:)... there are many such stories. I think I will try adding some from time to time....it will be fun to read!! Pankaj
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Rashida ji > > WELCOME TO THE STORY-TELLERS GROUP > Nabha ji, Madhuri ji, Me, Pankaj ji and now you. Such side stories add a > real spice to the botanical information. Wish more members will add to this > list and make the interactions more interesting and fascinating. earlier > there was a good session on slates and Rumex. > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Thanks Mani ji. Please read as 'finest classical singers,' sorry for the >> typo! >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:46 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Good peace of information Rashida ji. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mani. >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Rashida Atthar >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> One interesting story mentioned in the book 'The Garden of Life' by >>>> Naveen Patnaik- pg 110 is with regards to legendary singer Tansen. The >>>> book mentions there is a famous tamarind tree in India which stands over >>>> the >>>> tomb of the legendary Indian singer Tansen whose golden voice made him one >>>> of the nine gems in Akbar's court. It is mentioned that four centuries >>>> later, India's finest classical sinders still travel to Tansen's tomb to >>>> pluck leaves from this tamarind tree to make into throat gargles, in the >>>> hope that their voices will become as pure as Tansen's !! >>>> >>>> regards, >>>> Rashida. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:44 AM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Dear Gurcharan ji, the tamarind is also an ingredient in Sambhar. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Mani. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
