plus electrickettle is a portable, lightweight electric kettle available in the Indianmarket. It is preferred forhostellers, hoteliers, people in general, and sick people who need to haveboiled water at all times. It is a 360-degree cordless kettle with an on andoff switch that automatically gets off when there is no water left in thekettle. Moreover, this electric kettle is energy efficient and comes with acool-touch outer body with no scalding hazard. Furthermore, the wide mouth ofthis electric kettle helps in the easy filling, pouring, and cleaning. Price: ₹ 1,259 Brand: Havells Capacity: 1.2 L Material:Stainless Steel Wattage: 1500 Watt PowerConsumption: 230 Volts Item Dimensions: 22.6 x 21.4 x 19.5 cmPros: Ergonomically designed,Energy-efficient, Easy to clean, Comes with an auto shut off function, It has awide mouth for easy filling and pouring Cons: The cord is short inlength Q4 What have you learnedtoday? A4 Jyotsna Tiwary SoftwareDeveloper at BlackRock (company) (2022–present)Fri A bottle of a litre water at Amazon is Rs 18.The same bottle in thesupermarket is worth about Rs 20.The same bottle in a bar costs Rs 50. In a good restaurant or hotel itcan be worth up to Rs 100.At an airport, you may be charged Rs 100-150. The bottle and the brand is the same, the only thing that changes is theplace. Each place gives a different value to the same product. When you feel like you are worth nothing and everyone brings you down, donot stay there, get up and find a new place. Have the courage to change places and go to a place where you are giventhe value you deserve. Surround yourself with people who really appreciate yourworth. My note- In airport checkingwater is not permitted even fordomestic travel. So one is forced to pay whatever the convenience charge by the shopsin airport. Q5 Do people who practiceIndian classical dances do so to worship God/gods or just for entertainment? A5 Rami Sivan HinduPriest, Yoga-Vedanta teacher, registered nurse .Sat All the classical arts of India- painting, music, song anddance were centred around the temple and devotion. Kathak was the first classicaldance form to betransferred from the temples to the Moghul courts and “secularised” for theentertainment of both the Hindu and the Muslim royal courts. Modern Bharata Natyam,Kuchipudi, Orissi are learntand practiced by many non-Hindus - mainly as entertainment and some even learnthem as a form of exercise. My cousin taught Bharata-natyam and Kathakali in Israel for over 30 yearsand none of his students were Hindus. Kathakali is still mainlyconfined to the temples and isdanced only by Hindus - I have never heard of a non-Hindu learning this ancientart form. Q6 How come blacks dowell in sports while Asians do well on academics? Can we all just admit thereis a gene component to this? A6 Claire Jordan Degreein biology and folklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper14h There’s a genetic component towhy the best runners tend to be black, because black people with recent ancestry in the Great Rift Valley tendto have superior musclefibres to the rest of us. But the groups who tend to do bestacademically tend to be those who have a culture which values debate andanalysis, combined with a diet which is rich in oily fish, which is good for neurological development. Q7 Do water heatersexpand when heated? A7 Parthiv Suthar ,EngineerAnswered Sun Although the water in your water heater does not boil and turn intosteam, itdoes expand as it is heated. Thermal expansion is the term for this. This additionalpressure will be absorbed by the municipality's water delivery systemand will eventually become insignificant. Q8 Are there anyvegetables/edible plants that are incredibly easy to grow/carefree? A8 Kowshalyaa Kumaraguru 23,Software Engineer, India Dec 23 Fenugreek -Just throw the seeds around.Try to water it everyday for around 2 weeks.If you miss watering it for a day or two, it won't be dead the next day. It can grow a little more than this but I prefer taking it out at thisstage. You can just add the leaves to Chapathi or Dal. You can dry this for acouple of days and you'll have Kasuri Methi — that's usually added to mostIndian gravies Q9 Why are trees calledhardwoods and softwoods? A9 Ron Mason , worked atU.S. Forest Service (1972-2007)Answered 18m ago It is a traditionalclassification but it is imprecise. Deciduous treesare called hardwoods and conifers are called softwoods. There areenough exceptions that for scientific purposes the classification is not thatuseful. If you really want to understand the relative hardness of one wood toanother refer to the Janka scale. Q10 Can you use cleaningvinegar in a washing machine? A10 Gopala Krishnan, formerAssistant General Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004) Answeredjust now Yes is my answer fromexperience. When my samsungfront load washing machine went faulty, technician came from the company firstwanted white vinegar TO CLEAN the machine . I purchased fromthe nearby shop and gave him. Q11 Can I eat cucumberwithout peeling it? A11 Lucia Garcia Worked atHospitalsSat You don't need to peel thecucumber to eat it, just rinse it repeatedly with clean water. The peel of cucumbers is edible, and Eating cucumbers with the peel provides the highestamount of nutrients. Cucumber peel contains more bitter elements, which is the nutritionalessence of cucumber. Cucumber peel has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, detoxificationand other effects. Cucumbers are rich in vitamin K. 80% of vitamin K is concentrated in thepeel of cucumbers. Vitamin K is an essential vitamin for the body. Cucumber peel contains a largeamount of insoluble dietary fiber, which helps to clear the digestive tract, promote gastrointestinalmotility, and reduce the time food stays in the intestine. Q12 Can concrete last 10,000years? A12 Michael BurrowsStudiedCivil Engineering at Imperial College LondonJan 5 We haven’t been makingconcrete for 10,000 years so we can’t be absolutely sure, but all the indications are that it would last a very long time. Concrete is known to getstronger over time as the chemical reactions that cause setting continue.Similar materials to concrete occur in nature and they are known to survivethousands or even millions of years. However, steel reinforcedconcrete does have significant durability problems. Water penetrates the surface of the concrete andover time may reach the steel reinforcement. This can then rust which is damaging in itself,weakening the structure. Worse still, rustoccupies an larger volume than steel, so the expansion forces off the concretecover, eventually destroying the structure. All the above QA are from Quora website on 10-01- 2022. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan ,78, former ITS on11-01-2022 -- 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]. 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