Sir, These scholarships besides being utterly useless are actually revolting.Stamping a person with a caste identity when castes themselves are vanishing and explaining the technology behind isn't worth even a nanosecond of time. I have been keeping my distance where the grand old man,a very angry man is participating as I do not have the suited strength. Good bye Sir, to this caste etc. topic. YM
On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 9:36 AM Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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