CULTURALQA 05-2023-17 Q1 What is an “Only in Japan” moment?
A1 Magpie, Knows Japanese20h I was traveling toRishikesh from Delhi few months back and it is my habit to arrive early atairport and eat the tasty food at the airport lounge and wait for the flight. Iwas comfortably sitting and was waiting for the time to pass, I noticed amiddle aged women came right in front of my seat and was preparing to settledown. I saw a redpassport and figured out she was a Japanese. I was enthusiasticand wanted to start a conversation with her as I am learning Japanese. When shesettled down, hesitantly I asked her "Sumimasen, Nihonjin des ne"(Excuse me, you are a Japanese right). She replied "Yes" happily andshe came and sat on the seat beside me. Then we continuedtalking a talk in our broken Japanese and English and using translator for 1hour maybe. Then I toldher that I am going to Rishikesh for learning Yoga and next what she did wasextremely warm and heart touching. She opened herpurse, pulled out a 5 yen Japanese coin and gave it to me. She wished me goodluck for my yoga class and gave that coin as a sign of good relationship. Later I came to know that Japanesepeople usually offer 5 yen coin at shrines and it is considered pious.It wassuch a nice gesture..!!! Q2 What are the secrets of Jagannathtemple which are beyond the understanding of scientists? A2 Surendra Kumar Kumawat,Apr 10 There are some suchsecrets of Jagannath temple which are beyond the understanding of even science.(must read) This temple locatedin Puri (Odisha) is one of the four dhams of Hinduism. Jagannath is theform of Shri Krishna. He is seated in Puri with his brother Balabhadra (Balram)and sister (Subhadra). Temple of Shadow :- No matter what time of theday it is, this grand temple of Shri Jagannath ji does not cast any shadow. Yes, Jagannath templedoes not cast a shadow! Some attribute it to divine power while others claim thatthis phenomenon is due to the magnificent architecture of the Jagannath Temple. Mahabhog When food is prepared for God and it is enjoyed. Tillthen there is no smell in the food. But when it is received by the Tridevas andtaken to the devotees, the Mahaprasad starts emanating divine fragrance. Shri Vishnu takesfood in Puri Dham. That is why Mahabhog is very important. The number ofdevotees in the temple varies from a few thousand to one lakh. The surprisingthing is that whatever may be the number of devotees, the amount of Prasad isaccurate, it never falls short and never goes waste. My note- It is just the opposite in Naga temples inKerala. After Naga worship the payasam given to devotees has no fragrance. NagaBali is performed in Ameda temple near Ernakulam in Kerala. The loss of fragrance is more prominent here. Geographical Wonder Normally, seabreeze blows from sea to land in the morning and from land to sea in theevening. But inJagannath Puri exactly the opposite happens. The flag on top of the temple alwaysflies against the direction of the wind. The reason forthis is beyond the understanding of even scientists. The wonderful thing is that wherever you stand inPuri, you will see the Sudarshan Chakra sitting on top of the temple facingyou. The weight of the wheel is up to one ton. It isanother mystery that how such a heavy and huge wheel was installed at such aheight in ancient times when no machinery was available. Simhadwaram is the main entrance to the temple. When youenter from Simhadwaram, you can clearly hear the sound of the waves.But as soon as you cross the Sinhadwaram and enter the temple, you will nothear the sound of the waves at all. Soundproof technology? or a miracle? The miracles of thetemple do not end here. There are manyother things which are completely beyond science and human understanding.If these are not divinepowers then what are they? Do visit Puri onceto feel this divinity.Jai Jagannath Mahaprabhu.Jai Shri Ram.Hare Krishna Q3 What are some of the most awesomepsychological facts? A3 Wrimmy, Lives in New York City(2001–present)1y 1) 80% of peoplewould write their name if asked to write something with a new pen. 2) If a person laughs at a low quality jokethen he is suffering from loneliness. 3) The big toeindicates the nervous weakness hidden by the other fingers, indicating that theperson wants to be unnoticed by many. 4) Psychology isthe first 6 seconds of meeting with someone, the first impression about him isformed. 5) It is a provenfact that our response to any situation is capable of radically changing thatsituation. 6) Many times someone's indifference indicates his utmostcare which he does not want to express. 7) If you writedown negative thoughts and throw them away like garbage, your mood will getbetter. 8) In 90% of cases,those whose handwriting is bad are more creative than usual. ***9) It has been proven that orange helps reduceanxiety. That's why doctors recommend eating an orange before going to work. My note- Newinformation to me. However persons in sick bed and serious are given orange, ifit is season. 10) Never revealyour goals to anyone. It produces the equivalent effect of achieving goals inthe brain. 11) When surrounded by plants, the brain releasescertain chemicals which increase the thinking power of the brain. That's why walking in the garden is part of some psychiatric procedures. 12) Theconversation of the parents with the child becomes the language of his mind. 13) 8 positivestatements disable a negative statement. 14) If someone'sfoot is back towards you during the story-gossip with many people, then itshould be understood that he is interested in you. 15. If a girl likes you, she will play with her hairwhile talking to you. 16) You will rarely die in your dreams, if you die inyour dreams then you have started something new in life. 17) Dream is aconversation between you and your subconscious mind. Q4 Can you share something worth 90M viewsand upvotes? A4 Souvik Sengupta, Updated 7mo Yesterday nightwhen I booked my uber, Mr. Rakesh came to pick me up. After the ride started I noticed that he paused hisYouTube video and started navigation. After a while hewent back to the video and resumed from where he left. I could not resist myself from asking: Bhaiya, App kyadekh rahe ho? (Sir, what are you watching?) Bhaiya, ye currentaffairs aur economics ke baare mai batata hai. (Sir, this channel has content on Current affairs and economics) Badhiya hai bhaiya!Aap koi exam dene wale ho? (Ohh amazing, are you planning to give any exams?) Nahi, meri ladkiUPSC ki tayarri kar rahi hai toh mai bhi usse thoda help kar deta hoon, harsham jab vo library se aati hai toh hum aise charcha karte hai. (No, mydaughter is preparing for UPSC and we have a round of discussions on thesetopics once she is back from library) This is Naya Bharat.Efforts > Excuses #collected#credits- Linkedin (Abhijeet Mutha) Q5 What is the brutal truth about people? A5 Sherry Cam, Psychological Counsellor (2014-present),LA Apr 11 The worst battle isbetween what you know and what you feel. ***People starthating you when they cannot control you. My note- ***Ha,ha, ha, this could be the reason for abusing mails one to one by the memberxxx. Never assume thatloud is strong and quiet is weak. Feelings aretemporary; decisions are permanent. Most people don’tactually want the best version of you, they want the version of you that bestserves them. It’s not how bigthe house is, it’s how happy the home is. Don’t trust toomuch, don’t love too much, that ‘too much’ can hurt you so much. Sometimes you haveto stay busy so you don’t have time to feel. My note- Ienjoyed the above answerting points Q6 How do I change my Airtel postpaid toprepaid? A6 Kunal Singh, Director (2017–present)5y Simple steps:- Clear youroutstanding post-paid bill for the current month. Carry all yourdocuments like (PAN/Voter ID, Adhaar card). Reach out a Airteloutlet. (you can locate one in the Airtel app or airtel.in) Show them thepayment receipt of the post-paid bill and request to migrate it to prepaid. After allformalities, they will give you a new sim and you can start using it afteractivation. (Activation usually takes 3–6 hours). Keep in mind: Post paid are forpeople who are involved in a business or a job where frequent calling is neededor a person who makes 50+ calls per day. Or you are too rich to worry about apost-paid bill. Post-paid connections can become hectic at times. My note- I donot agree to this point. I was initially having single airtel prepaidSIM before 16 years. BSNLwas in high demand. There was an announcement it can be made post-paid. I felt it was advantageous to make overseas call to my son and daughterfor prolonged time. But alas, I found post- paid has no ISD facility. I contacted airtel and paid an advance for ISD facility and got it. Later their onefamily one bill announcement came, I attachedmy notepad SIM, a connection to my son which will work on arriving in Indiaautomatically, and later an internetbox. It helps me to make on line payments assuring power disconnection will notaffect the payment and emergency usage when power is not there. ( I haveUPS supply in one plug point, and use it when Laptop battery power hasexhausted and urgent work is there. I get a combined bill for ,which amounts to 1500-00 roughly. No botheration of on line recharge.BSNL connection I got later is kept prepaid. Disadvantages: Will costmore while national roaming, and much more in international roaming.You need to pay themonthly rental, which usually starts with 300/month(exc. of taxes) even if youdid not make a single call all month. Some of theinternet provider never notify you when you cross your monthly data limit ofyour pack and they start charging you like 10p/10kb and you will get to knowthis at the billing date. If youmistakenly miss a single due date, get ready to get your outgoing first andthen incoming calls barred. Conclusion!Prepaid is the best. No call barring issues, No overlappingdata usage, No such drama. Recharge & use as at! Q7 What is one heart warming gesture yourecently witnessed? A7 Shweta Singh, Software Engineer10mo Indore based techieAditya Tiwari once went to orphanage to distribute sweets. There he sawAvnish, a little boy who was the only one who hadn't been adopted due to downsyndrome, weak eyesight, 2 holes in heart, problem in knees. Authorities werelooking for foreign adoption since they are less discriminative against specialchild. Aditya decidedto adopt this little baby boy with the help of Madhya Pradesh welfare minister. When he adopted this child, people judged him because hewas then 26 yr old unmarried. He was judged to be incapable of fathering achild or having this baby outside wedlock. Aditya preparedhimself by joining national network of parents with Down's syndrome children just to get education on specialchild's needs. At present, one of the holes of Avnish heart has beenhealed, he has learnt to walk without support. Aditya got married just after 1year of adoption. They even trekkedto the Himalayas and hoisted the Indian flag at height of 5500 metres fromEverest Base Camp. I really admirepeople like Aditya who goes beyond societal norms just to make this world abeautiful place for kids like Avnish. Such men in societyneeds to be appreciated and encouraged. My heart is giving him all the goodblessings and wishes. Q8 Who played the role of elder brother inthe marriage of Lord Shiva and Mother Parvati? A8 Surendra Kumar Kumawat,5h Lord Vishnu playedthe role of elder brother in the marriage of Shiva Shakti. Mother Parvati made Lord Vishnu her elder brother. Lord Narayan, themost beloved of the trinity, is the sustainer of the universe. It is believedthat whenever the burden of unrighteousness increases on the earth, thenNarayan comes to the earth. Once the demons created such terror that LordVishnu himself, the protector of the world, was unable to protect the earth fromthem. The meeting of Mother Parvati and Shiva was very necessary for thekilling of the said demon and for the protection of the universe. Tadkasur'skilling was possible only by the children of Shiva and Shakti, so all the godsetc. wanted that the marriage of Devadhidev Mahadev and Mother Parvati shouldbe completed soon, but Mahadev decided to stay in the samadhi away from thenoise of the world in the far away caves. had decided. Therefore, the deitiesthemselves had to cooperate with destiny for the union of Shiva and Shakti. Mother Parvati's penance Mother Parvati wasdoing penance while consuming the leaves of the Bilva tree. There came a stagein penance when mother had to worship Shivling to get Lord Shiva, but mothercould not think of any solution for this. Narad Muni's arrival. Seeing Mata Parvatiworried, Narad Muni came to Mata Parvati and said, 'O Devi', the expressions ofworry are clearly visible on your face, tell me what is the problem? Respondingto Muni's words, Mother Parvati said, "O Devarshi, remove my worries. Youare omniscient. I have to worship the Shivling, from where can I get theShivling of God? Method of Parthiv Shivling After listening toMother Parvati, Devarshi Narad said, “O Goddess, why are you worried? Build anearthly Shivling using clay and prove your worship etc. by anointing it etc.Saying this he disappeared. Mother's failure in making Shivling Mother had nevermade Shivling, so she was failing repeatedly in trying to make Shivling fromdry soil. Seeing her in this condition, Narayan assumed the form of a Brahmin and reached thatplace to help Parvati. Coming of Lord Vishnu Lord Vishnu toldGoddess Parvati, O Goddess, you are looking worried. Hearing this, the goddessreplied, 'O brother', since long I have been trying to build a Shiva Linga, butI am not able to do this great work. Shivling made by Vishnu Shri Hari becameemotional after hearing the words of brotherhood from the mouth of MotherParvati and tears fell from his eyes on that soil, due to which that soilbecame wet. Now God, being the elder brother of Mother Parvati, made a ParthivShivling from that soil for her. Later Lord Vishnuhimself played the role of elder brother of Mother Parvati in the marriage ofShivshakti.Om Vishnave Namah: Q9 Who is the most badass person inhistory that no one knows about? A9 Lindsay Elizabeth, Cynical idealist. Updated2y As everything was going to shit, Charles Joughin wasremarkably calm. When the RMSTitanic hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912, even the ship’s staff was in a stateof panic. No one stepped up to the plate to take charge. In fact, most of thestaff were running around just as frantically as the passengers. So, our boyCharles stepped in. Charles was headbaker and fittingly, his first order of business was sending loaves of bread tothe lifeboats so people would have food to last until they were rescued. He continued by helping others onto their boats until hereached his own. Only instead of hopping on, he forced a group of women andchildren on, saving their lives. The icy waterfilled the ship quickly and Charles was fully aware that his chance of survivalwas slim at best, so he did what any person would do: get drunk out of theirmind. He went to his cabin and got as much whiskey as he could.On his way, he threw chairs into the ocean for people to use as flotationdevices. And then hejumped off the ship, into the freezing water.He spent hours in the unforgivingAtlantic ocean. Most died in minutes. The alcoholcoursing through his body fought off the cold and kept him alive.“Iwas just paddling and treading water,” he said. As dawn broke, he found a lifeboat and swam towards it,only to find that there was no space for him. Luckily, another nearby boat had room and he managed toclimb on.They were rescued soon after and there was no illness or injury to even provehe’d been in the water. Charles would goon to join the Navy and died at 78, living a full life thanks to some whiskey. Q10 What are some lessons that menoften learn too late in life? A10 William,3h 1. LIFE'S NOT FAIR No one is going togive you a hand-out, and noone actually cares about you.-Learn to take care of yourself and todeal with the problems life gives you. 2. YOUR WORD IS EVERYTHING A man without hisword is a man without honor.So be kind and take care of the ones around you, dothe right things and build your word. 3. YOUR MIND CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOUR LIFE If you live lifewith a cluttered mind you will feel miserable. But if you livelife doing the things that are good for you, you will feel happy. It's not aboutwhat you have physically, but what you have mentally. 4. SELF LOVE You need to putyour needs above everyone else's. By the end of the day you only have yourself. So why would youlive life serving others before yourself? If you are able to help someone elsethen do it, but do not put yourself down to put someone else up. 5. THE PAST IS NOT YOUR FRIEND Stop spending yourdays thinking about what you should have done. Whathappened has happened and you can't takeit back. Choose that todayis the day you start living in the present moment. 6. HABITS ARE WHAT YOU ARE If you have badhabits then you will have a bad life. If you have good habits then your lifewill be good. It's really that simple. Try doing as manygood habits this next week as you can while removing the bad ones. 7. LIFE IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITIES You are givenopportunities every day. Some are good and some are bad. Learn to make theright choices with all of the opportunities you are given. Grab the “MILLIONAIRESECRETS E-BOOK” today and embark on your journey towards financial abundanceand a life of freedom. All the above QA are from Quora websiteon 16-5-2023. Quora answers neednot be 100% correct answers. Compiled and posted byR. Gopala Krishnan, 79, on 17-05-2023. -- 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/1517644788.2187817.1684287790381%40mail.yahoo.com.
