NADAN is sung in sanga padalgal. Nanjil (kanyakumari) nadu is the place of origin. Shanan is not nadar though they claim to be and considered buy today's nadars as low caste. Sathur and Sivakasi are devided thus as shanar qand nadar. KR IRS
On Mon, 30 Jan 2023 at 12:49, 'venkat giri' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > > 1. *Respected Sir/s,* > > > *Q5 Who are Nadars? Why are they successful financially?* > > * NADAR **is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the > districts of Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar.* > > *The Nadar community was not a single caste, but developed from an > assortment of related subcastes,.Nadar community were traditionally wealthy > landlords and money lenders. Historically, most Nadars were cultivators of > Palmyra trees and Jaggery and a few were also involved. in the toddy > trade(a kind of liquor gathered from Palm trees). The martial art of Varma > Kalai was historically practiced by the Nadars.The Nadars are a hardworking > community and became successful after some struggles early on because of > the caste system.British rule in the southern districts introduced new > opportunities for trade and commerce, of which the Nadars took > advantage.Some Nadars emigrated from South India to Sri Lanka during the > British colonial era.* > * The > importance given to education by the Nadar community resulted in a drastic > improvement in the socio-economic landscape of the community, a distinction > reserved to upper classes of India. The Nadars are known for their work > mostly on small scale business. Most cities in Tamil Nadu will have a > grocery store run by a person from this community. They are even referred > to as ‘Annachi Kadai’ or ‘Nadar Kadai.’ The Nadars also have branched into > electronics, applicances and silverware retail mega-stores. > The Nadars are generally found throughout the Southern state of Tamilnadu. > By the end of 2005 , it is estimated that they would number around 10 > million. Their original area of concentration were the southern districts > of Tamilnadu. But varied business and academic interests brought them to > settle down in Coimbatore and Chennai and many more cities/towns as well.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Nadar community provided a lot of well known personalities to the world. > Some of them are listed below. DISTINGUISHED NADARS: Personalities 1. K > KAMARAJ NADAR – A well known Fredom Fighter and former Chief Minister of > Tamilnadu2. SHIV NADAR – Indian Bill Gates 3. TAMARAI KANI NADAR – Famous > Tamilnadu Politician 4. ATHIDHANAR & His Sons – Founder of the leading > Tamil Daily – Dinathandi – One of India’s most successful newspaper > empires. 5. P Raja Gopal Nadar – Founder of Hotel Saravana Bhavan Chain of > Restrurants 6. V G Paneer Das – Founder of V G P Grop of Companies, Madras > 7. Arasan A M S G Vijayakumar – Arasan Group of Companies, Sivakasi 8. > Thiru Kumari Anandan – Tamil Nadu Congress Former Chief 9. Mr.Selvaraj of > Saravana Stores, Madras 10. Mr.Vasantha Kumar – M/s Vasanth & CO 11. Mrs. > Sarguna Pandian, Famous Tamil Nadu Politician from Chennai 12. Mr.SHARATH > KUMAR NADAR– Tamil Film Actor 13. Ramarajan – Tamil Film Actor 14. Manuel > Aron, India’s Ist International Chess Master and the Ist chess player to be > honoured with the Arjuna Award 15. Mr. Vijay Amirtha Raj – Famous Tennis > player 16. Mr. Walter Devavram, DGP 17. Mr. Devasahayam IPS, I.G. of Police > Madras in the 50s 18. Mr. Arul (I.G Tamilnadu Police) 19. Mr. ALADI ARUNA, > Former Law Minister 20. Mr. P.H. Pandian M.P – Former Speaker of Tamilnadu > Assembly 21. Mr. Pon. Radhakrishnan M.P – Minister for State(Youth Affiars) > 22. Mr. Sailendra Babu .....DGP Tamil Nadu 23. Ma.Po.Sivagnanm ( Ma.Po.Si > <http://Ma.Po.Si>) – Tamilwriter and freedom fighter. > ......RegardsV.SridharanTrichy* > On Monday, 30 January, 2023 at 08:00:12 am IST, 'gopala krishnan' via > iyer123 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *CULTURAL QA 01-2023-30* > > *BEING A COMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS* > > Q1 Should you install a new air conditioner if the old one is > still functioning well? > > A1 Gopala Krishnan, Former Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 > at Department of Telecom (1966–2004)Just now > > About 20 years back while split AC was getting popular, because of the > safety with split AC *(thieves could not enter removing window AC*) in > India, many replaced working/ only 2–3 years old window AC with split AC. > > At present window AC is almost obsolete. Even split AC as age increase > many dispose for *technical safety when the maintenance staff intimate > so.* > > Q2 Why do agricultural societies around the world plant grain as > their main crop? Why not other more nutritious fruits, vegetables, and nuts? > > A2 Matt Riggsby, MA Archaeological Studies, Boston University Fri > > *Because they don’t want to die. And fruits/nuts/ vegetables are not “more > nutritious.”* > > There’s a really critical bit of history which large numbers of modern > people don’t understand: for most of our species existence, we were on the > brink of starvation. Just getting enough to hold body and soul together was > a significant challenge. *The first order of business was to produce food > which would provide enough energy to survive and keep going. Calories.* > the fuel our bodies run on, are nutrition, and in the broad sweep of > history they’re the most important nutrition. If you don’t get enough, you > die quickly, and up until the last century or so, getting enough on a > regular basis was a tremendous struggle. Getting too many calories, with > attendant issues of being overweight, just wasn’t on the menu, so to speak. > > *Cereal grains, then, were, in most places, the most readily available > domesticable crop which could produce dense calories* on relatively > compact areas of land (potatoes produce more calories per acre, but those > were limited to South America until the Colombian Exchange). *People grew > those because a typical Neolithic farmer could, fairly reliably, grow > enough of them over the course of a growing season to support a family* > (modulo periodic famines). As time went by and agricultural technology > slowly improved, those farmers could produce a small surplus which could be > sold elsewhere, leading to the growth of towns and cities with professional > craftsmen, priests, bureaucrats, rulers, and other non-farmers as opposed > to villages where everybody was a farmer. But the ratios were still pretty > punishing, with something like 90% of society into the Middle Ages being > made up of peasant farmers. Oh, and these farmers did also grow fruit, > nuts, and vegetables as the climate allowed, but as supplements to their > diet. If they had to live on cabbages and berries and such…well, they > wouldn’t live. > > Over the past century or two, the industrialization of agriculture has > turned that age-old equation on its head. Instead of huge numbers of > farmers feeding a small number of non-farmers, the farmers have become few > and the non-farmers many. In the developed world, at least, we’re also a > long, long way from the famines which plagued humanity in the past*. We > now have to worry about getting too many calories, not too few. But that’s > not because grains aren’t nutritious.* It’s because we get too much of > them. And we really haven’t figured out how we can deal with this brand > new problem of dangerous abundance. > > Q3 What do cruise ships do with unsold cabins? > > A3 Dansbooks, Former Corporate Finance at Various, Consultant > Jan 22 > > *They sometimes give great deals to people who are able to make last > minute plans*…or game the system > > A few years ago, my wife and I decided to take a week long cruise to > Alaska. The cost was listed at $1,499/person for a nice cabin. In doing my > research, I saw that there were three large cruise ships (Princess, > Norwegian, and Carnival) leaving from Seattle on the same day (September > 1). That meant at least 10,000 passengers would be needed to fill all those > slots. > > I called all three cruise lines, plus a number of agencies that negotiated > cruises, about six months before the cruises left and *told them that I > wanted a nice, outside cabin with a balcony and would pay no more than $500 > per person*. They literally laughed at me. I left my name and number. > > About three months before the cruises, I started getting calls. The price > was down to $1,249 per person. They assured me this was the best price they > had seen. I told them when they got down to $500/person, let me know. > > About that time, I booked round trip flights for my wife and I to Seattle. > I didn’t have a cruise, but I was sure we would get one. > > A month before the cruises left, I was receiving more calls. *Now I could > book a cruise for the absolutely unbelievable price of just $999 per > person. Again I explained that my price was $500 per person.* > > About a week before the cruises left, I was still receiving calls. Now > they were offering us spots for $799/person. I politely told them no, but > to let me know when the price was $500/person. > > Two days before the cruise, I was offered $649/person. I thanked them. > > The evening before the cruise, I received the call I was waiting for. We > were offered our nice cabins for $489/person. I accepted. We flew to > Seattle the next morning, did some brief sightseeing, then left on our > cruise…at a third of the price many others paid. Our cruise cost less than > $1,000 total, and because I had booked flights well in advance, the airfare > was $158/person—a total of $1,300 for two airfare and a week long cruise to > Alaska on Princess. > > Q4 What are the worst urban planning mistakes in history around > the world? > > A4 Violetta Calvino, Fri > > > > In ancient China, *the city of Kaifeng was the capital of the Northern > Song dynasty, but it was located on flood-prone land and had poor drainage > system*, causing it to be repeatedly devastated by floods, leading to the > decline of the city as a political and economic center.[1] > > Footnotes[1]Kaifeng: Old Kaifeng government headquarters > > Q5 Who are Nadars? Why are they successful financially in Tamil > Nadu, India? > > A5 Thangiah Kannan, Interested in day today happenings > (2020–present)Jan 21 > > This question is added by quora prompt generator. > > Ki. Aa. Pe. Viswanathan noted social activist once commented, *“Nadar is > the community which uplift their financial as well as social status* by > providing higher education to their women folk and equal status for them in > their home affairs and decision making “. > > That is the gist for the emergence of Nadar community as the financial > power horse in Tamilnadu. > > *Major grocery retail business is covered by them having their family > members as workers* and partners in the initial stages and then chain of > stores then super markets. *That is how Saravana stores, VGP and numerous > chain stores emerged*. > > In every family of Nadars you will find post graduate girls as wife, > sister, mother and in almost every family they will be the finance minister. > And almost atleast a person from every family has working in a foreign > soil in a better position as software engineer, sales executive or > businessman who always lend financial help to the other members from his > family to start a business. > > *Sivakasi, one of the highest percapita income city owed it’s status > purely because of the hard work of Nadars there*. Offset presses, Fire > cracker units are the major industries there. Every owner knew the running > of the machinary there and can attend any repair them selves. > > *Most of the Nadars prefer businesses over jobs and for jobs they usually > opt for higher end foreign jobs.* > > In fine *Nadars originated from the erstwhile travancore Samasthanam* > propelled themselves to this position through education. You can find an > educational institution run by their sangam almost every city, semi urban > and rural areas of south catering to the needs of lakhs of students. > > *My note- Sivakasi is the production centre of match* boxes and famous > for chilli cultivation in an area distant from town at Vembakottai. I was > juniour Engineer at Sivaasi from 1972- 1974. > > Q6 Why in all local trains of Chennai, light goes off before > Tambram station? > > A6 Avadhutta...B.,Customer Service Specialist at > Telecommunications (2008–present)Jan 22 > > The reason why lights go off before Tambaram station in local trains of > Chennai is because *Tambaram is the terminal station for some of the > local train services in Chennai*. When the train reaches Tambaram > station, the lights are turned off as a signal to passengers that the train > has reached the end of the line and is about to terminate. > > It is also possible that the lights are turned off for energy conservation > or safety reasons as the train is approaching the end of the line and > entering the train yard. > > It's worth mentioning that this might be a practice of Chennai suburban > railway and other cities may have different practice. > > Q7 Would an unpainted plane be more efficient? > > A7 Michael Jarosz,· 2y > > Airlines care about the weight of a plane. Paint is heavy, therefore an > unpainted plane will weigh less than a painted plane. *Most people think > of paint as a thin film over a substrate. How much could a thin film like > that weigh? A lot, actually.* > > Think of it this way. Forget the thin film and think about the liquid > paint while it’s still in the can. You’ve painted your living room haven’t > you? *Pick up that gallon can of Ben Moore. Heavy isn’t it?* Now pick up > the two or three cans you’re likely to need for the two-coat paint job > you’ve planned. Most of that weight, minus the cans, is going up on your > walls. > > Same thing with an airplane. Except they use paint by the barrel, not the > gallon cans from Home Depot the way you do. > > If an owner chooses not to paint their planes, the aluminum will need some > sort of protection. *The aluminum outer skin of a plane must be > protected,* because aluminum exposed to the elements develops a coating > of aluminum oxide over time, similar to the way iron develops rust (ferric > oxide Fe2O3). > > *Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) is an interesting* compound. Ever notice how the > aluminum storm windows on your house are a dull gray and rough to the > touch, like fine sandpaper? That’s aluminum oxide. In fact, it is > incredibly hard and is sold commercially by chemical firms as an abrasive. > But a rough coating of aluminum oxide on the surface of a plane will induce > drag, an undesirable effect. > > *So the owner is faced with a choice: protect the surface with paint or > some other substance, or else keep the aluminum polished, a maintenance > chore that has to be repeated often over the life of the aircraft.* > > Q8 How on earth did people in the UK cope before we had central > heating? > > A8 Michael Anderson,Lives in London Dec 26 > > I didn’t live anywhere with central heating until I left home to go to > university. Winters were awful. *Whoever got up first had to clean out > and light the fire, which had a back boiler that was the only source of hot > water.* My mum used to turn on the oven in the kitchen so we could dress > for school in front of it. *As my father was a miner we got a cheap coal > allowance but many of our neighbours couldn’t afford enough for the whole > week* and would burn anything they could lay their hands on. It was > horrible and I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. > > Q9 Do you Know why IRCTC does not allow you to choose seats? > > A9 Ram Kushwah, · 7mo > > Would you believe that the technical reason behind this is PHYSICS. *Booking > a seat in a train is far more different than booking a seat in a theater.* > Theater is a hall, whereas train is a moving object. So safety concern is > very high in trains. Indian railways ticket booking software is designed in… > > *So safety concern is very high in trains.* > > Indian railways ticket booking software is designed in such a way that *it > will book tickets in a manner that will distribute the load evenly in a > train.* > > Let me take an example to make things more clear : Imagine there are > sleeper class coaches in a train numbered S1, S2 S3... S10, and in every > coach there are 72 seats. > > *So when some one first books a ticket, software will assign a seat in the > middle coach like S5, middle seat numbered between 30-40, and preferably > lower berths (*Railways first fills the lower berths than upper one so as > to achieve low centre of gravity.) > > And the software books seats in such a way that all *coaches have uniform > passenger distribution* and seats are filled starting from the middle > seats (36) to seats near the gates i.e 1-2 or 71-72 in order from lower > berth to upper. > > Railways just want to ensure a proper balance that each coach should have > for equal load distribution. > > That is why when you book a ticket at the last, you are always allotted an > upper berth and a seat numbered around 2-3 or 70, except when you are not > taking a seat of someone who has cancelled his/her seat. > > What if the railways book tickets randomly ? A train is a moving object > which moves around at a speed of around 100km/hr on rails. So there are a > lot of forces and mechanics acting on the train. > > Just imagine if S1, S2, S3 are completely full and S5, S6 are completely > empty and others are partially full. *When the train takes a turn, some > coaches face maximum centrifugal force and some minimum, and this creates a > high chance of derailment of the train.* > > This is a very technical aspect, and when brakes are applied there will be > different braking forces acting at each of the coaches because of the huge > differences in weight of coach, so stability of train becomes an issue > again. > > *I felt that this is a good information worth sharing*, as often > passengers blame the Railways citing inconvenient seats/ berths allotted to > them. > > Footnotes[1]Do you Know why IRCTC does not allow you to choose seats? > > *My note- The facts told are **not 100% correct **arguments. * > > *As a physics person, I have the following to say,* > > 1. Comparing to the weight of the coach the weight of 72 passengers x60 > Kg is not a high figure. *If there are only 3-4 passengers in a coach > did they feel any difference from fully filled other than little > suffocation?* > > 2. Some coaches are allotted to reservation from certain stations. They > go vacant till the station > > 3. *Passengers may get down at Random. Need not be uniform. * > > 4. There are lower berth kept in reserve for pregnant women etc. > > 5. Where as many youngsters prefer upper berth only elders desire low > berths > > Q10 What civilisations did the Romans consider to be > ancient? > > A10 Steven Haddock,Studied at York University (Canada)Sat > > *Egypt of course!* By the time the Roman empire was at its height, > Egyptian civilization had been around for 3,000 years. Romans were > literally awestruck by Egyptian palaces, temples, the Sphinx and, of > course, the pyramids. They also realized that by the time they arrived in > the 1st century B.C.E. to exert their influence that the pyramids were > already several centuries old. *In fact, Cleopatra lived closer to the > opening of the first Pizza Hut than she did to the completion of the Great > Pyramid of Egypt.* > > By the time of the 30th dynasty and the Roman arrival under Julius Caesar, > the ruling elite in Egypt were Greek, and they had been there hundreds of > years. *Caesar and Cleopatra would have been able to converse in Greek, > although the Egyptians also had their own language, including two forms of > written language* > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 29-01- 2023.* > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* > > *Compiled **and posted by R. 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