CULTURAL QA 02-2024-2A All the below QA arefrom Quora DIGEST to me on 02-02-2024.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting are included .Still they need not be 100%correct answers. Compiled and posted by R.Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 02-02-2024. Q1 Whoseson was Chandragupta Maurya? A1 WorldGeopolitics. Softawre Developer, web Developer at Freelancers (2020–present)Dec19 Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire in ancient India, was notthe son of a well-known royal or noble family. According to historicalaccounts, Chandragupta Mauryawas born into a humble background. He was the son of a king named Surya, whowas said to be the ruler of a small kingdom in northern India. The name of his mother ismentioned as Mura. Chandragupta's ascent to power isattributed to his intelligence, military skills, and strategic alliances. He became the disciple and later theally of Chanakya, also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta, who played acrucial role in Chandragupta's rise to power. Chanakya is often considered the architect of the MauryanEmpire. Under the guidance of Chanakya, Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda dynasty and established theMauryan Empire around 322 BCE. His successful military campaigns and administrativereforms laid the foundation for one of the most significant empires in ancientIndian history. Q2 Howcan a doctor tell a dying patient has only one or two hours left? What arethose typical signs? A2 PersephoneMay,Aug 13 You cannot tell how many hours theperson has left, but thereare signs that the person will die soon. I was in the room when my mother diedand saw this happen. Their breathing will change to ashort gasping pattern You will not be able to feel a radialpulse (you will not feelthe pulse in their wrist or in other common pulse points) They will likely beunconscious (my mother was,but this was of her own choice and due to medical sedation) Bodily waste will cease or drastically decrease (the person will not urinateor deficate, any wound drainage will slow as the body becomes dehydrated) The person will no longer havea desire to eat or drink (DO NOT FORCE THEM TO TRY) It is very difficult and can betraumatic to watch this happen to another person, but it isimportant to remember that these ‘symptoms’ are not likely painful oruncomfortable given that the person is receiving adequate pain management. Give them any medication that theyneed, and hold their hand through this transition. Keep in mindthat they may say strange or uncharacteristic things, and this is normal andcommon. If they say something rude orinsulting, it is not their fault. It is just something that happens while theirbody shuts down. If they are dying from a terminal illness (such ascancer), do not do CPR. This drags out the process of death and makes it morepainful for the person. Even if you can get the heart beating again, their bodyis not able to support then any longer. I know first hand how hard it is, butyou need to let them go. Justmake things as comfortable as you calm for them and be there through it. I assume if you are asking thisquestion you have a dying loved one. I'm sorry for your loss. Again, I knowfirst hand how hard it is, but you can do this. Hold their hand, wipe their foreheadand lips with a wet cloth (this can feel nice as the skin is very dry from dehydration),and let them go in a peaceful and calm environment. Q3 Howmuch does it cost to become a doctor in India? A3 TinyNair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum Updated 4y A Malayali man fell in love with aBengali girl, they got married and started a family; a typical Indian middleclass family. All non-affluent in India are ‘middle class’; sincethere is no presentable adjective below that level. They were blessed with a boy and like every parent,they dreamt that their son would grow up to get a good job, earn well and their hardshipwould come to an end. The mom taught her son literaturewhile the dad, science. The very average boy fortunately got admitted to a Govt. medical college in Kolkata afterqualifying in the NEET. The cost of studying MBBS might have been negligible for most, but for this family it was still not easy; fees were low, but books,skeletons, stethoscope, white coat and the coffee at night didn’t come free;but they managed. While his schoolmates got into a job after finishing graduationin 3 years (some bank officers, some PSC and one IAS) this medicalcourse continued for around 4 and a half years followed by one more year ofhouse-surgeon-ship. By the time the parents thought thattheir problems were going to end, the boy announces, quite proudly, that hewanted to do MD in medicine. The parents did not find a convincingreason to do that, but as usual they submitted to their sons wish. By then the dad had retired. 3years later the boy announced that he has completed MD but now wanted to go forsome funny course named DM, the expansion of those letters were not very clearto the parents, but again they didn’t object. The son was too busy to understand their hardship; hewas busy in the hospital, library and cafeteria. By then, most of his friendswere well employed, graduating from scooters to cars, got married and werethinking of shifting to bigger apartments. My Bengalimom died 10 years back of Alzheimer’s disease. So when I am asked as to how much wasspent to make me a doctor, I think of those two who never had a holiday, stayedin rented house all along, toiled hard to make their ends meet while agreeingto their son’s wish to become a specialist doctor, spending12 years post school (5 and half years MBBS; + 3 years MD; + 3 years DM; beforeI got my first job). I tried my best, but could notcalculate the cost in INR; but I am not good at math. Mynote- On reading it one can understand how frank and open minded is Dr Tiny Nair. In anotherposting he had stated while born (baby- he ) was a very small in size and hencenamed Tiny nair. Q4 Whydoes the Earth rotate? Why doesn't it stop? A4 HarryKeller,President & Chief Science Officer (1999–present)Updated Dec 24 Planets do not have to rotate. Look atVenus. It rotates so slowly that it might as well not be rotating. Itrotates backward as well. You might think of it as a negative rotation.Therefore, zero rotation is an option for any planet. Most planets do rotate and rotate in aforward (same direction as revolution) direction. This is all due to theconservation of angular momentum. (Look them up if you don’t knowthese terms.) This isexpected from modelling of the solar system development. However, thechaos of planet formation can result in a different rotation, even near tozero. Why doesn’t it stop? If you put a toy top out in spaceaway from any serious stuff in that near-vacuum and spin it, you could go awayand come back years later to see it still spinning at essentially the samespeed. This means that it still has the same rotational energy. If you did thesame thing inside the ISS, you’d find that it had stopped. Its rotationalenergy would have been sapped by friction from the air, by the collisions withair molecules. The Earthis like that top, and its rotational speed is decreasing ever so slowly fromfactors such as the Moon capturing some of its angular momentum and the solarwind creating friction. The exact length of a day 4 billionyears ago is not known, but estimates peg it to around one-quarter of today’sday. In another 4 billion years, it may be twice as long —again, we cannot figure it out exactly due to too many unknown future factorsbeing involved. It will stop when the Sun swallows it up in 4–5 billionyears. EDIT: Three thousand upvotesand a half-million views! I never thought any of my answers would garner thatmany. Many thanks. My note- I have added this QA for theimportant information. At one time, billions of years ago, because of the high speed of rotation day was about six hours and nighttoo six hours. Q5 Whatis something that most people don't know? A5 BruceWilson, Global Traveller (2018–present)6h You can taste garlic with your feet. Whenyou speak inside your mind small muscles in your throat mimic the formation ofeach word. When you lose weight, most of it ends up as carbon dioxide which isexhaled from your lungs. PrinceCharles has a car fueled by wine. Polar Bears aren’t white, they’re just glowing. Pirates wore eye patches to increasenight vision, not cover a missing eye. Parts of Canada have less gravitythan the rest of the planet. 1 teaspoon of honey is the lifeworkof 12 bees. Your ears and nose are connected toyour tear ducts. OnceCharlie Chaplin entered a contest for "Charlie Chaplin look-alikes"and he came in third. Peoplein the southern hemisphere see the moon upside down compared to the north. Humans have patterns (like stripes,spots and geometric shapes) on our bodies that are invisible to us but cats cansee them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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