CULTURAL QA 10202405 General QA Base Quora Compiled
Q1 What is it like to be born in a Brahmin family in India? My note- The current feelings of a North Indian Young Brahmin today is told. This is the reason for posting the QA. KR There are similar people in India from vedic times. No wonder, that is why he is aprodigal son. As no one by birth is a brahmin tn the words of Veda, and all are born only a shudra and Guna karma vibhaga alone makes someone a brahmin, a prodigal son is also welcome. Out of 4% brahmin as told or presumed brahmins brahmin as defind in Vedas today are just 5% of that 4%. Virtually brahmin means one who knows the brahman or one who can really say AHAM BRAHMASMI. Cho had written a book which must be read. However all are Hindus as vb orn on the earth; and allowed to have their freedom to choose any path and come back freely. ŚB 9.9.29 एष हि ब्राह्मणो विद्वांस्तप:शीलगुणान्वित: । आरिराधयिषुर्ब्रह्म महापुरुषसंज्ञितम् । सर्वभूतात्मभावेन भूतेष्वन्तर्हितं गुणै: ॥ २९ ॥ eṣa hi brāhmaṇo vidvāṁs tapaḥ-śīla-guṇānvitaḥ ārirādhayiṣur brahma mahā-puruṣa-saṁjñitam sarva-bhūtātma-bhāvena bhūteṣv antarhitaṁ guṇaiḥ Synonyms eṣaḥ — this; hi — indeed; brāhmaṇaḥ — a qualified brāhmaṇa; vidvān — learned in Vedic knowledge; tapaḥ — austerity; śīla — good behavior; guṇa-anvitaḥ — endowed with all good qualities; ārirādhayiṣuḥ — desiring to be engaged in worshiping; brahma — the Supreme Brahman; mahā-puruṣa — the Supreme Person, Kṛṣṇa; saṁjñitam — known as; sarva-bhūta — of all living entities; ātma-bhāvena — as the Supersoul; bhūteṣu — in every living entity; antarhitam — within the core of the heart; guṇaiḥ — by qualities. Here is a learned, highly qualified brāhmaṇa, engaged in performing austerity and eagerly desiring to worship the Supreme Lord, the Supersoul who lives within the core of the heart in all living entities. The wife of the brāhmaṇa did not regard her husband as a superficial brāhmaṇa who was called a brāhmaṇa merely because he was born of a brāhmaṇa family. Rather, this brāhmaṇa was actually qualified with the brahminical symptoms. Yasya yal lakṣaṇaṁ proktam (Bhāg. 7.11.35). The symptoms of a brāhmaṇa are stated in the śāstra: śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁ kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāvajam “Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness — these are the qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work.” (Bg. 18.42) Not only must a brāhmaṇa be qualified, but he must also engage in actual brahminical activities. Simply to be qualified is not enough; one must engage in a brāhmaṇa’s duties. The duty of a brāhmaṇa is to know the paraṁ brahma, Kṛṣṇa (paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān). Because this brāhmaṇa was actually qualified and was also engaged in brahminical activities (brahma-karma), killing him would be a greatly sinful act, and the brāhmaṇa’s wife requested that he not be killed. Q3 What's the weirdest question you've been asked when crossing an international border? KR Modern airports operate under high demands and pressures, and strive to satisfy many diverse, interrelated, sometimes conflicting performance goals. Airport performance areas, such as security, safety, and efficiency are usually studied separately from each other. However, operational decisions made by airport managers often impact several areas simultaneously. Current knowledge on how different performance areas are related to each other is limited. This paper contributes to filling this gap by identifying and quantifying relations and trade-offs between the detection performance of illegal items and the average queuing time at airport security checkpoints. These relations and trade-offs were analyzed by simulations with a cognitive agent model of airport security checkpoint operations. By simulation analysis a security checkpoint performance curve with three different regions was identified. Furthermore, the importance of focus on accuracy for a security operator is shown. The results of the simulation studies were related to empirical research at an existing regional airport. Performance of airport security checkpoints is often studied by analyzing security risks. Many existing methodologies assess these security risks by estimating three parameters: threat likelihood, vulnerability and consequence. Hence no question is weird. We may be irritated but all done only to keep safe the nation. Yet accidents do occur and methods are altered. Q4 How does Germany produce so many great engineers and scientists? KR Is India or any other nations do not produce Engineers Any speciality in German Engineeering? Pl do explain. Q5 What is the most Indian thing ever? In India if two strangers meet who belongs to a particular state, they'll chat and interact like a long-lost friend without giving a hint to others that they are strangers. The vibes of being from the same place connects them. Same thing happens when two Indians meets in a foreign country! KR I am seeing a lot of quora Indian habit Indian thing India etc. I ftghere is such as Indian thing, are there 172 nations’ THING? Never degrade yourself. When two natives meet in a strange land, where they were strangers to that nationality, it is natural to speak that language and go pride about their customs and habits Even where two american mother meets in India or frech national in India, or for that matter two Indian-malaysian, srilankan Singaporean will do that. Food and festivals would attract any national as long as they are awzy from their soil. Why so many sangams outside/Only for that. K Rajaram IRS 61024 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2024 at 19:59 Subject: [iyer123] CULTURAL QA 10-2024-05 To: Iyer <[email protected]> CULTURAL QA 10-2024-05 General QA Base Quora Compiled Q1 What is it like to be born in a Brahmin family in India? A1 Umesh Mishra,Studied Engineering & Electronics and Communication Engineering (Graduated 2018)Updated 3y At the age of 3, i used to chant 'Gayatri Matra' Reading 'Hanuman Chalisa' since then In class 6, i recited 'Hanuman Chalisa' in front of 1500 people Everybody used to say I'll become a saint. However, when I met with the outer world, I became agnostic. When things didn't pan out even after working hard, I became skeptical about the existence of God. Still, whenever I visit a religious place, I feel some sort of connection there. Once I visited Ayodhya with my family, I started crying there without any reason. I kept crying for too long. As if I was feeling sorry for my deeds. I don't know. I just felt very much connected. Now coming back to the question : There are many brahmins and all are different. So I can only tell about my family. First thing I get to hear after waking up are some sorts of hymns and verses recited by my father and mother. They are very much religious. I'm pure vegetarian However I've seen many brahmins who are non- vegetarian, so nothing can be generalized about it. I don't believe in superstitions but my family do. It results in conflicts many a times. My mother loves to waste money on superstitions. I attack with satires. I like to read 'Ramayan' and take part in Akhand Ramayan whenever I get a chance to. People expect me to know about all the religious texts which seems absurd to me. Many people treat me with respect. Many hate me for being a brahmin. I desire neither. Being a ‘Brahmin' does not command respect. You need to be a good human being first. Though, I feel proud how my parents have brought me up. I feel proud about my moral values that I've received from my parents. And if I ever want to be respected, i want to be respected for that only. Not because I was born in some particular 'caste'. I don't deserve hatred too. I haven't done anything wrong to anyone. There are many downsides of being a 'Brahmin' in this era. I don't want to list that down. So, more than being a 'Brahmin'. I want to learn being a good human first. Also people need to differentiate between 'Brahmins' and 'Priests' My note- The current feelings of a North Indian Young Brahmin today is told. This is the reason for posting the QA. sted by Suchitra Chauhan 5h Profile photo for Paul Hannah Paul Hannah Studied at University of QueenslandUpdated 6y What did someone say in court that made you burst out laughing? I didn’t laugh, but everyone else did. In the 1970s I was a photographer and after some events too tedious to relate I became a witness in a case involving the theft of some photographic equipment. I had never been to court before; the whole process was a bit nerve-racking. Anyway, I gave my testimony and all was fine until the lawyer asked me “Was there anything in the bag?” Now, what I saw in the bag were some of these: and a couple of these: So, using the vernacular of my trade I said, “Yes, a couple of lenses and two bodies.” Silence. Long pause. The lawyer said “There were bodies in the bag?” Then the penny dropped. “Camera bodies. You know, the bit behind the lens.“ Everyone laughed but me. I didn’t know I could have said anything quite so stupid, in a court of law and under oath. The bailiff told me outside of the court that in 15 years he had never seen that judge smile on the bench, let alone laugh. Q3 What's the weirdest question you've been asked when crossing an international border? A3 Shaunak Bhattacharjeee, Lives in Kolkata, West Bengal, India (1996–present) 11h My experience with immigration has been smooth so far. I have been to 11 countries outside India, out of which 5 were in the last 2 years and there has been only one weird experience and to be honest, it was expected that the experience wouldn't be as smooth as it has been for any other country for me because as an Indian, I was travelling to Pakistan. At the time of travelling to Pakistan, I wasn't asked that many questions at the immigration. They were the basic ones like what job did I do and where I lived, where I worked and basic stuff like that. I was just told not to bring back any Pakistani currency or Pakistani soil back to India. However, when I returned from Pakistan, as I was about to clear immigration in India, I was stopped by an officer who asked to check my phone. He went through my Gallery, watched the videos which I shot and even checked the Trash of the photos app. I asked him if there was any problem but he didn't utter a word. Then at customs, my bag was thoroughly checked by removing each and every item! I brought a few sweets for my family back home and they opened the wrappers of the boxes and pressed on the sweets, probably to check if there was anything concealed in them. After that, I was asked if I would like to have some tea but I politely declined the offer. After that, I was let go. That was quite an experience! I understand that as an Indian, travelling to Pakistan would raise a few eyebrows but I still wanted to have that experience of how it feels to travel to the land of our so-called enemy nation. The suspicions on me were at top gear; I was never asked so many questions by the immigration officers when I travelled to another country; customs never touched my bag ever. But Pakistan was different altogether! Q4 How does Germany produce so many great engineers and scientists? A4 Ron Wiseman, Married to a German Updated 4y I lived and worked in Germany as an engineering executive for three years. Here’s what I observed. There are two types of German engineers. (No, this isn’t to be funny.) One type of engineer graduated from an academic university. These are very similar to engineers who are educated in the United States. There are many engineers of this type in Germany, but not nearly as many as the other type. The other type are engineers who graduated from technical universities. These engineers get their bachelors degree in three years. Every class they take is very much hands-on and deep into engineering. They don’t take any electives or liberal arts classes—every class is an applied engineering class. Engineers who go to a technical university can go all the way to a PhD in something like five or six years after high school. Their education isn’t broad, but it’s very deep. I’ve worked with both types in Germany and I must say that the ones who came from the technical universities are smarter about engineering than most American engineers I’ve worked with. They’re able to go deeper. I’m back in the states now and I currently work with an American engineer who got his bachelors in engineering from Vermont Tech which is very much like the technology universities in Germany. I would say this guy is perfectly equivalent to the best German engineers I’ve worked with. From what I understand, Vermont Tech isn’t a regular academic university. It’s a technical college. Q5 What is the most Indian thing ever? A5 Akanksha Kiran, Lives in India Updated 3y Last year, we visited Delhi and like every other tourist, we hopped towards the beautiful monuments and ofc the Shopping hub of Delhi-Sarojini nagar. After we were done with the Shopping, it was already very late and we were struggling to get an Autorickshaw. Finally after few minutes, papa spotted a rickshaw but after stopping we realized the driver was in no mood to drop us. Still papa insisted him. “Bhaiya humko bhot late ho rha h, hum nhi jaa payge. Aap dusra auto dekh lijiy.” (Brother I'm getting late, please search for an another auto.) Wait. Did he just said “hum" instead of “mai"(a typical Bihari accent)? This clicked my father! Bihar se hai kya Bhaiya? (Are you from Bihar) And, the driver agreed. Coincidentally, papa and he shared the same native village. The next thing I remember was that he agreed to drop us at our place while having a chit-chat with papa and both sharing informations and enquiring about the people of their gali-mohalla (locality). What is the most Indian thing ever? In India if two strangers meets who belongs to a particular state, they'll chat and interact like a long lost friend without giving a hint to others that they are strangers. The vibes of being from the same place connects them. 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