Dear members, Efloraofindia is fortunate that we are completing 12 years of our existence today on 17.6.19 as we have seen so many e-groups (even those which used to very active) getting disappeared in the deluge of WhatsApp and Facebook, iNaturalists & eBirds etc. This has been possible due to stalwarts like Gurcharan Singh ji, who gave us a proper direction and tried to take us where we are today. He formulated keys, where ever possible to clear the confusion among similar species or different species of a genus. These keys still decorate lot of efi site pages at the top to guide our readers from all over the world. This is just one aspect to highlight his great contributions. More can be seen at Pitamah of efloraofindia <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/pitamah-of-efloraofin-dia>. Let us not forget him and so many others, who may not be actively participating these days. Efloraofindia is an unending journey, where so many persons get up at some station and get down at some other station- many of them leaving an indelible imprint during their journey, from which mankind will continue to be benefitted. Today we have images on almost all threads displayed already and efforts are being made to increase them as far as possible. Already more than 1,75,000 images are directly displayed at our site and these quite frequently appear in Google search and Google search image results etc. Our such endeavours have put us at the forefront in this global world. We are getting better and better in our identifications and accuracy with increased support from our efi site database. But a lot is still required to be done in this never ending journey. We take this opportunity to thank one and all for being a passenger in this wonderful journey and along with those like Great Gurcharan Singh ji, who may not be actively involved now. -- 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/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or Efloraofindia website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species database of more than 12,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than 1,70,000 images are directly displayed). 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CA%2BiuSFCEmOfsU5XZJxuZFF%3D0gTsKpC02JKPOqbRauuNkpBVi2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
