CULTURAL QA 04-2024-06 Allthe below QA are from QUORA DIGEST tome on 06-04-2024.
SelectedQuora answers by generally interesting are included. Still they need not be 100% correct answers. Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80,on 06-4-2024 Q1 What is themost touching act of kindness you have ever witnessed or experienced? A1 ParikDhamija, Works at Parik Sales Corporation Updated 6y Yesterday I was in the State Bank of India and waslearning about different investment schemes. The time was 4:15 pm and the security guard justclosed the main door so as not to allow any more person inside the bank. After a few minutes, I saw a senior citizen arguingwith the guard to open the door. After much hassle, he was finally let in. He stood in front of the cashier and placed a ₹100note on his desk. Cashier: Furious. Deposits till 4:00 pm. Just getout. Senior citizen: Sir I am not here for deposits.Actually… Cashier: To the guard. Just throw this person out. Senior citizen: Sir actually I came here to returnthis note to you. This doesn't belong to me. Cashier: Baffled. What? Senior citizen: Yes Sir. I filled the withdrawal formfor ₹1700 and by mistake you gave me ₹1800. I was in a hurry so didn't count.When I went to another bank to deposit the same in my wife's account, they gaveme ₹100 back. Cashier: I'm speechless. What do you do Sir? Senior citizen: I am a mazdoor ( a daily wageworker). I work in the front building. While he was leaving. Guard: Insaniyat hai abi humare desh me. (Translation:Humanity is still alive in our country) Senior citizen: Bhaiya desh ka nahi pta. Hume raat meneend achha ayega bs. (Translation:I don't know about the country, brother. Atleast now I'll be able to sleeptonight.) He straight away went to the front building andstarted his work. I was still watching him in awe. My note- In south India, all staff of State bank of Indiaare very courteous.May be either language or difference in North India. Q2 What are someexamples of things that sound right but are actually wrong? A2 Hazel, HistoryEnthusiast4y English astronomer Sir Patrick Moore pulled one ofthe biggest April Fools’hoaxes of all time which fooled the country into thinking they couldfloat. On April 1 1976, he made an announcement on BBC Radio2 stating that, at exactly 9:47 a.m., Pluto would pass directly behind Jupiter in relation tothe Earth. This would create a noticeable reduction in gravity on Earthitself.[1] He said that, if people jumped at this exact time, they would beovercome by a ‘strange floating sensation’. This was known as the ‘Jovian-Plutonian effect’. I’m no physicist, but in hindsight this is obviouslyrubbish—yet the public bought the whole thing—and I’m talking hook, line andsinker. For a lot ofpeople, this sounded completely right and reasonable, despite just how ridiculousit was. And fair enough—it came from a pretty reliable source. The BBC reported getting a hell of a lot of callsfrom people all over the country telling them they were having bizarregravitational experiences. One woman claimed that she and her friends were sittingand had ‘wafted from their chairs and gently orbited around the room.’[2] Another woman said that she and her eleven friendswere sitting at a table—and soon enough, everyone (and the table) began toascend.[3] (Kind of Harry Potter-esque in that scene with the inflationof Marjorie Dursley.) The reason thatMoore performed this hoax was really just to raise awareness of the fact thatthe whole idea of ‘planetary alignment’ and its effects on Earth arenonsensical. ‘Let ushear no more of this nonsense about the 'planetary alignment.' It happens every170 years or so; nothing spectacular will be seen in the sky; and in theopinion of almost everyone, it can [a]ffect nobody and nothing.’ It’s strange how so many people thought it soundedright—but when it actual fact, it was completely wrong. I guess a lot of it has to do with the mind—although the phenomenon wasn’treal, in a way people believed in it and so it felt real. But a clever hoax on the part of Sir Patrick Moorenevertheless. Q3 What is the specialabout Dr Shankar Gowda? A3 MohdAaqib,9h A man dressed in simple clothes, sitting barefoot ona wall, writes something on a piece of paper holding a Rs 3 ball pen. This person is Dr Shankar Gowda, Gold Medalist MBBS,fromMandua in Karnataka,* and MD from Calcutta Medical University. He does not have his own clinic. It takes lakhs of rupees to build a cabin. From wherewill you get so much money..?? He lives in a two-room house away from the city. Howcan patients come so far for treatment, so he examines hundreds of poor patients daily sittingoutside a fast food restaurant in the city from 7 am to 7 pm on his bicycle.Diagnoses them thoroughly and prescribes cheap, generic medicines. Do you know how much he charges? It costs only 5rupees. Yes, justRs.5. Doctors with Goldmedalist MD degree charge only Rs 5 from poor patients. In today's world where doctors are literally lootingthe poor, common people. ButDr. Shankar Gowdar is a god to many. Salute to such a social worker. Q4 What is thebiggest culture shock you have ever faced? A4 MartenzVandreva, Studied at Trisakti Institute of Tourism Updated 3y 1 Soft Drinks When the first time I was stepping my feet inGermany, I was shocked when I saw how people drink soft drinks almost all thetime..In the morning before work, my colleagues will drink a can of Coca-Cola,and every time we have a short break , again always Coca-Cola or other kind ofsoft drink. And not forget to mention, Red Bull..this kind ofenergy drink it's seem becoming everybody's favorite drinks to pump theirspirit.. One package of can soft drink contains 24 pieces..andits common when I saw some of my colleagues have it in their room. 2. SparklingWater When the first time I bought a bottle of mineralwater in Lidl, I was confused why the water tasted just like a soda water..andwhen I read the label, I just realized if that is a Sparkling water.. And another fact, when I made an inventory in myHotel, the consumption number of a Sparkling water way much bigger than aregular water by our guests, don't ask me why, because I don't know theanswer.. I never saw a bottle of Sparkling water being sold inmy country in regular supermarket, and if they do, I can guarantee no one willever buy it. As an Asian Man, at home, I drink a regular waterwithout gas..and of course some ice tea. Yes, there are a lot of soft drinks, being sold inthe Supermarket nearby, but our family did not get used to consuming it. Q5 What is thebiggest mind blow ever? A5 SanidhyaSingh,We are mortal, not our deeds! Updated 6y If you have ever turned the pages of physics book,you might be knowing him: His name is SirIsaac Newton.[1] His works in the field of gravity, motion, opticsetc. are highly recognized and appreciated throughout the world, even in 21stcentury. He was also the Mastermind behind the scientificrevolution of 17th century.[2] But do you knowhow he died? In our physics textbooks, his life is limited to hisdiscoveries and inventions only, no one cares about how he died. So, let's investigate a bit into his later part oflife: Newton spent hislast days in a small house of London with his acquaintance John locke.[3] He started doing alchemy there. According to the recent research of his hair samples,from his coffins, it was found that it contains high level of Mercury. Mercury is considered as an important metal in theformula of gold making.[4] It is even saidthat he had gone mad before he died, which is one of the side-effects ofworking with Mercury. Hence, the mysteryis solved- Newton died because of his obsession with turning base metals intogold. This is how one of the greatest scientists of alltime died. Pretty weird,isn't it? In contrast, he is still alive because of his worksin physics and mathematics. -- 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/599268365.3825188.1712412955294%40mail.yahoo.com.
