CULTURAL QA 09-2022-24 BEING ACOMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Cana vegetarian foreign student remain vegetarian comfortably? Or should he starteating “non-veg”? A1 Balaji Viswanathan, CEO at Invento(2016–present)13h It is perfectly possible to be a vegetarian anywhere in theworld. You just need to have a few tips & tricks.I do my Puja where ever I travel in the world and adhere to strict dharmicnorms. General ones for short trips: Carry some rice and small electric rice cookeralong with dried papadand 1 pickle. Vegetables are available anywhere in the world. Youcan cook at your hotel/Airbnb room. If it is a relatively short trip — you can even packyogurt and a few perishables. You can packbreakfast cereal and get milk/milk alternatives (Almond milk) to eat it withit. You can also pack bread and instant noodles. Try to get places with a kitchen access — manyEuropean hostels, Airbnb homes and extended stay hotels have these. Cooking yourself is the bestoption. In case of meetings: In China, you can always convey the Vegetarianstrict preference. They understand that. I used to often visit there forbusiness meetings and found ways to get proper food. You can say something like“Wo bu chi ro; Wo chisu cai” [I don’t eat meat. I eat vegetables]. Most restaurants wouldbe able to accommodate that. However, in local flights within China it is near impossible to getvegetarian food — even bread would have pork stuffing inside. Fastduring those few hours if you didn’t carry anything to eat. In the US and Western world, most restaurants havevegetarian options. You can again plan this ahead ifyou are going to be in a business meeting. People understand dietaryrestrictions well. In the Islamic world, Japan, Thailand, Eastern Europe andSouth America it can sometimes be harder to convey that you are a vegetarian.Again check with your hosts before the meeting if they have the option. Often times in Muslim countries they have arrangedvegetarian options for me. In Japan, you can claim you are a Buddhist andthey understand the dietary restrictions. That doesn’t work as wellin Thailand — as they don’t see their fish based sauces as meat or violatingBuddhist principles. InEastern Europe, you would easily find bread and cheese. My note- Thereare vegetarian restaurants even in Soudi Arabia andUAE. There are many knowing English,Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada etc. Hindi also is a common language. Q2 Whydon't the United States and Britain have high-speed rail lines? A2 James Flack, Lived in England,Scotland and France Aug 14 The UK does have one high speed line; London to theChannel tunnel. A second is under construction. The UK doesn’t havemore is because of two main factors. Firstly, when Highspeed lines came into fashion again in the second half of the 20th century, UKrailways were state owned and suffered from chronic underinvestment fordecades. Then when the unions went mad, the prospect of pouring money into aheavily unionsed industry became even less likely, especially for Thatcher. High speed either needs new lines, or old ones heavilyupgraded and improved. Secondly, geography. High speedlines have to run at high speeds to be worthwhile- so they must have limitedstops. Given how densely populated the UK is, it is pointless using HS betweenclose cities, as it does’t have time to get up to speed. There are limitednumbers of routes it does make sense for in the UK For me, Highspeed rail is a mistake for the UK. It spends too much money onsmall areas, whe improving the whole network would be a better idea. There are quite a few linesbuilt properly in the Victorian era, that could be run at far higher speedsthan now, if some signaling and other minor issues were sorted. Make the trainsnicer to be on, and reliable, and people mainly won’t care the journey is 10minutes longer than if it had been a high speed train Q3 Whathappens to old bottles of milk? A3 Gopala Krishnan,Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now In India milk comesnow in pouches. Milk in bottle is a thing ofpast. Most of the medicines, disinfect items came in bottle has nowstarted to appear in plastic bottles. Very few things comes in bottles. Scrap merchants collectthem again to prepare new bottles. Q4 Besidesthe colors of leaves and blueberries, why is there no such thing as greenflowers and blue vegetables? A4 Well, my good fellow, apparently you just didn’t look very hard before jumping to yourconclusion. There are blue potatoes, blue corn, blue cabbage, bluebeans, blue peppers, blue mushrooms, and blue carrots. Some of these, in their“wild type” form, were naturally blue until selective breeding produced theother colors now more common at the grocer, suchas orange carrots. Not being a gardener or floriculturist, the first greenflowers that came to my mind were those of the tulip trees around my property: But if it’s greenflowers you want (and you want more than the tiny flowers of grasses and thelike), here’s a list of 21 more:… NOT ADDED HERE. Q5 Ispineapple good for gut health? A5 Himalayan Organics, Specialized indietary and beauty supplements Wed Pineapple fruit is highly unique as it has a distant aromaand sweet taste. Pineapple is also a rich source ofminerals and vitamins that offer a number of health benefits. Pineapple contains high amounts of bioactive compoundsi.e. dietary fiber, minerals, and nutrients. Inaddition, pineapple has various health benefits including anti-inflammatory,antioxidant activity, promoting nervous system function, and also promotinghealthy digestion. Health benefit of pineapple - Improve vision andeye health. Boost immunity. Aids in digestion. Improve bone strength. Good for the nervous system. Q6 Whatare some interesting facts about tigers? A6 Dhileeban Ramasamy, i believe infacts and figures.7y Tigers scratchtrees and use their urine to mark their territories. Their urine smellsstrongly of buttered popcorn. Edit : Tigersscratch trees at the highest possible point so that when another tiger comes hecan see the mark & it can guess the size of the tiger.If he can scratch higher than that then he will enter the territory & fightor else he will not dare to take on a tiger much larger than him. Thank youamar damani for the info. The stripes on each tiger are unique, like humanfingerprints Just likehousecats, the markings on a tiger’s fur are also found on their skin,so even a shaved tiger would still show its stripes Tigers haveantiseptic saliva. They lick their wounds to disinfect them A group of tigers is called an ambush or a streak. Tigers canleap distances of over 6m, and jump up to 5m vertically. Tigers haveeyes that are the brightest of any other animal in the world. At dusk, or in thebeam of a torch, they blaze back the ambient light with awesome intensity They often carrythe Chinese mark of Wang or King the forehead Tigers have spikedpenises Ouch. Just writing that sentence made me uncomfortable! Tigers areunable to become erect when aroused. Instead, males penises have a bone locatedinside (called a baculum) and are covered with barbs. Those prickly spikes aidin “keeping the connection” between the male and female duringcopulation.(sorry no pictures) Q7 Ifthe water in the oceans receded, could we walk from one continent to another? A7 Pure Concern,Answered by ScottParikh Updated Sep 12 There areapproximately 1375 million cubic km of water on the planet. The amount of waterpresent is enormous. Soif we remove that much water, the Earth is a gigantic desert, and the journeyfrom Europe to North America would be a very, very long journey. Actually no. You'reunlikely to be able to cover that distance, even if you have a caravan ofprovisions. Themid-Atlantic ridge would be a challenge to be overcome. So unlessyou were an experienced climber and could avoid places where lava would turn you to ash,you probably wouldn't have made the trip a success. Q8 Whatare some foods that you remember tasting better when you were a child? A8 Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam,Lawyer Aug28 Nagarajan SrinivasSirs recent post on Triplicane has brought back many fond memories Shanti Vihar - in Luz - I rememer they served theTastiest Sambar with Small Onions i have ever eaten. After all theseyears only Annapoorna in Coimbatore and Jyoti Vihar in Kolkata produces acomparable Sambar. Even Sangeetha and Saravana Bhavan cannot match thattaste of Sambar Next is of course Onion Bajji Triplicane Ratna Cafe served the tastiest bajjis made ofOnion. Nowadays whether the oil is different or theflour is different - the Bajjis simply dont have the same taste. Then Samosas Bombay Halwa House had the tastiest samosas.There was another place called Ramakrishna. Today i dont find any tasty Samosasanywhere. They are either too huge or the filling is too generic. Mouchak inGoriahat is the only place whose Shingara is comparable in taste. Then Jangri I have eaten the best Jangris from Grand Sweets in Adayar.However now the Taste is gone. Its Generic and the old taste is ruined. TheSweet Shop has become a Chain and the Quality has suffered. My note- I cannotforget the tasty coconut chutni and smooth finished iddali from Ratnacafe in Triplicaneand SriRambhavan inThambuchetty street when I came to Chennai in 1964. They served chatni andsambar only in one round. Udupi home in Egmore supplied bestvegetarian Kerala/Tamilnadu style in Plantain leaf. Vijaya hotel at Park town the best Andhravegetarian food served in plantain leaf with dhalpowder, ghee and avaikka mangopickle . Q9 Whydoes North India have no big metro city development aside from Delhi ascompared to South India? A9 Goutham R,Lives in Bengaluru,Karnataka, India2y I feel there is absence of strong and healthy competitionamong North Indian states. North Indian statesof UP, Bihar, MP, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, etc doesn’t show that aggressivenessto attract investors in their respective states. This is the same trendirrespective of the ruling parties. It is different in south, here states fight to attractinvestors. People and media (print media, TV and socialmedia) will start questioning state govt as to why they failed to attract a particularcompany. Suppose a big giant invests in Hyderabad, people in Karnataka, TN, MHwill question their respective state govts as to why that company did notinvest in Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune respectively. Even the metro railconstruction is monitored closely, people and media will compare it’s progressin other states and question their govt. Our cinemaindustries are also competing with each other always, they always want toportray their cinema is the best. North Indian film industries lacks thiscompetition. Regionalism alsohelps in growth which is strong in south and Maharashtra and not visible inNorth. Regionalism is not bad, it actually fuels growth. I remember thehealthy fight between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh when SM Krishna andChandababu Naidu were CMs. They used to do everything possible to attract ITgiants to Bengaluru and Hyderabad. Such attitude is missing in North Indian states, that’sthe reason for state govts to be so lethargic. Without industries cities won’tgrow, without growth, metro cities are not possible. This is my personalopinion, correct me if I am wrong or missing anything. Q10 Weremedieval kings treated like celebrities? Did they get swarmed by people wantingto meet them? A10 Ernest W. Adams, School taught me tohate history, but now I love it. Updated Wed Yes, although they didn’t getswarmed by peasants. Peasantswould not be allowed close by the king’s guard. But people wouldline the roads as the king came into town, and bow and take off their hats ashe went by. Kings dressedin especially fine clothes on these occasions because it was expected of them.Other nobles also did so in imitation of the king. Anybody who needed something done by the government, or whowanted a job, tried to get into the king’s court. These rooms were crowded withnobles trying to get his attention. The higher yourstanding, the more likely you were to be successful. It was imperative that youmake good contacts with people above you. Bribery was a way of life. Mynote- There are certain animal qualities with all homosapinens any where in theword, being civilized, they are suppressed to certain extent. All the above QA are from Quora website on 23-09- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled andposted by R. Gopala krishnan on 24-09-2022 -- 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/1948550841.1629328.1663973543004%40mail.yahoo.com.
