CULTURAL QA 08-2022-03 BEING A COMPILATIONTHERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Doold wires and corrosion cause low voltage? A1 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004) Just now Corrosion and joints in old wire increase resistance.So when fixed voltage is sent on line due to corrosion resistance is more and current can be less.There will be a currentdrop. Voltage drop canoccur due to many reasons. An example is an old transformer. Though goodvoltage is applied on primary due to increase in resistance output voltage canbe low. Often current drop is told as voltagedrop- a mis-norm Q2 Whatare the health benefits of eating peaches? A2 Lucia Garcia, Worked at Hospitals Sun Peaches originatedin ancient China and have been cultivated for more than 4,000 years. Peaches areseasonal fruits that ripen from June to September each year. Peaches are rich innutrients and contain protein, carbohydrates, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitaminB2, vitamin C, and minerals such as iron, calcium, and phosphorus. Compared with other fruits, Peaches Have StrongerAntioxidant Capacity and are rich in phenolic substances. At present, morethan 30 kinds of phenolic substances have been found in peaches, of which themost important ones are chlorogenic acid, catechin, quercetin, neochlorogenicacid and epicatechin. Research has foundthat the riper the peaches, the higher the antioxidant content. Due to its excellent antioxidant properties, peaches caneffectively scavenge harmful free radicals from the body, reduce oxidativedamage, and delay the aging process of cells. Therefore, peaches are alsoknown as "longevity fruit". A medium peachweighs 150 grams and contains only 58 calories. Eating peaches will not makeyou gain weight. Q3 Doall British trains lean to the left? A3 Nicholas Stone, Lifelong interest intrains. Sat Where there is a double track, most UK trainsoperate on the left.This is the same as the UK roads, where traffic also circulates on the left. Among theexceptions is the Ffestiniog Railway. This is a mainly a single track operations,but where there are double track section, trains travel in the right hand trackin the direction of travel. A FfestiniogRailway train in Tan-y-Bwlch station in North Wales - travelling towards thecamera. A train travelling away from camera will use the right hand track onthe other side of the island platform. Picture credit: Oakley Arms. Q4 Whatdocuments should we check before buying any land? A4 Ultra Tech Cement, India’s No 1 Cement.Updated 10mo Once you decide tobuy a plot, make sure you have all documents in place. Without these, yourpurchase will be delayed. Having all the proper legal documentation will helpprotect your land and home from any disputes in the future. Consult a lawyer tohelp you with every step of the documentation process. Most of the required documents can be grouped into twotypes - legal and personal. Legal documents: These documents are essential,and missing even one of these can result in a delay in purchase. They include: - Mother Deed: This is taken from the seller. TheMother Deed is the main document to determine ownership of the property. Ittraces the land’s chain of ownership and provides information about the historyof the plot. Sales Deed: The Sales Deed records the transfer ofland ownership from the seller to the buyer. You can get it validated at thesub-registrar's office. Power of Attorney(POA): If the seller of the land isnot the owner, they should have a Power of Attorney that authorizes them tosell the plot. Always check the Power of Attorney when buying from any seller. Encumbrance Certificate: An EncumbranceCertificate documents all the transactions related to the land. It serves asproof that the land you are buying is free of anymonetary or legal bindings. It is obtained from the sub-registrar’soffice where land is registered. Katha certificate: A Khata Certificate is necessaryto obtain a building license. It contains property details like location, size,built-up area etc. and is necessary for the payment of property tax and toobtain a building license. It is obtained from the Assistant Revenue Officer. Land Clearance: If you wish to convert agriculturalland to non-agricultural land this certificate becomes very essential. Record Of Rights (ROR) certificate: It is obtainedfrom the Tehsildar’s office Personal documents: Personal documents arepurely for verification purposes: Aadhar, Voter ID card and PAN card. Things to keep inmind: In case the selleris not the owner, check the ‘power of attorney’ document. To make suremeasurements mentioned by seller are accurate, get a survey sketch of the landfrom Survey Department. If there are more than one owner, make sure to get ‘releasecertificate’ from all owners. Q5 Whatare the benefits of train travel in the UK? A5 Nicholas Stone, Life long interest intrains. Sat There are many benefits of train travel in the UK. Train journeysbetween UK cities are often faster than comparable road journeys. From London to Edinburgh, thetrain journey typically takes 4 hrs 20 mins. By car, the same journey is nearer7 hours. By coach, expect the journey to last 10 hours. Manchester,Liverpool, Glasgow, Cardiff, Leeds, Sheffield and Bristol are all quicker fromLondon by train than in a motor vehicle. UK trains efficiently carry people. A busy 12carriage 240 metre long commuter train can carry 800 passengers. This is theequivalent of 400 cars based on typical occupancy. At speed, 400 cars require16 km of road space to keep them safely separated. Electric trains areparticular efficient with some of their energy from renewable sources - whichcurrently make up 20–30% of national energy supplies. A car solely usinginternal combustion uses only energy with cannot be renewed. A electric traintravelling at 200 km/h on the West Coast Mainline. Journeys by comparable roadmotor coach or motor car are often longer. Picture source: Railway TechnologyMagazine. Almost anyone can use a UK passenger train. Toboard, you just need a ticket. To drive a motor car, you’ll need a licence,insurance, roadworthy documentation and the use of the vehicle. Many people in the UK neither have a driving licence nor acar. On board the train,you can relax or work or enjoy the passing scenery. There are many routes withcountry, coastline or riverbank views. While on board, you can walk along thetrain to stretch your leg or even have a snooze. These options are notavailable to the motorist while driving. You can oftentake a bicycle free of charge on a UK passenger train.In many cases, I cycle from home to the railway station, take my bike on thetrain with me and then cycle from station at the other end of the railwayjourney to my destination. I have travelledacross the UK many times - and often enjoy the experience. Overall, my total annual train faresare less than the equivalent cost of owning and operating a road vehicle. Q6 Tirupati,Andhra Pradesh, India: Why do so many devotees flock to tirumala? A6 Gautham Sampath, Knows Tamil Mon Well Thirumala orThirumalai Temple is very famous and is regarded as the richest temple in theworld that receives donations Why didn’t anyother temple took this place while Thirumala could do this and its all because of Faith!!!Beleif!!! Trust!!! but there are some cultural and historicalreasons too and let’s look at those. Thirumala! Of the devotees whovisit a lot to Thirumala-Most of them come from 4 states-Andhra Pradesh,Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and some from Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa. With the word ofmouth from past 20 years even Northern Indians have started to visit thistemple when they do a temple tour in Southern India. For the people ofAndhra and Telangana , their main and most important God is Lord Venkateshwaraand thus many Telugites keep on taking yathra to Thirupathi every year. I have seen Telugites going crazy over Balaji and havingsaid that they name their children with many names of Lord Balajiand even they visit the temple on a regular basis.-Many Telugites have LordBalaji has their home God and thus its compulsory to have the darshan theirhome God temple every year. Historically thistemple got so much patronage from Vijayanagar kings and queens(and by manyother Telugu kings like Aravidu dynasty) and thus Thirupathi temple is veryfamous among Telugites. Background of Telugu marriages, they always have aThirupathi Balaji photo or replica. For the people ofTamil Nadu, Lord Perumal is the 3rd most famous God after Murugan and LordShiva. Many families have Lord Perumal as their home God and its important tovisit the temple atleast once a year. Also historically the temple was built by Pandyas and thethe Tamil kingdoms like Cholas ,Pandyas have given manydonations.( Also the story of Thirumalai is connected to the Sangam Cholas). Also its said that Thirupathi and Thirumala is mentionedas “Thiru Vengadam” in Tamil literature andwas considered as the ancient border village between the Tamilakam region andthe Vadugar region(Andhra region).-Thirupathi is just 56 km from the nearest TNborder and hence Tamil devotees easily feel connection to the temple.Also thetemple is easily accesscible from eastern and Southern side as west andnorthern side has thick mountains and forests. This temple gets mention as one of the important 108Divya Desams by Alwars and the pontiffs who maintainthis temple are from both Tamil region and Andhra region(who were appointed byRamanujacharya in the past , again a Tamilakam Telugite). Certain hymnsin Tamil from Divya Prabhandam is also chanted as the temple has Tamil priests. Kannadigas sweetlycall Lord Balaji as “Thimappa” there are so many meanings to this name like-strong personality, one who has magical abilities and great creative skills. If you ask anyKannadiga “where you went?” after they go and come back from Thirupathi , theysay “Thimmapanannu darshana maadi bande”-”I went to have the Darshan ofThimappa” Again Vijayanagarand other Karnataka empires gave a lot of patronage to the temple and even manyKannadigas have a norm of visiting the temple atleast once a year. Common things for these 3 cultural people. Kannadigas,Teliugus and Tamils have two month dedicated to the worship of LordVenkateshwara- That is Shravanaor Purattasi and the Saturdays in this month is dedicated to theworship of Lord Balaji in their homes by offering him food and making his Tilakon the forehead.(Saavan in Northern India is dedicated to Shiva but here inSouth it's for Vishnu) The month of Dhanuror Maargazhi is also dedicated to the worship of Perumaal where Thirupathipriests recite the Thirupaavai(hymn of Aandal) in Tamil instead of Suprabatham which is in Sankskrit. Then all these 4state people dedicate a Hundi where they save money and take that money toThirumala and offer it to him.( This money is put into the Hundion everySarturdays ). There are manythings that people donate to Thirupathi like many people from these 4 statesdonate lands to Thirupathi. Sandalwood for Thirumala foes from Karnataka. Then there is a ritual of bringing the sacred umbrellasand flowers from Sri Rangam temple on special occasion. Then the festivalof Brahmotsavam takes place in the holy month of Purattasi( Saavan month ofTamils). Then we have somany inscriptions in Tamil, Telugu ,Kannada and Sanskrit found in the templeand the surrounding regions of Thirupathi. Then we have aTamil saying that goes- “Thirupathi ponaal, Thirupam varum.” - If you toThirupathi, a good change will happen” Then we have peoplefrom all these 4 states who believe that if you do marriage in Thirupathi ,thelife will be very good and hence many people do a get tied a 2nd marriageknotin Thirupathi after the normal one back in their place. Also itssaid that Thirupathi was heavily infested with wild animals in past (now alsohere and there wild animals are getting spotted) and thus when visiting, whole village or whole family members visit itin group so to avoid in contact with wild animals and this practise continuesto this day even after all the developments. Also during thattime, people used to carry money and gold to offer and thus dacoits and banditswere common in the surrounding place who used to loot the money but when you goas a group, people wouldn’t be attacked. Thus Thirupathigets visitors always in high numbers due to these factors. Personally even I have felt the magic of Lord Venkateshwara, after visting Thirupathi , many changes has takenplace in my life like getting a Job like that and people have so many dreams toachieve and once they achieve that they visit Thirumala to give a thanks tohim. Thus all thesefactors make people to flock Thirumala continously year after year Q7 Whydo humans still drink animal milk in 2022? A7 Mats Andersson ,Lives in Sweden16h Well, personally, it's because I've evolved to drink it. My ancestors triedto live off agriculture in an area where the sunlight is so weak that humansrisk vitamin D deficiency. Consuming dairy, which contains vitamin D, means you can avoid theworst effects. Those of my ancestors who evolved lactasepersistence, so they could digest milk as adults, had more offspring and passedtheir genes on to me. I have thecomplexion of unbaked bread for the same reason. I hasten to addthat there's nothing particularly clever about any of this. It's only aboutsunlight. Tibetans have bigger lungs and more red blood cells as a result ofhaving evolved adaptations to high altitude. Not better or worse, justdifferent. Q8 Doesit matter what laundry detergent you use? A8 Venkateswara Swamy Swarna,FormerScientist, Metallurgist, Quality / NDT Manager at Department of Atomic Energy,India (1967–2008)1y It does. Cleaning the clothes is the primary functionbut removing the smell and adding a nice smell is an added function of many andsome of them can be allergic. My wife isvery sensitive and she could not wear the clothes washed with one big detergentbrand…so, I had to buy another brand and give the stock of the earlierdetergent to some one else.So,don’t change brands if you are sensitive. Try smaller packs firstand then only switch for the bigger packs. Profile photo forKanthaswamy Balasubramaniam Q9 CanHyderabad develop like Chennai and Bangalore? A9 Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam, Lives inChennai, Tamil Nadu, India Sat How exactly do yousay Hyderabad is not developed like Chennai and Bangalore? Do you see anydifference between the Three Cities? Hyderabads GDP Per Capita is Rs. 8.85 Lakhs that ishigher than Bangalore’s Rs. 6.67 Lakhs or Chennai’s Rs. 6.55 Lakhs. (HyderabadsGDP is $ 75 Billion with a 68.1 Lakh Population) What is yourdefinition of Developed? Hyderabad has a61.7% Middle Class Population , higher than Chennais 59.9% or Bangalores 60.2% Hyderabad has a 83%Literacy rate which is comparable to Bangalore’s 88% though less than Chennai’s94% Do you see any major difference between Kempegowda orHyderabads Airport? The Question makesit sound like Chennai and Bangalore are like Shanghai and Shenzhen while PoorHyderabad is like Urumqi or Lhasa It may bea 5% or 6% difference at the most Q10 Domerchant navy ships start their voyage from the same port? If not, what is theprocedure and the places where the voyage starts? A10 Arun Visvanathan, Former Sea Captain atMerchant Navy (1990–2016) Sat Some ships known as liners work a fixed route.They load at certain ports and discharge at certain ports. Today this mainlycontainer ships but in the past even gen cargo ships had fixed runs. Though it was before my time,one ship of which I was Master ran a fixed run from India to the US West Coast.She would start at Bombay, halt at Calcutta and Taiwan and then proceed to theUS running up and down the West Coast before returning to India. Oneofficer was Master for 24 months. When I enquired one of the old hands told me,“He was a bachelor with a girlfriend in the US. When the ship arrived, the GFwould stay on board while he traded on the coast before disembarking.” Wellorganised. Some tankers and bulk carriers on long term charters alsoload and discharge at fixed ports. Poompuhar, theTamil Nadu government owned shipping company, was tasked with carrying coal tothermal plants in Tamilnadu. The ships, 3 owned and 15–20 chartered, would load at Haldia/Paradip/Vizag anddischarge at Chennai/Tuticorin. Most Indian flagships on international voyages would load in an Indian port, sail to Europe,pick up cargo and return to India. The voyage was deemed to have commenced andended in India. Most ships however, are tramps. They load anywhere anddischarge anywhere. I joined one ship in Brazil andloaded frozen chicken for discharge in Jeddah. Then in ballast to Japan. Loadedreconditioned cars for discharge in Puerto Rico. Then in ballast to Chile toload fruit for discharge in Europe. All the above QA are from Quora website on 02 AND 03-08- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 03-08-2022 -- 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/892735756.26318.1659489888908%40mail.yahoo.com.
