Q4 The reply of the Loose Luis is not any universal statement; and how
so lightly conclusions are accepted as correct by the compiler is another
surprise. The neighbor cooks something whose smell makes me vomit; but that
household eats many times, appreciating the taste; cooking is the best or
the worst, according to the cultivated habits, culture, taste buds
developed and so many other factors. The best chicken fry , however nice it
may be , may not be liked by the vegetarian; may not be liked by the varied
ingredients used were/are accustomed to; the environment that aided the
cooking; the food habits of the generations; and so on. The best cook of
kerala might use coconut oil in all, which might taste good for those who
were in that line; there may be a majority, who may polishdly say it's good
but inwardly , may not like it as the oil they are not used to. So best
cooking in itself is a subjective matter. Einstein theory of relativity may
be applied. Now the question of Grand mother vs 3rd, 4th generations -is as
stupid as pig rolling in the wet sand. It is one answer for Lucia and his
wife and daughter, but is not applicable universally. I see people drinking
Bru with the taste whereas I like Narsy PB without sikri thick
decoction only. After all, one small cup of coffee can make the whole
difference. Hence I call it gossip.
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Q8 Q8 Remember, just like muscles and ligaments, *organs are physical
structures made of living tissue that need to move well in order to
function well*. Each organ has its own unique physical properties, optimal
location, particular way of moving, and specific relationships to other
body parts; every organ will move within a limit ; internal body is a
structure unknown even to the medical science fully; the anatomy of
susruta is not different from the modern Grey; if anybody has the movement
of any organ it is named as PROLAPSE.
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Q9 Which food is only the tip of the iceberg? Anyway food is food for the
food aND THAT IS THE SAY OF taitriya upanishad to read:
TAITRIYA UPANISHAS CHAP 10
SECTION 10 –MEDITATION IN DIFFERENT FORMS ON BRAHMAN
na ka~nchana vasatau pratyachaxita . tad.hvratam.h .
tasmadyaya kaya cha vidhaya bahvannam prapnuyat.h .
aradhyasma annamityachaxate .
etadvai mukhato.ana{\m+} raddham.h .
mukhato.asma anna{\m+} radhyate .
etadvai madhyato.ana{\m+} raddham.h .
madhyato.asma anna{\m+} radhyate .
edadva antato.anna{\m+} raddham.h .
antato.asma anna{\m+} radhyate .. 1..
ya evam veda . xema iti vachi . yogaxema iti pranapanayoh .
karmeti hastayoh . gatiriti padayoh . vimuktiriti payau .
iti manushih samaj~nah . atha daivih . triptiriti vrishtau .
balamiti vidyuti .. 2..
yasha iti pashushu . jyotiriti naxatreshu .
prajatiramritamananda ityupasthe . sarvamityakashe .
tatpratishthetyupasita . pratishthavan.h bhavati .
tanmaha ityupasita . mahanbhavati . tanmana ityupasita .
manavanbhavati .. 3..
tannama ityupasita . namyante.asmai kamah .
tad.hbrahmetyupasita . brahmavanbhavati .
tad.hbrahmanah parimara ityupasita .
paryenam mriyante dvishantah sapatnah .
pari ye.apriya bhratrivyah .
sa yashchayam purushe . yashchasavaditye . sa ekah .. 4..
sa ya eva.nvit.h . asmallokatpretya .
etamannamayamatmanamupasa~nkramya .
etam pranamayamatmanamupasa~nkramya .
etam manomayamatmanamupasa~nkramya .
etam vij~nanamayamatmanamupasa~nkramya .
etamanandamayamatmanamupasa~nkramya .
ima.nllokankamanni kamarupyanusa~ncharan.h .
etat.h sama gayannaste . ha 3 vu ha 3 vu ha 3 vu .. 5..
A MYSTICAL CHANT
Ahamannam ahamannam ahamannam.h .
ahamannado3.ahamannado3.ahamannadah .
aha{\m+} shlokakridaha{\m+} shlokakridaha{\m+} shlokakrit.h .
ahamasmi prathamaja rita3sya .
purvam devebhyo.amritasya na3bhayi .
yo ma dadati sa ideva ma3.a.avah .
ahamannam annamadantama3dmi .
aham vishvam bhuvanamabhyabhava3m.h .
suvarna jyotih . ya evam veda . ityupanishat.h .. 6..
XXX
1 Let him not deny lodgings to anyone: this is the vow. Therefore, he
should procure much food by any means whatsoever. To guests, he should say:
"The food has been prepared for you." If this food is given first, food
comes to the giver first. If this food is given in the middle, food comes
to the giver in the middle. If this food is given last, food comes to the
giver last.
2 He who knows this obtains the fruit mentioned above. One should meditate
on Brahman as preservation in speech, as acquisition and preservation in
the prana (upward breath) and the apana (downward breath), as action in the
hands, as movement (walking) in the feet, as evacuation in the anus. These
are the meditations on Brahman through actions. Next follows the meditation
on Brahman, through the gods: One should meditate on Brahman as
satisfaction in rain, as power in lightning;
3 As fame in cattle, as light in the stars, as procreation, immortality and joy
in the organ of generation and as everything in the akasa. Let him
contemplate Brahman as the support and he will be supported; let him
contemplate Brahman as greatness and he will become great; let him
contemplate Brahman as the mind and he will be endowed with mind.
4 Let him contemplate Brahman as adoration and all desires will fall down
before him in adoration. Let him contemplate Brahman as the Supreme Lord
and he will be endowed with supremacy. Let him contemplate Brahman as the
destructive agent and his enemies who hate him and also those who do not
hate him will perish. This he who is in this man and that he who is in
yonder sun, both are one.
5 He who knows this, as described above, after dying to (i.e. withdrawing
from) this world, attains the self which consists of food, attains the self
which consists of the vital breath, attains the self which consists of the
mind, attains the self which consists of the intellect, attains the self
which consists of bliss. Then he goes up and down these worlds, eating the
food he desires, assuming the forms he likes. He sits, singing the chant of
the non—duality of Brahman: "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
6 "I am food, I am food, I am food! I am the eater of food, I am the eater
of food, I am the eater of food! I am the uniter, I am the uniter, I am the
uniter! "I am the first—born of the truth, prior to the gods and the navel
of Immortality. He who gives me away, he alone preserves me. He who eats
food—I, as food, eat him. "I, as the Supreme Lord, overpower the whole
world. I am as radiant as the sun." Whosoever knows this, attains
Liberation. Such, indeed, is the Upanishad.
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SECTION 9
annam bahu kurvita . tad.hvratam.h . prithivi va annam.h .
akasho.annadah . prithivyamakashah pratishthitah .
akashe prithivi pratishthita .
tadetadannamanne pratishthitam.h .
sa ya etadannamanne pratishthitam veda pratitishthati .
annavanannado bhavati .
mahanbhavati prajaya
pashubhirbrahmavarchasena . mahankirtya .. 1..
Let him (the knower of Brahman) make food plentiful; that is the vow. The
earth is, verily, food; the akasa is the eater. The akasa rests on the
earth and the earth rests on the akasa. Thus food rests on food. He who
knows this resting of food on food is established; he becomes a possessor
of food and an eater of food. He becomes great in offspring and cattle and
in spiritual radiance and great in fame.
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On Fri, 23 Sept 2022 at 11:52, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 09-2022-23*
>
> *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS*
>
> Q1 Is it okay to use hot water to fill a washing machine?
>
> A1 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004
> at Department of Telecom (1966–2004) Just now
>
> Present day automatic washing machines either front load or top load
> prepare hot water within itself. *When once you select the type of
> washing, you can see the temperature at which hot water is prepared*.
> Their drum is manufactured to with stand that temperature.
>
> In semi automatic washing machines there is no provision to prepare hot
> water. *Accordingly their body is built not to with stand temperature.*
>
> If you desire to remove tough stains and clothes are more soiled, add
> liquid detergent to hot water of below 40 degree centigrade in a quality
> thick plastic bucket and keep the clothes dipped in it for at least 20
> minutes. Then take out and squeeze and keep in another bucket. *Clothes
> will be just warm, but most of the dirt is removed as we see from the
> colour of water*. Throw away the water and wash the clothes in the
> semiautomatic or automatic washing machine for a small dration.
>
> I wash my daily wearing colour dhoti, towel etc in that way once in four
> days.
>
> Q2 What type of foundation should you use if your home will be
> built near water?
>
> A2 Naveen Subramanian, Real estate and construction Chennai
> Tamilnadu India Sep 15
>
> *Always decide the type of foundation based on the type of soil*. Because
> “near water” may be shallow, hard or dense. I’ll give some simple
> illustration diagrams. Generally these are the types of soil you find near
> rivers, ponds, lakes and canals. *(I’m excluding sea as it’s not for
> residential permit)*
>
> The light chocolate color soil is typically called “ loose soil” , if you
> touch it, the soil is smooth, volatile and lacks strength. In that case you
> need *to go for pile foundation*. Something like this ..
>
> It’s nothing but inserting the steel rod deep into the soil until it hits
> the rock at the bottom of soil. It ranges from min 40 feet to max 100
> plus feet, depending on how loose the soil is. *You can find this mostly
> in residentials built in OMR areas of Chennai.* The cost of foundation is
> expensive, almost 15–20% of the total project cost. This costing is
> ‘essential”, so never compromise in it
>
> Next type of soil is the reddish one which is usually dry. This is called
> the river sand which is good in bonding. This is the sand you typically use
> for construction works*. So if your soil looks so, you can go for RAFT
> foundation or simple spread footing, slopped or pedestal footing*. You
> can dig 5–10 ft for this foundation as the soil is naturally strong.. A
> typical foundations looks something like this
>
> These are the most commonly used foundation in TN for individual
> residences, 2 storey residential flats. *The load bearing capacity is
> calculated based on the density of soil. You also dump extra soil to
> compensate loss of strength during foundation works.*
>
> Next type of soil is the brown color one in illustration diagram. This is
> usually the soil found in river water catchment areas. The soil is brown
> since small plants or herbs have been available off late. These are rich
> soil with good strength. You can either go for RAFT or pile foundation
> depending on number of floors you intent to build.
>
> These aren’t loose soil, so you can reduce the thickness of steel rods in
> case you’re planning to reduce construction cost. But make sure you involve
> more tie beams in foundation.
>
> *The last one is the dark brown soil , it’s thick and hard. You need JCBs
> to dig foundation*. This is the type of soil you find in areas where
> agricultural land is converted to residential as a result of urbanisation
> demand. *This soil is actually tricky - it’s dense and thick in the
> surface, as you dig in, it gets shallow and rocky*. You need to dig
> further to find water source and good sand particles.
>
> *So your type of foundation really depends on at what depth you find water
> source and sand particles. Depending on that you need to decide* between
> PILE and RAFT foundation.
>
> *Always decide the type of foundation work based on professional soil
> testing. It usually costs between 3k to 7k, but is worth it.*
>
> Take your soil test results and consult a licensed structural engineer to
> decide on the best possible design..
>
> *Always insist on site visit even if he refuses.*
>
> Never…. never …. never compromise on the strength and durability of the
> foundation. It’s not about the steel brand or thickness that you use -
> steel is just a binding material . *The real strength and durability
> comes from choosing the right design and alignment of a column and tie
> beams in foundation works. Act professional.*
>
> My note- Not able to attach pictures. Unless a good foundation is
> there, the building may collapse. I recollect the incident collapsing a
> newly constructed home in Trivandrum due to bad foundation in the recent
> floods- constructed by a contractor.
>
> Q3 When should you renovate your house?
>
> A3 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004
> at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now
>
> *This is a vague question.* It depends on the type of house, quality of
> construction, financial status to renovate or circumstance which makes it
> essential to renovate.
>
> If quality of construction is good, quality of materials are good,
> constructed by a qualified engineer and designed by an architect, *practically
> renovation is not required at least for 15–20 years.*
>
> Roof with braided coconut /palm leaves roof requires change of roofing
> once in three years. Tiled roofing requires replacement when they are
> broken.
>
> *If white ants present in wooden items, they have to be destroyed and
> chemical application is required by experts.*
>
> *In RCC homes worst affected is the entrance gate which stands in rain and
> get corroded at bottom and replacement is required at least once in three
> years. Any amount of painting will not with stand the corrosion. My
> experience. *
>
> If you want to change interiors , it can be done at any time. *Sometimes
> the closet of ceramic type may develop cracks which are to be replaced
> immediately*
>
> Q4 Did women in the past, i.e. the grandmother generation,
> really all cook better than women today?
>
> A4 Luise, Worked at Own Business Sep 6
>
> *No.Our grandmothers certainly didn't all cook well.*
>
> But they did cook, and they cooked every day.
>
> *And they had to know how to cook, because they didn't have cooking mixes
> or cooking aids available.*
>
> They only had the vegetables of the season. They always had to make
> something new from that.
>
> *I still experienced this in a southern Italian village.*
>
> Grandma Lucia, my daughter's great-grandmother, knew endless ways to
> prepare the same ingredient.
>
> Once I was there, the green beans were ripe. Then there was almost nothing
> else. Always green beans in all variations.And she knew all the things you
> could make from stale bread.
>
> *The circumstances of life made these women good cooks.*I'm usually an
> opponent of rules, but , when it comes to food, I have one:
>
> Don't eat anything that your grandmother wouldn't have recognized as food.
>
> Q5 Do doctors secretly like most of the people in the world to
> be sick & have high profile diseases, most of the times?
>
> A5 Tiny Nair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum2y
>
> *If most people in the world get afflicted by some high profile disease,
> it might include the doctors family, his wife, kids and parents, relatives
> and friends, who share and stay in this same world*. So wishing secretly
> for a risky disease for most, just to increase business, is not a good
> option for any doctor!
>
> Jokes apart, I think this the question has deep social ramification.
>
> *Doctors (and hospitals) commercially benefit if a person falls sick, more
> so if the disease is more* complicated and need more high-tech treatment?
> Right? Not always.
>
> *Most people are impressed by the fact that after a major complex surgical
> / interventional procedure, the hospital collects a bill of lakhs of
> rupees; but don’t understand that the hospital has to spend lakhs too*.
>
> There is profit, big time, but not to the scale you think of. Pay for the
> consultants, duty doctors, nurses, staff, cost of acquiring hi-tech
> equipment, maintenance doesn’t come cheap.
>
> For a angioplasty procedure, taking less than an hour in total, a hospital
> charges a lakh of rupee.
>
> *Apparently it looks like a huge profit for the hospital. But consider the
> cost of the materials used (Catheters, guidewires, balloon, stents), the
> salary for the doctors, nurses, staff, the cost of setting up the cath-lab
> (Rs 3 Crores), the AMC for the lab (A lakh a month), the overheads are huge
> too*. Not that the owners don’t make a profit, but the size is not what
> people think.
>
> *Diagonal View.*
>
> One of my friend, owns in a small rural private hospital, 2 duty doctors,
> 5 beds. He is a very rich guy; he doesn’t flaunt wealth, nor show off like
> a glitterati, but owns lands, properties and shares, and enjoys two
> international holidays an year.
>
> *When I asked him, as to what was the magic behind his success, he said,
> ‘We treat those who have no disease, and refer with those with disease’.*
>
> Put up a small scale hospital, treat low risk cases, (refer those with
> high profile diseases) invest in less infrastructure and the profit margins
> are higher. Most large corporate hospitals gets larger chunk of profit (not
> income) by doing ‘Executive health check up’ (for normal healthy people);
> rather than undertake a high-profile complex procedure or surgery.
>
> So, if all major, high profile disease goes away, the number of properties
> and land owned by my friend would go up, and you are more likely to meet
> him at Lucerne or Zurich rather than Kochi or Patna.
>
> Those with keen business sense.
>
> *For the rest of us? Naughty kids will still be brought* to us by moms
> threatening them ‘if you don’t listen, doctor uncle will give you injection’
>
> My note- I enjoyed the fact filled satirical answer by doctor Mr. Tiny
> Nair.
>
> Q6 How can I claim my health insurance using a cashless
> facility?
>
> A6 Rudra Shankar,2h
>
> One of these benefits is a Cashless Mediclaim, which is now provided by
> the majority of insurers. *Taking care of the treatment costs helps avoid
> reimbursement procedures. Yes, that is accurate*. If the entire bill
> amount stays within the promised limit and the hospital is a network
> hospital, *a cashless Mediclaim allows the insurance company to
> immediately pay ****medical expenditures.*
>
> An insurance company chooses network hospitals based on the effectiveness
> and expertise of the medical services they provide as well as a thorough
> investigation of their past.
>
> Cashless hospital services can be claimed at Merry Gold hospitals. The
> finest hospitals are offered by Merrygold in five states, including
> Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
>
> My note- Not all medical expenditures. The companies have doctors, they
> scrutinise and agree to pay above 50-60% only. Balance has to be paid
> by the patient. This also depends on the mediclaim insurance companies. *Some
> companies collect large premium and are very stingy in paying. *
>
> Q7 What is the benefit of beetroot?
>
> A7 Truvia Wellness,We have been into the health space for
> awhile now. Sep 16
>
> folate, manganese, potassium, iron, and vitamin C. It is also packed with
> important nutrients. Additionally, it contains a lot of plant substances
> like betanin, inorganic nitrates, and vulgaxanthin. The following benefits
> of consuming beetroot are listed:
>
> *The inorganic nitrates in beetroot may reduce the risk of heart disease
> by increasing the production of nitric oxide*, which relaxes blood
> vessels and lowers blood pressure.
>
> Beetroot consumption boosts energy levels and oxygen utilization in the
> body, which improves athletic performance, stamina, and exercise
> performance.
>
> A pigment found in beets called betalain may have several
> anti-inflammatory properties and can aid in the treatment of infections.
>
> By encouraging blood vessel dilation and thereby boosting blood flow to
> the brain, the nitrates in beets may aid in improving mental and cognitive
> function. *It encourages higher order thinking, enhances memory, and
> lowers the risk of dementia.*
>
> *My note- In hill stations we get beetroot with leaf, the leaf is more
> tasty comparing beetroot. My experience while working at Kodaikkanal.*
>
> Q8 How much do one’s internal organs move around?
>
> A8 Ken Saladin, Textbook author and professor emeritus Updated
> Sep 11
>
> *The stomach and intestines are highly mobile, which is why they’re not
> firmly held in place against the body wall*. An extremely full bladder
> can rise almost as high as one’s navel. This, of course, pales beside an
> “extremely full” uterus. When you’ve been lying in bed and then stand up,
> the kidneys drop about 3 cm.
>
> When you lie sleeping on your left side, your lungs fall slightly to that
> side; turn over the other way, and your lungs fall slightly to the right.
>
> When you forcibly blow out air, the abdominal muscles contract and push
> the stomach and liver up against the diaphragm, which rises as much as 12
> cm in deep breathing. Your brain pulsates with every heartbeat as surges
> in blood pressure expand the cerebral arteries.
>
> The heart, of course, barely needs mention—but there, I mentioned it
> anyway.
>
> Q9 What is the best food to eat to stay healthy?
>
> A9 Pallab, Knows English Wed
>
> *Top 10 Foods for Health*
>
> 1. Water-Drink 8 to 12 cups of water daily.
>
> *2. Dark Green Vegetables*
>
> Eat dark green vegetables at least three to four times a week. Good
> options include broccoli, peppers, brussel sprouts and leafy greens like
> kale and spinach.
>
> *3. Whole Grains*
>
> Eat whole grains sat least two or three times daily. Look for whole wheat
> flour, rye, oatmeal, barley, amaranth, quinoa or a multigrain. A good
> source of fiber has 3 to 4 grams of fiber per serving. A great source has 5
> or more grams of fiber per serving.
>
> *4. Beans and Lentils*
>
> Try to eat a bean-based meal at least once a week. Try to add legumes,
> including beans and lentils, to soups, stews, casseroles, salads and dips
> or eat them plain.
>
> 5. Fish
>
> Try to eat two to three serving of fish a week. A serving consists of 3 to
> 4 ounces of cooked fish. Good choices are salmon, trout, herring, bluefish,
> sardines and tuna.
>
> Q10 Can you put wet clothes in the dryer and then use them as
> normal clothes?
>
> A10 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004
> at Department of Telecom (1966–2004) Just now
>
> Generally clothes after drying in washing machine are *dried only 70–80 %
> and with wrinkles*. They have to be dried on clothes line. *Wrinkles can
> be removed to a certain extent by shaking them with hand and placing
> spreading to correct position in clothesline*. Iron the clothes after
> drying in sunshine for 30–40 minutes and ready to wear. *Slightly wet
> clothes is good for quality ironing.*
>
> *All the above QA are from Quora website on 22-09- 2022.*
>
> *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .*
>
> *Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 23-09-2022*
>
>
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