CULTURAL QA 12-2021-08 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Do any other people eat with their hands like Indians? A1 Sachin Masekar Home Chef(1978–present) Sat Eating by hand is our Indian culture. But we got the British rule andthey did something that changed everything. According to Ayurveda, our body is made up of five principles and thereis one principle at the tip of each finger. Also, when we eat with our hands,we put our fingers together and fill our mouths with grass. It also improvesdigestion. Meanwhile, eating by hand is always considered appropriate. At thesame time, all the attention is focused on eating while eating by hand, whichincreases the nutrition that the body gets. The British ruled over us, from them we learned many things of westernculture. Every country has a different culture, certain traditions. Thattradition and culture creates the identity of the country. Our India also has a distinct identity in the world due to its ancientdiverse culture as well as diverse languages, arts, literature, Indian foodculture.This is the colorful culture, people from all over the world visitIndia to see the vibrant atmosphere here.Many people are shocked to see somethings in our country. So some people learn a lot from the people in theircountry. Foreigners are imitating some of the Indians.Many foreigners maintainthis habit even after settling in India. For an example…… Drinking tea from asaucer, eating by hand without using a fork, taking off slippers when goinghome, Indian style toilet, colorful brightly colored clothes, juggling oldthings without throwing away. Not only in India but also inAfrica, the Middle East region has a culture of hand eating. Q2 How do people get kidney failures? A2 Ken Saladin Former professorof histology (microscopic anatomy) Sun I think the most common cause is hypertension, whichdestroys the glomeruli (blood-filtering capillary beds) of the kidneys. Next to that, probably renal atherosclerosis—the build up of fatty plaque in the renalarteries, cutting down the blood supply to the kidneys and starvingthem. Glomerulonephritis is a kidney-destroying autoimmune disease, found inaround 0.2 to 2.5 out of every 100,000 people worldwide. That’s rare, but in ahigh-density area like New York City or Los Angeles, that could mean up to 150people or so with this disease at any one time. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), another multifaceted autoimmunedisease, often causes glomerulonephritis and can lead to end-stage renalfailure. Other causes include chronic or repetitive kidney infections; trauma(blows to the back, or frequent vibration as from heavy machinery); poisoning (heavy metals, carbontetrachloride, acetone, paint thinners); and blockage of the renal tubulesby proteins (as in some wasting muscle diseases, muscle injuries likecompartment syndrome, and hemolysis (red blood cell breakdown) due tomismatched blood transfusions). Q3 Why do we eat three times a day and not two times in a day? A3 Bhuvana Rameshwar Preferhealthy food Mon We eat three times a day as anorm. There is a biological reason behind this. Our stomach takes maximum of 4hrs to digest the food we eat. Sometimes it takes 2hrs if the food is easily digestable like fruits,fresh juice and salads or soft drinks etc or 4hr if they are proteins, wholegrain like fish eggs, meat, wheat, rice based foods etc. So if a person wakes up has a coffee, milk or tea by two hrs he needs hisnext meal say breakfast. So on an average 8 am breakfast 12 noon lunch 4 pm tea time 8 pm dinner. These timings change to plus or minus 1 or 2 hrs if we eat light food,drink tea, coffee or nibble on snacks or candy or energy bars in between or weare unable to eat due to strict lunch or tea break timings as in schools,offices . Stomach and small intestine in coordination with our brain determine ourhunger and food needs. Digestive system is so well programmed. You play with itand end up with ulcer, gastritis and bloating. My note-Diabetic patients mayrequire more times in take of foods, but in smaller quantities Q4 Who was Ashokasundari, the third child of Lord Shiva andParvati? A4 Namasvi Shukla Daughterof Mother UmaDec 1 Ashokasundari was created from the wish-fulfillingtree Kalpavriksha when Parvati Mata wished for a daughter to reduce her loneliness. Thewords in her name are derived from her creation. Ashokarefers to the easing of Parvati's shoka, which means "sorrow", whilesundari means "beautiful girl". Q5 What's a meal you have had thousands of times but still loveeating it? A5 Bharti Sharma Cookingfor 37 years (not professional)Thu Simple Dal and Roti As a Rajasthani we hardly eat rice in our meal. Everyday I make WheatRoti and Dal. I have eaten Dal and Roti since I was 4 months old. Now I am 51years old so you can guess how many times I have eaten Dal Roti by now.Multiply days and my age 😂 easily a thousand times but I still love it the same Q6 Why shouldn't you pour concrete in cold weather? A6 Steven Haddock Studiedat York University (Canada)Nov 27 When you pour concrete, a chemical reaction occurs that’s fairlyexothermic - in otherwords it gives off heat. However, this heat is criticalto the continued curing of the concrete as it expedites the same reactionthroughout the concrete slab. In other words, the warmer the concrete isthe more thoroughly it cures and gains strength. If its too cold out, all that heat is dissipated into the air instead ofstaying in the concrete. Thecuring process is slowed down as a result and it takes the concrete more timeto reach its full hardness. Curing starts out very quickly, but slows down withtime although it never entirely stops. If the concrete doesn’t cure properly in the early stages, you may notget the characteristics you want, like resistance to compression or durability. Q7 What is “antecubital” in anatomy? A7 Ken Saladin Author,Anatomy & Physiology—The Unity of Form and Function Nov 30 The word is antecubital, not anticubital. Anti- means against, opposing,as in antibody. Ante- means before or in front of, as in anterior, antenatal,and antecubital. The antecubital fossa is thepit on the anterior side of the elbow. The official name, though, is just cubital fossa. Most of us these daysleave off the “ante.” Q8 How many times did Gandhari open her eyes in theMahabharata? A8 Lakshminandan NarayanaPutra Studied at 10th Class in India Sat She never opened her eyes after tying the cloth on her eyes. It's a folklore that she openedher eyes to give armour to Duryodhana. This was copied from the part in Mahabharata where Drona gives an armourto Duryodhana. In reality Duryodhana never had any armour. Q9 Why is caffeine in so many plants? A9 Steven Haddock Studiedat York University (Canada)Nov 23 Although to humans it’s a wonderful stimulant (it works by blocking thereceptors that sleep inducing chemicals bind to) to insects its a deadlypoison. Many plantsproduce chemicals that are toxic to insects to keep from being eaten,but caffeine producing plants go one better and put caffeine in their seeds to keep them from beingeaten even after the plant dies. Q10 What is the meaning of this idiom "We put the dogto sleep as it was suffering from age-related ailments"? A10 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam Lawyer Sun It means Your Dog was given a Sedative to gently let it drift off tosleep and then a Drug was given to paralyse its heart muscles and stop it frombeating - essentially ending its life voluntarily This is usually calledEUTHANASIA This is done so that the Dog doesnt suffer in the long term and its likeDrifting off to sleep and never waking up again.Yet Owners cry and cry and cryso much …. its a very painful sight. Q11 If continental countries get their fresh water fromrivers, lakes, ground water and the like, where do islands in middle of nowherelike those tiny Pacific and Indian ocean and Atlantic islands get their water? A11 Ciro Pabon Specialist inHighway Engineering & Soil Mechanics, Universidad Del Cauca (Graduated1986)Nov 26 They get it from the fact that salt water weighs more than fresh water, so the fresh water is kept inthe soil in what is called a water lens. The ground on top of salt watercreates a pool of fresh water inside the ground (in blue, under the island) that “hangs” inside the salt water thatcomes from the ocean into the ground Here you have a real map of fresh water depth level in a tiny Pacificisland. In the orange parts, the fresh water goes down up to 4 meters, in clear bluegoes down 1 to 2 meters, etc. If I had to dig a well, I would do it by the police station marked onthat map. Notice that you cannot “pull”the fresh water too quickly, or you will mix it with the salt water under it. Picture not attached Q12 What is the chromosomal relationship between non-humanapes and humans? A12 Claire Jordan Degree inbiology and folklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaperNov 28 Our chromosomes and those of chimps and bonobos are extremely similar -same layout, genesnearly all arranged in the same order on the same chromosomes etc - except that in humans, two short chromosomes have stuck together end to end to form onelong one. We know it was that way around, and not that a formerlylong chromosome split into two in chimps, because gorillas and orangutans alsohave two separate, short chromosomes and onlythe human line has them joined together. It’s possible this happened early on and accelerated our separation from the line leading tochimps, 7 milliion years ago, as it would make cross-breeding with thechimp line and pooling our genes with them much more difficult. We see thishappening in wild ship rats in India - there are three or four populations withslightly different rearrangements of their chromosomes, and while the differentgroups can still interbreed, they do so with somewhat decreased fertility andsuccess, so eventually they will probably split into different species. All the above QA are from Quora website on 07-12- 2021. Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan ,78, former AGM Telecom Trivandrum on 08-12-2021 -- 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 thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2048625073.1018809.1638915954390%40mail.yahoo.com.
