CULTURAL QA01-2022-22 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Why is the toiletpaper not flushed down the toilet in India (they're seen in the bin next to thetoilet)? A1 Profile photo forSumith Edward Sumith Edward , MBBS @ Mysore|Politics|Current Affairs| History|WorldAffairsAnswered Jan 20, 2019 The answer is simple. It’s just lack of awareness. People don’t know that Toiletpaper gets disintegrated while it’s being flushed down the toilet bowl.What they think is that the paper will clog the sewer lines and it’s not fordumping in the bowls. Anothertendency is the presence of dustbin beside the toilet bowl makes peoplemisunderstand that it’s meant to dump toilet paper. When peoplebecome aware, then finding paper in the bins will come down. Q2 Why was Hosur given toTamil Nadu when it has a population of mostly Telugu and Kannada? A2 Krishy Lives in Hosur,Tamil Nadu, India Mon Even though I’m from Kanyakumari and working in Bangalore I’m living in Hosur forthe past 24 years with my family, so that I can answer your question with ease. You are partially right, i.e, even though the capital city of Karnatakais located at just 30 to 35 kms away from Hosur, Telugu speaking population is way high compared toKannada speaking population in Hosur. Most of the natives of Hosurhail from Telugu speaking family n most of the Tamil speaking families in Hosurare not the natives of Hosur, they’ve got settled here from various parts ofTamilnadu. Moreover Hosur speaks manylanguages other than Tamil, Telugu and Kannada like Bangalore do. We guys in Hosur now a days don’t feel language isstill a barrier and we don't discriminate ourselves based on language. We allspeak all the languages and have developed a good brotherhood for yearstogether. Mostly none of us felt that Tamil speaking population has grown veryhigh than Telugu and Kannada so that Hosur should only be in Tamil Nadu ormostly Telugus are the naive Hosurians so that Hosur should be merged withAndhra or for more development Hosur should be merged with Bangalore inKarnataka. Beyond languages, states, diversities and even politics we are all havinga superb brotherhood culture in Hosur. We celebrate Ugadi and Tamil New Yeartogether. We celebrate Pongal and Sankranti together. We love to be the samealways as we are now. So these kind of questions,“why Hosur is given to TN when most of the people are Kannada n Teluguspeaking..?” doesn't even bother us. One more thing buddy, no one has given Hosur to Tamil Nadu. When thepartition of southern states happened, it got geographically divided. In yourcase I’ll request you to think about the scenario which I’m telling, “around 1949s n 50s few parts ofBangalore were under Madras presidency n not Mysore presidency” sowhy were those places added with Bangalore in later years..? Buddy lets get united n not be like our old generation craving forlanguage n states’ pride.. lets all be friends n make a better environment forthe future bro…Hope you understood my point.. Q3 How long does it takefor chronic inflammation to develop? A3 Ken Saladin Formerprofessor of histology (microscopic anatomy)Jan 13 Inflammation can begin withinminutes, even seconds, of the stimulus that induces it. Bee stings and mosquito bites showing redness,pain, and itching are examples. Whether inflammation is chronic or not cannot be judged at the outset;it’s a retrospective term for any inflammation that has lasted a long time,often (by some definitions) lifelong. For example: Inflammatory disease is ageneral term that applies to autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammationconditions in which aperson’s immune system attacks the body’s own tissues. Familiarinflammatory diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupuserythematosus, inflammatory bowel disease, and multiple sclerosis. Thesediseases can affect almost any bodily organ, and in most cases more than oneorgan or organ system. While the classic sign of disease is inflammation, othersymptoms may include joint stiffness, pain, loss of function, and rashes, withperiods of remission and periods of increased disease activity (flare-ups). Theburden of inflammatory diseases includes the number of comorbid conditions,work days missed, decreased quality of life, and shortened life-span. Inflammation | CDRG Chronic inflammation refers toa prolonged inflammatory response that involves a progressive change in thetype of cells present at the site of inflammation. It is characterized by thesimultaneous destruction and repair of the tissue from the inflammatoryprocess. It can follow an acute form of inflammation or be a prolongedlow-grade form. Chronic inflammation Inflammation can be either short-lived (acute) or long-lasting (chronic).Acute inflammation goes away within hours or days. Chronic inflammation canlast months or years, even after the first trigger is gone. Q4 Which states are mostsimilar to Maharashtra in order? A4 Titus D'silva Lives inBengaluru, Karnataka, India Dec 31 The state most ethnically,culturally and linguistically similar to Maharashtra is Goa. The language they speak is similar and could even be mutuallyintelligible. The same festivals are celebrated in both states. The region near Goa to the North is called Konkan (part of Maharashtra). Konkan means edge of the world.The language of Goa iscalled Konkani and so it is obvious Konkan part of Maharashtra will have muchsimilarity with Goa. Next would be Gujarat and then finally the Hindi Heartland. Maharashtra is more ethnically similar to Punjab, Kashmir or Assam thanTelangana or Karnataka. Q5 How do I purifyborewell water, which has 750 to 800+ TDS for bath, wash, cooking, anddrinking? A5 Hari Prabhu , formerRetd.Engineer. Answered May 27, 2020 The bore well water to purify , you have to higher capacity RO system tobe installed, there are specialized water consultant available, butinstallation and maintenance costs are expensive. 2nd answer- GopalaKrishnan, former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered justnow I have read elsewhere any ROunit has only 30% efficiency. To reduce TDSit was suggested to connect one more unit. This would reduce TDSvalue by another 30%. Sometimes TDS value from bore-well water will reduce onsettling. So a clean water tank also may reduce TDS of bore-well water. Thesecond part of answer is from my experience. Q6 What does it mean whenyou hear a crow cawl? There is only one, and it always follows me. A6 Geoffrey Brickley -Pepper Meister Lives in Desert Southwest Tue All corvids recognize human faces. We struggle to know one crow, raven, or Jay fromanother of the same species. Sometimes, we even struggle with near species.They have no difficulty, and telling humans apart seems easy. So you can pretty well guaranteethat the crow recognizes you specifically. Start there. I have rescued adolescent pigeons and hid a nesting ground dove from theneighborhood cats, although she worried what I was up to and wasn't sure whatto do, it became clear I wasn't going to harm her. The pigeons and doves spreadthe word. They will come down and visit me, and “help" me garden. I talkthem through it since they didn't start understanding what I was doing. Nowthey follow behind me planting seeds also. Crows are even smarter. So you will have to figure out what you did to get the friendship of acrow. You could have set out shiny gifts, or food, not even realizing you weredoing it. Or not realizing your kindness would be remembered. Crows of allcorvids have strong family and relative relationships. They also mourn theirdead. Other than food or direct kindness, one of the most common ways of makingfriends is holding silent vigil for the dead. If you noticed a flock mourningand didn't try to join, just held silent vigil until they were done, you canguarantee you were noticed.Mourning length seems proportional to experience with the family members.Mourning the elderly is longer than the young. So if you held vigil for longer,they would assume a close relationship and get their curiosity. You may have amember of the family inquiring about you and who you are and why you werethere. These are all personal relationships, so you are the best person toanswer your own question. Q7 What is the secret ofthe Chidambaram Natraj Temple? Q7 Harsh V AshokStudiedat Manipal Institute Of Technology (MIT)Updated Jan 5 Chidambaram Nataraj temple is a famous Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu. Thepresent temple was built of cholas in the 10th century when chidambaram wastheir capital. Althoughthere might be a pre chola existence of this shrine. Shiva'siconography as Nataraja itself is deeply mystical, spiritual and philosophical Chidambaram as it's name indicates might have been an ancient centre oflearning of arts science and place for seeking wisdom and expandingconsciousness The toe of lord as cosmicdancer nataraja in the temple is believed to be touching the magnetic equator.Magnetic equator does pass through India (Thumba space station Is close to themagnetic equator) also the magnetic Equator unlike the geographical Equator isnot static it keeps shifting. So I can't say with 100% surety that it touchesthe magnitic equator or it might have touched in the past. It is said that the Temple roof is made of 21600gold sheets which denotes the 21600 breaths taken by a human beingevery day. The modern science too believes the human to be breathing on anaverage 22000 times a day which is quite close. However, this Number could justbe a coincidence as well. Lord Shiva is lord of tandavaand mudras of bharatanatyam dance are derived from his cosmic tandava. Thetemple carvings display all the 108 mudras from the Natya Shastra by BharataMuni which makes foundation for bharatnatyam dance It is believed that lord Shiva and Parvati are present inthe temple but not visible so far, no one has claimed to see them but as the tradition goesit is believed that an enlightened soul can see them. A strong influence ofbhakti traditions can be seen here. It is strange that many famousShiva shrines are located at roughly the same longitude 79° E. From Kedarnathat 79.0669°E , Rameshwaram at 79.3129°E, Chidambaram at 79.6935°E). Chidambaram temple forms a partof panchabhoota temple where lord is worshipped as 5 forms. Chidambaram he's worshipped asSky/space, others include sri kalahasti temple (as air/wind),arunachaleswarar temple (as fire), Jambukeswara (as water) and ekambareswara(as Earth). Interestingly all 5 temples are in a straight line, roughly 79°E Lord Shiva is worshipped inthree forms, first is a small idol of Natraj made of ruby which is called the Ratna-Sabha, as the Rubyidol glows when the flame is put exactly behind the idol. Second is a crystal lingam which isworshipped 6 times a day and third is the “Chidambara Rahasya” in which God isworshipped in not any particular form but as formless aspect indicating theinfinite divinity of God. This space is decorated with the garland of goldenBilva leaves. In husritual the priest unveils the black curtain that represents ignorance andreveals the golden leaves (wisdom). Indicating Shiva leading fromignorance to the bliss of wisdom. It is believed that TheChidambaram temple plan communicates to the devotees about physical andspiritual aspects of the Human body, the architects have attempted tocommunicate this both physically and philosophically to the people through thetemple plan. Other architectural featureslike The five steps connecting kanaka sabha and chitta sabha signify the fiveelements as well as the five elements of panchakshari mantra. There are five Courtyardsencircling one another representative of layers of human physical and spiritualbody. The outermost is symbolising the material body, second representing theParana (the vital force,life), the third symbolising the mana (soul orthoughts), fourth is vigyana (or intellect, wisdom) and last one Ananda (divinebliss). The main shrine of god is located in the last layer. Lord nataraja has both Fierce Tandava that is tandava of destruction andAnanda Tandava the tandava of bliss. CERN, the largest particle physics lab in2004 installed a 2m tall statue of Nataraja. Symbolising that the centre isdedicated to conduct research over deepest secrets of ‘cosmic dance’ ofuniverse Yes, it is safe to boil RO filter water. In fact, this should be donesince RO while taking care of most of the contaminants in water it doesn’t takecare/remove all of them. One such contaminant which RO don’t remove is harmfulmicrobes which are still present in the water after reverse osmosis. If oneboils the water after doing the reverse osmosis these microbes would be killedand can be removed from the water. Another thing is RO takes care of 90-95% ofthe chemical contaminants in water. Some of the remaining can be removed byboiling the water. Q8 Is it safe to boil ROfiltered water? A8 So, yes it is safe to boil RO filtered water. Blue Mount Alkaline RO Water purifier is India’s first Alkaline RO waterpurifier with LED display and is a leading brand as it has a wide range ofwater purifiers that help you to drink healthy and safe water which can helpyou to boost your health and make you more healthy and fit. The water purifiers remove theacid components from the water and make the water more pure and safe to drink.So, switch your drinking habits to Alkaline Water. Q9 What happens with thebody after 75 years? A9 Nagarajan SrinivasSomepeople are like wine - they become vintage with ageMon There cannot be an one sizefits all answer to this question. This should largely depend upon individual constitution and differ fromperson to person. In general as human beingsage, their reflexes become slower, and their health issues increase, requiringextra healthcare. But this is not a Thumb Rule, and there are ever so many people above 70 who remain supremelyfit, active and maintain robust health. Overall improvement in medical sciences with the discovery of many newmedications and procedures, the effects of so many age related ailments areboth mitigated and delayed, affording the elderly people a much betterhealthcare than at any time in the past. To sum up, the human bodycertainly grows weaker and slower as people grow old, and become more vulnerable to age related ailments. But it shouldnot be very difficult to overcome this with a judicious use of modernmedication, and appropriate changes in one's life style, and continue to lead apeaceful and productive life beyond 70.PS : I am on the verge of 70 :-) Q10 Is bank FD a foolishoption? A10 Anil Gupta Jan 12 You may be finding it asfoolish, but close to 80+ % investors find FD as the most trusted option. To the extent, that they would not look at anyalternative and stick to plain vanilla FD. And rightly so, when in Mar 2020 themarket had a free fall and tumbled almost 40% within a gap of few businessdays, FD must be appearing god during those times. So, every instrument has its utility. Never underestimate or call itfoolish, even though it may not be fitting in your scheme of things. All the above QA are from Quora website on 21-01- 2022. Compiled and posted by R. 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