My association with Kishan Lal ji traces back to 2012 when I was planning to visit Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh along with my Korean mentor Dr. Joongku Lee. Since this was my first visit to Himachal, I was not much aware where to visit in Himachal. Therefore, I was looking for some contacts in Himachal. One of my BSI seniors suggested to meet Kishan Lal ji. I called him and he readily agreed to help us. After reaching to his place at Nahan, we recieved a warm welcome by Kishanlal ji and we together planned for a trek to Churdhar Peak. During this period, he managed our food, and accommodation with help of his office colleagues. He also took us to a small room near his office where he was maintaining his small library and a cupboard of dried plant samples. Next day we trekked to Churdhar peak during which he introduced many beautiful and rare plants to us. We were so surprised to see his level of enthusiasm and knowledge about the native plants. After that trek, we were constantly in touch. I asked him to join eFlora and he did it. Initially he was little hesitant, and was sending his photographs to me for posting them to the forum. Somehow I convinced him to send it by himself and he started interacting with the group. He had a wonderful collection of plant photographs which he had recently started posting to Facebook too. He was always keen to discuss about the Himalayan plants and had a plan to publish a pictorial guide to the flora of Himachal. Wish someone will take his work further and make his dreams true!!
He never missed calling on special occasions. This year also I received a call from him for the new year wishes. Never knew that it would be his last call. Will miss him always!! -Ritesh. -- 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
