Thanks, Gurinder ji. Very good deep insights. I was also a bit surprised when he asked a copy of my book "A photo guide to the birds of Kolkata & common birds of India" as I thought he was more in Flora. But it was nice to hear from him & I quickly obliged.
On 11 February 2016 at 15:48, gurinder goraya <[email protected]> wrote: > Dears, > > The news has come as a rude shock. Dr G. S. Rawat broke this news to me. > In his death we have lost a lovely, polite, enthusiastic and knowledgeable > person. He accompanied me and Dr. G S Rawat to Shimla only a couple of > months back. Compulsive plant lover as he was, he would keep a hawk's eye > on the flora along the roads and would make the vehicle to stop to check > identity of the plant he thought was new from the moving vehicle. > > Those who don't know, he retired as Office Superintendent from the Public > Works Department in Himachal Pradesh. He developed love for plants early on > and spent a large proportion of his earnings on buying books on plants from > all across the globe, a developed a enviable personal library. He also > developed a keen interest in photography and spent quite a bit on buying > good photographic equipment. After retirement he spent his left over > earnings to buy a Mahindra vehicle and woul undertake extensive visits to > different areas in Himachal to explore plant wealth. > > My salute to his indomitable spirit to never say die and keep learning. > May his soul rest in peace. I only wish that somebody should come forward > and fulfil his desire to publish his compilations. > > Regards, > > Dr. G S Goraya, IFS > Deputy Director General (Research), > Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, > New Forest P.O., Dehradun - 248006. > (Uttarakhand, India) > Tel. (+91-941-802-5036) > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:18:53 +0530 > Subject: [efloraofindia:239480] Sh. Krishan Lal ji is no more > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > > News from Anil Thakur ji in another thread > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/indiantreepix/BuZG2V_pZdo>: > "There is a very sad news for all of us. One of our experts, Sh. Krishan > Lal ji from Nahan, Himachal Pradesh is no more in this world. We have lost > a great nature lover and plant explorer. He has many new records for the > state of H.P. despite the fact that he was Arts graduate." > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > > Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2500 members & 2,25,000 messages on 18.6.15) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 11,000 species & 2,00,000 images). > > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- With regards, J.M.Garg 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. 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