CULTURAL QA 05-2024-23 The below QA is from Quora digest to me on 23-05-2024.
Quora answers need not be 100% correctanswers. .Compiledand posted byR. Gopala krishnan, on 23-05-2024 Q1 During Mahabharata era, kings andprinces had more than one spouse. Then did Hastinapur Palace have enough spacefor the 100 Kauravas' wives and children? A1 PrasannaBhalerao, Knows a great deal about Mahabharata, read 5 versions4y Hastinapur Kingdom was very rich. It is mentioned that theprinces had individual palaces. For instance, when Krishna was about to arrivefor his peace mission, Dhritarashtra suggested that Krishna's stayingarrangements be made in Dushasana's palace because it was much nicer thanDuryodhana's own. So the principal two sons did have own palaces. What aboutthe other 98? There is no reason to believe that they were all bunched togetherin single house or palace. As mentioned, the kingdom was rich - one of therichest of those times. When it comes to kings having multiple wives, it was notalways for sexual gratification. More often than not, kings of those times hadmultiple queens to extend political boundaries, friendship, treaties, etc. Somewere forced abducted - like Bhishma abducted the three Kasi princesses forVichitravirya. Pandu's second wife Madri was a political marriage. All mendidn't have multiple wives. Dhritarashtra had just one wife. Q2 Why does a mirror reverse thingshorizontally but not vertically? A2 Ron Brown,Decadesof teaching physics to undergrads Updated Jan 3 The common misconception occurs when one asks why does theirphotographs do not look like what they see in the mirror. As Steve Baker saysin his answer, what a mirror “flips” is front-to-back, not left-to-right. Thatis, if you are standing in front of a mirror facing north, your image is facingsouth. If you were wearing a watch on your left wrist, the ‘person’facing you appears to be wearing their watch on their right wrist - which is onthe left as you look at them, that is, it is on the left both in reality and inthe image, so was not ‘flipped’ horizontally. If someone were walking towardyou with their watch on their left wrist, it would be on your right as theywalk toward you. That is, flipping front-to-back reverses what we expect to seewhen someone is walking towards us. So why does that make our photos appear different that whatwe see in a mirror? Our faces are not symmetric. So if your cute smile isslightly tilted - say higher on your right side, what you see in a reflectionwill be different than what other people facing you see - and that is, what acamera records. Stand in front of a mirror with your smart phone. Take apicture of your image - it looks essentially like what you see in the mirror.Now switch your phone to the back camera and take another photo directly ofyour face. That is what others see - and it looks totally different than theimage in the mirror (or the first photo). And you might not like it. Why?Because it is so unfamiliar - because we never see ourselves as others see us.We only see our reflections. When you take a selfie with your friends, theylook normal, but your image looks different than you think you look. Q3 What is the news item- A17-year-old boy dug a well on his own in Settisara village located in theMalnad region of Karnataka? A3 ChauhanBabu Nath,May 10 You will be surprised to know the reason behind this. Thisstudent named Pawan Kumar was planning to dig a well for some days. Actually,his mother used to fetch water from far away and Pawan used to get upset seeingthis. That's why one day he decided to dig a well. Pawan's mother works in a printing unit in Netravati Sagarand his father works as a cook. To meet the water needs in this area, most of thepeople have a well in their courtyard, but due to being a poor family, Pawandid not have a well in his courtyard till now. To overcome the ongoing problems, Pawan himself took theinitiative to dig a well. He contacted a local water expert and single-handedlydug for 45 consecutive days. Pawan started digging on February 26 and took a 10-day breakin between for his exams. The well digging work was completed on 20 April. Itis 55 feet deep. “Digging stones in thehot sun is a laborious task. I was very happy when water gushed out afterdigging 53 feet. After digging about 2 feet more the work was finished. I amnow happy that my mother no longer has to go to the community well to fetchwater. She will save time when she returns from work.” This story of Pawan proves that Dashrath Manjhi's resolve ishidden in each of us. There is a need to recognize your potential. Today I will tell you about a Hanuman ji temple located onthe border of Pakistan in Kutch, Gujarat, whose story is really veryinteresting. Q4 What are the details of the HANUMANtemple in India- Pakisthan border? A4 ChauhanBabu Nath, May 17 In 1965, Pakistan was defeated in the India-Pakistan war andIndian soldiers entered Pakistan. Then when peace talks took place and the Indian governmentordered the Indian soldiers to return to India, a military contingent wascoming towards Kutch via Mirpurkhas in Sindh. Then the Major of that detachmentheard a voice and that voice said, Son, take me with you, the sinners heredefile me every day. Then the major saw that there was a Hanuman temple in front,after that the major of that detachment ordered the soldiers to pick up thisidol and take it with them to India and install it. Then that idol was installed in Bhediya Bet of Kutch, thistemple comes under BSF. Bhediya Bet is 130 kilometers away from Bhuj. After Khavra,no one is allowed to go beyond India Bridge. If anyone wants to visit thistemple, then they can visit this temple after taking the approval of BSF andlast year, this temple was made a very grand and attractive temple by theSwaminarayan sect by spending Rs. 2 crores. If you go to this temple, you will see a lot of brass bellsall around. In fact, it is believed that any BSF officer or soldier who offersa brass bell in this temple, his wish is definitely fulfilled. Q5 What made you laugh today? Why? A5 Umbrellaofhumility,Student 9h So, my parents have rented out our upper house. There are twofamilies who lives there. Both of them belongs to ‘Bihar’. Since they have beenliving here for a long time, it is natural for us to have food communication.Whenever my mom makes something special, we tend to fill two thalis(plate) andgive them to them. We serve them Rajasthani food and they give us Bihari food. Idon't know if all Bihari tend to eat less spicy food or it's just them whodon’t like spices. But being typical Rajasthani, it is our fundamental right toeat a lot of spices. So today, one of them made ‘Aloo bada’. As you can see, it is completely whitish Because there wasn'tany mirch, masala in it. And honestly none of us liked it. That aunt gave usplate of ‘Aloo bada’, she already knew that we eat spicy food and wouldn't like it, so she fried twored chillies. When she left, i said, mammi unko pta nahi hai kya pakodechatni ke sath khaye jate hai aise mirchi ke sath nahi aise rajasthani hai tokuch bhi thodi kha lenge mirchi ke nam pe…aap mujhe samajhdar bolte ho to wokya hai?🤦 Mom she didn't know!Chatni is a partner of pakoda not mirchi(chillies). You say, i am an idiot thenask her what kind of behavior this is😭 Me and my mom couldn't stop laughing 😂 I know she have done her best butstill it was quite silly.😅 I really admire her efforts and she actually works hard tomake all kinds of dishes. -- 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/1892694762.2264479.1716473281018%40mail.yahoo.com.
