Funny man's funny theory. So also by birth one does not become a brahmin Narayana. KR
On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 at 09:13, Narayanaswamy Iyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear folks > > *"Q6 Was Indira Gandhi Hindu?"* > > No. Definitely not. > > A girl or a woman does not automatically become a Hindu Brahmin because > she is born to Hindu Brahmin parents. > > She becomes so only on marrying a Hindu Brahmin groom according to > prescribed agamic rites. > > Indira Priyadarshini Nehru married a mlechchan, one Farsee semi-Muslim > named Feroze Khan. Thereupon she became a mlecchan woman exclusively. > > Her children, according to Manusmrithi, became chandaalaas. So would > *their* progeny down through the generations. > > S Narayanaswamy Iyer > > On 30 Nov 2022, at 7:59 AM, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < > [email protected]> wrote: > > *CULTURAL QA 11-2022-**30* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Q1 Are people working in food factories allowed to eat the food > for free? For example, can a KitKat factory worker pick up a bar and eat > it? If not, is there a punishment? > > A1 Jon Wisbey, Lives in Bristol, UK (1984–present) Nov 17 > > I used to work for Cadburys in their Keynsham factory near Bristol. *Snacking > off the line wasn’t allowed, at least officially*. After all the factory > employed around 3500 people at the time, so if every one of them swiped a > couple of Double Deckers or Curly Wurlys a day *that could be knocking on > 10,000 bars or so, a shedload of chocolate worth a lot of money*. > > Instead the factory had a workers shop, which sold the products at very > very cheap prices, 1p a bar or there about , and as at the time Cadbury > owned other companies and brands including mr Kiplings Cakes, Shwepps soft > drinks, Chivers jams etc. all those products were for sale at stupidly > low prices as well. > > In theory snacking off the line was punishable by a system of warnings and > in the end dismissal, but it was never really enforced. Sure, my first week > there i scoffed a few bars, but after that… well I spent a lot of time > making Fudge bars, 15,000 of them a day came out off the line and into the > packing department, the whole place stank of chocolate, it got into your > clothes and hair and you smelt of chocolate. OK my girlfriend loved it, > but you got sick of it, and for the three year I was there before > redundancy and *joining Maggies Millions my chocolate intake fell to near > zero.* > > Q2 How long does blood stay in the heart before being pumped > out to the rest of the body? > > A2 Ken Saladin, Former professor of histology (microscopic > anatomy)23h > > *The moment the ventricles (lower, main chambers) of the heart fill with > incoming blood, they begin to contract and expel it with no delay*. The > time interval is essentially instantaneous, less than 0.1 sec. It takes > about 0.4 sec for the ventricles to complete that contraction, cease to > pump that load of blood, and begin to relax and refill. > > However, the heart never pumps out all the blood it contains. When one is > at rest, it typically ejects only about 54% of the blood in each ventricle. > The rest remains behind for that cycle, and mixes with fresh blood when > ventricular filling resumes for the next cycle. Therefore, much of the > blood that remains in the heart on one cycle therefore doesn’t get ejected > until the next contraction about 0.7 sec later (at a resting heart rate). > Even then, any given RBC may or may not be part of the fraction that gets > ejected next. The time one particular RBC remains in the heart is > therefore quite variable in theory. > > The percentage ejected in one heartbeat is called the ejection fraction. > During > intense exercise, this can rise as high as 90%; in diseased hearts, it can > be less than 50%. > > Cardiologists can use a sonography technique called Doppler > echocardiography[1] to observe this blood flow and valve actions and assess > degrees of cardiac health or insufficiency. > > Footnotes[1] doppler echocardiography - Google Search > > Q3 Which is the tallest temple in India? > > A3 Dr Geeta S Kaimal, Former Content Writer. Nov 21 > > The tallest temple in India is Murud eshwara temple in North Canara > district of Coastal Karnataka. It is famous for second largest statue of > Anantadrishti, another name of Lord Shiva. The statue of lord Shiva is 123 > feet tall. This is a fort covering 4.1 hectares. *This was built by Rani > Chennabharadevi also known as PEPPER QUEEN in 1609-1640 AD.* > > Q4 What is the Jammu Tawi railway station? How many platforms > does it have and which trains halt there? > > A4 Ankit Barnawal, Former Student at Doon Business School, > Dehradun (2017–2022) Mon > > *About Jammu Tawi railway station* > > Jammu Tawi railway station is a railway station in *Union Territory of > Jammu & Kashmir* which serves Jammu Tawi. The station code is JAT. > > *The total number of platforms at this station is 3.* > > The station falls under the Firozpur division of Northern Railway zone. > > *The station lies on the Jalandhar - Jammu Tawi line, Amritsar - Jammu > Tawi line and Jammu Tawi - Baramulla line.* > > Jammu Tawi railway station gives direct connectivity by trains to big > cities like Agra, New Delhi, Ludhiana, Vijayawada, Bhagalpur, Chennai, > Rohtak, Mathura, Nagpur, Jalandhar, Jhansi, Bhopal, Warangal, Ernakulam, > Indore, Amritsar, Tirupati, Gwalior, Coimbatore, Katni, Nagercoil, > Kanyakumari, Jabalpur, Tirunelveli, Gorakhpur, Katihar, New Jalpaiguri, > Guwahati, Kanpur, Prayagraj, Jharsuguda, Raipur, Patna, Kolkata, Pune, > Asansol, Dhanbad, Bhavnagar, Gaya, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Bhusaval, Mumbai, > Bathinda, Firozpur, Darbhanga, Sitapur, Kota, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Meerut, > Barmer, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Thiruvananthapuram, Rishikesh, Salem, > Tiruchchirappalli, Ahmedabad, Hisar, Madurai, Haridwar, Abu Road, Ajmer, > Ranchi, Ratlam, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Durg, Bilaspur, Rourkela, Ranchi, > Surat, Vadodara, Lucknow, Gandhinagar, Tatanagar, Jaipur, Sambalpur, > Ujjain, Jamnagar, Rajkot etc. > > *Premium trains like Rajdhani Express for New Delhi, Duronto Express for > Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Humsafar Express for Hazur Sahib Nanded, Tirupati and > Sealdah originate and terminate at this station.* > > *Vande Bharat Express (Train-18) for New Delhi and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi > Katra halt at this station.* > > Similarly, many mail express trains and superfast express trains for > different cities halt, originate and terminate at this station. > > Q5 What is the healthiest food we can eat? > > A5 Rimon, Health Advisor Updated Nov 10 > > Top 10 healthiest food we can eat: > > *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. > > 3. Whole Grains-Eat whole grains at least two or three times daily > > 4.Beans and Lentils 5. Fish 6. Berries 7. Winter Squash > > 8. Soy 9. Flaxseed, Nuts and Seeds 10. Organic Yogurt > > Hope everything are cleared in the above mentioned points. > > Q6 Was Indira Gandhi Hindu? > > A6 Aashish Kumar Dimri, One who loves India Nov 22 > > Hindu : Indira Priyadarshini Nehru was born in a *Kashmiri Brahmin family > in Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.* > > Hindu : Being a liberal, but also religious family ; it observed all Hindu > rituals and festivals. > > Hindu : She was married to Feroze Gandhi according to Hindu rituals. > > Hindu : She herself performed last rituals of her husband according to > Hindu culture. > > Hindu : She treated Anandmayi Ma - a great Hindu mystic- as her spiritual > mentor. > > Hindu : She regularly put on 108 rudraksh bead mala -dedicated to Lord > Shiva . > > Hindu : She often participated in Hindu rituals and visited many Hindu > shrines.. > > Hindu : Her two sons- Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi- got married according to > Hindu rituals. > > Hindu : She was cremated according to Hindu rituals. > > Well : She was a Hindu by birth; marriage and death. > > Prayer : Om Shanti ! > > Q7 What are the advantages and disadvantages of trams? > > A7 Tomaž Vargazon, Practicing atheist Nov 15 > > *Trams are light trains that can share the street with other vehicles.* > > *A tram in Berlin* > > A tram is what you get when a mommy train and a daddy bus love each other > very much. The resulting offspring *has advantages and disadvantages of > both trains and buses*. > > *The disadvantages are obvious, it can only run on tracks, this limits > their deployment to only areas that have tracks*. Adding new line or > routing a line around a temporary obstacle (i.e. road reconstruction) can > only be done on existing tracks, or else if you build new tracks. They’re > limited by other traffic, although usually not to the same extent as buses > are. *They usually need electrical infrastructure to move around, > although modern designs at least got us rid of overhanging wires. * > > They can’t go very fast either and have no utility beyond moving people on > their daily business. > > *City buses can be used to move large groups of people between two > arbitrary points, if there is a significant event in the city or else the > city needs to be evacuated in an emergency*, you can use buses for that > role much more easily than you can use trams. *Clearly there are very > good reasons to opt for buses rather than trams and most cities will likely > need buses in addition to any tram network as a result.* > > *Evacuation of Pripyat, 1986. City buses do what trams couldn’t* > > *Advantages of trams exist too, they just aren’t as* obvious. First of > all there’s pollution and noise. *Buses use an internal combustion engine > for the most part, this adds noise and exhaust.* Battery buses aren’t > commonplace yet, I expect this advantage will wane with time. The next > advantage of the tram is virtually unknown, but takes second place - air > pollution from tires. *It turns out a major pollutant in a city > environment are microscopic pieces of rubber that flake off the many tires > and the problem increases with the weight of the vehicle much more rapidly > than with their number*. > > *A bus may be worse for city air than ten cars (but not fifty cars it > hopes to replace*). Trams run on steel wheels and don’t pollute the air > nearly as much. Furthermore, trams are a sunk cost, so once the city has > trams, it will have to work to keep it operational to justify previous > costs, this will add to the quality of public transport. With buses there > is less incentive to do so, so they may face budget cuts a tram wouldn’t > experience. *Trams also offer a more comfortable ride than a typical bus > does.* > > Trams are what happen when you really want quality mass transit and aren’t > worried about getting the most economically sound solution. *They improve > the quality of transport at a marginally greater expense than the most > obvious alternative.* I personally like trams better than I do buses, but > I can see why many cities opt for buses instead. > > Q8 Do you prefer a double kitchen sink or a single kitchen sink? > > A8 Anonymous, 2y > > *It depends on the usage. How large the family is and how many dishes you > have for wash at a time.* > > *There are various types in double bowl or single bowl kitchen sinks as > per the need.* > > Let me explain them: > > *Single bowl with drain board Sink: if you have a* small kitchen > platform, less vessels or dishes at a time, 1–2 people stay at home, this > should suffice your need. The drain board is meant to drain the water > directly to sink, and does not accumulate water on platform, helps keeping > the platform clean. > > Double bowl with drain board sink: If you have a large family more than 4 > people, that is lot of vessels/ dishes at a time, double bowl should be a > perfect fit. > > The purpose of two bowls is one is for soap water or where you keep soaped > vessels/ dishes and the other is to wash the soaped vessels. It makes the > process > fast and effective. You have options in these categories where you can > choose with or without drain board. > > It also depends on what budget you are looking for. *There are various > materials that comes in sinks that is Stainless steel, Granite, natural > stone, quartz, copper and way more.* > > If you want the sink to match the kitchen interior and you want to fit > your basic need you can have a look into this Futura kitchen sink website > that I came across, they have pretty good range of kitchen sinks. Hope this > was helpful. > > *My note- In my kitchen one large size stainless steel* sink and in work > area another sink of the size is installed. Now I feel the drain board > could have been installed in work area. The vessels cleaned are kept on > a vessels tray of stainless steel rods with ample space to drain water. *But > the drain water falls on granite working table and get stained and require > period cleaning of stains on the granite working table.* The purpose of > drain board was not properly felt by me at that time. > > Q9 Can India bring back kohinoor from England? > > A9 Prasanna Bhalerao, Follows politics in India1h > > *Let us Indians stop having Mungerilal ke haseen sapne (beautiful day > dreams). Whether we like it or not, believe it or not, the British claim*: > > The Koh-i-noor diamond passed on from king to king. *It was previous > owned by Maharaja Daleep Singh of Punjab*. It now belongs to England > because the king gifted it to Queen Victoria. > > Maharaja Daleep Singh’s claim is itself dubious because Maharaja Ranjit > Singh got it as a gift from Shuja Shah Durrani. > > There was no India at that time. Neither there was any Pakistan. > > The diamond was thus a private property and passed on king to king and > queen. > > The diamond is as much Indian as PM Rishi Sunak. > > My note-I enjoyed the comparison. > > Q10 What medical advances were due to desperation? > > A10 Luise, Worked at Own Business Mon > > *It was the first successful cesarean section that we know of.* > > *It was about the year 1500 and the wife of pig castrator Jacob Nufer was > in labor.* > > She had been struggling for the birth of her baby for days now. *Thirteen > ( I cannot believe that number, but history says so ) midwives had been > already called to help and none could complete the process.* > > Nufer basically knew how to help his wife because he had acquired > extensive knowledge and skills through his work. > > Pig castrators had long performed C-sections on difficult births of > animals such as mares, cows, bitches, sheep and sows. > > They did this to save the young when it was feared that the mother might > die. > > Midwives were also familiar with this technique, but until the early 16th > century, cesarean delivery was allowed only on dead mothers. > > What we do today-saving the mother's life at the risk of the baby's > death-was strictly forbidden. > > Jacob was desperate. He finally managed to get urgent permission from the > authorities to perform the procedure on his living wife. > > He used a razor blade to do the procedure.Mother and child survived. > > The mother later had five more children born by natural childbirth. > > *This means that Jacob must have been able to sew up the uterus very well.* > > And with his courage he saved not only his wife and son, but millions of > others later. > > It always takes people who have the courage to fight against the existing > rules. Otherwise we won’t go any here. > > *My note- An informative answer for me about the orgin of cecerian > operation and bringing out the **child safely and keeping mother safe* > > Q11 Who was the first Indian Railway Minister who resigned due to > a train accident? > > A11 Suraj Barnwal, Studies Magadh University & Magadh University > at Jeevan Jyoti Public School, Nawada (Expected 2023)22h > > Lal Bahadur Shastri was the first railway minister who resigned from > office following a major train accident as he felt moral responsibility. > > *The foundation stone of Bal Vidya Mandir, a distinguished school of > Lucknow, was laid by him during his tenure as the prime minister, on 19 > November 1964.* > > Q12 Which country surprised you the most? > > A12 Areej Musaed, Administrative Analyst at Air and Missile > Defence (2020–present) Thu > > *Saudi Arabia surprises every visitor as they step into the country. > Here’s why:* > > *Saudi Arabia is not all desert!* Saudi Arabia is a very large country > (the size of all the countries in Western Europe). The southern region is > quite green and mountainous and enjoys great weather even in summer (18–25 > Celcius). > > Despite being governed by a monarchy, the Saudi people are ranked the > 21st happiest nation on earth. This is due to the high living standards > and the fact that each Saudi is entitled to free education (from > kindergarten through graduate school), free health care and subsidized > water and gas prices. > > Despite being in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is ranked the safest > country among the G20 nations — safer than the US, the UK, France, China > and Russia! > > *My note- In spite there is no river in Soudi Arabia* > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 29-10-2022* > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* > > *Compiled **and posted by R. 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