CULTURAL QA02-2022-04 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Whydo people have such varied reactions to food if the sense of taste is the samein every tongue? A1 Ken Saladin Formerprofessor of histology (microscopic anatomy)21h Strictly speaking, the sense of taste is in one’s brain, not in thetongue. It’s located primarily in a lobe of the braincalled the insula,which can only be seen by retracting part of the temporal lobe as in the firstfigure here, or slicing the brain to look at it in section as in the secondfigure. All the tongue does is generatingcoded signals to the brain which the brain then interprets as various tastes. Variations in taste from person to person lie notso much in the nerve signals generated by the taste buds as in the manyinfluences—emotion, memory, smell, etc.—that influence how the insula and otherparts of the brain (orbitofrontal cortex) interpret those signals. Q2 Whycan't most Indian girls go against their parents (mostly father) when they lovesomeone? A2 Bhuvana Rameshwar SouthIndian culture 7h Nowadays or decades ago. India or other countries where arrangedmarriages are still preferred. It is still a norm that parentsespecially father of girls opposes love marriage. And daughters do not try very hard to marry theirbf or person of their choice. They try convincing alittle but soon give in 1.as it is a safer and an easier option. It comes with a little moreguarantee. Most girls in love often tell their bfs that their marriage can takeplace only with father's full consent. This is a common condition put forth bygirls in love. 2. as parental support is veryimportant in marriages, any problem it is parents who help girls 3. Fathers have a strong bondwith daughters and daughters trust the father's advice and judgement more thananybody else. 4. Some love their mothers a lot. They know that if they go for a lovemarriage the father takes out all his anger on the poor mother. Some fear forthe mothers safety too. Society also may blame the mother. Hence this backingout by girls. Even educated girls, girls with career care a lotabout the family ‘s self respect. 5. In case the love marriage goes sour, they need their parents and theirparental home for solace. 6. Some fathers threaten complete cut off from daughters who go for lovemarriage or even suicide as an emotional blackmail. No daughter wants father ormother dead. They would rather remain unmarried for life. That is why father's consent and support is very important for girls.Last but not least good, loving fathers set a high bench mark for grooms andmost girls cannot easily find young men fitting this. That is also a reason whygirls dump bf at the drop of a hat. They are always searching a bf who would fit the father's shoes. Q3 Canwe drain a washing machine into a toilet? A3 Gopala Krishnan ,former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966-2004)Answered just now No is the answer. Toilet is connected to septic tankin most places in India. So if the washing machine is connected drain in totoilet, septic tank would become full within months and septic tank has to becleaned. If there is anysystem of toilet connected to public drains, there is no problem in connectingwashing machine to toilet. Q4 Wasit true that Lord Rama ruled his kingdom for 11000 years? What was the exacttime of his rule? A4 Vishnu Kumar IAM ThatIAM Tue Alright, the Supreme Rama ruled earth more than 8.7 lakh years ago. Hisreign was for a total period of 11000 years. There could be doubts about whether bi-pedal intelligent human speciesexisted then. Let me clarify that,unequivocally YES. Modern humans are an evolutionary variant of Homo erectus. The oldesthomo erectus remains recovered are about 2 million years old. Homo erectus fossilsare primarily found in Asia and minimally in Africa. So that is the answer. Q5 Whyare so many cities like London and New York City built on wetlands? A5 Steven Haddock Livesin Toronto, ON (1959–present) Mon Wetlands tend to form at the mouth of rivers where they meet a largerbody of water. Theseareas are often strategically important for both military and trade purposes. Take New Orleans. It sits on the last bit of high land on the MississippiRiver before it meets the Gulf of Mexico. It’s surrounded by lower land,including wetland, but the French Quarter itself is high and dry. Similarly, New York is at the mouth of the Hudson. London is at the pointwhere the Thames stops being a fresh water river and starts becoming a saltwater estuary. Paris started on an island in the middle of the Seine whichtotally controlled the river flowing around it. Cairo sits on the Nile beforeit turns into a massive delta, but Alexandria sits on the other side of thedelta. Chicago sits where a river meets Lake Michigan. Vancouver sits where theFraser River meets the Pacific but it wasn’t about the river, which isn’t verynavigable, but the railway which ran along the Fraser, and so on. Occasionally, you get a Montreal or San Francisco which sits on a veryhigh prominence next to a river exit, but it doesn’t happen very often. Q6 WhichIndian town/city was historically significant yet remains largely unknowntoday? A6 Vibhakar T S Knowabout India. Tue Badami. It's a town in Bagalakote district of Karnataka. Itis famous for its rockcut monuments such as the Badami cave temples, as well as the structuraltemples such as the Bhutanatha temples, Badami shivalaya andJambulingeshwara temple. It is located in a ravine at the foot of a rugged, redsandstone outcrop that surrounds Agastya lake. It was formerly known as Vatapi and has a history behind it. In theMahabharata, sage Agastya is described in the epic as a sage with enormouspowers of ingestion and digestion. To kill men, asura Vatapi used to become agoat and his brother Ilvala would cook him. Then, Vatapi would recollect in thestomach and tear himself out from the inside of the victim, killing the victim. When Agastya arrives, Ilvala offers the goat again. He kills Vatapi bydigesting the meal as soon as he ate, giving Vatapi no time to self organize. Agastya thus kills the demonsVatapi and Ilvala. This legend is believed to have played out near Badami, andthus the name Vatapi or Agasthya lake. Badami was the capital of ‘Badami Chalukyas' who ruled South and WesternIndia for more than 200 years. In the period CE 540 to 757, it was a prosperoustown and people were wealthy enough to lead a happy life. The kingdom of Badami Chalukyas was stable. It has a lot of history andthey had brave kings such as Pulakeshi I, Kritavarma I, Mangalesha, PulakeshiII (Immadi Pulakeshi), Vikramaditya II and Kritavarma II. Immadi Pulakeshi wastheir most prominent leader. But these days, it has lost its charm. It has nosignificance.It's in North Karnataka, a region which isconstantly neglected by the governments and politicians. Hardly anyone caresabout its welfare and development. It is relevant among tourists, but isn'tpromoted by the government like other historical sites. Q7 Cana bank statement and rent agreement be used as proofs for HRA instead of a rentreceipt? A7 Prasanna Bhalerao Ihave some experience in real estate deals.8h HRA exemption is something thatis given by the employer when the employee provides the proof. Different employers have different internal rules. Generally, most will insist on arent receipt signed by the landlord. A rental agreement is acceptedin lieu (with supporting bank statement) is the agreement mentions the Aadharand PAN of the landlord. There is no hard and fast rule. You must check withyour Employer with the Payroll team. Q8 Whyis it that some people fart frequently? Is farting a health hazard? A8 Mats Andersson B. Sc,M. Sc from Uppsala University Jan 13 All humans fart 7 to 14 times per day. They’ve studied this in labs. Some people produce a bit more gas, due to their diet. But the mainreason you hear some, but not others, is how the relevant part of the body isconstructed: if the gas pushes “flaps” apart that then move back into theiroriginal position, it’s audible, otherwise not. Farting is not in the leastdangerous; to the contrary, holding it in might lead to pain (although not, asfar as anyone can tell, to actual damage). Q9 Whyis Hyderabad metro still allowing Hindi announcements? Why can't they just useEnglish and local language just like Bangalore, Chennai, and Kochi metro? A9 Kumar Gaurav Promoterof different roles of languages Sun Ajay Kumar I think only Chennaimetro uses 2 languages while rest of country uses 3 languages in public spaces. Only 10% Indians said they know English duringCensus 2011. Even in South India, not more than 20% said they know English.Please note that in India, during Census 2011, more than 19500 mother tongueswere registered. Mother tongue is a spoken language which one hears/learnsafter birth. So, it is just not possible to use all publicly. Obviously, weneed 2–3 link languages for proper communication. People learn link languages like Hindi, Tamil at school so that they cancommunicate with each other. Hindi is the most popularlanguage. During Census2011, more than 80% said they know Hindi / Hindi like languages like Marathi,Bengali, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi etc. Compared to that, only 10% said they knowEnglish. So, basic purpose of language is communication - Journalist Sajith Paisays South Indians are speaking Hindi to each other due to principle of leastexclusion. Q10 What is the most poisonous substance on Earth in the history of mankind? A10 Tomaž Vargazon Practicingatheist Tue If we go by the historic definition it’s probably this guy. Rabies virus Not a toxin, you say? That’s curious, the word “virus” comes from latinword virus, meaning poison. If you accept viruses aspoisons, then rabies is amongst the worst. The infectious dose isunknown, but rather low, you may not even know you’ve been bit by an infected(pardon, venomous) animal. A symptomatic rabies infection is almost always fatal. A treatmentprotocol exists and is sometimes effective, but it comes at a steep priceindeed. You’ll need to learn to walk and talk again, amongst other things - andthose are the lucky ones. If you don’t count viruses as poison (you racist!),then it’s probably botulinum toxin. Q11 Whydid the importance of Buddhism reduce 500 years after Buddha passed away inIndia? A11 Rami Sivan Priest,Dharma teacher, counsellor, Gov. Advisor (1998–present)Mon Buddhism was primarily areligion of world-renunciation, and monks were the premier Buddhists and the centres were themonasteries. Buddhismhas very little to offer the common people apart from some basic teachingsand vows and the opportunity to gain merit through giving alms to the monks. There is nothing in Buddhism that helps to run a civil society, no lawsor courts or criminal justice system, no judiciary or system of administration,no military apparatus, no economical management, no agricultural guidance,structures of management and hierarchies. The only festivals are those associated with the lives ofthe monks and the monasteries. So when Buddhism spread throughout South East Asia it went hand in hand withHinduism which has all the apparatus and structures in place formanaging a society, and celebration of festivals connected with the season andagriculture. There were priests to cater to the material needs of the peopleand to help them in their desire fulfilment, and there were courts and councilsto which they could go to resolve their grievances and disputes overland-management and irrigation. Even in China and Japan the local religions; Shinto, Confucianism andDaoism functioned in harmony with Buddhism providing the social structure andvalues for the lay-folk. Q12 Whatwas a common sight on the roads of Bengaluru two or three decades ago that youdon't see anymore? A12 Joga Rao Former ExportManager, Jan 28 Thank you Gopalkrishnaji for your question. I first visited Bangalore asa schoolboy in the late 60s when my dad took me there to see a doctor who wasconsidered an asthma specialist. He prescribed the wonder drug prednisone whichis an oral steroid with side effects. The city was cold and beautifulin the mornings with tree lined roads everywhere. Traffic was sparse. Now,traffic is terrible. I used to frequently visit Bangalore in the 2000s on business. There werea lot of pavement book shops and i used to browse for hours looking formagazines, novels and old comics to add to my collection. These shops havesince disappeared. I also used to visit the spare parts shops in shivajinagar to search forspares for my matchless motorcycle. The shops now only sell latest bike parts.I used to admire the old britishbuilt bungalows with gardens in city and cantonment. Now not many survive. Builders ruthlessly pullthem down and build apartments. However there some owners who cherish them andprotect them. God bless them. Q13 Womanhave evolved to the same level of intelligence as men. What complex tasks didwomen do in the last 100,000 years that required them to be so clever? A13 Matt Riggsby MAArchaeological Studies, Boston University Tue This may come as a great shock to you, but women are people. They are humans, members of thespecies Homo sapiens, just like men are. The genetic difference between male and female is thepresence of a single gene found on the Y chromosome . Otherwise, men andwomen share the same sets of genes, so to the extent that intelligence isgenetically determined, it’ll be subject to pretty much the same set of genesin women as in men. The sexes will get smarter together. As too what they did, it’s allthe same things men did. Forthe bulk of our species’ 300,000 year history, people were hunter-gatherers,and generally speaking hunter-gatherers do not specialize. Individuals may domore of one thing than another based on individual skills and inclinations, butgenerally speaking everybody gathers, everybody hunts, everybody makes and maintains tools,everybody takes care of children, and so on. Certainly, only womenbear and nurse children, which means that the bulk of early childcare tends tofall to them, and there’s a tendency for men to be more involved in hunting large game,but everybody hunts small game and there are ways in which women are involvedin hunting bigger animals as well. There is, in short, no particular reason forwomen not to be as smart as men. Usually Biology is weird andmessy and laughs at our attemptsto stay inside the boxes we draw for it, so there are rare exceptions. All the above QA are from Quora website on 03-02- 2022. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 04-02-2022 -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1178520210.3721662.1643939175044%40mail.yahoo.com.
