CULTURAL QA 06-2021-13 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Why isthere only a chair for the captain in a ship bridge? A1 Arun Visvanathan Former Commander atIndian Navy (1970–1990)Thu This is not strictly correct as the radio operatorwould be seated but it's a valid question All persons on watchexcept those operating equipment like the radio operator must stand. The moment you sit, youralertness reduces. At night it is very easy to nod off. The Captain,even if he is on the bridge, is not on watch unless he expressly states “I havethe conn.” He then assumes responsibility for all manoeuvres and the OOWbecomes his assistant. In essence if the OOW has the conn, he is expected to takeall necessary actions without referring or deferring to the Captain who may besitting on the bridge. Q2 Whyare horses so cool with having to do whatever the rider wants? A2 Claire Jordan Worked at National HealthService (NHS)June 7 They’re quite heirarchical animals. They naturally wantto do what the lead mare tells them, so a goodrider who treats them well takes the place of the lead mare - keeping themsafe, leading them to food and giving them things to do which are both safe andinteresting. Being ridden alsogives them the company, exercise and intellectual stimulation which in the wildthey would get from intra-herd rivalries and evading predators. Also humans do social grooming even better thanother horses do - they love being combed and brushed. Human fingers are asuperpower. Q3 Howpowerful is Lord Shiva? What would you say to it? A3 Vinu KG Tue Lord Shiva's power can beexplained in so many texts. Sharabha is a form of Shiva came to pacify Narasimha.Jalandhar/ Shankhchood was slayed by Shiva. Halahal poison was drunk by Shivato save universe. Q4 Whatif a woman doesn't want to pay half family expenses although she made moremoney than her husband? A4 Rukmini Hindupur Lives in Bengaluru,Karnataka, India (1986–present)June 8 Raj and Monika met ona matrimony site. They liked each other. They married after a courtship of anyear and a half. Both of them were equally qualified and income wasalso almost same though Raj was a couple of years older than Monika.Both earned well as software engineers in reputed MNCs. Both of them camefrom similar families with similar economic status. But there was a catch. Raj was the youngerone of two sons in his family. His elder brother was five years older than him.But he had a psychological problem. He didn’t do well in studies and wasjobless. Meaning, Raj’sparents were permanently burdened with their elder son. On the top of it, theparents performed the marriage of the elder son in a hurry when Raj’s marriagewas fixed. The girlthey found for the elder son was also a girl with no qualifications or earning. The outcome of thewhole situation was, Rajwas asked by his parents to send them a fat cheque every month. Being thedutiful son, Raj could not ignore his parents ‘ wants. But in Monika‘shouse, she was the older one of two daughters. The younger sister was also agem and settled in a very good career. Monika never had the obligation of any financial helptowards her birth family. Monika‘s parentshaving planned well, never needed to ask their daughters for help. On thecontrary, they were helpful whenever the daughters needed a helping hand, likeduring buying a house. As is the custom, Monika‘s parents were giving gifts onvarious occasions like childbirth, birthdays or just as annual gifts. Because of the abovesituation in Raj’s family Raj’s purse strings are always strained. For allmajor expenses, it is Monika who pays. Monika being a mature girl, understands her husband’spredicament. But she wants him to tell his parents directly that he cannot takethe burden of his elder brother and his family of wife and two children. Monika believes thatRaj’s parents themselves don’t need monthly allowance because they get their pension and rental income. It isthe elder brother who is a millstone around the family’s neck. This is not the storyof only Raj and Monika. Scores of working couples face this situation, becausein India, parents of sons never leave their sons alone. Sons are theirproviders. There is always a tug of war between the husband’s parentsand the daughter in law. Hence, in my opinionit is not correct to say, that an earning wife doesn’t take financialresponsibility equal to her husband.In most families the wife is taking care of her family’s financial needsas her husband isbusy taking care of his parents and siblings. My note- This is a very common issue. Manygirls having both parent’s earning would not understand the case where father only is earning and husband(son)’s commitment to parents, especially after retirement. Q5 WasRavana the ancestor of Sinhalese or Tamils? A5 Padmanabhan Venkatesan Lives inChennai, Tamil Nadu, India (1958–present)Thu Ravana is a Brahmanfrom North India. Rama is a Chatriya from South India. In the olden daysBrahmans were acting like villains and Chatriyas were living with high morals. Even Vishwamitra wasyearning to be like Rama. There was natural jealousy, it may have been soft andsweet or harsh and bitter. Valmeki was a Tamilhunter community sage. He wrote Ramayana. In fact, it misses timeline often. Suddenly Shiv becomeslike Father in the heaven and suddenly becomes Kishan's Brother in law. Our mythology has no head or tail.Believe it blindly you can be happy. You start questioning and you will end upmiserably for scientific answers cannot be smooth to ears. Q6 What isthe most interesting fact that you know and I don't, but I should? A6 Chandra Deep Mishra 24 and stilllearning Updated January 15 This is a coconut. When you peel theouter husk of a coconut, you usually see three eyes of it. What many peopledon’t know is that, one of the eye is softer than the other two. You canactually pierce it easily with the help of a knife or fork. So next time, find the right (Correct) eye andcollect the coconut water out easily and enjoy it before smashing. Existence of threeeyes? Once upon atime on the earth coconut also had 3 fruits inside the husk. Withevolution all the 3 joined together and unified! Q7 If adoctor suddenly died while doing surgery, would the other doctors work on thedoctor or the patient? A7 Shawn Lanning Lead MRI Technologist(1995–present)June 7 Well bluntly, if hedies there really isn't anything to do but cart him out. Call another surgeon andcontinue. The pt will be monitored and kept alive by the anesthesiologist. I'm sure that's notwhat you meant. He would just become another pt. They would move him out of theOR and run a code. Another surgeon would be called to continue or stabilize thept so it could becompleted later if another was not available. Q8 What aresome foods with strange or unusual names? A8 Balakrishnan Ramanan Not a foodie, butlove to try different cuisines June 4 Aama(i) Vadai! Aamai vadai/ ஆமைவடை literally means ‘tortoise vada’ in Tamil, while itis actually a snack made of lentils. I’m not sure how thisstrange name came into existence! It’s called ‘Paruppu Vadai’ (meaning lentil vada) by fewpeople, but at our home it’s always ‘Aama(i) vadai’. amai vadai taking itsmost comfortable left upper corner position on the Tamil new year lunch! Trivia: It differs from the more popular ‘Masal vadai’by virtue of not having any onion, garlic or cumin. Aama(i) vadai iscalled Ambode (ಆಂಬೊಡೆ) inKannada :) Q9 How wouldbe our economy after the Pandemic? A9 Kanthaswamy Balasubramoniam, lawyer The Pandemic is atemporary phenomenon. An Economy has tremendous force, so it will reboundwithin a handful of months. The Problem is Our Economy is Brutally Weak.I mean Brutally Brutally Weak. It has never been so bad or weak even in 1989. So the thing is not Covid related. Right now today - TheGovernment, Most Media, Most Tame Experts are LYING and selectively giving awrong picture that the Economy is healthy. They are selectively indicating theShare Markets, Ambani, Startups and giving an impression that India is in factwealthy. Its all an Illusion. Just like our Indian Rupee being theStrongest Currency in Asia is an Illusion. The K Shapedrecoveries, the GDP Growth rates, the V Shaped recoveries are all entirely andtotally deceptive. The Fact is - the Most Key Component of any Economy is conveniently beingignored - CONSUMER DEMAND The Government has afull 3 Years in Power and given the Stupidity of most of the Indian Voters -another 5 years. This indicates that unless revolutionary changes are made - Our Economy will enter into aStagnancy from which no further growth is possible. It means even in2045 - we will remain at the same stagnant level. My note- This QA is added forthe most important point- consumer demand which is neglected. Q10 Inwhich river in India are Bhagwan Shiva Lingam found, and why? A10 Answered by Yash Mishra Fri Only Narmadariver . And the reason for itgoes like this — A Devi (goddess)named Narmadaonce started penance of lord Brahma. After tapasya , when lord Brahma appearedin front of her, she askedhim to grant her the holiness and powers as that of Devi Ganga. Then lord Brahmareplied- If there can be anyother deity co-equal to Shiva;If there can be any other devotee (of Shiva)co-equal to Vishnu ;If there can be any Devi co-equal to Parvati ; Then I canmake you co-equal to Devi Ganga. Then Devi Narmada understood that it's not possible atall. Then Devi Narmadamoved to Holy city of Kashi, where she did Tapasya for Shiva .She alsoinstalled a Shivling at the ground , which was created from a stone from theriver presently known as Narmada . And then Lord Shankar appeared in front of her and askedher to ask a wish. But she refused andasked for devotion of Shiva until death. Lord Shankar got impressed and gaveher a boon that — In the river associated to you , devotees willfind natural Shivlings and those Shivlings will be more powerful compared toother man-made Shivlings. Since then, we findNarmada Shivling in the Narmada river.Some Narmada Shivling also contains naturally made holysymbols like “Om". And Shivling meanssymbol of Shiva and has NO RELATION with any body part. To know real meaning ofShivling, check my profile's pinned answer. Note — Don't get confused by thinking how can ariver worship someone. Devi Ganga and DeviNarmada are the goddesses associated with respective rivers, so they canworship. Whereas Ganga on the head of Lord Shankar is water. And rivers are nonliving H2O. Q11 Why theword "limited(ltd)'' is added to any company's name? A11 Scott M. Stolz Author &ResearcherJune 8 It indicates that the company has limitedliability, and that if the business fails, onlythe assets of the business can be used to pay the business’ debts. The only way to getlimited liability for a company is to form a corporation or limited liability company or other entity that the state grants limited liability. And to do that, youhave to pay them a fee and you have to follow their rules for naming thecompany. One of the rules is that the company name mustcontain specific words (or their abbreviations) so that people know the companyhas limited liability. It also helpsidentify the type of company it is (public, private, corporation, partnership,etc.). Different countrieshave different words that must be included. In most of the English-speakingworld, the word is “Limited” or its abbreviation “Ltd.” for corporations. A company with“Limited” in the name is equivalent to a company that has “Corporation” (Corp.)or “Company” (Co.) or “Incorporated” (Inc.) in its name (in mostjurisdictions). All the above QA are based on Quora digest on12-06- 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 13-6- 2021 -- 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/1577946737.3992715.1623569478627%40mail.yahoo.com.
