At the outset, I am extremely sorry for the delayed response. I was busy otherwise and did not check group mails. It is a pleasant surprise to receive a good-will message from the group head. Thanks Garg ji. I am thankful to all those who conveyed their best wishes. To express my sincere feelings, the message is embarrassing to me. I questioned my self whether I deserve the praise, as my contribution has been very minimal, though consistent, all through my inter action ‘off and on’. With all modesty and humility , I submit that I do not qualify / deserve the praise ‘GEM’. I have neither contributed substantially like many, who have posted innumerable no. (hundreds & thousands) of photos nor offered professional expertise like many dedicated taxonomists in the group, burning their midnight oil to ID the plants and to provide useful data besides responding to countless postings. They are the real 'GEMs'. Without personalising I solute all. The dedicated group head Garg ji is the real 'GEM' of Gems. His untiring effort has brought the group to the forefront in the floral-web. May his tribe increase.
At the end, to be honest , I am only a layman trying to learn from the erudite group and continue to learn more. On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 11:01:43 AM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Dear members, > One can see his posting record of 1387 posts on consistent basis since > Nov. 2010 as below: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!profile/<http://groups.google.com/forum/#%21profile/> > indiantreepix > /APn2wQebREirXPZyih524_OUbweujh8gmJTX0t4PPz1wer7LSPXS7nhKi5DqQDAOkzIsG4ETlQPF > > In fact, actual number will be much more as he doesn't always sends his > replies directly to efloraofindia & used other mail Ids also. > > He is very strong on cultivated & Ornamental plants. > My hats off to his untiring efforts. > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki > /Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative > Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the > world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2110 > members & 1,56,000 messages on 31/5/13) or Efloraofindia website: https > ://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more > than 8500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
