T N Seshan and street food nothing more to add; the latter is avoidable as buying the disease by paying money; the former is he is a good politician without any commitments, who used his power when he rose to th position but not all the time when he held the posts. No one was afraid of no one. All existed for sometime and walked off. The time settles everything. HP gain 2017 18 seats and now lost the same. Delhi flying better. Guj unexpected. People are schemers and unreliable. KR
On Thu, 8 Dec 2022 at 15:01, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > *CULTURAL QA 12-2022-**08* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Q1 What is the life of a loco pilot in Indian railways like? Do > they earn more than an IAS officer? > > A1 Harish Solanki, *Informartics assistant 2018 batch* Sat > > My best friend is a loco pilot so my review very genuine. > > No comparison between 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 got around 60–70k including all running allowance. *But an IAS > officer starting salary 50–60k and perks excluded*. If we include all > perks like gadi, banglow,nokar chakar and mali its around 2–3 lack minimum. > So you can assume what is is reality of loco pilot job. > > Loco pilot life very hectic and more responsible even they don't have > toilets in train engine and imagine in summer time which level of > temperature in train engine but IAS sahab AC se bahar hi nahi niklte hai > garmi me. > > *My note- The senior loco pilots gets good pay and over time and stay in > comfortable quarters*. The class 1 officers in railway are paid equal or > more than IAS officers with almost similar facilities. But it is a fact > they have no power like an IAS officer functioning as a District collector. > > Q2 What proven strategies do companies use to get you to spend > more money? > > A2 Rini George, Qualities in human beings Sat > > *Not a company but all pavbhaji joints do this.* They serve us a plate > like this on ordering bhaji pav. > > Now you all know that *two pav won't be enough to finish that big serving > of bhaji*. You end up buying more pav. 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 *whenever I search for things that i need to add to cart to > get to 499 /- those items are not 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 over 499/- which sometimes you don't > even need that much. > > *D-mart offers.. they are so damn good nobody* bothers to check the list > they actually came to buy and end up overspending. > > Q3 Why are Idlis and Dosas considered as breakfast mostly in > South Indian families when they are traditionally eaten any time of day? > > A3 Gautham Sampath, Former Software Tester Tue > > To confirm my answer, *I just again re enquired now with my 87 year old > Grandma about the points I am going to tell here.* > > Idlies and Dosas became breakfast and dinner in Southern Indian families *only > after Independence because of the changing work conditions. They were not > eaten traditionally daily nor eaten any time of the day!* > > *My grandma tells that they used to eat Idlies and Dosas only on festivals > or on special occasions and it was not a daily food.* > > They used to make Idlies and Dosas on the morning of festivals as light > breakfast as the festival means its celebrated in afternoons and evenings > and thus Idlies and Dosas 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 have Mixies and Grinders and preparing batter is easy but > those times they used to hand grind in stone grinders and it’s not a eat > task. > > One has to sit at least 1 hour to grind some 2 kg soaked rice and as > majority were agriculturists its not some easy task to do daily, so they > did the batter preparation only before the festival or function time. > > But as time changed, *when Hotels and restaurants sprung up, they heavily > advertised Idlies and Dosas* The taste is special na but if I just > deliver the same millets that is eaten is home, it will become boring . > > So they started to sell Idlies and Dosas with varieties of Chutneys. Also > Dosas and Idlies are soft and you know it can be eaten very easily with > minutes but millet foods take time to eat. > > *We still in homes don’t do so much variety of Chutneys in a single day > right?* > > But with the change in lifestyle and heavy intake of rice, Diabetes have > become a huge problem in Southern India. > > Probably we should go back to our age old millet foods! > > *My note- Is there heavy intake? Normally growing* children and > youngsters eat a little more and aged eat less or very less. > > When one elderly close relative ten years elder to me told about 10 > years back that he eat about a handful of rice and fruits, it was strange > to me. But now I eat the same quantity only. Eating more rice is not the > reason for increasing diabetics > > Q4 How often do you clean your house, and who is typically > responsible for cleaning what areas? > > A4 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 > at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > I am answering from Chennai, India. Myself and wife are aged above 70 and > a lady servant clean the kitchen vessels, inside cleaning and moping and > front of home in the morning. *In the night I take meals late and I make > sure kitchen is cleaned,* *vessels in sink are given a primary cleaning > and dining table is kept cleaned.* > > Small outside cleaning and watering plants in the compound is done by me. > Wife takes care of all cooking jobs, and prayer room upkeeping. > > *Once a fortnight skilled workers are deployed for neat cleaning 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 in Chennai.*It is called Ura in Tamil. * > > Once a quarter water tank and sump are cleaned. Cobweb removal, window > cleaning etc are done by 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 AC chair car and a non-AC > chair car on an Indian Railways train like the Shatabdi or Rajdhani > Express/Mail train? > > A5 Sanjiv Mitragotri, Railways user and operations 2h > > *Rajdhani or Shatabdi express trains are Fully air-conditioned trains.*So > the question of non AC coaches is irrelevant. > > Moreover Rajdhani express trains no longer have Chair car coaches and they > are fully sleeper coach 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 trains were replaced > with AC 3Tier coaches.* > > *My note- All satabdi are having AC chair car.* In executive class they > are more comfortable and charged more. > > *Non AC chaircars are there in express trains running in day time. They > are cramped**. When general class is crowded many passengers enter and > sit at windows and toilet areas. TTR checking is in effective in my > experience in Chennai- Bangalore section. * > > Q6 What is the most popular medicine to treat a type 2 diabetic > person nowadays? > > A6 Dr.Vignesh Basaviah (Kodiak Bear), Physician at Margosa Road > (2020–present)Sun > > *Fasting Sugar levels of 180 or below can be managed without medication if > the patient is less than 55 years of age.* > > High Fiber Low Sugar Diets, More Meals a day in smaller portions, Stopping > all alcohol, caffeine, cigarettes, Fruit juices instead of milk, Egg > Whites, Fish, Chappatis instead 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 manage glycogen > conversion and reducing insulin resistance and increasing insulin > production* > > Typically *Metaformin *comes in 1000 mg, 2000 mg or 500 mg per tablet > dose and Glimperide comes in 1 mg and 2 mg per tablet dose. Its usually > enough > > *Second Line :- AGIs or Alpha Glucosinase Inhibitors* if FBS is more than > 250 but less than 340 mg/dl > > They promote rapid conversion of carbohydrates > > Typically ends in ‘ose’ like *Edibose or Voglibose* > > *Third Line:- Pioglitazone* > > I hate these medicines personally. Loads of side effects > > *Fourth Line:- Insulin Therapy for consistent FBS > 350* mg/dl > > My note- I have specifically included this answer for present view and > treatment by doctors. Periodic consultation 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 FBS levels told. > > Q7 What is the 3rd largest river in the world? > > A7 Krushna Patra, Tue > > *The Yangtze River, known in ancient times as the Jiangshui or Dajiang, > referred to as the Jiang, is the longest river in Asia and 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 > covers one-fifth of mainland China's land* area and supports one-third of > mainland China's population. The Yangtze River Economic Zone is also one of > the largest economic zones in China. > > Q8 What is the most badass moment of Indian bureaucrats to > Indian politicians? > > A8 Swatanshu Shekhar Singh, Studied Politics 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 tested before.* > > He was IAS topper of 1955 batch, was the Chief Election Commissioner of > India from the year 1990 to 1996. Though he was labelled as a Congressman, > but later the Congress itself used to be troubled by his decisions. > > TN Seshan often joked that I eat politicians in breakfast. In India, > hardly any bureaucrat has earned more names than TN Seshan in the last > three decades. In the nineties, there was a joke in India that Indian > politicians are afraid of only two things - one is God, the other is TN > Seshan. > > He was also the highest rank cabinet secretary of the Indian bureaucracy > with a clean image. After dissolving the BJP governments in Madhya > Pradesh, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh at one time, the then Minister > Arjun Singh said that elections in these states will be held after a year*. > Seshan immediately issued a press release reminding that the Election > Commission fixes the date of the election, not the minister.* > > There is also a very interesting story of TN Seshan becoming the Chief > Election Commissioner of the country. > > At around 1 o'clock on a cold December 1990 night, *Union Commerce > Minister Subramanian Swamy's white ambassador car stopped at a government > house on Pandara Road, New Delhi.* This house belonged to the then > Planning Commission member TN Seshan. He had arrived there as the messenger > of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and on arrival he gave his message, *"Would > you 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 him immediately. When he arrived , Rajiv Gandhi was waiting for him > with a little eagerness in his drawing room. " > > After a while, Rajiv Gandhi gave his consent to Seshan to accept the post > of Chief Election Commissioner. But he was not very happy with it. When > he came to leave Seshan to the door, he teased him that *This bearded man > will curse the day he decided to make you the Chief Election Commissioner. > "By bearded man, Rajiv Gandhi meant Prime Minister Chandrasekhar.* > > Once on August 15, Rajiv Gandhi was about to run from Vijay Chowk to India > Gate with a lot of people. He was wearing a track suit. TN Seshan at a > short distance, all in a closed-neck suit and trousers. *Rajiv joked by > looking at them, 'How in suit but are you standing there? Come, run with us > too. Your fatness will be reduced slightly*.' > > Seshan replied with a sarcasm, "Some people have to stand upright so that > the Prime Minister of the country can run". > > After a while, that happened, which Rajiv Gandhi was not expecting at all. > He must have run for a few minutes now, that the security guards > surrounded him and brought him to a place where a car was parked and whose > engine was already on. " > > In a minute, they took him to his house. Seshan was instructed that there > should be no messing with the security of the Prime Minister. " > > Once Sheikh Abdullah was placed under house arrest in Tamil Nadu in the > sixties when Seshan was the collector of Madurai. > > It is a matter of those days when Nehru put Sheikh under house arrest in a > hotel 'Laughing Waters' on the banks of the famous Kodai lake in Tamil Nadu > in the sixties. > > Seshan was the collector of Madurai district at that time. He was given > the responsibility to read every letter sent out by Sheikh. Sheikh Abdullah > did not like this thing. > > The next day when Seshan 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 want to open it?"* > > "Seshan replied," I will open it in front of you. The address has no > meaning for me. " One day, Sheikh announced that he would go on a fast > unto death in protest of the bad behavior 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 you with a glass of water.*'" > > TN Seshan was appointed to the post of Chief Election Commissioner by > Chandrasekhar's government. > > The first example of his independent tendency was found when he postponed > the Lok Sabha elections after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi without > asking the then government. > > *Why should TN Seshan be remembered, NOW?* > > Not because he was ECI but also because when both BJP and Congress > influenced and forced him to fight Presidential Election in 1997 on their > Symbol. In spite all these he said “I had been on a constitutional post, > will not join any party” and fought 1997 Elections independently. > > My note- Read again the great words of the election commissioner- “I had > been on a constitutional post, look at the past tense used. Any post > after retirement is no more. He is ordinary citizen of India, other than > the perks he gets > > Q9 Is the street food business profitable in India? > > A9 Prasanna Bhalerao, M. Sc. in Electronics & Physics, > Fergusson College, Pune2h > > *Generally speaking, the food business is always profitable*. It is also > quite a recession proof business and only a severe condition like a > pandemic affects this industry. > > Street food business is less capital intensive because *one doesn't have > to buy or rent a huge place, buy expensive 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. Major expenses are raw > ingredients, coming gas, and such consumables plus hafta. While the > restaurant will have to maintain food and hygiene and routine inspections, *as > long as the street food vendor maintains food taste and quality, it is > enough*. There is a lot of profit by means of markup. A simple cutting > chai will cost ₹1~2 to make and sells at ₹6~8. > > All that said … Street food business is very hard, exhausting and > demanding. The least of the effort, trouble, pain, etc., is *standing for > 4-12 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 and understanding”.* > > Q10 How do I drink plenty of water? I always forget to drink > water because of laziness. > > A10 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 > at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > A question asked for asking a question. When one is thirsty, he will run > to drink water from somewhere. > > Many cannot take Tiffin, snacks or meals without drinking water in > between. *There will be constipation and you will find difficulty in > passing stools if one does not drink water.* > > In toilet, while experiencing difficulty for passing stool, and force to > exert for pushing stool, experiencing a situation like life may end, your > laziness will go and automatically drink water as required. > > *I request Quora to keep a filter in permitting questions of this 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 > "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/iyer123/1827044971.726116.1670491870330%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/1827044971.726116.1670491870330%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/CAL5XZop7QG2iH4x_4FXULRQyAkvFX0foHSQD2kLp%2Bs7COEj1Cg%40mail.gmail.com.
