CULTURAL QA 10-2022-14 BEING A COMPILATIONTHERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 Why do fruit and vegetable vendors inIndia always try to take advantage of their customers? A1 Balaji Viswanathan, follows governmentpolicies closely.15h India’s roadsidefruit and vegetable vendors are poor people running a risky business with verylittle margins. Most of them are honest bringing an essential service topeople’s doorsteps. The middle classaunties and uncles show their valour in negotiating & harassing these poorpeople. I find such bargainers cheap people. If you want to bargain, try bargaining with your car ortextile showrooms. I have always foundit ridiculous to bargain with roadside vendors. The few rupees I save isnothing to me while it could be a matter of going hungry or filled for thatguy. It is not like your vendor is going rich from your 10 rupee tomatopurchase and driving a Mercedes. My note- Most road side vendors if we purchaseregularly provide, quality items with minimum affordable price. Fruit shops also give quality items, but fixed priceoften 10-20 more than street merchants. In my area it is a common seen basket full of decayed/slightly decayed fruits are given to cowsbefore fruit shops. Q2 Is it now possible to construct a newtemple like the Tanjore Brihadeeswar Periya Koil, constructed 1000 years backby the great Chola king, Raja Raja Cholan? A2 Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam. Lawyer Mon This is an Engineering Question Logically youshould be able to construct a new temple of the same design.I meanTechnologically we are more adanced, we have far more materials, we haveautomated equipment to reduce manual labour However do we have the Vision to Build a Temple? In those days - Churches or Temples or Mosques werebuilt with a Vision that we don’t have today. Every thingin a temple had relevance. The Position of the Chief Deity, The Storehouse forVegetables for Prasad, The Sanctum Santorium, The Position of every single Pillar,The Septs, the Relevance of each religious stone sculpture from Apsara to Demonto Elephant to Horse The Architects hada Vision that nobody can have today because the RELEVANCE of Temples havedecreased significantly. Look at thisStonework All Hand Sculptedand yet Precision Work - Scale is same and the vastness of the Landscape isclear. Everything represents something signifcant. Its not just random art. And the PrimaryVisionary was Rajendra I or Rajaraja I or Both.The Kings took huge interest insuch Temples and their Design.Yet the Designs are Superflous It means the Designs are not 100% Engineering Efficient- they have a lot of waste of space of stone and of volumes. However theperceived inefficiency is compensated by tremendous religious significance Today you lack → Vision→ Scale→Religious Significance→ Skill Today you have farbetter→ Technology→ Efficiency→ Materials for Construction→ Automation tosubstitute for Manual Labour So is it possible to construct a New Temple likeBrihadeeshwar Temple? Answer:- No. You can construct a New Temple butit will be built on Todays Engineering Principles -mainly Western Fundamentalsof Structural Engineering and Space Conceptualization. It will resemble The Ram Mandir Design in Ayodhya More like aStructure in Gautam Adanis Garden - than a Temple Industrial Finish,Pillars Factory Processed - in general does this look anything like a MedivalTemple? Yet the Structureis efficient and made with the right amount of materials and should satisfy anEngineer Q3 What are the differences betweenMadurai and Tanjore? Which city would be better for a heritage trip in TamilNadu? A3 Anbazhagan Ambrose,M.Phil. inLiterature & Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Graduated 2000)Mon Difference betweenMadurai and Tanjore - Maduraiis a city (bit congested for my taste) and Tanjore is a sleepy lil townmasquerading as a city :) As much as I wouldlike to sing paens for Madurai in terms of heritage, I am forced by objectivityto trumpet Tanjore in this regard. If you want to goon a heritage trip in TN, you just close your eyes and pick the Delta region.Period. End of story. Let us see how Chola Nadu (CN) and Pandya Nadu (PN) farein this heritage battle. UNESCO heritagesites - CN has THREE, PN has one. Winner - Chola Nadu Paadal PetraSthalams (Shaivaite) - CN has whopping 200 sites, PN has only has 14 sites.Winner - Chola Nadu Divya Desams(Vaishnavite) - CN has 40 sites, PN has 18 sites. Winner - Chola Nadu Chola Nadu has theonly navagraha circuit in TN. Winner - Chola Nadu Density ofimportant temples out of 10,000 most important temples. Chola Nadu - 1,809major temples. Pandya Nadu - approx. 300. Put in another perspective, the Deltadistricts like Tanjore, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam account only for 8% of TNpopulation, but have 20% of TN’s major temples. Winner - Chola Nadu Time you will needto see all major temples in and around Kumbakonam alone - ONE WEEK. Time youwill need for temples around Madurai - 2 days. And Kumbakonam is a tiny tinytown in comparison to Madurai. Winner - Chola Nadu I know it does myreputation no good to talk about temples, but somehow I seem to be visitingmore of them than my theist friends. Perils of being the designated driver inthe family. Disclaimer - I have no conflict of interest to promoteChola Nadu. I am a Thondai Naadan. But objective analysis is very important inlife. Q4 What is the harsh truth of life? A4 Vishal,Software Engineer Sun Today I wastraveling from Moulali to Tollygunge (Place in kolkata). I was looking forTaxi. Because of festival Eid Milad-un-Nabi in that area every taxi was askingfor higher fare around Rs500. Then we decided to go by bus and catch metro from maidan. Themoment we decided to cross the road and look for bus suddenly one taxi driverrushed. Driver ( Askedloudly) : Where do you want to go? Me : Tollygunge,khudghat Driver (excitengly asked in hurry ) : sit! sit ! 👹 Me : What is thefare? 🤔 Driver ( in hurry): first sit, then will say. 😏 He opened door forus make us sit. Me : (Astonishinglysat): sir , what is fare. Please tell me this first.🥺😐 Driver ( showing meter): see this is meter and I willcharge according to this. It's 30 rs for 2 kms. If Iwould have told you 300–400 you would not have sat. I am very honest man Icharge only by meter.☺️ My distance wasaround 11 km and as per meter charge per km was rs 15 so for 11 km total priceshould be Rs. 165 Usually drivernever take you with meter pricing they ask for specific fare and they take.This experience was completely new for me after ages that he is asking formeter ride. I was afraid that who knows that what price would show on hismeter. May be his machine is not good. I thought if he will say higher fairlike 600 i would not give more than 400. Thinking why I took this uncommonride. Nowadays can't trust people easily. Me : Sir, how long have you been in kolkata. 🤔 Driver: it's been 12 year bhaiya.😃 Driver (Mean whileafter some minutes of conversation ): I am very honest man. I am happy withwhat I earn. I never expect more than what is required. I was amazed withhis words. Like that I chatted with him for next 10–20 min. End of trip the amount was showing around 180 and he askedfor same. I was like 😞😥🥺. I liked hishonesty and perception of life. I gave 300 rs 😊🙏whatI expect to be fare. His smile made me happy. I said dada this was for yourhonesty. Nowadays beinghonest people think it's crime but still people are there like him who worshiptheir work and embrace what he gets from life though they faced lots ofhardship. Life is notfair with everyone and there are people who embrace it and appreciate it trulyto live their life😊 Q5 Why are humans called omnivores when weare herbivores? A5 Claire Jordan, Degree in biology andfolklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper22h We aren’t herbivores. No ape is, and very few primates. In fact, there arevery few 100% pure herbivores in nature. Among mammals chinchillas, degus,manatees, dugongs and *maybe* lagomorphs come to mind. But most of theanimals we think of as herbivores such as sheep, deer etc eat a certain amountof meat if they can get it: in fact some male deer arequite predatory, as the calcium from the prey’s bones helps them to buildbigger antlers. Q6 What is the reason and time period ofwhen some humans (Europeans) completely lost the need to make melanin in theirhair and skin and become so white? Even Eskimos have dark hair and skin so Iquestion if it’s because they lived in colder climates. A6 Mats Andersson, B. Sc, M. Sc fromUppsala University Sep 28 You’re 100%right there—it wasn’t the temperatures that did it. It was the Gulf Stream. Patience, all willbe explained. It has to do with sunlight and vitamin D. Humans needvitamin D. We produce it in the skin, when it is struck bysunlight, and we can also get it from food. In Northern Europe, the sunlight is so weak that humansdevelop vitamin D deficiency, and a whole hostof health problems, unless they get enough of it from the food. But having lighter skinhelps—melanin protects against the sun, so if you have dark skin, you make lessvitamin D. So, in the north,you need light skin or a diet rich in vitamin D. The Inuit (Eskimos is an older term) have a diet richin fish, which means they eat loads of vitamin D. There was neverany pressure on them to evolve a lighter skin (and darker skin has survivalvalue, too: it protects against skin cancer). Similar with the Sami, who tothis day remain darker than others in Northern Europe: they traditionally liveda semi-pastoral life, with lots of fish and other sources of vitamin D. The game changer was agriculture.If you live off agriculture, you get a diet that is very poor in vitamin D.This means that people living off agriculture in Northern Europe had a massiveadvantage if they had light skin. Agriculture arrivedhere about 6,000 years ago. And immediately, we started to get paler—you cansee this in preserved DNA. Peoplewho had a mutation to produce less melanin had a huge survival advantage.The lighter hair colour is a side effect of producing less melanin. Another side effect is that we can digest milk as adults.Milk contains some vitamin D, so we got a survival advantage from that, too. So what’s with the Gulf Stream? Well, if you lookclosely at a map, Northern Europe is actually the only place in the world whereyou can live off agriculture this far north. And that’s because of the Gulf Stream, a warm ocean streamthat makes Northern Europe much warmer than other places at a comparablelatitude. Q7 How much time does it take to travel bytrain from Chennai to Vijayawada and then Vijayawada-Hyderabad? A7 Vivekanadaswamy Narumanchi, Worked atHyderabad, Telangana, IndiaOct 8 The travel time between Chennai and Vijayawada is about 8hours. It may change as per train, which may be super fast,with less stops. Chennai Rajdhaniexpress starts at 06 10 Am and reaches Vijayawada by 12 noon. Pinakini expressstarts at Vijayawada at 6 am and reaches chennai at 01 00 pm. The travel timebetween Vijayawada and Hyderabad also changed as per chosen train. Sathavahana express starting at 0610 Am reaches secunderabad at 11.45 Am. Faluknama expressfrom Howrah reaches Vijayawada at 15 35 hr and reaches secunderabad at 21 35hr. It requires reservation for travel. Q8 What are the best foods to eat beforesleep? A8 Emeline Larose, Former Educator Updated7h 1. Honey. A small amount of honey can cause yourbrain to secret orexin, a newly discovered neurotransmitter related to yourmind's reaction. A few drops of honey added to warm milk or herbal tea willhelp you relax before going to bed. 2. Hot milk. It is well known that drinking a cup ofhot milk before bedtime aids sleep. This is because milk contains tryptophan,which has a calming effect and aids in deep sleep. Furthermore, calcium canassist your brain in making full use of tryptophan. 3. Almonds. Almonds are high in protein, vitamins,and other nutrients, but they also contain tryptophan and magnesium, which helpto relax your muscles. Almonds can help to relieve anxiety if eaten on aregular basis. Meanwhile, almonds are good for your heart and can help you getrid of toxins in your intestines. 4. Oatmeal. Oatmeal is also ideal. With 147milligrams per cup, oatmeal is also a good source of tryptophan. Furthermore,oatmeal can stimulate the production of melatonin. A small cup of oatmeal willhelp you sleep better. 5. Bananas. Bananas contain melatonin,tryptophan, vitamin B6, and magnesium, all of which are beneficial to serotoninproduction and sleep. 6. A small amount of water. Do not drink plenty ofwater before going to bed. Too much water increases the burden on your kidneysand makes you bloated. A small amount of water can meet your water needs atnight while posing no burden. I installed a Water drop water filter system toensure that I always have clean, safe water. Even if I wake up thirsty, I canalways get some healthy water. Q9 What is a detonator in railways? Howimportant are they? A9 Subhasis Dutta Roy,Former Working inIndian Railways at Indian Railways (2001–2022)Updated 2y During the fog you must have heard a sound of brustcrackers on line when entering Station. That sound is asystem Signal of Indian Railways. Here you get the details of those signals. It is very important signal inRailway in view of safety. It has three types of use. It also called detonatorsignals. Here is pic howdetonator look and placed in Railway track 1st in during fog. If fog weather notice is circulatedin some sections then two fog signals are placed on railway track, one is 270meter and 2nd one 280 meter before from inner distance signal to warn LocoPilot about signals. Whentwo fog signals burst 10 meter apart during fog Loco Pilot is aware that innerdistance signal is next 270 meter. From inner distance signal youget idea the aspect of your home signal. In some case these two signals placedbefore home signal in same manner. 2nd during any abnormal condition. If by any means a train is involved in anaccident and adjacent line is blocked then Loco Pilot/ALP of that train put thedetonator signals on the track adjacent to his track in opposite directions toavoid the next accident. ALP of that train should go forward and placed total 4detonator signals in opposite directions of line . In this case distance are600 meter, then again 600 meter and 10 meter and 10 meter total 4 detonatorsare to be placed on the opposite direction trackfrom the Loco of that train. Counting of distance can done by counting ofElectric pole. In straight line Electric pole are placed 72 meter apart. If byany means ALP can not reach that particular distance then he will put only onedetonator on track as far he may reached. When opposite direction train bursttwo detonators 10 meter apart he must control his train for any abnormalities.Thus next accident will save. If only one detonator burst it is indicate thatthe place of accident is very neat. He then apply Emergency brake of his trainrain. 3rd during PWI working on line. It placing system issame as above. Difference only two red flags should be put on line before thatworking place. These flags called banner flag. My note- There wasmajor train accident during 1970 or so at Perambur, first train from Chennai central had engine problem, the guard could not place detonatorat proper distance/ detonator did not function. Signal was clear,the next train from Chennai central jammed over it. Q10 What food has made you wonder,"How did our ancestors discover that this was edible?" A10 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee, Software Engineer| Traveller | Foodie Sep 27 The way cashew nutsare manufactured, who would have imagined that they could be eaten? We know that our ancestorscopied what animals are and that is how many weird things that seem inediblebecame a part of our diet. However, cashew nuts are different.First, the kidney-shaped nut is extracted from the rest of the fruit. However, this is toxic and eating itcould be fatal to human beings! The nut needs to be roasted firstand then left to dry. After drying it, the outer shell has to be removed andpeeled. It then needs to be fumigated to remove any toxins before it can beeaten. I wonderhow on Earth our ancestors thought that a nut which is toxic if eaten directly,could be roasted, left to be dried and then peeled to obtain something that canbe eaten! My note – Is itso toxic? I have recollection of eating tender nuts removing the tender skin in my middle schooldays. Can friends respond? Is it toxicif we eat tender seeds in small quantities?. All the above QA are from Quora website on 13 -10-2022 Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 14-10-2022 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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