CULTURAL QA 12-2023-21 All the below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 21-12-2023.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting only are included .Still they need not be 100%correct answers. Compiled and posted by R.Gopala Krishnan, 80, former ITS on 21-12-2023. Q1 Why areherbivore birds rare? A1 T.Barczuk, Studied at Gdansk University of Technology Updated 1y Only 2% of birds are predominantlyherbivorous, and only one is entirelyherbivorous, the Hoatzinpictured above. Why are they so rare? Herbivorous animals need a longdigestive system to utilize plants as a food source efficiently. Flyingbirds need to be light, or it would be difficult for them to take off, or atleast it would be much more energetically taxing to fly with a heavy digestivesystem. They are so streamlined for flyingthat they even have fewersymbiotic microorganisms in their gut that could help them utilizehard-to-digest leaves. Beaks were useful for non-aviandinosaurs when it came to feeding on plants because such abrasive food can weardown teeth, while beakscan be regrown easier as they are made of keratin, but they had beaks ofdifferent shapes. Birds need to be aerodynamic for flying, and their pointy beaks areadapted for this. Without teeth and since their digestivesystems cannot be extended, it's difficult for them to process plants into tinybits that would make it efficient to extract nutrientsfrom them. They have gizzards filled with stones that grind plants into smallbits via vigorous contractions of muscles, and this might not be enough. Flying requires tremendous amounts ofeasily accessible energy, which is difficult to obtain from plants except forseeds of oil plants and nectar which is mostly sugar. Some birds feed on nectar but still hunt insects to supplement theirdiet. Some birds, like ostriches, abandoned flying in the course ofevolution. They might be better placed toevolve adaptations for being entirely herbivorous in the future. Still, fornow, ostriches are opportunistic omnivores whose diet depends on what isavailable in their local habitat. My note- Very informative answerwritten in simple language Q2 What arefive things senior citizens should not do at the age of 65 and over? A2 MansourAnsari,70M content views Dec 2 I know what you mean. Let me give you, say, six things(bonus) to avoid to maintain an active lifestyle because sedentary livingpromotes diseases, dementia, and or early death. Just loss of muscle and bone mass can cause falls andoften leads to loss of independence, and that sucks! With that said, Don't stop moving. At this stage, theworst thing you can do is become completelysedentary. Make walking your daily minimum – it keeps your heart strong. Butalso continue functional strength training to preserve mobility and balance. Don't let pain prevent activity. It'snormal to start feeling more aches, pains andstiffness. But resist letting it progress into limiting activityaltogether. Move gently within your limits to retain flexibility and range. Avoid neglecting nutrition. It becomes harder to recover from nutritional deficits the older we get.Nourish yourself with whole, anti-inflammatory foods full of antioxidants.Support bone, brain, heart and muscle health through diet. My anti-infamitorystrategy entails A-Z spices and home cooking. Don't abandon learning new skills.This can keep you motivated to become “successful”again by learning new skills, whatever it may be. Avoid anything that sabotages sleep. Sleep is crucial but fragile at this age. Protect yourcircadian rhythms fiercely. If you don’t know what that means, look it uponline. It is the key to maintaining a decent sleep schedule. Don't overindulge in late meals, screens or stressful thoughts thatdisrupt quality sleep and compound inflammation. I know it is hard but you are the one who asked thequestion. You must learn how to safely workwith weights, program a safe plan and maintain a strategy to recover faster. Aswe age, it becomes harder to recover, but there are some excellent recoverystrategies that I can share with you. I can add a few more. 68 years old and follow a similarplan. Having done this for 13years now, I know it works. Q3 Whatlanguage did Mughals speak? A3 FahamHassan, Ardent Pakistani nationalist and historian. Nov 25 The Mughals experienced an evolution of languages during their rule inSouth Asia. The Mughal Empire existed between1526–1857 and this really is a large period of time. Mughals were an extensionof the Timurid Dynasty and Timurids belonging to Central Asia, natively spoke the Turkic Chagatailanguage. In fact, the founder of Mughal Empire, Zahīr ud-Dīn MuhammadBabur’s autobiography “Baburnama”also known as “Tuzk-i-Baburi” was originally written in Chagatai, thoughit was later translated in Persian and Urdu. One thing to remember is that, Timurid-Mughalsand their ancestors from the Timurid Empire (Irān o Turān) of Emir Tamerlane were all fond of Persian language and Persianate civilization.During Tamerlane’s rule in Samarkand and Bukhara, he commenced the “Timuridrenaissance” which marked the pinnacle era of Persianate architecture, whichwas to be followed by the Timurid-Mughals in their territory too. Prior toBabur’s invasion and existence of Mughal Empire, Persian language was already the lingua franca of theSultanate (founded by Qutub ud-Din Aibak of Lahore; 1206), so itremained the official language afterwards. This shows the influence of Persian language in SouthAsia and Mughals’ fascination with it. Persian also connected theMughals with other two gunpowder Empires (Safavids and Ottomans) and othersparts of the Persianate world. The national language of Pakistan, Urdu is a Persianized language andwas always known in history as language of the elite. As the time passed, Urdu became more and more influential in Mughalcourts and hence, was given official status. Urdu was not merely anofficial language but also the language of art and literature in the MughalEmpire and therefore, the later Mughal Emperors were native Urdu-speakers whospoke official languages, Urdu and Persian at there courts and were well-awareof their ancestral Chagatai Turkic language at the same time. In fact, Urdu as a language hasvocabulary composition from both Persian and Turkic languages, so itautomatically became the most agreeable language for official use. The lastMughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah Zafar was also an exceptional Urdu poet. Today, in the Islamic Republicof Pakistan, Urdu is the national, official, lingua franca of the masses.There you go. That is the answer. Soto sum it up: Urdu: (Official, literature, art) Persian: (Official, regional) Chagatai Turkic: (Dynastic,ancestral) Q4 Why does acup of tea cost 450+ in Taj Hotel Mumbai? What is the reason behind this? A4 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam, Risk Analysis and Project Valuation (2017–present)2y Can you see the Prices here? A Cup of Tea is Rs. 450/- , an Omeletteis Rs. 930/- (Inclusive of Taxes) - These are the prices quoted by the TajHotel in Mumbai. Why are these Prices Quoted? Is it because of the Maintenance, theSwimming Pools, the Expensive Facade - No As a Banker I have seen manyproposals of Five Star Hotels most of which do not even include food revenue intheir business plan. Most of the Five Star Hotels include(a) Room Fares from Tourists and Conventions and Business Organizations astheir bread and butter. So why is food so expensive in the Five Star Hotels? Just to keep up appearances of Snobbishness and Exclusivity The Customer who stays in a Five Star Hotellikes to see tea costing Rs. 450/- and Pav Bhaji costing Rs. 725/- and feels heis in an exclusive hotel and feels special. Andthe Costs - they are merely 75% of the US Dollar conversions of the rates inother countries since most of the customers who stay in the Taj are Americansor Britishers or other Europeans and very wealthyones at that. This a Menu from Waldorf Astoria.Take a look at the 3 Eggs Omelette - Its $ 24, now the Waldorf is among thehighest and the Costs in Hyatt etc would be around $ 16 which comes to Rs.1000/- which is around the same price as the Omelettes in India. Technically they could serve the foodfree of cost every day and it won’t change the Hotel Business Plan and Revenueby 0.5% Of course Wines and the Bar aredifferent. They are included in the Business Plan and form a good chunk ofrevenue. Q5 Why didhumans develop speech first and not writing first? A5 SilkRoad,10h Research suggests that speech came waybefore writing. Humans have been talking for at least100,000 years, maybe even longer. That's when our vocal tracts got the right shape to make all kinds ofsounds. But writing is a pretty newinvention, only about 5,000 years old. Some people think we started talkingdue to how our brains were getting bigger and smarter, or with our social needsto communicate and cooperate, or with our creativity and imagination. It could be a mix of all thesethings. But whatever thereason, speech gave us a huge edge over other animals. We could share information, expressemotions, tell stories, and shape our reality with words. Humans writing is also a bit of amystery, but it seems like writing was invented independently by differentcultures for different purposes. We used writing to keep records oftrade, taxes, laws, or history. We used it to create art, poetry, orliterature. We also used writing to communicatewith distant or divine beings. Writing allowed us to preserve and transmitour knowledge and culture across time and space. Moreinfo:- How Speech Began -- 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/1165198408.1266627.1703140732909%40mail.yahoo.com.
