Q1 Who are those most people? Includes the writer but who else even
after 80 years? Passing information is written up; but telling most
don't know is bad presumption without prior authority. Writers who do not
know our language, our literature and our texts , asking whether everyone
knows , why in England pipes get cold? Funny personalities in minority. [ A
first year student, 17 or 18 year old teaching 79 as mostly do not know]
The MRI machine is a large, cylindrical (tube-shaped) machine that
creates a strong magnetic field around the patient and sends pulses of
radio waves from a scanner. Some MRI machines look like narrow tunnels,
while others are more open.
The strong magnetic field created by the MRI scanner causes the atoms in
your body to align in the same direction. [ not energy etc] Radio waves are
then sent from the MRI machine and move these atoms out of the original
position. As the radio waves are turned off, the atoms return to their
original position and send back radio signals. These signals are received
by a computer and converted into an image of the part of the body being
examined. This image appears on a viewing monitor. That is MRI
MRI may be used instead of computed tomography (CT
<https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/adult/radiology/computed_tomography_ct_or_cat_scan_85,p01277/>)
when organs or soft tissue are being studied. MRI is better at telling the
difference between types of soft tissues and between normal and abnormal
soft tissues.
Because ionizing radiation is not used, there is no risk of exposure to
radiation during an MRI procedure.
Latest Philips machine does wonders. Best Information is not given by a 17
year old boy.
Q2 G Viswanath tells half the truth. Kursi nashin is practiced even
today in letter and spirit. People who are nothing in speeches, challenges
, unknown faces and Governors and the PM. The British used a form which
will be filled in and signed before people were to meet the officials.
Certain forces do practice standing and talking only to show the cadres. So
it is a protocol practiced then.
National herald reports )cong version so may be rejected also) So, who were
the ‘Kursi Nashins’ and how were they chosen? A certificate issued in 1887
and being circulated on social media has generated much curiosity.
Ostensibly, the certificate entitled the holder to a seat or chair,
presumably in government offices and in the presence of officials. Hence
the honorific ‘*Kursi Nashin’* is the most obvious explanation.
Not much historical reference is available though.
Writer-filmmaker-historian Sohail Hashmi says the British had different
ways of bestowing favours and this was one such device to keep privileged
Indians happy and preening.
“Even in the Mughal Durbar, few had the privilege to sit. Most of the
people would stand,” explains historian Swapna Liddle, who believes the
British adopted the practice from Mughals.
“Not everyone can sit before an official even today,” quips Prof Irfan
Habib. The only difference is that the permission is no longer issued in
writing.
While he does not remember any reference to ‘*Kursi Nashins*’, he points
out that the certificate being shared online is printed but the names were
written by hand. This would indicate that the certificates were widely
issued and names were filled in as and when required, he adds.
Sarah FD Ansari in her book *‘Sufi Saints and State Power: The Pirs of
Sind, 1843-1947’ notes*, “British patronage was closely bound up with
public distribution symbols of prestige which conferred status such as the
*kursi* at the durbar itself or *Afrinnamas* or certificates of
appreciation written in silver or gold lettering; *lunghis* of different
qualities of cloth; swords and guns inscribed with thanks for services
rendered; arms licences and more importantly exemption from arms licences;
and the honour of being excused from appearances in the civil courts.”
These were all privileges which bestowed *izzat* to Indians for helping the
administration.
That Indians vied for such “honours” and petitioned for the same is borne
out by what J. Wilson, a British Settlement Officer reported in *‘Final
Report on the Revision of Settlement of the Sirsa District in the
Punjab’* (1884).
He underlined the servile nature of Indians and the importance they
attached to privileges as being offered a chair by the Raj officers or
hakims.
“It is thought a great honour to be allowed to sit on a European chair
before a ruler and great anxiety is shown by the leading men to be placed
on the list of chair-sitters (*Kursi Nashin)* who alone have that
privilege. A man must of course take off his shoes before he comes into the
presence and he must not sit down or take his leave until he is given
permission...,” Wilson added.
Wilson lampoons Indians and records, “Towards superiors and especially
towards a ruler (hakim) the people are as polite as they know how, and in
such circumstances their politeness generally takes the form of most
fulsome flattery and extravagant gestures…a man anxious for some favour
will grovel on the ground and put dust on his head or take off his turban
and cast it on the ground…Or in short do anything that he thinks will
please the superior from whom he is asking a favour.”
Well, a chair in government offices continues to signal ‘status’ and
privilege in ‘new’ India.
Hashmi recalls with a laugh, “There was this batchmate of mine at JNU who
came from a zamindar family of Lucknow. The family was granted an annual
pension of six rupees. That continued decades after independence. This
batchmate would go all the way to Lucknow to collect this pension. It was
not about the money but the pension shows that we belong to an erstwhile
aristocratic family,’ he told me,” Hashmi recalls.
Q3 The question is stupid. What through the naked eye one may see
from your home alone cvan be seen from the space also. It is childish to
think that 14 lokas as tiffin carriers etc and from top the naked eye can
see etc. Don't waste time.
Q4 So many Why is that person alone? Even in our group there may be
many who are unsung till date. Unless one can screw others, others may not
respect you. Democracy is misused. Discipline is on the air because the
controlling authorities are naive. People who have time may see the latest
on OTT platform disney star Web series Mathagam, where the toil of the
police force is shown literally. Efficiency and the idiots are all around
us.
Q5 Ancient jokes? Who told this joke when you were young so that you
are laughing all these years?
KR IRS 22 8 23
On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 at 12:26, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 08-2023-22*
>
> Q1 What is something that most people don't know?
>
> A1 Venzil Lawrence.BE in Computer Science Engineering, St. Joseph
> Engineering College, Mangalore (Expected 2027)Updated Sat
>
> MRI machine used in hospitals for medical imaging is something many of
> you have heard of, but not everyone knows how it actually works
>
> Imagine you're trying to take a peek inside your body without cutting it
> open…
>
> That's where MRI, short for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, comes in. It's
> like a super cool camera that doesn't use any radiation like X-rays do.
>
> Before discussing the process let’s understand MRI machine.So.. There are four
> main components of MRI machine..
>
> 1 Magnet 2 Gradient Coil 3 Radio frequency coil
>
> 4 Computer System
>
> Now let’s understand it’s working and process… to understand this let’s
> start from the basics…
>
> So.. our bodies are mostly water (almost 60%)… and water has tiny
> particles called protons at the centre of each molecule…
>
> *These protons love hanging out in the middle of atoms, like a nucleus….*
>
> Now, when you place your body in a strong magnetic field, these protons
> align with it, just like compass needles pointing north.
>
> Ok.. Now a quick burst of energy is sent into your body, which temporarily
> shakes up the hydrogen atoms inside the molecule…..
>
> When the radiofrequency pulse ends, the hydrogen atoms go back to their
> normal setup….
>
> As they do this, they release signals.These signals hold info about
> what's nearby…
>
> *It's like they're sharing secrets, and those secrets help create images
> of your body's insides.*
>
> Once the hydrogen atoms send out their signals, special coil called *“Gradient
> coil” in the MRI machine* act like powerful ear, catching those signals..
>
> These coils help make the signals super clear and help create detailed
> images of what's going on inside you….
>
> It's like having a bunch of microphones that can hear every little sound
> the atoms are making.
>
> Now, the detected signals are sent to a computer, which processes and
> reconstructs them into detailed images…
>
> And that's the whole process of how MRI works... i hope my answer was
> informative
>
> My note- Very informative. Told scientific information in the most
> simplest manner.
>
> Q2 What is kursi Nashin?
>
> A3 G Viswanath
>
> In the old days before independence, Indians were not allowed to sit on a
> chair while waiting in a British official's office. If he or she had this
> "Kursi Nashin" certificate. Then he or she was permitted to sit on a chair.
>
> “Kursi Nashin” literally means "chair sitter" in Hindi.
>
> The kursi nashin certificate was introduced in the early 19th century as a
> way to differentiate between Indians who were considered to be of high
> social status and those who were not.
>
> Only those with the certificate were allowed to sit on a chair in the
> presence of a British official. This was a way for the British to assert
> their dominance over the Indians and to reinforce the social hierarchy.
>
> It was a reminder to Indians that they were not considered to be the
> equals of the British. The certificate was eventually abolished after
> India gained independence in 1947.
>
> Here is how a typical Kursi Nashin certificate dated July 1, 1887 awarded
> to Ram Narain, son of Sheo Parshad looked like. ( not attached here)
>
> May this make us realize how humiliating it was for us those days.
>
> My father-in-law who is now no more had more such stories to tell us. He
> worked under a British Officer during the Pre-Independence years.
>
> Q3 Would Earth be visible from Mars with the naked eye?
>
> A3 Olivier Van de Velde, Studied at Vrije Universiteit Brussel17h
>
> *As Mars is visible from Earth with the naked eye and Earth is bigger than
> Mars* and the atmosphere on Mars is less dense than that of Earth, the
> answer is yes, Earth is visible from Mars with the naked eye.
>
> Just to be absolutely sure let’s have a look at some pictures of Earth
> taken from Mars by Curiosity.
>
> This is a picture taken by Curiosity of Earth, Jupiter and Venus from
> Mars: On this is a picture taken by Curiosity we can see Earth and Moon at
> 10X magnification(Pictures not added)
>
> *Q4 Who are some unsung heroes of India?*
>
> A4 Hanshad Hameed,Former Station Master at Indian Railways
> (2018–2020)Updated 5y
>
> *Read about this man- Ghulam Dastagir*
>
> *He was the Deputy Station Superintendent of Bhopal* Junction on December 3rd
> 1984.Yes, the day Bhopal Gas tragedy happened.
>
> *Unfortunately for him and fortunately for so many, he stayed there to
> complete some pending work.*
>
> At midnight when he stepped on to the platform, he felt an itch in his
> throat and burning sensation in his eyes. He rushed to his Station
> Superintendent's office, but he was dead already.
>
> The Gorakhpur - Mumbai express train with more than 1000 passengers on
> board was waiting on the platform, for which the departure time was 20
> minutes away.
>
> Trusting his instincts, he knew something was clearly wrong. *He summoned
> his staff and told them to clear the train for departure. Even though the
> staff wasn't ready to do that without any authority, he said he would take
> full responsibility for the early departure*. Breaking all the rules, he
> flagged off the train.
>
> *At this time he was not even able to walk or breathe properly. But he
> ignored it.*
>
> He then rushed to control room and suspended all the trains coming to
> Bhopal Junction. He also sent an SOS to nearby stations seeking medical
> help, which lead to the arrival of paramedics and Ambulance to the
> station.
>
> He ran from platform to platform consoling the affected passengers and
> ensuring medical help.
>
> *He stayed in the station, doing his duty, knowing that his family is out
> there in the same city.*
>
> *His devotion to duty saved thousands of lives** that day but he lost one
> of his son and another developed a life long skin infection.*
>
> His life was saved on that day, but he was never able to lead a normal
> life from then. *He died in 2003 after 19 years fighting the painful
> growth in his throat due to the exposure to Methyl Isocyanate.*
>
> The railways installed a memorial for those who sacrificed their life on
> that day. But Gulam Dastagir is not even in the list.
>
> He and his family would've been saved, if he had not chosen to save many
> others instead of saving himself. But his choice was different.
>
> “A Hero is some one who has given his or her life to something bigger than
> oneself”- Joseph Campbell
>
> And in all means he's a HERO.
>
> My note- A touching narration. I knew about Bhopal gas tragedy and delays
> in settling and paying compensation etc in papers, but not much in detail
> like this.
>
> Q5 What is the funniest joke you've been told that you still think
> about to this day?
>
> A5 David S,22h
>
> Jesus was walking around Heaven one day. In a small, secluded garden He
> saw an old man, crying. Alarmed, Jesus ran up to him and said, “Hey, now,
> what’s all this? This is paradise. There should be no tears or sorrow.”
>
> The old man wiped away his tears and said, “Oh, I know. I’m sorry. *But…
> well, many years ago, a son came to me through… well, let’s say ‘mysterious
> circumstances*’. After many trials he went through a miraculous
> transformation, and a book was written about him that became known the
> world over.
>
> I thought I would find him here, but I haven’t. I’m afraid I’ll never see
> him again.”
>
> Wide-eyed, Jesus looked at the man and said, *“Wait a minute… You
> weren’t, by any chance… a carpenter, were you?”*
>
> The man looked up in surprise. “Why, yes. Yes, I was!”
>
> Jesus burst into tears of joy and held out His arms saying, “Father!”
>
> The man cocked his head doubtfully and said, “Pinocchio???”
>
> *All the above QA are from Quora digest to me on 22-08- 2023.*
>
> *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .Compiled **and posted by
> R. Gopala krishnan, on 22-08-2023*
>
>
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