CULTURAL QA 04-2024-26A All theBELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 26-04-2024.
Quoraanswers need not be 100% correct answers .Compiled andposted by R. Gopala krishnan, on 26-04-2024 Q1 Are Sindhis baniye? A1 Siddhant Pamnani ,Works at NASCAR6y All theHindu Sindhis left their caste system when they started their lives fromscratch in the new land. No Brahmins, Kshatriya, Vaishya. Only Sindhis. But beforePartition. Amils and Bhaibands formed the majority of the population followedby Rajputs. A Sindhi Baniya is something i haven’t heard in a long long time. Q2 What is the current situation ofBrahmins in India? A2 Goutham R,Lives in Bengaluru,Karnataka, India 5y I am aKannada speaking Smartha Brahmin from Karnataka. Our native is Mysuru,currently living in Bengaluru. My answer is strictly from Karnataka'sperspective. I have many Brahmin friends from all parts of Karnataka likecoastal, North West and North East. To be very honest and frank, there is NOBRAHMIN BASHING OR HATRED at all in Karnataka. I have always felt this and Igot the same opinion from my friends also. I am veryproud of my state and my state's people for this reason. There is no history ofAnti-Brahmin movement here at all even when the same happened in ourneighbouring states like Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. That effect could be feltin our state. We know many Tamil Brahmins settled in Bengaluru, Mysuru regionwho migrated from TN during Dravidian movement. In fact Malleshwaram area wascreated for this purpose only. Even today the area has significantIyer/Iyengars population. There are many like that in Mysuru too who settledthere because of Wodeyar's rule. There areabsolutely no community or groups or even political parties in Karnataka whichspreads venom against Brahmins. All live peacefully here. It reminds a linefrom our state anthem written by Kuvempu 'sarvajanangada shantiya toTa', whichmeans Karnataka is a peaceful garden for every community/religion. There wasnever a history of hate speeches against Brahmins by any political parties,nobody says anything bad in any speech or election rallies too. There are vey,very few exceptions, but nobody takes them seriously. We can see bothpoliticians and people from all communities visiting various Brahmins Mathaslike Sringeri, Udupi, Mantralaya, Melukote etc. Nobody has any reservation.This is the level of acceptance and tolerance here. Also since reservation inKA is less than 50%, situation is a lot better here compared to few stateswhich has reservation upto 60 or 70%. Here there is no such ecosystem whereBrahmins are targeted. They are not targeted in schools/colleges/universities/officesetc. They are respected like any other individual or community. I amextremely proud to say that no caste/community targets or abuses Brahmins andvice versa is also true. Brahmins also don't dominate here. Domination is noway good to the society, co-existence and mutual harmony is what is importantand that can be found in Karnataka. This is thereason why Kannada Brahmins never migrated out of state. Only few familiesmigrated to TN after the downfall of Vijayanagara empire, but that was a completelydifferent scenario. But the reverse can be felt very easily. Karnataka has alarge presence of Tamil, Telugu, Konkani, Marathi Brahmins who had migrated indifferent timelines. Because of this, Karnataka has the highest Brahminspopulation in South India. HereBrahmins also worked for larger good of society instead of creatinghierarchies. Also they were rooted to the idea of Kannada, Kanandiga andKarnataka as much as to the idea of Bharata. This found acceptance from otherKannadigas too, as even they thought in the same way. I cannottell for the entire country, but definitely the situation of Brahmins inKarnataka is definitely good and I really thank all Kannadigas from bottom ofmy heart for this. Of course there are poor, middle class and rich people likein any other community, but there was no hatred which was targeted at them.Karnataka is blessed to have such people who know to live peacefully. My note-I am settled in Chennai for more than 19years now . I am highly respected like other Brahmins in the area. Both Iyersand Iyengar lives in Harmony. Nanganallur, Mylapore etc areas have moreBrahmins. There are a lot of DMK peoplein our area. They respect me and other Brahmins very well. Most of them visit temples. I think the term disrespect by DMK to Brahminsis exaggerated. Q3 What are some absent-minded things weall do? A3 Gopalkrishna Vishwanath, Lived 69years so far. No regrets. Look forward to the best years now. Feb 23 At a petrolpump, the customers queued up in a line waiting for their turn. A young girlwas one among them.The pump attendant stared at her and smiled. The girl waspuzzled but she smiled back. When it washer turn, the attendant told her “Sister, you need to charge your scooter,Petrol won’t work. You forgot that you are no longer riding a petrol drivenscooter. Q4 What are some of the greatest examplesof presence of mind? A4 Senthamil Paavai, Not so aged to givea piece of advice Updated 6y CNAnnadurai Late CM of Tamilnadu went to Yale university to deliver a speech. Based on hislooks, a native English speaking man thought of testing his English speakingskills. He, ”Can youconstruct a sentence in English by using because three times in it?” Our Annareplied instantly,”No sentence ends in because ,because, because is aconjunction”. The Englishman was exclaimed as our Anna not only used because 3 times but also used itconsecutively thrice. He is none other than C.N.Annadurai who is thefirst C.M of Tamilnadu State(Before it was called State of Madras). He is knownfor his oratory skills and knowledge. Source: BirthdaySpecial: 10 facts to know about great Tamil icon C.N. Annadurai Q5 Can you tell a good humor? A5 Lynda Clarke,Apr 20 AnAmerican-Indian walks into a saloon with a shotgun in one hand and a 10-litrebucket of manure in the other: The Indiansays to the bartender, "Me want Lager!" Thebartender says, "Sure, Chief, coming right up." He then serves theIndian a tall glass of Tennents Lager. The Indian drinks it down in one gulp,picks up the bucket, throws the manure into the air and blasts it with theshotgun. He then walks out. Five dayslater, the Indian returns: He has hisshotgun in one hand and another bucket of manure in the other.He struts up tothe bar and tells the bartender: “Me want beer!"The bartender says,"Whoa there Chief, we're still cleaning up from the last time you werehere... What was that all about anyway?" he asked. The Indianexplained, "Me training for job as politician. Drink beer, shoot the shit,disappear for a few days come back and see if somebody else has cleaned up themess me left behind....." 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