Respected Mr Rajaram,
Your comment on Quora in Q10 is insulting the learnt persons answering QA.
Let me see any member in any group addressed supporting your response.
Gopalakrishnan
On Friday, 21 October, 2022 at 06:57:10 pm IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy
<[email protected]> wrote:
Q2 Neither Jordon nor the author will change and read the subject
better; how many specie were there and what changed from where? Q6 Conning is
not that of a place but that of human uncultured behaviours. Q7 Devuda;
cracks asking the cracks and reproduced by a ......... Q10 Half baked
knowledge is Quora and few adore it so blatantly. As the author and helper do
not have knowledge of anything except something unconcerned so too this matter
about Deepavali and writing from Pallava dynasty by a few Tamil writers wrote
today. Neither the author checked it nor the writer wanted to, but simply
loaded it. Hope did Pallava dynasty came to know about it. What are the
festivals described in the sangam Literatures?. Since when Deepavvali is being
celebrated in India?. Was there in Kritah yuga, Treta yuga , Dwapara yugas? Or
even people celebrated festivals which are written in verses?. Was there any
countries existing in those times in north and south?. I know the answer; but
you have to write the answers. Thank you Mr Blank. KR IRs 211022
On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 at 15:52, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123
<[email protected]> wrote:
CULTURAL QA 10-2022-21
BEING A COMPILATIONTHERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 How does solar hot water heater workduring winter conditions?
A1 BalaSenthil Kumar, Entrepreneur at Large in Two Countries 8y
With good insulation, sunlight will be able to heat the waterquite well in a
solar water heater even in winter.The heating is caused by the radiation energy
of the sun, which can comethrough glass and heat up enclosures, even if the
outside temperature is wellbelow freezing - providinggood insulation can ensure
very small heat loss.
However,diffused sunlight, sometimes a feature on cloudy days, reduces the
heatingcapacity of most solar water heaters.
There is nospecific technology to "suck out" so to speak, more heat from
thesun's rays during winter. However, I suspect one can enhance the amount of
light hitting theright area usingmirrors, especially concave ones, so that the
fewer hours of direct sunlightavailable in winter can be better utilized. It
still comes down toquality of insulation, and how much heat can be kept in the
system, withoutlosing it to the environment, all the way from the heating area
to theutilization area.
The use of an anti-freezeliquid and the ensuing heat exchange process will make
it less efficientoverall, but inevitable in freezing conditions.
Solar Hot WaterHeaters During Winter Conditions
Once again, theissue is insulation. Even a drain back system can freeze, only
if the waterbeing pumped to the collection area is allowed to lose its heat to
theatmosphere.
An Organic RankineCycle can work well downstream of the heated water passage,
but since the focus of the solar water heaterwill be to insulate as much as
possible and retain heat, I'm notsure what exactly your intention is with a
heat recovery system that isessentially intended to work on wasted heat. If the
situation is one of heatedwater quickly ending its usefulness, like in a
shower, then the water drainingout can definitely donate its heat to an ORC, in
which case, you can recover orproduce some useful work out of it.
My note- Ihave added this QA since I too have doubt about ability of solar
water heaters when sunlight is least on acloudy rainy day.
Q2 Is it possible that we are descendedfrom more than one species of
hominin?
A2 ClaireJordan, Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, shop
owner, secretary onnewspaper Wed
Of course. There are a fewpeople in central Africa who are pure Homo sapiens,
but the rest of us are the result of hybridisationbetween sapiens and one or
more of Neanderthals, Denisovans, two orthree “ghost” groups we haven’t named
yet, and possibly even Homo erectus.
If you mean, did any human ethnicities evolve from aseparate group of
pre-humans from the rest then no- unless we find living specimens of Homo
floresiensis, which is unlikely butnot impossible, we are allat least mostly
Homo sapiens, who came from Homo heidelbergensis, who came fromHomo antecessor,
who came from Homo erectus, and all or most of thegroups we interbred with were
also offshoots of either heidelbergensis orantecessor. Homo floresiensis was an
offshoot of erectus.
Q3 Should the Integrated Coach Factoryreplace all traditional ICF
coaches with Train 18 sets to make Indian Railwayslook modern?
A3 UnciNarynin, experienced rail traveller and enthusiast 2y
The lifespan of arailway carriage is 30 to 40 years, sometimes more (a
refurbishment taking careof rust and degradation, replacing worn out parts,
modernizing outdated systems and adding newly requiredfeatures can
significantly expand the lifespan and be considerably cheaper thanbuying
completely new rolling stock and scrapping the old).
This here is aGerman coach originally built in the 1960s for express trains,
when built newit looked like this (painted dark green). Regular top speed was
140 km/h then.
It was rebuilt andmodernized multiple times: in the 1980s for InterRegio
trains, raising the topspeed to 200 km/h, later taken out of service by DB when
new trains such as theICE took over, and nowrebuilt again for the low-cost
operator Flixtrain. Experts will easilysee that components such as the doors,
windows and bogies aren’t of the sametype that would be used today in new
rolling stock. You definitely see theirage (and feel it when opening a manual
folding door by that quaint littlehandle). But apparently it’s still good
enough for low-cost, open-accesstrains.
I assume the development in India could be similar: New,fast premium trains
will be equipped with new rolling stock such as Train 18(as I understand newer
types are already indevelopment, based on the experience with Train 18); the
existing rollingstock, as long as it is technically in a good state, can be
refurbished tooperate in slower, cheaper trains. Replacing all trains by the
latest high-techunits would be very costly and probably not a wise move
economically when theolder trains are still useful.
Q4 Why does Indian Railways use non-ACcoaches for some long distance
trains?
A4 PradipShah, B.S.M.E from Chicago Tech (Graduated 1973)21h
I rememberdays when they were running non AC 1st class coaches on long distance
whenMumbai to Amritsar took 2night and one day on coal fired steam engine
driven Frontier mail. Only reliefwas large ice blocks one could buy to keep in
the cabin for traversing thereally HOT Rajasthan section. After all very large
section of the societycan’t afford the higher fare of AC coaches, regardless of
distance. Railwayscaters to them more than the neo riche class
Q5 Why are vegetarians in Keraladeclining?
A5 AravindVarier, Teacher (2011–present)Oct 14
Majority of peoplein Kerala eat meat expect few people belonging to the
Namboodiri community, Iyercommunity and the Ambalavasi community.
As far as I know,these three communities together constitute around 3% of the
total populationof Kerala and the question of decline in vegetarians doesn't
arise because mostof them are vegetarians.
That being said, you can find numerous vegetarian hotels inall the towns of
Kerala and the only thing you need todo is to open your Google Maps and search
for it.
My note- Recently Ihad been to a temple visit at Palakkad. I was staying in a
good lodging cumvegetarian restaurant. When we went for breakfast on three days
consecutivelywe found more than 60% who ate breakfast as Muslims. Our taxi
driver was a Muslimand when I enquired he laughed and said- Sir, believe me,
90% Muslims there don’t knowto prepare vegetarian snacks.
Q6 In what ways do you get conned in Goa?
A6 ManojSoni, Director at Innvito Digital Pvt. Ltd. (2021–present)
Updated 1y
Hello people, so Ialong with a few of my friends been to goa on this valentines
week (2021). Wehave booked a hotel nearby to Calangute beach and were enjoying
the vibes ofgoa.
Since most of you know that Goa is famous for liquor,nuts, and clothing so, I
decided to buy 5KG Kaju and 5Kg Almonds from thereitself.
On the last day, Ihad a return bus scheduled for 5 Pm from Mapusa so at 10:30 I
woke up gotready, and went around the beach and enquired about prices of Kaju
and Almond’s they were roughly around550/- and 650/- per Kg respectively.
I have enquiredabout 10–12 shops and concluded that almost all the shops have
similar pricesand have decided will buy at any shop after having my breakfast.
As soon I finishedmy breakfast, Opposite it, there was a shop named Patel Kaju
I entered the shopand asked him for the Kaju and Almonds he told Kaju 550/- kg
will make it 500/- Kg. So, I decided totake 5Kg Kaju and 5Kg Almonds.
Below is the imageof a 500G Kaju airtight packing you see the Kaju visible from
the transparentarea are pure white and the same size. I did not bother to open
the packing andbought other 5Kg Almonds at 600/- Kg. He packed all the Kaju and
almonds in acarry bag and handed it over to me.
Photo source: Mygallery
I made him thepayment and moved on to the room. I had my lunch in the room
packed my luggageand left Mapusa for my Hyderabad departure.
The next day bynoon I reached home and unpacked the Kaju and this is how they
were.
All the 10packages had the same type of black(Rotten) Kaju and they were also
tastingbad. Upon cleaning them and separating good Kaju from them, Wegot only
650 grams and have wasted the rest of it.
Morel of the story. :
Never buy anythingpacked from the State/City/Country we don’t belong to. Always
open the packagethen and there.
Thank you forreading. Hope this post saves at least a few people from getting
scam in such away.
My note- Recently I have been to a supermarket to buycashew nut packed and
valued 100-00 rupees. I found afew halved ones in the first packet. I searched
about ten, I came to understandit is a tactice to addabout 5-10 broken pieces
in all packs, so that halved ones are alsocharged to full size ones. No
alternative, I purchased one pack, but cashews were freshly packed.
Q7 What is the Tirupati Balaji Temple? Isit compulsory to visit when
you go to Tirumala?
A7 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam, Lawyer Tue
Er…Tirumala existsentirely due to the Temple
This is not likeChennai Or even Tiruchi where you can spend 10 years without
going to SrirangamTemple
Why else wouldanyone go to Tirumala?
Tirupathi is atown, proper town now with Colleges and Residents.However
Tirumala is entirelymade up of Tourists and Staff.
Sure you can go to Tirumala, stay in a Cottage, haveLunch in some restaurant,
dinner in some other restaurant, take evening walksand return back.But it
wouldbe Super Weird
It would be likegoing to Mecca and not following the Haj ritual but spending a
few daysenjoying date pudding and goat rice and coming back home.
Sorry didn't seePart one
The Tirumala Templeworships Lord Venkatachalapathi Or Balaji Or
Givindarajaswamy, believed to beLord Vishnu Or a Non Avatar form of the Lord
The Lord borrowedmoney from Kubera to marry Padmavathi (His wife believed to be
a form ofGoddess Lakshmi)
The Amount he borrowed was ASTRONOMICAL and it isbelieved that the day he pays
the debt , the world will end or something(Unclear on this)
Every rupeedonation made is regarded payment of this debt. Every donation is
given to helpthe Lord Square his debt with Kubera.
Anyway they say despite the Temple collecting Crores andCrores every day, not
even the Interest has been paid back. Like the IndianBanking System.
Namo Venkatesa(Someone in the comments suggested this)
Q8 Which train is better, Rajdhani expressor Duranto express?
A8 AmolSagar, Indian Railways Enthusiast5h
Both Rajdhani and Duronto have their own Positive andNegative views.
If we talk aboutcomfort and value for money, then Rajdhani will be my first
priority.
In case of foodquality and ticket cost, both are almost at same place.
Bangla means Duronto is Non-Stop. Hence nostoppages in case of Duronto except
few technical stoppages but in case of Rajdhani majorstoppages are present.
In case ofpunctuality and time travelled no doubt Rajdhani is better. Duronto
can oftenovertake Rajdhani in the case of a conflict. Although Duronto is
punctual too but in comparison toRajdhani, Duronto is not as punctual as
Rajdhani.
Rajdhani haveall AC coaches while Duronto have some Non-AC coaches also.
In my opinionRajdhani is better than Duronto.
You can decidebased on above points which train is better for you.Answer is
based on mypersonal experience. Hope it helps.
Q9 What is the difference between blackand white pepper and their usage?
A9 LuciaGarcia, Worked at Hospitals Oct 13
One of the mostpopular spices in the world, pepper is native to India. As early
as 3,500 years ago, Indians havebeen picking and eating pepper.
Black pepper andwhite pepper come from the small berries of the same pepper
plant, the maindifference being when they are picked and whether they are
peeled or not.
Black pepper is picked unripe, green berries that arethen dried, causing the
skin to wrinkle and turn black.
White peppercomes from fully ripe, red berries that are fermented by soaking in
water.Finally, the outer layer is removed, leaving only the white inner seeds.
Since the skins of the unripe berries are preserved, theflavor of black pepper
is much stronger than that of white pepper, which has astrong pungency.
White pepper ismuch milder than black pepper and tastes slightly floral and
earthy with alittle touch of spice.
Pepper contains 8%to 9% piperine, 1% to 2% volatile oil, as well as crude fat,
crude protein,lavonoids, lignanoids and aromatic compounds, which have the
functions ofremoving fishy smell, degreasing, and helping digestion.
Q10 What is unique about Diwalicelebration like in Tamil Nadu?
A10 GauthamSampath; Knows Tamil Updated 4h
Diwali is Tamil Nadu is actually called as DeepawaliPandigai and it's the 2nd
biggest festival after Pongal for Tamils.(Only for two festivals, people visit
home towns without fail one is Pongal andthe other one is Deepawali in TN)
History of Deepawali celebration in Tamil Nadu -
Origins ofDeepawali celebrations dates back to Pallava and Chola era in Tamil
Nadu!
Tamils celebratefestivals which are divided into two sets- I mean old ancient
festivals thatare celebrated in the regions of Tamilakam from unknown times and
finds the mentions in old Sangambooks
Festivals likePongal(Indra Vizha), Tamil Putthandu, Maasi Magam, Thai
Poosam,PanguniUtthiram, Adi Kiruthigai, Adi 18, Onam, Purattasi Sani,
Thiruvadhirai,etc arevery old and ancient festivals.(These festivals are
seasonal and Nakshathiram based festivals as per TamilSolar calender- These
festivals have been taken into Puranic system fromDravidian system)
Similarlythere are puranic festivals which was adapted during the Pallava and
Chola erafrom Tamil Brahmin communities like Vaikunta Ekadashi,
KrishnaJanmashtami,Mahalaya Amawavasyai, Ayudha Pooja, Vinayagar
Chaturthi,Deepawali,etcasall these festivals have Puranic origins.( These
festivals are Thithi basedfestivals- These festivals are adopted into Dravidian
beleif system fromPuranic System)
As Deepawali doesn't get mentioned in Sangam books( Idid search in google and
didn't any reference in Sangam books), I guess itshould be celebrated from past
1500 years and it's said that Pallavas andCholas have taken this festival and
introduced in the Shores of South EastAsian countries too.( Thai Chulyas who
are descendantsof Thai Royals and Chola Royals celebrate this festival in Thai
land).
Celebration Part
Deepawali iscelebrated for 2 days in Tamil Nadu and arrives during the North
East Monsoonseason and hence there is difference in the celebration part with
respect toother parts of India.
The celebration ismore family bonded and is different with respect to the
beliefs of other parts.
First day is called as Deepawali by Normal Tamils butTamil Brahmins call it as
Naraka Chaturdashi (Also called as Choti Diwali in Northern parts of Deepwali).
Hence the Puranicstory of Deepawali as per the Vaishnavite belief is that Lord
Krishna and his wife Satyabhamakills Narakasura who was torturing people of
that times and laterNarakasura asks for people to celebrate his death by having
a festival.
Krishna andSatyabhama visits Subhadra after the slaying demon and she welcomes
Krishna byproviding an oil bath with the new dress and first sweet and whole
Dwarakabursts crackers.
Hence its believedsweets have to be prepared and offered to God's on Deepawali
day so peoplestart preparing sweets 1 to 2 days before itself
Hence Tamilstoo start the day by taking oil bath and wearing new dress.
This new dressalong with sweets are offered to Lakshmi Devi in the morning and
we burstcrackers.
Later people visitTemples in the morning itself , after coming home people have
non vegdelicacies( mainly mutton) with Idlies, Dosas and Rice ( Idlies and
Dosas werefestival dishes in the past unlike now which has become a daily
breakfast inTamil homes).
This offering up of various sweets and temple visit inthe morning is mainly
observed in the Chola regions of Tanjaoreand also by Sri Lankan Tamils which
makes my analysis to go strong on theorigins of Deepawali during Chola era and
later spread to all of Tamil regions
In theevenings we don't light any lamps because it's very breezy and as it's
monsoontime, lighting upoflamps is a waste thing as it will put off all the
lights but we burst all thecrackers with families.
(once I tried to light the lamps outside my homes and itall went off with in 5
mins due to breeze and hence Ijust limit myself within home unlike during
Karthigai Deepam we light lampseverywhere around the house and in fields
indivating the end of monsoons).
Deepawali, Pongal and all is associated with theinviting up of relatives,
friends to homes andexchanging sweets in Tamil Nadu just like elsewhere in
India.
Also newlymarried couples are invited and given Deepawali Seer Or Deepawali
gift withgold, money and new dress.
2nd Day Celebration - Deepawali Nombu /Amavasyai/KedaraGowri Vratham
In other parts ofIndia this is the main day of festival and this day in TN it's
called asDeepawali Nombu
This Nombu is mainly celebrated by some Tamilcommunities like Vanniyars,
Mudaliars, etc and also by Telugu communities inTamil Nadu.It's believed that
Parvathi Or Gowri Devi United with LordShiva after a fight and thus this
festival is celebrated by couples.
After the Gowripooja in the evening ( same like Lakshmi pooja cobducted in the
evening inNorth) , people visitthe nearby rivers and lakes and perform a small
pooja to rivers( Asthis is monsoon season in TN) and leave the holy flowers in
the rivers.
After coming back home, people burst crackers and haveveg feast in dinner.
Nowadays fewfamilies have started to observe Lakshmi Kubera Pooja for good
health andwealth. ( Recent phenomenonfrom past 10 years).
All the above QA are from Quora website on 20-10-2022
Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .
Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 21-10-2022
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