CULTURAL QA 12-2022-08 BEING A COMPILATIONTHERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 What is the life of a loco pilot inIndian railways like? Do they earn more than an IAS officer? A1 Harish Solanki, Informartics assistant 2018 batchSat My best friend is aloco pilot so my review very genuine. No comparisonbetween IAS and loco pilot “kaha raja bhoj kaha gangu teli" yar IAS grade pay and its perks equal to 3 loco pilot salary. My friend gotaround 60–70k including all running allowance. But an IAS officer starting salary 50–60k and perksexcluded. If we include all perks like gadi, banglow,nokarchakar and mali its around 2–3 lack minimum. So you can assume what isis reality of loco pilot job. Loco pilot life very hectic and more responsible eventhey don't have toilets in train engine and imagine in summer time which levelof temperature in train engine but IAS sahab AC se bahar hinahi niklte hai garmi me. My note- The senior loco pilots gets good pay and over time andstay in comfortable quarters. The class 1 officersin railway are paid equal or more than IAS officers with almost similarfacilities. But it is a fact they have no power like an IASofficer functioning as a District collector. Q2 What proven strategies do companiesuse to get you to spend more money? A2 Rini George, Qualities in humanbeings Sat Not a company but all pavbhaji joints do this.They serve us a plate like this on ordering bhaji pav. Now you all knowthat two pav won't beenough to finish that big serving of bhaji. You end up buying morepav. And from where I have pav, extra pav is charged Rs. 50/- Another example is: Amazon's eligible for free delivery for purchase over 499: The problem with this is wheneverI search for things that i need to add to cart to get to 499 /- those items arenot eligible for free deliver they already have Rs50-60/- as delivery charge.So you end up buying other items which are eligible for free delivery over499/- which sometimes you don't even need that much. D-mart offers.. they are so damn good nobodybothers to check the list they actually came to buy and end upoverspending. Q3 Why are Idlis and Dosas considered asbreakfast mostly in South Indian families when they are traditionally eaten anytime of day? A3 Gautham Sampath, Former SoftwareTester Tue To confirm myanswer, I just again reenquired now with my 87 year old Grandma about the points I am going to tellhere. Idlies and Dosasbecame breakfast and dinner in Southern Indian families only after Independence becauseof the changing work conditions. They were not eaten traditionally daily noreaten any time of the day! My grandma tells that they used to eat Idlies and Dosasonly on festivals or on special occasions and it was not a daily food. They used to make Idliesand Dosas on the morning of festivals as light breakfast as the festival meansits celebrated in afternoons and evenings and thus Idlies andDosas were special and special foods need special attention and day. Also during marriages,they used to serve in the early morning marriages that happens in Tamil Nadu. They mostly ate Ragi, Rice and other millets everyday (even wheat was rarely eaten and still wheat is not eaten in many homes). Nowadays we haveMixies and Grinders and preparing batter is easy but those times they used tohand grind in stone grinders and it’s not a eat task. One has to sitat least 1 hour to grind some 2 kg soaked rice and as majority wereagriculturists its not some easy task to do daily, so theydid the batter preparation only before the festival or function time. But as timechanged, when Hotelsand restaurants sprung up, they heavily advertised Idlies and DosasThe taste is special na but if I just deliver the same millets that is eaten ishome, it will become boring . So they started tosell Idlies and Dosas with varieties of Chutneys. Also Dosas and Idlies aresoft and you know it can be eaten very easily with minutes but millet foodstake time to eat. We still in homes don’t do so much variety of Chutneys ina single day right? But with thechange in lifestyle and heavy intake of rice, Diabetes have become a hugeproblem in Southern India. Probably we shouldgo back to our age old millet foods! My note- Is there heavy intake? Normally growingchildren and youngsters eat a little more and aged eat less or very less. When one elderlyclose relative ten years elder to me told about 10 years back that he eat about ahandful of rice and fruits, it was strange to me. But now I eat the samequantity only. Eating more rice is not the reason for increasingdiabetics Q4 How often do you clean your house,and who is typically responsible for cleaning what areas? A4 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now I am answering fromChennai, India. Myself and wife are aged above 70 and a lady servant clean thekitchen vessels, inside cleaning and moping and front of home in the morning. In the night I take meals lateand I make sure kitchen is cleaned, vessels in sink are given a primary cleaning and diningtable is kept cleaned. Small outsidecleaning and watering plants in the compound is done by me. Wife takes care ofall cooking jobs, and prayer room upkeeping. Once a fortnight skilled workers are deployed for neatcleaning outside, and disposing items like dried leaves,putting in fire and making to ashes and put it as manure to plants. A special circular enclosure ready made using RCC is used and available inChennai.It is called Ura inTamil. Once a quarterwater tank and sump are cleaned. Cobweb removal, window cleaning etc are doneby me, as part of my exercise. Who is responsible is a confusing question.Whoever has more aptitude and knowledge carry out/ supervise respective jobs. Generally lady servant jobs are supervised by my wife and others by me Q5 What is the difference between an ACchair car and a non-AC chair car on an Indian Railways train like the Shatabdior Rajdhani Express/Mail train? A5 Sanjiv Mitragotri, Railways user andoperations 2h Rajdhani or Shatabdi express trains are Fullyair-conditioned trains.So the question of non ACcoaches is irrelevant. Moreover Rajdhaniexpress trains no longer have Chair car coaches and they are fully sleepercoach trains. Earlier Rajdhani express used to have AC chair car coaches,however they have been discontinued long back (around 1995). All the AC chair car coaches in Rajdhani express trainswere replaced with AC 3Tier coaches. My note- All satabdi are having AC chair car.Inexecutive class they are more comfortable and charged more. Non AC chaircars are there in express trains running in daytime. They are cramped. When general class is crowded many passengers enter and sit at windows and toilet areas. TTR checking is in effective in myexperience in Chennai- Bangalore section. Q6 What is the most popular medicine totreat a type 2 diabetic person nowadays? A6 Dr.Vignesh Basaviah (Kodiak Bear), Physicianat Margosa Road (2020–present)Sun Fasting Sugar levels of 180 or below can be managedwithout medication if the patient is less than 55 years of age. High Fiber LowSugar Diets, More Meals a day in smaller portions, Stopping all alcohol,caffeine, cigarettes, Fruit juices instead of milk, Egg Whites, Fish, Chappatisinstead of Rice, Kerala Rice instead of White Rice, No Pasta or White Bread If FBS is above 180 mg/dl then First Line :-Metaformin + Glimperide if FBS > 180 but <= 250 mg/dl This is a combination of targeting your liver to manageglycogen conversion and reducing insulin resistance and increasing insulinproduction Typically Metaformin comes in1000 mg, 2000 mg or 500 mg per tablet dose and Glimperide comes in 1 mg and 2mg per tablet dose. Its usually enough Second Line :- AGIs or Alpha Glucosinase Inhibitorsif FBS is more than 250 but less than 340 mg/dl They promote rapidconversion of carbohydrates Typically ends in‘ose’ like Edibose orVoglibose Third Line:- Pioglitazone I hate thesemedicines personally. Loads of side effects Fourth Line:- Insulin Therapy for consistent FBS > 350mg/dl My note- Ihave specifically included this answer for present view and treatment by doctors. Periodicconsultation with doctor is required if one is prescribed metamorphin. If the blood sugar level is reduced, metamorphin mg has to be reduced.Other wise it may affect kidneys. Please look at the FBSlevels told. Q7 What is the 3rd largest river in theworld? A7 Krushna Patra, Tue The Yangtze River, known in ancient times as theJiangshui or Dajiang, referred to as the Jiang, is the longest river in Asiaand the third longest in the world. With a total length of 6,300 kms.The Dongfeng crosses southwest China (Qinghai, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan,Chongqing), central China (Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi) and eastern China (Anhui,Jiangsu) and flows into the East China Sea. in Shanghai. The Yangtze River basin coversone-fifth of mainland China's land area and supports one-third ofmainland China's population. The Yangtze River Economic Zone is also one of thelargest economic zones in China. Q8 What is the most badass moment ofIndian bureaucrats to Indian politicians? A8 Swatanshu Shekhar Singh, StudiedPolitics of India & Political History of India Updated 2y The man who pulled a biscuit from Rajiv Gandhi's mouth,saying that the Prime Minister should not eat anything that has not been testedbefore. He was IAS topperof 1955 batch, was the Chief Election Commissioner of India from the year 1990to 1996. Though he was labelled as a Congressman, but later the Congress itselfused to be troubled by his decisions. TN Seshan oftenjoked that I eat politicians in breakfast. In India, hardly any bureaucrathas earned more names than TN Seshan in the last three decades. In the nineties, there was a joke in India that Indian politicians areafraid of only two things - one is God, the other is TN Seshan. He was also thehighest rank cabinet secretary of the Indian bureaucracy with a clean image.After dissolving the BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradeshat one time, the then Minister Arjun Singh said that elections in these stateswill be held after a year.Seshan immediately issued a press release reminding that the ElectionCommission fixes the date of the election, not the minister. There is also avery interesting story of TN Seshan becoming the Chief Election Commissioner ofthe country. At around 1 o'clockon a cold December 1990 night, Union Commerce Minister Subramanian Swamy's white ambassador carstopped at a government house on Pandara Road, New Delhi. This housebelonged to the then Planning Commission member TN Seshan. He had arrived thereas the messenger of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and on arrival he gave hismessage, "Wouldyou like to be the next Chief Election Commissioner of India?" After Swami left,Sheshan got a call from Rajiv Gandhi and said he wanted to meet himimmediately. When he arrived , Rajiv Gandhi was waiting for him with a littleeagerness in his drawing room. " After a while,Rajiv Gandhi gave his consent to Seshan to accept the post of Chief ElectionCommissioner. But he was not very happy with it. When hecame to leave Seshan to the door, he teased him that This bearded man will curse the day he decided tomake you the Chief Election Commissioner. "By bearded man, Rajiv Gandhimeant Prime Minister Chandrasekhar. Once on August 15,Rajiv Gandhi was about to run from Vijay Chowk to India Gate with a lot ofpeople. He was wearing a track suit. TN Seshan at a short distance, all in aclosed-neck suit and trousers. Rajiv joked by looking at them, 'How in suit but are you standingthere? Come, run with us too. Your fatness will be reduced slightly.' Seshan repliedwith a sarcasm, "Some people have to stand upright so that the PrimeMinister of the country can run". After a while, thathappened, which Rajiv Gandhi was not expecting at all. He must have run for afew minutes now, that thesecurity guards surrounded him and brought him to a place where a car wasparked and whose engine was already on. " In a minute, theytook him to his house. Seshanwas instructed that there should be no messing with the security of the PrimeMinister. " Once SheikhAbdullah was placed under house arrest in Tamil Nadu in the sixties when Seshanwas the collector of Madurai. It is a matter ofthose days when Nehru put Sheikh under house arrest in a hotel 'LaughingWaters' on the banks of the famous Kodai lake in Tamil Nadu in the sixties. Seshan was thecollector of Madurai district at that time. He was given the responsibility toread every letter sent out by Sheikh. Sheikh Abdullah did not like this thing. The next day whenSeshan went to meet Sheikh, the letter was ready. The address on the envelope was written,"Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, President of India. " It had no effect on Seshan.Sheikh looked at Seshan in a winning posture and said, "Do you still wantto open it?" "Seshanreplied," I will open it in front of you. The address has no meaning forme. " One day,Sheikh announced that he would go on a fast unto death in protest of the badbehavior being done to him. "Seshan said,'Sir, it is my duty to take care of your every need. I will ensure that no one comes even before youwith a glass of water.'" TN Seshan wasappointed to the post of Chief Election Commissioner by Chandrasekhar'sgovernment. The first exampleof his independent tendency was found when he postponed the Lok Sabha electionsafter the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi without asking the then government. Why should TN Seshan be remembered, NOW? Not because he wasECI but also because when both BJP and Congress influenced and forced him tofight Presidential Election in 1997 on their Symbol. In spite all these he said“I had been on a constitutional post, will not join anyparty” and fought 1997 Elections independently. My note- Readagain the great words of the election commissioner-“I had been on aconstitutional post,look at the past tense used. Any post after retirementis no more. He is ordinary citizen of India, other than the perks he gets Q9 Is the street food businessprofitable in India? A9 Prasanna Bhalerao, M. Sc. inElectronics & Physics, Fergusson College, Pune2h Generally speaking, the food business is alwaysprofitable. It is also quite a recession proof businessand only a severe condition like a pandemic affects this industry. Street foodbusiness is less capital intensive because one doesn't have to buy or rent a huge place, buyexpensive gadgets, spend on furniture, decor and all that is required in a restaurant.There will not be a lot of employees; most are home run initiatives. Majorexpenses are raw ingredients, coming gas, and such consumables plus hafta.While the restaurant will have to maintain food and hygiene and routineinspections, as long asthe street food vendor maintains food taste and quality, it is enough.There is a lot of profit by means of markup. A simplecutting chai will cost ₹1~2 to makeand sells at ₹6~8. All that said … Street food business is veryhard, exhausting and demanding. The least of the effort, trouble, pain,etc., is standing for4-12 hours or whatever is the business period. During peak hours,customers can get demanding. The space where the shop is set up comes after a lot of “effort andunderstanding”. Q10 How do I drink plenty of water? Ialways forget to drink water because of laziness. A10 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now A questionasked for asking a question. When one is thirsty, he willrun to drink water from somewhere. Many cannot takeTiffin, snacks or meals without drinking water in between. There will be constipation and youwill find difficulty in passing stools if one does not drink water. In toilet, whileexperiencing difficulty for passing stool, and force to exert for pushingstool, experiencing a situation like life may end, your laziness will go and automatically drink water asrequired. I request Quora to keep a filter in permitting questions ofthis type All the above QA are from Quora website on 07-12-2022 Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan,former ITS, 79 years, on 08-12-2022 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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