---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Saroj Kasaju <kasajusa...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 13:45 Subject: Re: [itpmods:12990] Fwd: Dr. Balkar Arya- Remembering our great Hero on Independence Day- Every week is a Genus week To: itpmods <itpm...@googlegroups.com> Cc: Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com>, Nidhan Singh < nidhansingh...@gmail.com>, Amritpal singh <amritsingh0...@gmail.com>
Very nice to his contributions to the efi ! Kudos Balkar Sir ! Thank you. Saroj Kasaju On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 1:37 PM Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kudos to Balkar ji for his special contributions. > As Garg ji puts, during 2010 and following years, the "activity" or tempo > of posting-responding was at a very high level. > Gurcharan ji and other respected leaders led the concept of family month / > fortnight / week for quite a long while until almost all of families were > through. Quite an exciting patch of time it was! > > [image: Flag: India on Google] Happy Independence Day ... Happy posting ! > > Regards. > Dinesh > > <https://emojipedia.org/google/android-9.0/flag-for-india/> > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 11:44 AM Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Balkar sir and I have been in touch since a long time and especially >> during my sadistic days in India and he always encouraged me for my work >> and life. May be he and Nidhan sir knows bit more about me than most of the >> others due to these personal interactions. In 2018 we finally met in real >> along with Nidhan sir and Amritpal and had a short field trip in the >> Himalayas to share some more memorable experience. Apart from their >> expertise on plants (talking about both Balkar sir and Nidhan), I know them >> as a good and down to earth friends. >> दुःख में सुमिरन सब करे सुख में करै न कोय। >> जो सुख में सुमिरन करे तो दुःख काहे को होय ॥ >> I thank them both for being there with me in odd times as well as good >> times. Thank you for everything and of course thank you for your >> contributions on eflora. I have learnt a lot from both of you. >> Best regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 13:47, Ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Balkar >>> yes we applaud you and your generosity in sharing >>> and knowledge dissemination >>> >>> Thank you >>> Usha di >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:54 AM Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan < >>> ponsant...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Happy Independence Day, Thank you >>>> >>>> On Thu, 15 Aug 2019, 10:48 J.M. Garg, <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>>> From: J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> >>>>> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 at 10:47 >>>>> Subject: Dr. Balkar Arya- Remembering our great Hero on Independence >>>>> Day- Every week is a Genus week >>>>> To: efloraofindia <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >>>>> Cc: Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dear members, >>>>> *This is our tribute to Dr. Balkar Arya and his outstanding >>>>> contributions in building Efloraofindia, on Independence Day. His amount >>>>> of >>>>> contributions can be assessed from the aspect that although his last major >>>>> activity was in Jan.'2015, he still remain at no. 8th in **All time >>>>> Posters List* >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!aboutgroup/indiantreepix>*. He >>>>> joined us along with other stalwarts like Dinesh ji, G. Singh ji, >>>>> Vijayasankar ji, Nidhan ji, Pankaj ji, Tanay ji etc. in around 2010 >>>>> and took our activities to the peak.* *He was the first who presented >>>>> eFI before the taxonomists in IAAT conference first in Banglore and later >>>>> in Delhi, with his great vision, along with Nidhan ji. Power point >>>>> presentation of it, can be seen by downloading at **Files* >>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/files>*. * >>>>> Since than we have followed his great spirit as below: >>>>> Hardly a week goes when we look at some genus or the other, in efi >>>>> site. >>>>> We look into all posts in that genus, compare them with the keys >>>>> available in our threads, in efloras or else where online and with images >>>>> and specimens available online and in GBIF and also make their comparative >>>>> images, if already not available. We also seek guidance from our earlier >>>>> threads as well as well refer to the suitable experts. In the process, a >>>>> lot of threads with incorrect or no identification, are resurfaced with >>>>> correct identification. >>>>> Genus generally taken up these days, is one in which our members face >>>>> problem in getting proper id or clarity. Having images on most of our >>>>> threads, help a lot in the matter, along with the key features suggested >>>>> earlier by our experts. >>>>> So every week is a Genus Week in efi for quite sometime (It started in >>>>> a small way about four and a half years back when we looked at each >>>>> family along with all its genera). >>>>> Happy Independence Day to Balkar ji and to all of you. >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 13,000 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'. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 13,000 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 "ITPmods" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFAVP4OOxRc-u-TbC%3D5K1%3DkKPstjezu1T38b_myLwR%3DARA%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CA%2BiuSFAVP4OOxRc-u-TbC%3D5K1%3DkKPstjezu1T38b_myLwR%3DARA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAJa_cDjQMe4AfwLt-nOfEyC99qmuTqFKYu%3D%2By%3DhQ-T0ABqcuRQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CAJa_cDjQMe4AfwLt-nOfEyC99qmuTqFKYu%3D%2By%3DhQ-T0ABqcuRQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Usha di >>> =========== >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "ITPmods" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CANAwU1UUgvUXr%2BP35BD0AhdEVJtT1t11U1GHBbKSNigtoOFH7A%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CANAwU1UUgvUXr%2BP35BD0AhdEVJtT1t11U1GHBbKSNigtoOFH7A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> ****************************************************** >> **************************************************************** >> *Pankaj Kumar*, Ph.D. >> *IUCN-SSC Orchid Specialist Group Asia* >> >> *Office*: >> >> Orchid Conservation Section >> >> Flora Conservation Department >> >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong S.A.R., China >> >> *email*: pku...@kfbg.org; sahanipan...@gmail.com >> *Phone*: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 >> (mobile); *Fax*: +852 2483 7194 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ITPmods" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABpo8%3D2ENGQPyT5kgkY5K%2BrFX2bWURq%3DamP4%3DHNjZp%3DYqjV%3D5w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABpo8%3D2ENGQPyT5kgkY5K%2BrFX2bWURq%3DamP4%3DHNjZp%3DYqjV%3D5w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ITPmods" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to itpmods+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABSQqC1xW%2BL35sett7%2BUkKi7DDob1rPuNZ5ucdML8EC0JghRRA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/itpmods/CABSQqC1xW%2BL35sett7%2BUkKi7DDob1rPuNZ5ucdML8EC0JghRRA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ITPmods" group. 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