CULTURAL QA 01-2024-04 All the BELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 04-01-2024.
Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .Compiled and posted byR. Gopala krishnan, on 04-01-2024 Q1 Isit true that the ancestors of Pakistanis were Hindu? A1 Muhammad Aamir Khokhar, PakistaniPunjabi Muslim l History Buff 4y I have covered thisup many a times but Zeshan Mahmood response is bringing me back in the ring. Were the ancestors of Pakistanis not Hindu? Yes majority of Pakistanis who live in Punjab and Sindhhave Hindu ancestry. But that will not be correct to say every Pakistani hasHindu ancestry. There is no pointto disrespect Hindus/Hinduism altogether being a Pakistani nor it is abenchmark to prove my patriotism. Our complicated nature ofrelationship with India at state level doesn't mean we should maintain rigidand biased opinions towards Hinduism. I earlier finished one of myresponse few hours before where I was giving credit to Pakistan as birthplaceof Hinduism. To all those Pakistani friends who don't know. The word Hindu/Hinduism was abbreviated from river Induswhich currently passes in modern day Pakistan.In addition, Hindu is also geographical term refers to a person who lives insuburbs of Northwest parts of River Indus. Lahore (Luv) and Kasoor (Kush) were sons of Rama. Karachi was named under one Hindu Saint Mai Golachi. Rawalpindi is named after epic character of folkfareRawal-Jugni. Peshawar is abbreviated from Purushpura (Sanskrit) whichmeans “City of Men”. Taxila (now Rawalpindi) is privileged to have oneof the oldest university of the world. It wasimportant center of Hinduism and Budhism. Even Taxila is abbreviated name ofThaksha which was son of Lord Bharat. The inhabitants of Indus Valley and Gandhara Valley weremostly Hindus/Buddhists. Just giving you anexample out of the box, this is currency note of Indonesia (largest Muslim country in theworld). And some of you might get shocked to see the sign of Lord Ganesha is at 20K Rupiah. It is my humblerequest to not feel any shame. Due to our consistent denial, we areconsistently getting such kind of questions one after another at social media. We need to keep this fact in mind that Islam is only 1.4k years oldreligion and obviously there were people who were following other faiths.It is understandable our ancestors were following other religions before Islam.Even if we take as Arab ancestry for a while, many peoplein Arab were idol worshipers before Islam. Hinduism at the other end iswidely considered as one of the oldest religion in the world and was mostpracticed in modern day Pakistan before the arrival of Islam. Denial of history will create more embarrassment for usinternationally. Q2 Whatis the bad thing about Indian parents? A2 Anil Roongta, Former Member atConsumer Court 8h( Amedical doctor with post graduate degree and former IAS ) One of my brothers in law is a very successful doctor. Hehas two sons. His elderson wanted to study arts. He had no interestin science. But his father forced him to take science and preparefor engineering. That poor kid took science. He couldn’t clearengineering entrance examinations. His father willy nilly got himadmission in a private engineering college somewhere in a southern state. That boy studied there for two years and failedin almost all subjects. He then left the college and ran away to his uncle whowas in Delhi. He later did his BA from an openuniversity and is working with an NGO. He rarely talks to his parents. Indian parents arevery protective of their children and are highly concerned about theireducation, career and future but at the same time are very pushy andwant to decide everything for the children.And I find this as a very bad trait. Q3 Whatis the craziest science fact you know? A3 Jean-Marie Valheur, just an amateurwho loves some science Wed In1992, a healthy couple donated an embryo to a hospital. The embryo was frozenfor 28 years until 2020, when she was implanted intothe womb of a woman who had been struggling with fertility issues. And then after a healthy, uneventful pregnancy, littleMolly Gibson was born, 28 years after having been frozen cryogenically in a laboratory— the longest-frozen embryo in human history to be successfully placed, andborn. Q4 Whatis the interesting joke of a young Catholic couple was involved in a fatal caraccident on their way to get married? A4 Jokes, Humour & Funny stories Postedby Rebecca, Sep 20 On their way to getmarried, a young Catholic couple was involved in a fatal car accident. They arenow in Heaven. The couple found themselves sitting outside thePearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting theybegan to wonder; could they possibly get married in Heaven? When St. Peter arrived, they asked him if they could getmarried in Heaven. St.Peter said,"I don't know. This is the first time anyone has asked. Let mego find out," and he left. The couple sat andwaited for an answer... for a couple of months. While they waited,they discussed the pros and cons. If they were allowed to get married inHeaven, should they get married, what with the eternal aspect of it all? "What if itdoesn't work? Are we stuck in Heaven together forever?" Yetanother month passed before St. Peter finally returned, looking somewhatbedraggled. "Yes,"he informed the couple, "You can get married in Heaven." "Great!"said the couple. "But we werejust wondering; what if things don't work out? Could we also get a divorce in Heaven?" St. Peter,red-faced with anger, slammed his clipboard on the ground. "What'swrong?" asked the frightened couple. "OH, COMEON!" St. Peter shouted. "It took me 3months to find a priest up here! Do you have ANY idea how long it'll take tofind a lawyer?! My note- I enjoyed the joke very much. Q5 Whatis the interesting incident of the rich young women wanted to change her seatwhen a poor man sat near her in the flight? A5 Matthew Brooks, Oct 9 A rich young woman sat beside a poor elderly man on aplane. She alerted the flight attendant upon taking her seat. The flightattendant answered warmly, when the woman abruptly said, “Please find me another seat immediately.”The flight attendant responded, “I’m sorry Ma’am, but the economy cabin is fully booked.” ‘The rich womanreplied, “But I’m not going to travel beside a worthless bum. Do something.” While the elderly man stared in disbelief, the flight attendantresponded, “I’ll talk to the Captain about this.” The flightattendant went to the Captain and asked, “Captain, a woman feels uncomfortablesitting beside a poor elder man. What should we do?” Surprisingly, theCaptain’s face changed. He looked amused and said, “This woman is interesting.I’ve never encountered an issue like this before. I have a plan. Listen..” And the Captainrelayed to the flight attendant what he wants to do. The flight attendant wasstunned at his plan. In fact, she was amazed. A few minuteslater, the flight attendant returned. “The Captain said wecould use an open seat in First Class. He also wants to apologize for having totravel with such a terrible person.” As the womanrose out of her seat, the flight attendant reachedout her arm towards the poor elderly man. “Sir will youplease follow me?” To which the plane applauded. ***Never look down on other people. We are all equal inGod’s sight. Regardless of what you have achieved in life, stay humble. Keep yourfeet on the ground. The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re thepilot. My note- Theabove lines are thought provoking. If the member posting more abusiveunderstand this principle…. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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