CULTURAL QA 03-2024-09 Allthe below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 09-03-2024.
Selected quora answersgenerally interesting including jokes are included Still they need not be 100% correct answers. I am only a compiler. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 09-03-2024. Q1 Whichcaste is considered the Brahmin caste in Andhra Pradesh? What are theirsurnames? A1 JosephTaylor,Handsome guy20h In Andhra Pradesh, the Brahmin caste is traditionallyknown as the NiyogiBrahmins. They are one of the predominant Brahmin communities in thestate and are known for their involvement in various priestly, scholarly, andintellectual roles. Some common surnames among Niyogi Brahmins in AndhraPradesh include: 1. Sharma 2.Joshi 3. Dixit 4. Trivedi 5. Upadhyay 6.Bhatt 7. Chaturvedi 8. Acharya 9.Pandit 10. Mishra These are just a few examples, and there may be manyother surnames associated with the Niyogi Brahmin community in Andhra Pradesh,depending on regional and family-specific variations. My note- Our member Mr Yeddanapudim had once wrote in groups that heis a Niyogi Brahmin, I recollect. Q2 Was GuruNanak Ji a real devotee of Lord Rama as he talked a lot about Raam Naam andRaam Bhakti in his verses? A2 SantKabir talked about 4 kinds of Ram — Ayodhya's Prince. The son of Dashrath. In the originalRamayan, Ram is just an ordinary human prince with the best of noble qualities. There is nothing magical ormystical in the original Ramayan. The second oneis the human mind that controls and runs the humans and hence the world. It is responsible for all thebad actions of humans too. The third one isthe creator of this whole existence. The one that has come into expression. The fourth oneis the Supreme one. The source of all and everything. The source of life and soul. Thehumanity or even theDevtas are not aware of the Supreme being. This power is the source ofall souls. Whenever Guru Nanak talk about his “Ram", he istalking about the fourth Ram. It is the very source of consciousness, the source ofall souls, including the life/souls of Devi/Devtas of all religions. Most religions have the knowledge orrevelation upto the third Ram (God) only who is the manifestor of wholecreation. But the Supreme Lord is even higher and subtler thanthe creator of 3 worlds. Hehas no form or limits. It expresses itself through the highest orderSaints like Sant Kabir, Guru Nanak, etc. He's the one Ram, The one God that Guru Nanak repeatedlytalks about. Q3 What isimportant in life? A3 RakshithAkira, A Sensible Writer 5y When we die, ourmoney remains in the bank. Yet, when we are alive, we don't have enough money tospend. In reality, whenwe are gone, there is still a lot of money not spent. One businesstycoon in China passed away. His widow wife, was leftwith $2.5 billion in the bank, and married her husband's chauffeur (Cardriver). His chauffeur said, All the while, I thought I was working for my boss it is only now, thatI realise that my boss was all the time, working for me !!! The cruel reality is,It is more important to livelonger than to have more wealth. So, we must strive to have a strong and healthy body. In a high end hand phone, 75% of the functions areuseless! For an expensive car, 75% of the speed and gadgetsare not needed. We never contact 75% of people in our contact list. If you own a luxurious villa or mansion, 75% of thespace is usually not used or occupied. How about your wardrobes of clothes?75% of them arenot worn! A whole life of work and earning. Still, we spend 75%of our earning on other people. So, we must protect and make full use of our 25%. Go for medical check-ups even if not sick. Drink more water, even if not thirsty. Learn to let go,even if faced with grave problems. Endeavour to give in, even if you are in the right. Learn to forgive people. Remain humble, even if you are very rich andpowerful. Learn to be contented, even if you are not rich. Exercise your mind and body, even if you are verybusy. Be calm and patient in every situation. Make time for people you care about. My note- With respect to saving of money, I do notagree with point.A person may require a huge amount of money, even if healthy, when any problemoccurs to him. Nothingwill be equal to saved money. One may not get money at the required moment fromany one. So, afterdeath let it go to wards and wife. Saved money is important, after spending fornecessary things. Q4 Have youexperienced miracles from Lord Shiva? A4 UrvilSarvasva, Trying to stand still in this spinning world.12h I use to do abhishek of Shiva when I was in the UK atmy aunts place and when I returned to India and stayed at my grand father’splace, they also had a shiv ling which I used to abhishek. When I moved in to my new apartment I felt that Ineed to have a shiv ling but with a thought that I do not wish to purchase it. It has to come to me. Itwas a simple thought and with no sense of ego or questioning god. Time passed andone day I was searching for my car key that I had given to the security guard and I got my hands on a shiv lingam thatwas just there in a rusty drawer of a table. I asked the security guy, who does it belong to andhe said ‘don't know’.After giving some thought, I brought it home. I purchased thestand on which shiv lingam is kept. I lovingly call it Asthireshwar (the one that is not steady, it keepswobbling). You can call it a miracle or a coincidence but I asked for Shiva to come to me and he came. Happy Mahashivratri. Har Har Mahadev. Q5 If Earthexists in a million years, will humans still look the same as now? A5 MarkDaly, follows evolution discoveries6h Well, first, the Earth will exist in a million years because planetsare quite hard to destroy. As an example, about 66 millionyears ago a rock that was about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in diameter hit theplanet and caused a mass extinction event that affected about 75% of all life.The Earth, however, survivedjust fine. As for humans, Homo erectus (Latin: upright human)evolved as a distinct species about 2 million years ago. They were still the dominantform of human 1 million years later. So, what did humans look like 1 million years ago? There were nopale-skinned people. No blue-eyed people. No blond-haired people. If you had asked someoneliving 1 million years ago (in a way they could understand) they would never predict pale-skin,blue or green or gray eyes, or even yellow or red hair 1 million years later. We cannot say what humans will look like in 1 million years. The bodyplan will generally be the same if humans survive that long. Remember, humanshave only existed for 2 million years. Our current form, Homo sapiens,has only been around for about 300,000 years. You cannot predict what evolution will do. Q6 Who isthe most underrated scientist of all time? A6 JackFraser-Govil, Doctor of Physics, Writer of Code, Player of Games Updated 7y During her lifetime, Emmy Noether was hated by the establishment - andthey almost forced her into obscurity. Emmy Noether is probably the most important woman in allof science (in competition with Curie) and definitely the most important woman in mathematics.She was insanely talented and had an understanding of maths which was justastounding. She wasn’tactually allowed to attend university - shecould only “audit” classes - not actually attend them, and requiredevery lecturer to approve of her presence (which many of them didn’t). Then she was invited to Göttingen by Hilbert - despite the other facultiesalmost rioting at the idea of a woman being a member of staff. For the firstfew years of teaching, she was not paid at all. Virtually nobody attended herlectures - since they were being given by a woman (the accounts I have read ofpeople who did attend say shewas a fantastic lecturer). The other members of the department would, beingfrustrated with people not attending her lectures, pretend they were giving alecture - which Noether would then give (people would walk out as soon as shewalked in). Despite this active hatred from the university - sheproduced some of the most important and fundamental work in mathematics and physics of the era (lessflashy than Einstein - but pretty damn important!) Her list of“contributions to maths and physics” section on Wikipedia is longer thanEinstein’s - andsecond only to Dirac in volume. Her most famous theory - Noether's theorem is one of the mostfundamental relationships we have - it links conservation laws to symmetries inspace and time. It isbeautiful in its simplicity. On top of this, she was renowned for being agenuinely caring human being. To quote Wikipedia: In addition to her mathematical insight, Noether was respected for herconsideration of others. Although she sometimes acted rudely toward those who disagreed with her,she nevertheless gained a reputation for constant helpfulness and patientguidance of new students…. A colleague later described her this way:"Completely unegotistical and free of vanity, she never claimed anythingfor herself, but promoted the works of her students above all." Q7 What aresome of the greatest examples of presence of mind? A7 ElangoVenkateshan, Complete Vegetarian, not Tuesday, Friday Updated 5y I was too weak in English language and I had stagefright too during my graduation. In my college, they conducted Cambridge Business EnglishCertification training program. We were divided into groups and each group had 5members in it.Each group was provided 5 questions. Each member should answerfor a question for at least 2 mins. My question was 'you could go anywhere in the world, whereyou would like to go and why you want to go?’. I tried hard to form the sentences but I couldn't. Finally my turn had come. I was standing in front of 60 people and I didn't evenknow what to tell. That's the time something suddenly sparked in my mindand I told that. Everyone in the class was clapping for that answerand trainer was too happy about that. My question was 'you could go anywhere in the world,where you would like to go and why you want to go?’. My answer was “I would like togo to my seat now. Because I am too nervous to stand here.” :P -- 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/881600873.1357616.1709973017433%40mail.yahoo.com.
