CULTURAL QA03-2024-27 Allthe below QA are from QUORA DIGEST tome on 27-03-2024.
SelectedQuora answers by scholars generally interesting are included. Still they need not be 100%correct answers.Few jokes are included. Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80, on 27-3-2024 Q1 What are someof the greatest examples of presence of mind? A1 VipinChandran, Worked at IBM (company) (2016–2017)Updated 6y 1998 second nuclear test by India.Result -Successful. Western countries were furious. USA had a series ofbilateral talks with India and asked India to join CTBT and NPT but Indiarefused. All the western countries expressed their concern. China blamed Indiafor the test that we are causing arms race. Pakistan blamed India and they saidthey would also test it in future. Overall there were tensions everywhere. A resolution was passed in UN and economic sanctionswere imposed on India. This was a big blow to India since India just came outfrom economic crisis in 1991. The PM of India Vajpayee sent a telegram to USpresident Bill Clinton which contained only a single line. After reading the “one liner” Clinton removed theeconomic sanctions. When USA removed many western countries removed. That one liner was “ Nuclear tests were conducted to ensure the security andsovereignty of India and to defend ourself from CHINA” Vajpayee known for his diplomatic skills to solveproblems,used “china” in the telegram because US were always opposed tocommunism and this made Clinton happy and satisfied enough to remove sanctions. Though India has two potential enemies namelyPakistan and China. Had he used Pakistan,we wouldnt have got a quicker solutionsince US was regularly funding Pakistan. Vajpayee’s presence of mind workedhere diplomatically. Addl info:Challenges faced by India while planning toconduct the tests: USA's Spy satellites were monitoring movements inpokhran. US might tap down the conversations. What India did? Since the remote sensing satellite of US would clickhigh precision images and send it to them when it crosses pokhran, scientistsworked mostly in night and particularly at a time when the satellite is notpresent overhead. Scientists mostly used codewords. Ex) "Is Sierra serving whisky in the canteenyet? Has the store arrived?" Decoded that meant: "Has the nucleardevice been lowered in the special chamber (canteen) in the shaft called WhiteHouse (Whisky was its other name) and have the scientists (Sierra) startedworking on them?" Scientists camouflaged as military personnels so thatlocal villagers wouldn't be suspicious. Now there is a permanent satellite of US monitoringpokhran :p Q2 What are somegreat jokes about countries? A2 LouisGabriel,8h Let’s see how many countries I can offend in just onejoke: On a beautiful deserted island in the middle ofnowhere, the following people are stranded: 2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman; 2 French men and 1French woman; 2 German men and 1 German woman; 2 Greek men and 1 Greek woman; 2English men and 1 English woman; 2 Polish men and 1 Polish woman; 2 Japanesemen and 1 Japanese woman; 2 American men and 1 American woman; 2 Australian menand 1 Australian woman; 2 Irish men and 1 Irish woman One month later, the following things have occurred: - One Italian killed the other Italian for the woman. - The two Frenchmen and the French woman are livinghappily together having loads of sex. - The two Englishmen are still waiting for someone tointroduce them to the English woman. - The two Germans have a strict weekly schedule ofwhen they alternate with the German woman. - The two Americans are contemplating the virtues ofsuicide; while the American woman keeps on bitching about her body being herown, the true nature of feminism, how she can do everything they can do, thenecessity of fulfillment, the equal division of household chores, how her lastboyfriend respected her opinion and treated her much nicer and how herrelationship with her mother is improving. But at least the taxes here are lowand it is not raining. - The two Japanese men are waiting for instructionsfrom Tokyo. - The two Greek men are sleeping with each other, andthe Greek woman is cleaning and cooking for them. - The Polish men took a long look at the endlessocean, then looked at the Polish woman and started swimming. - The two Australians are still looking for sheep. - The Irish began by dividing the island into Northand South and setting up a distillery. They do not remember if sex has enteredthe picture because it gets sort of foggy after the first few liters of coconutwhiskey, but they are satisfied in that at least the English aren’t gettingany. Q3 What is the funniest joke you've been toldthat you still think about to this day? A3 EricBassett,9h A guy was walking down the beach and stubs his toe onsomething in the sand. He looks down and sees something shiny, so he clears thesand away and reveals a genie’s lamp. He rubs the lamp, the genie pops out andsays “Master, I will grant you one wish”. The guy scoffs and says “I thought Iwas supposed to get three wishes” to which the genies replies “You cannotbelieve everything you see in the movies, you get one wish” The guy thinks hard and says “I am a wealthy man, Ican afford almost anything money can buy. I have seen how beautiful Hawaii ison TV and I have always wanted to visit but I am scared to fly, and I get seasick on boats. My wish is to have a bridge from California to Hawaii so I candrive there.” The genie gets a look of shock on his face, he says“That is not a wish that I can fulfill, the wish is too extreme and complicatedand will not be granted, make your one wish.” The man thinks and thinks and then he says “Aha, Iknow, I have succeeded in almost all aspects of life, but in doing so I havenever been able to find love, I have dated many women, but for one reason oranother it never worked out, the women always left me and I cannot understandwhy. My wish is to be able to understand how women think, to have the knowledgethat will allow me to fulfill all a woman’s needs.” The genie replies “I see, so would you like that tobe a two lane or a four lane bridge?” Q4 What do you know that most people don't? A4 VoKahani He 20h 1 Fanta in US is orange in color but it isYellow colored in UK. 2. Most of the sodas sold in Mexico comes with awarning labeled “Not for Children” due to its high sugar and caffeine in it. 3. In Peru and few other soccer loving countries, youwill find a TV remote with a specific “Soccer” button on them. 4. Chicken lay not only white and brown eggs but theyalso lay green eggs. 5. The largest waterfall in the world is under waterin Denmark. 6. The youngest parents were of age 8 and 9 lived inChina in 1910. 7. T-shirts were originally marketed to unmarried menwho didn’t know how to sew buttons back on collared shirts. Icon for IndianHistory Indian History 319.7K followers · 6 posts in the last month Space dedicated to Indian History : from the ancientto the modern. Q5 What are some lesser known facts aboutDraupadi? A5 SachinMishra,Works at Government of India (2014–present)Updated 5y Well, I am not being a racist/colorist but, Draupadididn't look like the white skinned actresses of Mahabharata linked tv serialsthat we are used to. …. Yes. She was ‘krishna varna' (dark skinned) like LordKrishna. Having said that, she was considered as one of themost beautiful women of her times. (Her swayamvar had them all!) Moral of the story : Fairness creams, apart frombeing a deterrent against Mahabharat-II, are b******t. Edit 1 : I wasn't expecting so many views, upvotesand comments. Thanks everyone! &THANKS Prateekshaa for the edit! :—) Jai has some additional information - “You knoweven her real name was ‘Krishna’ because she was dark skinned. When came out ofthe Yagna-Kund after that during her naming ceremony she was named ‘Krishna’ Than shewas the daughter of king Drupad she was called ‘Draupadi’ & because she wasthe princess of Paanchal therefore she was called ‘Paanchali’ Likegoddess Sita was called ‘Maithali’ because she was the princess of kingdom‘Mithila’ & because she was daughter of king Janak she was called ‘JanakNandini’ &original name of mata Kunti was ‘Pritha’ She was named ‘Kunti’ because she wasthe princess of kingdom Kuntibhoj I'm sorrybecause I wrote extra but I just wanted to share all of this.” Since shewas born out of a yagya kund, she was also called yajnasaini. -- 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/813154131.1178633.1711511047913%40mail.yahoo.com.
