CULTURAL QA07-2022-22 BEING ACOMPILATION THERE MAY BE ERRORS
Q1 What are the reasons for the washingmachine repair? A1 Washing Machine Service Center inCoimbatore1y Too loads of dresses. Due tothese loads, the washing machine becomes unbalanced and did not spin. Leaking washer also amain factor of repair Too much detergent also leads toproblems in the washing machines. Washing machine not draining is the most common problemamong all of them. Q2 What are the biggest ironies inIndia? A2 Dr. MK, An Indian by every aspect. Sun You will be taughtsleep medicine in MBBS and won't be given time to sleep after MBBS. Your parents willgladly watch news of martyrdom and get goosebumps but won't allow you to join army. Teachers will teachyou moral lessons on honesty but not their own subject. They want you to attendtheir tuition classes and maketheir pockets heavy. Doctors, in theOPD, will advise you to stop smoking but will themselves grab a smoke duringbreak. Government advisesto stop consuming tobacco and liquor but it would be a nightmare for them ifeveryone does so. The GDPwould go down to dogs. There is apolitician out there who sparks hatred and violence among religiouscommunities. He sends his kids to a reputed school which teaches them secularism. We crib and crythat Quora is becoming a dustbin but we upvote answers that are not worth more than trash. Q3 What is the stringy part of a bananacalled? A3 Lucia Garcia, Worked at Hospitals11h Biologically, thestringy part of a banana is called the "phloem bundles," which is responsiblefor transporting water, minerals, and nutrients to bananas. When bananas areimmature, phloem bundles cling to the pulp. However, once the banana is ripe, phloem bundles areseparated from the pulp. Although phloembundles have a bland taste, phloem bundles are completely edible without any sideeffects. Like banana pulp, phloem bundles are nutritious and richin potassium, magnesium, dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitaminB6, and more. In fact, phloembundles are much higher in dietary fiber than pulp. Eating some phloem bundles along with bananas is verybeneficial for digestive health. Q4 Can a sink drain connect to a toiletdrain before a toilet vent? A4 Gopala Krishnan, Former AssistantGeneral Manager 1996-2004 at Department of Telecom (1966–2004) Just now I am living inChennai in an area, where kitchen cleaning waste water go to a soak pit andtoilet waste is going to septic tank. Bath water goes to another soak pit. Inhomes septic tank and other pipes SHOULD NOT be connected together. When corporationdrains are run through centre of road in large pipes laid at 5 feet depth orso, as I understand separate pipes are laid from sock pits and septic tanks andconnected to this main pipe. How the connection is made is not clear to me. Q5 What is the privilege of being aTamizhan on Quora? A5 Gopalkrishna Vishwanath ,I have beena member of Quora since July 201521h Absolutely none! Balaji Viswanathan is the mostfollowed Quoran not because he is a Tamizhan but because of the quality of hiscontributions over nearly a dozen years that he has been active on Quora. Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniamis currently the most viewed writer considering monthly views and will soonovertake everyone else, not because he is a Tamizhan but for the content he iscontributing. Some of his views on politics are not palatable to a large numberof Quorans but they are all curious to read what he has to say and his answersgo viral within minutes and he is perhaps the most discussed Indian Quoran. I myself have managed to bewell-liked by a large number of Quorans but that is not due to my Tamilidentity. It is due to the way I have engaged with thousands of Quorans bothpublicly and privately, on Quora and off Quora. I enjoy a special advantage ofknowing Hindi and being able to write answers in Hindi and that has brought mea large number of followers from the North India. They follow me not because Iam a Tamizhan but because of my modern views on most issues which are popularwith youngsters and which are unlike the usual views of a typical Indianseptugenarian. If any one canquote any example of how merely being a Tamizhan has earned him any privilegeon Quora I would be curious to know what that privilege is. By the way in caseyou are wondering what the word “Tamizhan” means, it is the same is Tamilian. Tamizhan is the correct spellingof the popular word Tamilian, that is a person who speaks Tamizh (Tamil) as hisnative language. Most Indiansoutside Tamil Nadu and Kerala cannot pronounce “zh” correctly and that is whythe wrong spellings (Tamil, and Tamilian) became popular and replaced Tamizhand Tamizhan. Q6 Why do we Hindus do ancestralprayers when the souls of our ancestors have already taken on other lives? A6 Rami Sivan, Priest, Dharma teacher,counsellor, Gov. Advisor (1998–present)Jul 11 A very goodquestion. There are several layers of thought accumulated over millennia. Ancestor worship is a very ancient layer of belief commonamong most early civilisations. It was believedthat the ancestors live in a spiritual realm known as Pitri Loka and look downon their descendants and can benefit them for good or bad, hence they need tobe propitiated and their good wishes invoked. Later on, when themetaphysics of rebirth and Karma were consolidated, belief in the Manes(Pitris) became antiquated and obsolete. But still the two layers of belieffound an uneasy partnership. So today we hold with the doctrine of rebirth and Karma but stillacknowledge the Manes - even though they have already been reborn. The Sraddha nowadays has taken on the form of a memorialservice in which the memory of the deceased ishonoured. Let us examine theHymn to the Manes in Rig Veda 10.15. The mantras from this Sūkta are stillrecited in the Sraddha ceremonies. Let the lower, letthe higher, let the middlemost Soma-loving Manes arise; let those Manes who,friendly, knowing right, have gone to life eternal, favour us in ourinvocations. Let this ouradoration be made to-day to our predecessors, to those our successors who havedeparted who have seated themselves in the astral realms or who are now presentamong opulent people. I have invoked theManes, who are well cognizant of my worship, the infallibility, and theprogressive advance of this sacrifice; the Manes who sit on the sacred grassfrequently coming hither shall partake of the pressed drink with the offeringto the dead, come most gladly here. You Manes that siton the strew come hither protect us who are in your presence; these offerings we have made toyou; accept them; so come with most beneficent protection; then bestow upon ushealth and happiness, and pardon from sin. May the Pitaras whoare entitled to the Soma offering come hither, when invoked by us, to the dearofferings placed upon the strew; let them come; let them listen here to ourhymns; let them speak for us; let them protect us. Bending the knee,sitting down to the south do you all greet favorably this sacrifice; injure usnot, O Manes, by reason of any offence that we may have committed against youthrough human frailty. Sitting inproximity to the radiant flames of the altar, bestow wealth on the worshippingmortal. To your sons, O Fathers, present a share of those riches; so do youhere bestow strength. May Yama, being propitiated,desirous of the offering, partake at pleasure of the oblations along with thoseour ancient progenitors, the Saumyas, the possessors of great spiritual wealth,who also desire it, and who convey the Soma oblation to the devas and thepitaras in order. Come O Agni to our presence with the Pitris,who are possessed of spiritual wisdom, who have attained a seat in the assemblyof the devas, who thirst for Soma, skilled in sacrifices, reciters of hymns,truth-speaking. seers, frequenters of sacrifices. Come O Agni with thousands of manes, of bothpast and future, frequenters of sacrifices, eulogists of the gods, those whoare true, who are sustained by oblations, and possess equality with Indra andthe devas. You Fathers thathave been devoured by fire come hither; sit you down each on his seat, you thathave good guidance; partake of the offerings proffered on the strew; thenbestow wealth accompanied by strong sons. You O Agni, havingbeen implored, O Source of the Vedas, have conveyed the oblations, having madethem fragrant. You have presented them to the fathers; with the funeraloffering they have eaten them; so you, O god do also partake of the oblationsproffered. Both the Fatherswho are here in this realm and who are not here in this world, both those whomwe know and those whom we know not, you know how many they are O Jatavedas;enjoy the sacrifice well prepared with funeral offerings. The gentlereader will notice that the Manes (Pitris) are regarded as partners with theGods (Devas) having the same powers. And there is no mention of rebirth. Nowadays the vastmajority of Hindus do not practice Ancestor-worship - but may only do tokenofferings as part of a memorial service after cremation for up to a year. My note- This is answer by a foreigner acceptedHinduism. This QA is included just for information and not for discussions. Q7 What kind of propane is used in homeair conditioners? A7 Pete G,HVAC Contractor Jul 14 The propane used insome AC systems is ultrapurified for use as a refrigerant gas. You wouldn’t use the stuffout of your grill. In the AC industry if you needed propane based refrigerationgas you would ask for R-290 at the supplier. As a professional in the AC industry, I have not yet seenpropane used in a modern, whole home AC system. It is mostly used inrefrigeration appliances and some RV style air conditioning systems. Q8 What are some sad pictures of humansdestroying Mother Nature? A8 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee, SoftwareEngineer | Traveller | Foodie Jul 2 There's a deserted factory just adjacent to our building.It used to be a plastic factory back in the 1990s and ever since I gainedsense, I have always seen the factory like this, left to crumble to the ground. Recently, somebodypurchased this land and from what we learnt from the talk of the town, an 18-storeyed building is plannedto be constructed at this spot along with a shopping mall. Whilethat's exciting in one sense, I can only imagine the damage this will cause to Mother Nature. This was what thisplace used to look like. Due to storms, strong winds and years of negligence,the buildings had started to crumble, the roofs had blown off and tall grassesand trees had grown which usedto be the home to several birds. This is nature at its best whenhumans do not interfere. Unfortunately,yesterday, they started to clear the land and a portion of the building at thefar end was also demolished.Today, I woke up to the sound of several birdschirping. I never heard so many birds chirping at the same time. I went to mybalcony to see all but one tree cut down. A JCB was broughtto destroy the structures; notice how the building on the left side in thefirst two pictures has been broken down to a pile of bricks only. And there were so many birds flyingaround because their homes were lost — lost forever! Compare thefirst picture with the third one and you'll see the drastic difference betweenthe same place captured just a few days apart! Q9 Where are proteins digested andabsorbed? A9 Ken Saladin, Former professor ofhistology (microscopic anatomy)Jul 15 Protein digestion begins in the stomach, but there’s noprotein (amino acid) absorption there. Protein digestion is completed, and theamino acids are absorbed, in the small intestine,especially the first two portions of it—duodenum and jejunum. Nearly all aminoacid absorption occurs in the jejunum; the process is nearly complete by the time the residuereaches the third portion, the ileum. Q10 Were European medieval (e.g. A.D. 1200)houses made of mud, poorly built, misaligned, etc. like we see in the movies? A10 Claire Jordan,Degree in biology andfolklore; programmer, shop owner, secretary on newspaper Sun Made of mud, sometimes - called cob.But plaster is just a refined mud, and bricks are just fired mud. Misaligned, no. That’ssomething that happened later. In areas where Mediaeval buildings werewood-framed, the surviving ones have tended to warp a bit over the centuries. All the above QA are from Quora website on 21-07- 2022. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers . Compiled andposted by R. Gopala krishnan on 22-07-2022 -- 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/780889829.469562.1658457933267%40mail.yahoo.com.
