Q2 *There is no science. It started out because it was the only clean option in the absence of metal work. KANTHA BALASUBRAMANIAM THRO Mr G iyer group*
The Custom of Eating Food on Banana Leaves 1 Cultural Beliefs: A traditional meal on a banana leaf is a must at any South Indian celebration. One has to eat carbohydrates (rice) first, then protein (dal), iron-rich vegetables and fat (curd). This is the order in which food is served and consumed as well. It is even more traditional to sit on the floor on a mat and eat one’s food. One has to squat as if one is sitting in the padmasana (lotus) pose. 2 Eating from a banana leaf is considered hygienic and healthy. Any guest can be served on a banana leaf which is considered humble and respectful. 3 Benefits of Using Banana leaves: Serving hot food on banana leaf will emanate important nutrients from the leaf which will be mixed with the food and will be eaten. (Metallic plates will collect the heat and transfer it to earth and air) 4 Leaves are easily disposable and environment friendly. Even when leaves are burned, the ozone layers are not affected. 5 Scientific Reasons: Banana leaves contain large amounts of polyphenols such as epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG, also found in green tea. Polyphenols are natural antioxidants found in many plant-based foods. 6 As there is no chemical reaction, the food keeps its value intact: it can endure heat and react well without tearing apart from the heat. 7 Sitting and eating on the Floor is beneficial too, as this position helps the food reach the stomach through alimentary canal, efficiently. Thereby, controlling the risk of overeating. 8 These leaves have a waxy exterior and hence they are easy to clean as dust does not stick to them. Just wash them off and use them to eat food. They should also be preferred by you in the restaurants as they are definitely cleaner than the utensils you are served food in. 9 According to Ayurveda, the practice of eating with the hands, stimulates the five elements that our five fingers represent and thus helps in bringing forth digestive juices that makes digestion of food easy. According to Vedas, the practice directly benefits our chakras, and the use of hands for eating also increases the blood circulation. When we eat with hands the nerves ending on the fingertips send signal to the stomach and thus, we get a better taste, texture, and aroma of the food. You will be surprised to know that apart from India, it is also practiced in some parts of Africa and the Middle East. 10 South Indian cuisine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Indian_cuisine> & Bengali cuisine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_cuisine> is traditionally served on a banana leaf, especially in the states of Andhra Pradesh <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh>, Telangana <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telangana>, Tamil Nadu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu>, Karnataka <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka>, Kerala <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala>, Odisha <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odisha>, West Bengal <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal> and also in Sri Lanka <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka>. In these regions, it is customary to serve food on a banana leaf during festive occasions, and banana is often a part of the food served. In Maharashtra, on special occasions like Ganesh chaturthi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesh_chaturthi>, people eat off banana leaves. The banana leaf is also used for wrapping fish, which can then be steamed. 11 In Bengali cuisine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_cuisine>, banana leaf is used to prepare Paturi, which is marinated and seasoned boneless fresh fish steamed and cooked inside a banana leaf and eaten on it. Commonly, Bhetki <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhetki> and Ilish <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilish> are used in making Paturi. Bengali cuisine also have a great significance & sacred believe for having meal on a banana leaf. 12 In Indonesian cuisine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_cuisine>, banana leaf is employed in cooking methods called *pepes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepes>* and *botok <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botok>*; the banana-leaf packets of food are steamed, boiled, or grilled on charcoal. Banana leaves are also used to wrap several kinds of snacks *kue <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kue>* (delicacies), such as *nagasari <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasari>* or *kue pisang* and *otak-otak <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otak-otak>*, and also to wrap pressed sticky-rice delicacies such as *lemper <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemper>* and *lontong <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lontong>*. 13 In Java, banana leaf is also used as a shallow conical bowl called *"pincuk"*, usually to serve *rujak <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rujak> tumbuk, pecel <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecel>* or satay <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satay>. The *pincuk* secured with *lidi semat* (small thorn-like pins made from the coconut-leaf midrib). The *pincuk* fit in the left palm, while the right hand is used to consume the food. It also functions as a traditional disposable take-away food container. The cleaned banana leaf is often used as a placemat; cut banana-leaf sheets placed on rattan, bamboo or clay plates are used to serve food. Decorated and folded banana leaves on woven bamboo plates are used as serving trays, *tumpeng <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumpeng>* rice cones, and holders for *jajan pasar* or *kue <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kue>* delicacies. 14 In Malaysian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_cuisine> and Singapore cuisine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_cuisine>, banana leaves are used to wrap certain kuih <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuih> and otak-otak <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otak-otak>. Malay foods such as nasi lemak <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasi_lemak> are also commonly wrapped with banana leaves before being wrapped with newspaper, as banana leaves add fragrance to the rice. 15 The Hawaiian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii> imu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalua> is often lined with banana leaves. 16 Guanimos are Dominican <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_Dominican_Republic> tamales made with cornmeal, stuffed with ground meat and wrapped with banana leaves. 17 In Puerto Rico <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico> *pasteles <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteles>* are made primarily with fresh green banana dough stuffed with pork, and then wrapped in banana leaves which have been softened at the fire. Many rice dishes in Puerto Rico are cooked with banana leaves as a lid to add flavor and aroma. Fish and pork shoulder can be wrapped in plantain leaves and baked. *Guanimes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanime>* known as Puerto Rican tamales, cornmeal cooked with coconut milk and other ingredients, are wrapped in banana leaves. Sweet cassava tortillas and Puerto Rican arepas <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arepa> are laid on banana leaves for a few hours before cooking. 18 Mexican <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico>, and more specifically Oaxacan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaxaca> tamales <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamale> and a local variety of lamb or barbacoa <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbacoa> tacos <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco> are often steamed <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steaming> in banana leaves. Banana leaves are used for wrapping pork in the traditional Yucatán dish Cochinita pibil <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochinita_pibil>. 19 Vigorón <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigor%C3%B3n>' is a traditional Nicaraguan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua> dish. It consists of a cabbage salad known as *curtido <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtido>* (chopped cabbage, tomatoes, onions, and chile peppers marinated in vinegar and salt), boiled yuca <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava>, and chicharrones <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicharron> (fried pork with skin or with meat), wrapped in Banana leaf Variations of this dish are also found in Costa Rica <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica>. 20 Vaho <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaho> (or Baho) is a mix of meat, green plantains <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_plantain> and yuca cooked in banana leaves. 21 Tamales <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamale> made throughout Central America are traditionally wrapped in banana leaves prior to cooking, which imparts a distinctive taste to the nixtamalized <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixtamalization> corn <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize> dough. 22 Nacatamal <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacatamal> is made up mostly of nixtamalized corn *masa* (a kind of dough <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dough> traditionally made from a process called *nizquezar*) and lard <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lard>, but also includes seasonings such as salt and *achiote* (annatto). Filling consists of seasoned pork meat, rice, a slice of potato <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato>, bell pepper <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper>, tomato <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato>, onion <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion>, olives <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive>, cilantro <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilantro> and/or spearmint sprigs, and on occasion, though less commonly, capers, raisins or fresh chile <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile_pepper> (red or green), all wrapped in banana leaves. This dish is traditional to Nicaragua. 23 Coast side region prepare dishes as Bollo <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollo>, green plantain and peanut butter batter filled with fish or pork wrapped in a banana leaf, this is then baked in a brick oven or steamed. Manabi <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manab%C3%AD_Province> province prepare a dish called Tonga <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga> a chicken stew with rice dyed with achiote and peanut salsa, all this served on a banana leaf and then wrapped. Amazonian provinces has Maito <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maito&action=edit&redlink=1> where grilled fish is served with yucca and rice, wrapped in a banana leaves. 24 Banana leaves have also been proposed as a material out of which to make trays for airline meals <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_meal>, to reduce their environmental impact. *25 Prasadam <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasad>* offered on banana leaves after *Puja* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)> at a home in Guntur <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntur>, India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India>. 26 Banana leaves are used by Hindus and Buddhists as a decorative element for special functions, marriages, and ceremonies in southern India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> and Southeast Asia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia>. Balinese Hindu <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balinese_Hinduism> prepare banana leaves as containers for floral offerings called *canang <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canang_sari>* to the *hyang <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyang>* (spirits or deities) and gods. These floral offerings are then placed in various places around the house. 27 In Upper Myanmar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Myanmar>, the banana leaf is used in handcrafting an elaborate multi-tiered offertory known as *phetsein kundaung* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundaung> . In Thailand <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand>, banana leaf is used to create an offering bowl called *krathong,* an important element during festival of *Loy Krathong <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loy_Krathong>* on the full-moon day of the twelfth lunar month. The celebration is meant to pay respects to the mother of Water called *Phra Mae Kong Kha* by floating a *krathong* on a body of water. 28 Other Asian countries also have similar festivals such as in Myanmar, Laos <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos>, Cambodia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia>, India <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> and China <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China> *Krathong* means lotus-shaped vessel, and in it are placed flowers with joss sticks and a candle in the middle. During *Loy Krathong*, people carry *krathongs* to the river. After lighting the candles and three joss sticks and making a wish, they will gently place their *krathongs* on the water and let them drift away with the current. People believed that *krathongs* will carry their wickedness and bad luck, and after that happiness will come to them. It is a time joy and merrymaking, dancing, singing, and activities with other people. People use banana leaves to make *krathongs* because it is an organic and natural material, and would decompose easily in the water. 29 As time goes by, leaf packaging started to be replaced by the emergence of synthetic packaging such as plastic, cardboard boxes, Styrofoam, ect. And people rarely use it because it is considered impractical, unsafe, and not durable. Apart from that, many people still using banana leaves for food packaging since it has its own characteristics that cannot be compared if its wrapped in synthetic packaging.[GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH JOURNAL] KR IRS 291022 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Q3 Leave this aside. HAVE YOU SEEN IN THE ECONOMY CLASS PEOPLE SLEEPING IN eCONOMY CLASS IN THE PLANE ALMOST THROUGHOUT THE JOURNEY?. sO TRAIN QUESTION IS WASTE OF TIME AND SPACE. RULES ARE FRAMED ONLY TO PROTECT A SITUATION AND DOES NOT HOLD WATER TO FLEX. Hence avoid such low level ideas. Q4 Dr Nair has done good home work; before him Many in You tube had spoken about such. By the way has he presented any paper on covid from eskimo ICE?. Q6 Food choice now and not then or vice versa?. Confused statement. Nature had given food for the requirements for all near their habitat. But we developed the wrong tastes as elsewhere in this Q & A itself some one discussed. Least preference had better health. And choice had pushed people into doctors' developments. Q7 Classy and Trashy depends on the marketing ability over the fools' Paradise. a woman- Grandma who gave just a Rupee to tailor for a puffy blouse once , gave today 10000 rupees as stiching charges unaware of knowing why?. Q10 All including the uneducated knew that what solis ate heating is, Liquid state heating is ?. Principle is simple. If a liquid is heated the particles are given more energy and move faster and faster expanding the liquid. The most energetic particles at the surface escape from the surface of the liquid as a vapour as it gets warmer. Liquids evaporate faster as they heat up and more particles have enough energy to break away. The particles need energy to overcome the attractions between them. As the liquid gets warmer more particles have sufficient energy to escape from the liquid. Eventually even particles in the middle of the liquid form bubbles of gas in the liquid. At this point the liquid is boiling and turning to gas. The particles in the gas are the same as they were in the liquid; they just have more energy. At normal atmospheric pressure all materials have a specific temperature at which boiling occurs. This is called the "boiling point" or boiling temperature. As with the melting point the boiling the point of materials vary widely e.g. nitrogen -210oC, alcohol 78oC, aluminium 459oC. Any material with a boiling temperature below 20oC is likely to be a gas at room temperature. When liquids boil the particles must have sufficient energy to break away from the liquid and to diffuse through the surrounding air particles. As these particles cool down and lose energy they will condense and turn back to liquid. When steam is formed by water boiling at 100oC the particles quickly condense as the surrounding air temperature is likely to be much less than 100oC so the particles cool rapidly. In fact the "steam" coming out of a boiling kettle can only be seen because some of the gas particles have condensed to form small droplets of water. When a gas turns to a liquid (condenses) or a liquid turns to a solid (solidifies) the particles lose energy to the surroundings. KR IRS 291022 On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 at 07:33, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 10-2022-28* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Q1 What are the advantages of using round pipes over rectangular > ones in water supply and sewage lines? > > A1 David Thomas, Professional Engineer, Civil, Alaska Oct 1 > > *Much less material (metal / plastic) is required to contain a given > pressure in a round pipe than a square one.* > > Fluid flow encounters friction along all pipe walls and round pipes have > the least wall per cross-sectional area, reducing pumping costs. > > *Fittings for round pipes can be rotated to any orientation when laying > out a pipe run* - all 360 degrees of rotation. A particular fitting for > square pipe could only be used in four orientations, 90 degrees apart. Each > type of fitting (90 ells, 45 ells, 1/6 bends, 1/8 bends, tees, side-out > tees, sanitary Wyes and Tees, etc.) would have to come in a multiple > orientations instead of just rotating them on round pipe as one makes each > joint. > > Q2 What is the science behind South Indians eating food on banana > leaves? > > A2 Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam,Lawyer2y > > *Years ago - much before metalwork became the* norm - People needed a > surface to eat their meals. This was before you could make a Stainless > steel plate or get one. During the days when metal work was almost non > existent and expensive for villagers or common people and *only kings and > the rich ate on plates made of Silver or Gold* > > The Banana Tree had the perfect leaves, Long and wide enough for eating > meals. And easy to dispose off. *After a meal - the leaves would be eaten > by the cows of the area* or the pigs of the area and would not cause too > much garbage or too much pollution. > > *This is a similar Sal Tree leaves dried in the hot sun and stuck together* > with the Sal Sap and left out for days. This was the common plates used in > North Indian Villages to eat their meals. > > *In Medival Europe - Wooden Plates were not* available for everyone so > *instead > you had Trencher Bread wherein a thick round load of bread would be used as > a plate* to eat the meat and stew and then the soaked up bread would be > eaten separately (A Kind of Ice Cream Cone). Minimum Pollution and most > efficient way to eat a meal. > > *As population moved to cities where there were no Sal Trees or Banana > Trees- and it took 8 hours - 3* days to come from Villages to the Cities > , the need for Brassware and for Copper Plates increased and the Plate > Trend came up even though common man still purchased Banana leaves from the > villages to eat well until the Middle 1950s. > > *There is no science. It started out because it was the only clean option > in the absence of metal work.* > > It continues today because it is brutally efficient. Spread the plate, > clean the plate with water, eat your food, throw the plate where you can be > sure- a Cow will eat it or it will degrade (Given it is biodegradable). > Minimum work - no katoris, no plates to wash or clean. Thats why many > restaurants even today offer their meals on Banana Leaves > > Q3 I have a train from 12 noon for 14 hours. Is it possible for > me to sleep in the middle berth during the day? (considering the middle > berth rule in trains) > > A3 Subrahmanyam, Indian Railways & Reservation, IRCTC, RBI, Goods > wagon. Thu > > You can request your co passengers if you have any health issues, during > daytime it is not allowed to sleep in the middle berth. You can ask top > berth passenger if you want to sleep during day time journey. > > It totally depends on you three members, you are all have to coordinate > and make the trip easy and successful, but don’t argue with co passengers, > and don’t explain rules and regulations, > > With request you can ask 1lts of blood, but with fighting you can’t ask > 100 ml water, *the difference is only tongue, *every thing will be smooth > and easy to manage, if it is a sweet tongue. > > *My note- How beautifully things are told, if some members in the group > understand this??**.....* > > Q4 What are some mind-blowing facts in the medical field? > > A4 Tiny Nair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum Updated 2y > > Every human organ is a marvel, in structure, function, packaging and > networking. They are built robust enough, to last a lifetime and beyond > (organ donation is a proof). > > *It is surprising as to how much effort and energy we spend to spoil it.* > > We put in so much of effort in collecting choicest tobacco leaves, > processing them and wrap them up in white paper that scar our Lungs. We > cultivate specific variety of grapes, ferment them, age them in special > underground cellars, before bottling them and heavily binge, much beyond > the capacity that our Liver can handle. > > We dig deep to select the choicest potatoes and fatten specially raised > pigs in to make that hamburger with fries. Coupled with a Cola-combo, it is > the right recipe for *lifestyle disease like hypertension, diabetes, high > cholesterol and consequent heart disease.* > > As organs started failing, instead of socially distancing us from these > ‘virus’ we started developing organ transplant; which has now become a SOP > in case of organ failure. > > But then, the nature’s defence mechanism kicked in. Human system > considers most foreign protein as potential enemy; and mounts an intensive > attack by the immune system resulting in organ rejection. > > We all know about a host rejecting a graft; ‘organ rejection’. Graft > rejection, over time has become a major hurdle in ‘transplant science‘. > > *But here is an even more unique case of the ‘organ’ rejecting the ‘host‘. > It is like your cat rejecting you.* Imagine a situation where, as your > cat grows up, you find that it is actually a tiger, and consequently, you > leave home, to escape from the tiger. > > *Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is one where a transplanted bone marrow > (usually done for leukaemia) recognises the host (the recipient patient) as > an enemy and mounts an attack*. The transplanted ‘healthy’ bone marrow, > mounts a massive attack using its armada of white blood cells and antibodies > to damage the healthy organs of the patient; Liver, Kidney everything. > > Most of us come back after our annual holiday with a happy wife, grumbling > kids, and a cheap stone carving as gift for our boss, to ensure the next > year’s holiday comes off without a hitch. > > In 1969, Mr Frey, an employee of the Sandoz Ltd at Basel, Switzerland, > vacationing in Norway, apparently *forgot to buy a gift for his boss and > played a master stroke.* He put a handful of mud, in a ziplock, before > boarding the plane, and gifted it to the department head, on the pretext of > finding *some useful antibiotic in the foreign mud sample.* Sandoz was > then on a war-footing research to find a new antibiotic; and accepted the > gift quite seriously. (*Sandoz had actually instructed employees to bring > soil samples after an overseas trip if possible)* > > Headed by Dr Jean Borel and his team, this particular sample grew a fungus > ‘Tolyplocadium Inflatum’ which in culture produced a chemical called > *Cyclosporine, > a drug that turned out to be a immune suppressor; the first one to tame the > runaway GVHD.* > > Cyclosporine is the standard therapy in most organ transplants to prevent > rejection. It is also the drug of choice for GVHD. > > Today, patients of kidney, Liver and Heart transplant as well as those > with GVHD thank an unknown hero, for packing a handful of earth in a > ziplock. > > *Antarctica is the only continent where COVID is only on television; a > bagful of ice from there might* have a clue in saving humanity. > > Q5 Can you put water on a hot glass cooktop stove? > > A5 Gopala Krishnan,Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at > Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > We cannot put water. We can either sprinkle or pour water. If you either > sprinkle or pour water over a hot glass plate over the stove, it will > explode the glass plate and chances are there to fall on your face, all > over the cooking table and floor. > > Even before swiping the glass one has to touch and check the hotness if > you were cooking in the stove even before 5 minutes. PREVENTION IS BETTER > THAN CURE. If you are wearing spectacles your eye may escape from glass > bit injury. > > *Read the instructions with the glass top stove. You will never ask this > type of question* > > Q6 Why would any paleolithic human being eat vegetable, > considering that they barely contain any calories and doesn't really taste > that good? > > A6 Matt Riggsby, MA Archaeology, Boston University Oct 19 > > *Because they’re available, and they don’t run away.* > > It seems likely that our distant ancestors would have preferred, given a > choice, to eat things like meat, ripe fruit, and honey. All well and good, > but they usually didn’t have that option. Sweet stuff like honey and ripe > fruit were scarce and often seasonal. And meat had to be laboriously > hunted down or trapped. People looked for things like that, but for a lot > of the time, they had to eat what was available and at least moderately > nutritious rather than hold out for more favored foods. Population > densities stabilized around the number of people a region could support by > eating everything edible without respect to preferences. > > Q7 What's classy if you’re rich, but trashy if you're poor? > > A7 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee, Software Engineer | Traveller | Foodie > Oct 21 > > *Using cow dung as a fuel source.* > > In villages, we have often seen women in the household gather cow dung, > make balls out of it and apply it to the walls, which solidifies to form > cakes. *These cakes made out of cow dung are then used as a fuel for > cooking*. In semi-urban and urban households, we have LPG cylinders for > cooking which are slowly being replaced with induction cook tops, but *using > cow dung as a fuel source is something synonymous with villagers who cannot > afford to spend 1,000 rupees every month on a gas cylinder.* > > Hence, using cow dung as a fuel source is for the poor and we all would > agree unanimously. Here comes the twist in the tale. > > My dad went with a few of his friends to a resort in the countryside a few > weeks ago. They have all retired and wanted to visit somewhere for the day, > just to relax a little bit, away from the city. *They went to this resort > where the lodging expenses were okay but the food prices were quite high.* > The reason being, the food used to be cooked in the open and *they used > to bring these cow dung cakes and use that as a fuel to cook food and all > the guests assembled around the cooking area and they were served lunch > just out of the stove.* > > This experience is something that you don't find in the city and this is > why the prices were so high. And the guests were fascinated to see that, > clicked so many pictures and happily parted with the extra price even > though this fuel costs zero rupees except for the maintenance of the cows, > compared to the highly priced LPG cylinders. > > *So I guess, if you use cow dung cakes as a villager, you are poor, but if > you use it at a resort and create a show around it, it suddenly becomes > classy and you can charge extra money for it!* > > Q8 Does a kitchen or bathroom add more value to a house? > > A8 Srinivasan AYYAR M.A.Former Retired Since 2016 and Doing > Nothing Great!!! 1y > > *First and foremost, the bathroom is the 2nd most* important place in any > household but only after the kitchen and bedroom and which one is 1,2 you > can't say!! Depending on the number of members in A family, the number of > bathrooms Play a major role in deciding the purchase of a house. Again, > should it be All attached or 1 common etc depending on the traffic of > guests.. > > Normally A 1 BHK is supposed to have only 1 bathroom, 2 BHK 2, 3 BHK 3 and > so on and so forth. > > *Second, the look, condition, luxury of the bathroom plays a vital role, > especially with Women folks who* attach utmost importance for the upkeep > and maintenance of them. > > *Third the dimensions and size of the bathroom, A* 4x5, > 4x6,5x6,5x7,5x8,5x10.. whether it has enough space to make it A wet and dry > area, A cozy bathtub, an enclosed High profile shower area etc also is > important. > > *Last the functional aspects like Anti skid flooring,* senior citizen > friendly, child safe fittings and fixtures etc.. > > So….A Bathroom is “A Room Toooooooo.." make it as simple or as beautiful, > luxurious as you wish and afford…!!! > > A lavish sized, 10x6, 10x5, 10x5.6 bathrooms attached to Each of the > bedrooms are the most sought after in Coimbatore…Drawing courtesy: Dhiya > foundation Coimbatore > > A big 10x5.6 bathroom with Wet and Dry areas are very good for those who > are above 50+ to avoid slippery floors. > > *My note- While I agree to a good bath room add value to home, equally > important is kitchen and work area. Both are equally important **🤗🙏* > > Q9 What are some things that Indian parents should share with > their daughter-in-law but they don't? > > A9 Ratnamala Kamath, M'com from Karnatak University, Dharwad > (Graduated > 1988)2y > > First and foremost *learn to share their son with daughter in law. Give > the new couple some privacy to get to know each other* without barging in > at all times. > > Share the household chores. *Don't expect daughter in law to take over > all the chores and execute them to perfection.* > > Share financial matters with her. Don't take big financial decisions like > taking a loan on her husband's salary, purchasing something or anything > else without taking her into confidence. She is now a family member and has > as much right to know as anybody else. I have seen husband and his family > taking loans on his salary without informing the wife. I somehow felt it > was wrong to do this without informing the daughter in law. > > Share your joys and sorrows with her. In return she will do the same with > you. I know of in laws closetting themselves in a room and discussing > family matters by excluding the daughter in law. This alienates the > daughter in law and makes her feel like an outsider. She then starts going > to and taking advice from her parents because the in laws never made her > feel that she was an integral part of their family. > > These are some things which I feel Indian or any parents should share with > their daughter in law. > > Q10 Does a small object heat up faster than a large object > at the same temperature? > > A10 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 at > Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > *Yes is the answer. For an example keep one glass* of water in a saucepan > and keep it on the SMALL BURNER. Light the burner. Small burner gives > constant heating. With a stopwatch check the minutes taken for boiling. > > *Take another saucepan of the SAME SIZE, POUR TWO glasses of water* and > keep on the same burner. Light the burner. With a stop watch and check the > minutes taken for boiling the water. > > In this example, the heat given to boil the temperature is same, sauce pan > is identical with the same temperature to boil the water, only quantity of > water is double. > > *For the mother working in kitchen for preparing a cup of coffee, she will > boil a small quantity of milk* and will bring in minutes . If the > requirement is more cups, she would boil more milk, and takes time to boil > milk. > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 28-10-2022* > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* > > *Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, former ITS, 79 years, on > 29-10-2022* > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" 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/iyer123/525284849.345587.1667009016948%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/525284849.345587.1667009016948%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAL5XZoq67nv7kc5pOT-H5sjuj0bw0D%3DODwGNiDcjVg2AL2zjTw%40mail.gmail.com.
