Hi, Pankaj ji, I tried to download FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA by J. D. Hooker from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13814#, but was not successful. What can be the reason? Is it possible to download it from anywhere else? How much time does it generally take to down load a volume? 2009/9/20 Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>
> > PRESENT HERE ARE MY PERSONAL VIEWS AND IT DOESNT REPRESENT ANY ORGANISATION > > Respected Seniors, > > I will request scientists and researchers to please go through > different volumes of Flora of India by BSI and tell me how many of you > really get help in identifying plants? > > Just for example I have in my hand Flora of Bihar by BSI and I cant > get any help from it as there is no description and no keys at all. > They have enlisted each and every plant that was ever reported from > Bihar and Jharkhand since british period, without actually revisiting > the field and gathering the actual knowledge. Respected Dr. > Karthikeyan says that the plant is common throughout India, that means > it is there in Bihar too, according to that book. I imagine if Dr. > Karthikeyan visited each and every states of India ever??? > > I had been to CNH, better known as CENTRAL NATIONAL HERBARIUM, HOWRAH, > thats a part of BSI. Out of eight references I was looking for, 5 were > missing. I took three books out of the antique almirah and found that > the book was half eaten by termite. > The first hand information which is available in India today, is still > ironically, one and only, FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA by J. D. Hooker which > every one should follow and it is also available online. For recent > nomenclature offcourse there are other options. > Yes offcourse, there are some regional floras which were done by > regional university researchers which were later published by > BSI....everyone knows how. > > This is a irony for Indian government and Indian researchers that most > of the best books on floristics in India are not written by any one > from BSI but from some of the University professors and researchers, > one of them being respected Dr. Gurcharan himself. > > SECONDLY, BSI has been unscrupulously misusing their journal, Bulletin > of Botanical Survey of India, for published any articles they wish > especially new species, though they never gets accepted. Is it just > for the name sake??? or for the sake of having greater publications?? > > After 60 years of Independence what do we have today is just a > compilation by BSI. What we need today are more responsible persons, > who just dont think about promotions and about sitting and chewing pan > and ghutka in their office but to come up with better work which a > common botanist can feel proud about. I never felt anything good to > boost about BSI and I find mysef so unfortunate about it. > > SHRIKANT INGLAHALIKAR is not from BSI > DR. SARAT MISRA (an engineer by profession) is not from BSI - Orchds of > Orissa > DEVA and NAITHANI (Orchids of Northwest Himalaya): are not from BSI > PRADEEP KISHAN not from BSI > MR. GARG - not from BSI > DR. TABISH - not even a botanist!! > There are many such examples!! > > > Regards > Pankaj (not from BSI either). > > PS: No hard feelings please!! > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
