CULTURAL QA 04-2022-30 BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Is it true that onlyhuman corpses stink, while other animals don't? And if yes, why? A1 Claire Jordan Degreein biology and folklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper17h No, all vertebratecorpses with any significant gut volume smell pretty bad, unless the animal in question was on strong antibiotics when it died.If it was (especially if the antibiotic was genticin, which lasts for years)the body will tend to mummify rather than decay. It will still smell a bit butthe smell will be different and a lot less rank. Q2 Why can't menstrualblood be held back like urine? A2 E. Allwell Professor(1987–present)Updated 11h The body has no voluntarycontrol of the uterus, cervix, or vagina. There’s no sphincter or shut-off valve. Thus a woman cannot control the flow ofmenstrual blood, or of her water breaking before birth, or of the birth itself. It’s be nice if we could just go into the bathroom, pass a measure ofmenstrual blood, and then get on with the day—but that’s not how it works. Itcomes gushing out with no way to stop it. Q3 Can a districtmagistrate stop an airplane from taking off from his district? A3 D D Rishi Former IRS| Advocate | LL. M.,Ph.D. (Law) | Mon Yes, he can. Not only DM, but anylaw enforcement officer too can do it but there have to be very good and justifiable reasons for it. If theaircraft is going to a destination within India, there should normally be noreason to stop it as the offending person or object carried by it can beintercepted at the destination airport also. There have been actual cases where a foreign bound aircraft leaving anIndian airport had to be stopped/recalled by the customs officers/ intelligenceofficers as a last minute information about someone on aircraft carryingcontraband heroin had been received. Read about one such case at Raminder Singh vs State Of PunjabAnd Another on 6 October, 2009 Criminal Misc No M-18135 of 2009 bythe Punjab and Haryana High Court (available on internet) But an officer stopping an aircraft on frivolous grounds may have tosuffer it's consequences too. Q4 Why is it important touse and take care of kitchen appliances? A4 Gopala Krishnan,former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom(1966-2004)Answered just now Present day kitchen appliances are electrical, mechanical and working onhigh temperature. One has to make sure electrical equipment are shock proof.Often in the kitchen women use mixer grinder, rice cooker, wet grinder etc. Theequipment connections should be tight on the wall plug. If one uses microwave oven,metal vessels should not be used in it. Time setting should becorrect. Most use either electrical or mechanical coconut scrapper. It shouldbe tightly fitted on the platform end or any other place for scrapping. Nowmany uses glass top LPG stoves. One has to make sure, while the glass top is hot, no water should beapplied or spilled over it. The sauce pans, milk cookers, and pressure cookers 95% come with handlers fixed with screws.Ladies should be careful, the screws are well tightened. If missed to see,hot/boiling milk, water etc may fall on the person some times. The knobs of the stove shouldbe in perfect condition.Otherwise, chances of gas leakage is possible and accidents can be there byexploding gas. Finally the kitchen sink. One has to ensure the outlet is neat, cleaningwater must easily go away from it so that no bad odour exist. Q5 What keeps shipscentered in canal locks? What keeps them from hitting and damaging the gates? A5 Loring Chien Experiencedcruiser, like my parents before me. Mon The Panama canal uses small tractors called mulesthat run parallel to the ship on either side and they are tethered to the shipto help guide it through and keep it centered. Q6 Why are termite nestsmounds? A6 Ken Saladin Formerprofessor of animal behaviour Tue Most of them aren’t. Termitesare primarily soil insects with tunnels underground, like ants. You wouldn’t even guess the groundbeneath your feet is full of termite tunnels. But some termites are famous forthe huge mounds and chimneys they build, especially in the tropics. These are their ventilation and air conditioning systems—chimneys(“spires”) for ridding the colony of the great amount of heat andcarbon dioxide produced by all those bodies, and wind-catchers for enabling the passing breeze to carry awaythat heat and CO2.[1] These mounds are often baked hard, like adobe, andsome have been continually occupied for several centuries. Some abandoned butstill standing mounds in Africa have been dated up to 2,000 years old.[2] Q7 What is the sleepingtime rule in the middle berth of the train? A7 Vinod Kumar TeachingS.St, GK, preparing NTSE aspirants (1999–present) Apr 18 According to the rules of the railways, a passenger with a middle berth can sleep in his berthonly from 10 pm to 6 am. That is, if a passenger wants to stop theopening of the middle berth before 10 pm, then you can stop him. At the sametime, after 6 am, the berth will have to be lowered so that other passengerscan sit on the lower berth. Many times the lower berth people stay awake tilllate night and the middle berth people have problems, so you can pick up yourseat at 10 pm as per the rule. Q8 Which part of broccoliis edible? A8 Ian De Pagie foodbloggerApr 19 You’re touching a raw nerve here. The childishly drawn black line is where you’re supposed to cut. Peel the stem and dice it. Stripthe leaves from their veins. These parts are not just edible, they are trulytasty. If you plan to boil your broccoli, keep the water. To cook pasta orpotatoes in. Better steam them anyway. Q9 Why do we use steelframe in buildings which is bound to expand and crack the concrete? A9 GopalkrishnaVishwanath A former structural engineer experienced in Design of steelstructures. Apr 22 Steel frame buildings aredesigned with suitable expansion joints that allow movement due to temperaturechanges and this should prevent the cracking of concrete. The structural designers will take care ofexpansion and show suitable details in their design drawings. Please consult agood structural design consultant and give him details of your requirement andlet him study the structure. Thereafter follow his recommendations. Q10 The Ganges does not flowthrough South India. Does the Ganges river have the same impact in South Indiacompared to North India? A10 Shashidhar Reddy Livesin Hyderabad, Telangana, India Sun I'm not sure about the other southern states but I will confine myopinion to the state or the region i belong to i.e Telangana.The Ganges may notflow through this part of the country, but it do have almost same impact as theregions it flows through especially the cultural impact. River Ganges' cultural impactis directly from its association to the Hindu religion through the belief ofLord Shiva and the associated cultural aspects.Coming to the actual part andhow does it work. River Godavari Flows through our region and even to this day,a common man calls it as “Ganga” and taking bath in the river is called as“Ganga Snanam”. Even themighty and sacred river like Godavari's name is shadowed by the name of Gangain the common society and this may manifest the cultural association with thelater. Also, Godavariis called as “Dakshina Ganga” for so many reasons. Culturally, it could be due to the Kumba Mela, which happens at 4 placesof the India out of which 3 are on the banks of Ganga or its tributaries andthe other one is on the banks of Godavari at Nashik. Practically, it might be due to it being the second longest river in themainland India and the longest in the entire peninsular region which is playingalmost similar role that of Ganga. In a way this is the major life line riverof the considerable part of the Deccan. This might be the reason why it mayhave assumed such importance or association to Ganga. Historically, the river had seensome of the important Kingdoms/Empires on its banks. So, naturally it mighthave got the attention of then scribes which can be imbibed in to the culturalwritings, thus gaining the cultural importance. One and the only 16 Mahajanapadas of ancient India below the vindhyas(Dakshina Patha) i.e peninsular region was on the banks of River Godavari. Itwas Asmaka/Assaka Mahajanapada with it's capital Potali/Podana/Paudanyapura(Current day Bodhan in Telangana) covering the regions of Marathwada, Vidarbha,Telangana and Andhra especially along the Godavari river. Later, The Satavahanas, who rose to power from the banks of Godavari wereinstrumental in the political history of then ancient India as well as culturalhistory. Culturally, they contributed to the development of art so much so that,it is considered as one of 3 major schools of art in ancient India i.eAmaravati School of architecture, which is developed between developed betweenthe lower valleys of the Krishna and Godavari rivers and the other two being,Gandhara and Mathura. Even according to the beliefsourced from the Ramayana, Lord Rama is believed to have resided on the banksof Godavari at Panchavati,Nashik of Maharashtra and Parnashala, Badrachalam of Telangana during hisexile. Whatever the reason is, be it political or cultural or historical orgeographical it earnedthe name as Dakshina Ganga, as Ganga also has similar features (Infactevery river is associated with such features but religious importance tookprecedence in this aspect). Below the vindhyas, there are numerous templeswhich are considered as Dakshina Kashi and naturally the river flowing in theKashi City or Varanasi i.e Ganga has got importance in Hinduism and many watersources be it rivers, tributaries or even ponds got their name from Ganga. Foreg: “Waiganga” and “Penganga” are tributaries of Godavari and the banks ofRiver Krishna at Srisailam Jyothirling temple is called “Pathalaganga”. So, literally the word “Ganga”is used for many natural water sources and “Kashi” is used for many temples in different parts of India where the riverGanga doesn't flow. This is because of the religious importance river Ganga hasand in order to compensate/satisfy all those who are far from the river, thename Ganga might have culturally given to various water sources. From religiousview, the perception is, even a handful of normal water, by uttering the wordGanga is assumed to become same as the water of Ganga river. That is theimportance and cultural impact river Ganga has. If the impact is about geographical or economical, from different viewslike, disasters etc. Obviously, a natural disaster might not impact the otherregions directly though it has various indirect impacts as every part of thecountry is connected to the other part through various ways in this era ofconnected world All the above QA are from Quora website on 29-04- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100%correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 30-04-2022 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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