What ho culture?

What is culture? Perhaps not the best way of phrasing a question, let me expand. We often say someone is cultured? or someone is uncouth? Some music - maybe opera is high culture while some is pop. So what is it that defines culture, and why do we look up upon certain things and look down upon certain things when it comes to 'culture'?
Now while I do understand the popular meaning behind the term, what I do not understand is that most people will broadly agree as to what is or not 'high culture', while chances are that the same so called high culture bores them! Why consider that to be high culture which bores them.

Coalgate

Ah the refreshing logic of our leaders. There is no loss since the coal is not mined. Coal was not auctioned in spite of ministry's own secretary advising same because there was urgent need for coal and so discretionary allotment was the only way.
Few questions:

• If need for coal was urgent than what action if any was taken on firms that left the coal inside earth saving a lot of loss that otherwise would have happened?
• If no action was taken than what action is taken against those who were supposed to take action?
• Why is it that anything non discretionary under this government takes so long even in face of urgent need it cannot cut time on the advisable course of action but the same system is brilliantly quick when doing discretionary allotments?

It has been a while

I think it is time to return.