CULTURAL QA 02-2024-05A All the below QA arefrom Quora DIGEST to me on 05-02-2024.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting are included .Still they need not be 100%correct answers. Compiled and posted byR. Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 05-02-2024. Q1 What aresome practises in India that pose some concern? A1 RohitVirmani, I Love India6mo The guy working for the cleaning agency came for “Deep cleaning of the toilet.” They (two of them) locked themselves from inside asthey began the cleaning process. They use acids and other chemicals to cleanthe toilet/washroom. Concern is the safety & health of the workers.They lock themselves from inside and are exposed to all types of caustic/acidicfumes. Another similarpractise: This young man is standing in this place (under theescalator) since 12 pm at the Gurgaon Mall. His duty hours are from 12 noon to 8.30 PM. He do not have a seat.In fact no seat has been provided to him. Unable to stand he was fidgeting andleaning on the desk as we sat close by sipping tea. It appears cruel to expect a person to literally beon his feet for 8 hours and 30 minutes. Why won't the management provide a seatand treat these workers decently? Mostestablishments outsource security & housekeeping services. Those companies exploit themto the core. Health safety measures are not employed, protective gear is notprovided to them and in some cases, they do not get the weekly offs either. Inall shopping malls over India the employers don't provide chair to theirworking staff. They work standing on their feet for 8 to 10 hours. It is trulyinhumane and is not correct. On our part the least we can do is to ask them to leavedoors open when they do the cleaning job and also use the exhaust so that fumesare sent out……apart from giving a cup of tea & some biscuits to eat. :-) Q2 What aresome of the mistakes made by inexperienced doctors? A2 TinyNair, Cardiologist at PRS Hospital, Trivandrum 5y I always appreciate the Flynn effect proposed by James RFlynn from New Zealand. It states that the IQ of people increases with everypassing generation. Absolutely right; your kids are smarter than you. Younger doctors are more energetic, enthusiastic, smarterand gadget savvy. Don’t feel offended, if you too (like me) are on thewrong side of 50; we too are energetic, smarter compared to our predecessors, but certainly less gadget oriented compared to our next-gen.Even the gadgets seem to be intelligent enough to sense the same thing; every time I take out the USB driveout of my laptop (I do it softly, with utmost care) it emits a loud sound andcouple of notification pop up, warning me of stern action if I continueto disconnect without proper etiquette; surprisingly no such thinghappen when my son does the same thing even though he pulls it out withimpunity like a carious tooth. This youngresident was no exception. We trained him well for six months and he was readyto take independent duty. During our rounds we saw him rushing to bed number 3being called by the duty nurse for a VT (Ventricular Tachycardia) A VT is a major life threatening heart rhythmdisturbance that makes the heart beat very fast and can be fatal if leftuntreated for more than a minute. The treatment is to deliver a high-voltage shock using amachine called defibrillator. ‘Monitor VT’ the nurse called. Another nurse made the defibrillator ready; chargedit to 200 joules to deliver the shock. The monitor did show a VT. The patient wasshivering. ‘Goingto arrest’ the resident shouted. He picked up the pedals of the Defibb, ready todeliver the shock. I had a doubt. Ifelt the pulse, it was normal. Hold on for a moment; It is not VT, it is anartefact’. A shivering had induced artifact (abnormal pattern)in the monitor; which was not a VT. (For residents- The red arrows marks the normal QRS complex seen through the artefact thatlook like VT that clinch the diagnosis) An injection of IV paracetamol reduced his fever andshivering. All ended well. ‘Always look at the patient, whatever the monitor shows’ In airplane industry they call it a near miss.In theICU another story to be told from resident to resident in the cafeteria. There arereasons why they still don’t throw old doctors out of the hospital despiteenough supply of ‘Flynn’ My note- If anyone has a free mind, they can observe theGod given humorous writing ability ofthe doctor even when writing serious subjects. Q3 What isthe most interesting fact that you know and I don't, but I should? A3 ArvindCk, Design coordinator Updated 5y Have you ever been hungry while traveling in aspeeding highway and you find no restaurants nearby. But suddenly youfind 4 or 5 restaurants all at one place and get confused where to go. Else have you wondered why can't they locate therestaurants every 1km. The answer is , they just follow “NASH EQUILIBRIUM” To make you better understand , let me plot this witha simple beach side Pani Poori shop story… A Guy named Ram decided to open a Pani Poori shop atbeach.Let us assume the length of the beach to be 1km. Ram placed hisshop right at the centre of the beach. His shop had a good reception from the people and thenumber of customers increased day by day. Meanwhile one day his friend Raghav from his villagecalled up and expressed his idea in starting a Pani Poori shop, the same likehim. Ram accepted it and made a deal with Raghav. They split the beach into twohalves and located their shop as per the deal. Both Ram andRaghav had a equal number of customers.This state is called Socially optimalsolution. At this state, the customers need not be travelingmuch to get what they desire. But this is not a steady state. One fine day,Raghav decided to see good profit and broke the deal by shifting his shop to thecentre of the beach. Raghav made good profit that day. Even some of thecustomers of ram have been driven towards raghav's shop. He was happy with thatand shifted his shop back to the original. This made Ram angry and he decided to teach Raghav alesson. The next day, ram shifted his shop to the centre of the beach. And result the same. Ram made good profit that day. This made Raghav angry and he shifted his shop rightnext to Ram's shop.And he made profit. The next day saw ram shifting his shop right next toRaghav's to make profit. This process wenton for many days. And at one stageboth Ram and Raghav reached the centre of the Beach. Now at thisstage, whoever shifts their shop will end up losing. This state ofequilibrium is called as NASH EQUILIBRIUM. At this state, the customers need to be travelingmuch to get what they desire. As I alreadymentioned, the same can be applied to restaurants in a highway. Also to allpetrol bunks, inns, coffee shops, even hospitals. “It will be better to keep our competitors nearer to us” That's the moral. Concept credits: lmes academy (YouTube channel) Q4 What isone thing that I can learn from you today? A4 AayushLokhande, Lives in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Updated 5y Purchasing a watermelon? For those who get the wrongwatermelon. Pick the right one always !! See what you wish- look for thewebbing and black dark spot for sweet one.. Don't forget to see the yellow field spot The yellow spot, known as the field spot, is theplace where the watermelon rested on the ground. Ripe watermelons always have creamy yellow or evenorange-yellow spots, not white. Pay attention tothe size It is better tochoose neither the largest nor the smallest watermelon. Select an average-sizedfruit. And note, please: large or small, the watermelon should feel heavy for its size.Look forthe dried tail not the greeny Q5 What aresome interesting facts about India? A5 ChandrasekarGokulanathan, Just another History fanatic8y I bet you wouldn't believe! Most of modern Indian history was shaped by a singleinsignificant event. A mere five shilling price rise of a commodity. Yes. Its true. Heard of Black gold - the king of spices.You'reright - the Pepper. HistoricallyPepper was one of the most expensive of all spices and was at some point evenused as bartermoney. And, India was the solesupplier of this to the entire world. Europe was literally gettingbankrupt by importing spices from India. The Dutch, by that time monopolized spice trade inEurope and decided to hike its price five shillings up. This proved to be ahistorical blunder. The unwarranted price raise angered the Englishpeople. The result was the formation of the British East India company with amodest £72000 investment. The company was oneof the most successful trading firms of all times and at its height this singlecompany accounted for almost half of world trade. Queen Elizabeth signed the permission to trade withIndia on 31st December 1600 AD and as you know, the rest was history. Sources:Freedom at Midnight - Chapter 1 -- 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/135875230.3352654.1707140184227%40mail.yahoo.com.
